For those of you who didn't see last night's Daily Show, it's definitely worth
watching(even with the annoying ads).
Jon expertly takes apart the Republicans on this one, and drives home something that the Dems should make their #1 message: Republicans care more about tax cuts for the wealthy than providing $7 million in health care and assistance for 9/11 first responders, who are literally(in the true sense of the word) DYING. One of the guys on the panel mentions that he died twice last year. And it's a $7 million bill. 7 million dollars is nothing. That's barely more than we spend on a SINGLE Abrams tank.
Huckabee's interview is a perfect example of why I can't stand him. He seems likeable enough, but here you can see the him slimeballing in real time as he tries to figure out a way to pin the blocking of the bill on the Dems, even going so far as to accuse them of turning this into a political issue(which they haven't, although they should). The whole time, he skirts around the real issue, which is that Republicans are putting tax cuts for the wealthy and political grandstanding ahead of real people who are suffering and dying. Absolutely despicable.