Whores of the right wing media gang up on a 12 year old boy

Right Wing Launches Baseless Smear Campaign Against 12 Year Old Recipient Of SCHIP Two weeks ago, the Democratic radio address was delivered by a 12-year old Maryland boy named Graeme Frost. Graeme told his story of being involved in a severe car accident three years ago, and having received access to medical care because of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. He said: If it weren’t for CHIP, I might not be here today. … We got the help we needed because we had health insurance for us through the CHIP program. But there are millions of kids out there who don’t have CHIP, and they wouldn’t get the care that my sister and I did if they got hurt. … I just hope the President will listen to my story and help other kids to be as lucky as me. The right-wing immediately condemned Democrats for daring to put a human face on the SCHIP program at a time when Bush was proposing a “diminishment of the number of children covered.” Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) — who has posed with children to advance his own political agenda — claimed Graeme was being used “as a human shield.” Conservatives have more recently turned their targets on young Graeme Frost himself. A poster at the Free Republic propagated information alleging that Frost was actually a rich kid being pampered by the government. Among other bits of information, the post by the Freeper “icwhatudo” asserts that Graeme and his sister Gemma attend wealthy schools that cost “nearly $40,000 per year for tuition” and live in a well-off home. The smear attack against Graeme has taken firm hold in the right-wing blogosphere. The National Review, Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, Powerline, and the Weekly Standard blog have all launched assaults on the Frost family. The story is slowly working its way into traditional media outlets as well. Here are the facts that the right-wing distorted in order to attack young Graeme: 1) Graeme has a scholarship to a private school. The school costs $15K a year, but the family only pays $500 a year. 2) His sister Gemma attends another private school to help her with the brain injuries that occurred due to her accident. The school costs $23,000 a year, but the state pays the entire cost. 3) They bought their “lavish house” sixteen years ago for $55,000 at a time when the neighborhood was less than safe. 4) Last year, the Frosts made $45,000 combined. Over the past few years they have made no more than $50,000 combined. 5) The state of Maryland has found them eligible to participate in the CHIP program. Desperate to defend Bush’s decision to cut off millions of children from health care, the right wing has stooped to launching baseless and uninformed attacks against a 12 year old child and his family. Right wing bloggers have been harassing the Frosts, calling their home numerous times to get information about their private lives. Compassionate conservatism indeed. MCL comment: Hopeful this is the final staw for the non 27% loon fringe of America, these right wing trash hoes like Michelle Malkin have no shame they will attack a woman who lost her son, they will trash a man fighting a disease like Parkinson, they will trash vets that speak out against the war and now they're going after a 12 year old boy because he supports SCHIP I knew right wingers would attack anyone that don't drink the Bush kool-aid but I didn't think they will sink this low to attack a kid and his family. This beyond low not only they calling the dude a liar, they're going the route to post his home address on the neo crazy web site Free Republic.com hoping the real insane members of Free Republic or some loyal Bush bot follower will go over to his house and do god knows what. Let's recap the past couple of weeks, right wingers raised a stink about Move on to now they're trashing anti war troops to little kids.