Hillary, think of the children!

[babylonsister]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/clinton_late_kids_shiver.html

Clinton late, kids shiver
Posted May 9, 2008 12:47 PM
The Swamp

by Jim Tankersley


PORTLAND, Ore. - At first glance, Doernbecher Children's Hospital appears a perfect setting for Hillary Clinton's push today to emphasize her commitment to health care as the reason she's hanging in the presidential race. It's a world-class facility filled with the sort of patients - kids - who make for great campaign backdrops.

Two problems with that.

The first is the Clinton campaign picked an outdoor courtyard for its event. This isn't balmy North Carolina here: It's cloudy and 48 degrees in Portland right now. The outdoor heaters at the edges of the courtyard don't seem to be helping much.

The second problem: Clinton is late.

As a result, the assembled photographers and cameramen here are busying themselves filming young, shivering hospital patients in the front row. Some of the children have Type-1 diabetes. Some are waiting on medical procedures later today. Most are wrapped in thin blankets as they wait for the senator.

Clinton's campaign just released a preview of her remarks. "I'm in this race is because I believe in universal health care,"she says. "I've been fighting to cover everyone - no exceptions, no excuses - as long as you've known me."

Perhaps she could start by covering the kids here in some thicker quilts.

[marylanddem]

1. This is reprehensible & even criminal use of children.

[DAGDA56]

2. This is the second report I've read of HRC being late to an

event in Oregon. What does this say about the organization skills of her staff? Are they just going through the motions now?