Republicans: They Hate Humanity
Looking at the recent story on how certain families will not be receiving a purported $400 check in addition to any other refund they might be receiving, I noticed this:House Republicans, who acknowledged the gap on the child credit, blamed the Senate for insisting on its $350 billion cap, saying the low-income families could have been covered had the Senate been more flexible.What's being said here, in plain terms, is that, given a choice between cutting refunds to those who don't need it and cutting refunds to those who desperately need it, the Republicans chose to screw over those who desperately need it.
Link: Yahoo News/New York Times | Tax Law Omits Child Credit in Low-Income Brackets
The DemPoll for the Week of 28 May 2003 (Updated)
SUBJECT TO CHANGE (Kos hasn't put out a new ranking yet, so I'm temporarily sticking with his choices from last week):| Rank | Candidate | Daily Kos* | Interesting Times | T Rex | Grubi | Wampum | Total Points |
| 1 | John Kerry, MA | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 2 | Dick Gephardt | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
| 3 | Howard Dean, VT | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 48 |
| 4 | Joseph Lieberman, CT | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Bob Graham, FL | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | John Edwards, NC | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Al Sharpton, NY | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 8t | Carol Mosely-Braun, IL | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 8t | Dennis Kucinich, OH | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Trying something new: 15 points for first place, 10 points for 2nd, 8 points for 3rd, and 6 to 1 point for 4th through 9th. Also, added Wampum's poll, which is based on percentage of media mentions.
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