The Obamas forget to get their stories straight

[bijou]

Politicians love to trot out anecdotal stories when pushing for policy changes, and it’s even better when they can take examples from their own lives. Nowhere is that more easily done than on health-care reform. After all,everyone sees a doctor, and everyone at some point has to deal with serious or even catastrophic diagnoses, or with situations with the potential for that kind of diagnosis.  In her speech yesterday, Michelle Obama told a story to which every parent can relate — the moment that a child may have a severe illness that could kill them or damage them for life (via JammieWearingFool):

I will never forget the time eight years ago when Sasha was four months that she would not stop crying.  And she was not a crier, so we knew something was wrong.  So we fortunately were able to take her to our pediatrician that next morning.  He examined her and same something’s wrong.  We didn’t know what.  But he told us that she could have meningitis.  So we were terrified.  He said, get to the emergency room right away.

And fortunately for us, things worked out, because she is now the Sasha that we all know and love today — (laughter) — who is causing me great — excitement.  (Laughter.) ... Maybe someone should have told Mrs. Obama’s husband.  In a speech to nurses just eight days earlier, Barack Obama told the story quite a bit differently (emphasis mine):

When our youngest daughter, Sasha, was diagnosed with meningitis when she was just three months old, it was one of the scariest moments of my life.  And we had to have a spinal tap administered and she ended up being in the hospital for three or four days.  And it was touch and go, we didn’t know whether she’d be permanently affected by it.  It was the nurses who walked us through what was happening and made sure that Sasha was okay. ...

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/19/obama-fudging-another-health-care-horror-story/

[JohnnyReb]

Their stories are straight....straight outta their a...........

[Broederbond]

likely BOTH versions are made up out of the whole cloth. The Clinton's did that stuff continuously. Since the Obama's brought up the issue now would be a good time to demand the kid's medical records be made public.

[MrsSmith]

You know, I had asthma as a kid...nearly killed me a couple times.  I had a couple accidents as I grew that caused some severe damage, too.  My brothers were much worse, I doubt they ever made it a year without a hospital visit.  My folks didn't have health insurance until I was a teenager...yet somehow, weirdly, unbelievably they still took us to doctors, hospitals, and even dentists.  We had all the medical care we needed, were admitted to hospitals as required, and none of us died. 

Even more unbelievable, my grandparents and great-grandparents never had health insurance until they got old enough for Medicare!!!  I know it's incredible, but my great-grandparents actually were 89 and 97 before they died...and they went over 65 years without insurance!!! 

So why is it that DUmmies drop over dead at the first sign of indigestion if they don't have the government paying a percentage of their medical bills??