McConnell aide Smeared 12 Year Old Child In S-Chip Debate

BTW, go to the end, and see the two year old saved by S-Chip. The Republicans are going after her too.

The "pro family crowd" are claiming that here parents were "irresponsible" for having her when they were poor.

Even most Republicans think that S-Chip is a good idea, so they can't argue the merits, so they are trying to slime children.

Of course, none of this would have an issue except for the fact that the reporters have have the email accusing the Forsts of fraud.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's spokesman acknowledged yesterday that he alerted reporters last week to questions bloggers raised about the financial circumstances of a 12-year-old boy Democrats had used to urge passage of an expanded children's health insurance program.

But Don Stewart, the Kentucky Republican's communications director, said he also wrote a follow-up e-mail later the same day that said a blogger he respected had determined that there was no story and that "the family is legit."

Huh...That day? More like the next day, and late the next day at that.

Stewart said there was no effort by McConnell to discredit 12-year-old Graeme Frost, of Baltimore, or cast aspersions on the family.

"It would be kind of hard to 'slime' somebody when I was telling reporters there's no story here and the family is legitimate," Stewart said yesterday.

You sent an email around saying that they were welfare cheats. How on earth is that NOT an attempt to "slime".

McConnell's alleged role in depicting the Frosts as something other than what they claimed to be has been fodder for The New York Times op-ed page, bloggers and Democratic officeholders, among others.

Stewart's comments were the first detailed explanation of the role McConnell's office played in the controversy.

Matthew Miller, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said in an e-mail yesterday that "spreading false rumors about a 12-year-old boy is despicable for any reason."

"No matter how McConnell's office spins it now, the e-mail makes clear that they were part of the campaign to smear a child who had the nerve to stand up and say children's health insurance shouldn't be cut," Miller said.

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All this kid did was to tell the truth about what happened to him.



BTW, those kids that Michelle Malkin is going after? Some pictures: