" It was not known
which of Clymer’s articles
Bush was unhappy about,
but in April the reporter
wrote a hard-hitting piece
about health care in Texas,
critical of the governor for
not making public health a
priority.
The article began,
“Texas has had one of the
nation’s worst public health records for decades. More than
a quarter of its citizens have no health insurance. Its
Mexican border is a hotbed of contagion. The state ranks
near the top in the nation in rates of AIDS, diabetes,
tuberculosis and teen-age pregnancy, and near the bottom
in immunizations, mammograms and access to physicians.”
The author of a biography of Sen. Edward Kennedy,
Clymer has reported extensively on politics, elections and
public opinion. He was the paper’s national political
correspondent for the 1980 presidential campaign, polling
editor from 1983 to 1990, and political editor for the 1988
presidential campaign.
In a statement to CNN, Andrew Rosenthal, national
editor of the Times, defended Clymer’s coverage as “fair
and accurate.”.....SEEMS BUSH CAN"T HANDLE THE TRUTH! |
