Biden Will Visit East Hartford
by Christine Stuart | Dec 9, 2009 6:34pm
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Following a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a fire station in East Hartford that recently received federal stimulus funds.
The visit to the fire station allows Biden to at least partially bill the taxpayers for his visit, rather than billing the full cost to Dodd’s campaign
Democrats aren’t the only ones to do this.
Republicans like former President George W. Bush did the same thing back in April 2008 when he flew to Connecticut to raise money for David Cappiello’s race against U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy. To help out Cappiello’s campaign, Bush held an event to combat malaria at the Boys and Girls Club in Hartford’s northend.
The White House said only a handful of reporters will be allowed to cover the Dodd fundraiser at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, but both Dodd and Biden will make remarks at the event in East Hartford.
Outside the Connecticut Science Center on Friday, Biden and Dodd are expected to be greeted by members of the Connecticut Green Party.
A Green Party press release promises civil disobedience and possible arrests at the protest. The minor party is upset with the current state of the health care debate.
“The actions are part of a national civil disobedience campaign for single-payer health reform led by the Mobilization for Health Care for All. The campaign has gained notoriety for having organized more than 35 sit-ins across the country in recent weeks, targeting private health insurance companies and exposing their role as the real ‘death panels’ that decide who lives and who dies based on ability to pay,” the press release states.
posted by: vigilante | December 29, 2009 1:36am
Dodd is a sickening, disgusting liar and crook who is kicking back for the $396 million they raked in from the health insurance companies. The VA is government health care that is the best. They treat me like a king at the VA. Let the people who like their insurance companies keep paying their premiums. The rest of Americans should have single payer, government run, just like the VA. Stop the wars and use that money to pay for the health care.
Dodd & Biden want to force 30 million people to buy insurance. To like that bill is beyond stupid. The real dopes are destroying the entire country because you people keep reelecting puppeteers who manipulate and brainwash you. How else can anyone like to be forced to buy insurance?