Ah Christmas! A time for families, celebrations and remembrances of what the season is really about. In Washington that memory is painfully short, especially among Republican lawmakers, Rep. King (R-IA) who introduced the resolution recognizing Christmas and "the importance of … Christian faith" got into the spirit of the season by attacking the 9 Democrats who votes against his resolution. The problem is his memory, because if I am not correct, Jesus (the reason for the season) specifically told his disciples to heal the sick and feed the hungry.
Rep Steve King was one of the Republicans who voted against expanding the SCHIP program to provide health care for children of lower income families. I guess in his version of the Christmas story, Jesus was born not to a poor unwed mother of a carpenter, but to a rich suburban family in a gated community of North Bethlehem.
May his Christmas be filled with visions of sugar plums dangled just out of reach of the less well-off children he is consciously hurting.
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