A Barack Obama Mess
Remember John Kerry blaming Bush for the lack of swine flu vaccinations?
With thanks to the folks at Opinion Journal for bringing this to our attention:
Kerry Ad Says Flu Vaccine Shortage Is Typical of Bush’s Policy Blunders
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 17, 2004; Page A06Sen. John F. Kerry jumped on the flu-vaccine shortage yesterday with a new television ad blaming the situation on President Bush.
In what may be the first presidential campaign commercial dealing with the flu, the Democratic nominee is trying to portray the vaccine squeeze as typical of the president’s mishandling of health care. Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said that Kerry had opposed a legislative remedy and that his “incredible hypocrisy just demonstrates again his willingness to say whatever will benefit him politically.”
In the ad, a narrator says: “Three years ago, medical experts warned George Bush that a dangerous shortage loomed. Instead of fixing the problem, production of the vaccine was sent to a factory overseas — the vaccines were contaminated. Now Bush wants Canada to help, even though his own policies make it illegal for us to import medicine from Canada.
“Seniors and children wait. Not enough vaccines for pregnant women. A George Bush mess.”
We were promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by October. It is almost November. I believe that they have delivered about 28 million doses. These are the idiots who will be running our health care system.
- Aggie
judi said,
October 31, 2009 @ 9:09 am
Yes, the vaccines were contaminated. And since competition was non existent due to Clinton administration price fixing, there was only one company producing them.