WASHINGTON - Using presidential veto power for only the fourth time, President Bush vetoed expansion of a children's health insurance program that would cover an additional 4 million children. Bush said: "Many of these able-bodied children are more than capable of getting a paper route, cutting grass or doing a little after school coal mining to pay for their own health insurance." The president also announced: "And to give our nation's children more time to concentrate on paying their own way, Christmas will be cancelled this year."
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino explained that Christmas was actually cancelled last week by the president with a signing statement attached to a farm subsidy bill. A tense Perino refused to address the outcry. "It's over," she said. "No Christmas for you. Next question." She also confirmed that an enemy combatant who uses the nom de guerre 'The Easter Bunny' had been captured and was being held at Guantanamo. "The Surgeon General said kids are getting way too much sugar, so we took pre-emptive action. You can't say we never did anything for kids health care."
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino explained that Christmas was actually cancelled last week by the president with a signing statement attached to a farm subsidy bill. A tense Perino refused to address the outcry. "It's over," she said. "No Christmas for you. Next question." She also confirmed that an enemy combatant who uses the nom de guerre 'The Easter Bunny' had been captured and was being held at Guantanamo. "The Surgeon General said kids are getting way too much sugar, so we took pre-emptive action. You can't say we never did anything for kids health care."
