The new motto for the 1600 Crew: "Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory". Preznit Constitutional Crackpot went around talking about how the republican-led (remember how they kept the floor vote open past in violation of House rules to pass it) Medicare legislation would make everything sweetness and light for our nations seniors. Even if he had to threaten and fire a few actuaries who told the truth, by the Hairy Thunderer this was some plan!!! Especially since it made big bucks for Big Pharma, deep-pocket contributors to the RNC and Bunnypants '04.

With tens of thousands of people unable to get medicines promised by Medicare, the Bush administration has told insurers that they must provide a 30-day supply of any drug that a beneficiary was previously taking, and it said that poor people must not be charged more than $5 for a covered drug.
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The handling of the drug benefit threatens to become a political liability for Republicans, as older voters and people with disabilities complain that they have been denied essential medications.

• Appoint unqualified crony's and contributors to responsible government jobs? Check
• Make sure that corporate contributors get to make the rules for their industries? Check
• Play politics with absolutely everything? Check
• Violate the law and have Congress look the other way? Check

Don't you feel safer now? Oh, and do those people that Preznit Silver Spoon calls his base, do the worry about not being able to find the money to get their prescriptions? Magic 8-ball sez: Not fucking likely.