Trenton re-elects mayor Reed Gusciora, a gay man; Jennifer Williams, a Jagged Little Pill Isnt a hard pill to swallow. When youre 51 years old and you get up each morning and youre completely healthy, you have nothing to complain about.. The first part detailed specifics of the plan. Except that kids are faced with issues of gender far sooner than multiplication. To hear McCaughey tell it, President Joe Biden is basically colluding with school districts to make every child transgender and every teacher a transgender life coach. But to hear McCaughey tell it, schools have become overrun with trans people. Though she had always voted Republican in presidential elections and taken conservative Republican policy positions, McCaughey suddenly switched her party affiliation to Democrat and soon announced plans to run for governor against Pataki. In August 2016 the Donald Trump presidential campaign announced that she had joined the campaign as an economic adviser.[2]. McCaughey uses Maine as an example of a place thats gone crazy for transgender people. Not just in health class? Does she think that LGBTQ+ people are just biological oddities and havent contributed to history and society? [76], McCaughey resigned from the Board of Cantel Medical Corporation on August 20, 2009 "to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest during the national debate over healthcare reform", according to a press release by the company. Truth is, if students are to be educated rather than indoctrinated, parents will have to stand up to the transgender militants, she writes. No one else has the nerve.. She unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for governor after Pataki dropped her from his 1998 ticket, and she ended up on the ballot under the Liberal Party line. A janitor's daughter born poor in Pittsburgh, Ms. McCaughey rose through academia and recently rocketed into Republican Party power, a life already the stuff of paperback page turners. And you can thank the Obama health law. If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners?" Family (1) Spouse Wilbur Ross (December 1995 - November 1998) (divorced) Thomas K, McCaughey (1972 - 1994) (divorced) (3 children) Trivia (7) In a radio interview with Fred Thompson, McCaughey got more explicit, wholly inventing mandatory death panel sessions American seniors would have to face every five years. BORN in Pittsburgh as Elizabeth Helen Peterken, Betsy, as shes known, was raised in Westport, Conn., by her mother, whom shes described as alcoholic, and her father, a maintenance man who encouraged his daughters love of learning. Even the story of the couple's romance has moments of blithe hype. "Price controls on health care", McCaughey, Elizabeth. [50] Regarding her status as a political rookie, McCaughey said, "Many New Yorkers see that as a plus. ", "Hey, It's Her Party The Rags-to-riches Tale Of A Girl From A Troubled Home Who Embraced The Gop, Then The Democrats, In Her Determined Quest For The Statehouse", "A political soap opera: A look behind the scenes of the Betsy McCaughey Ross brouhaha", "An Adjutant With Attitude: Betsy McCaughey Ross Pursues Her Own Agenda", "No Exit: The never-ending lunacy of Betsy McCaughey", "Through the gates of health: Elizabeth McCaughey transformed the debate. I discovered a really cool book over the weekend called Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder. To find out more about Betsy McCaughey and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. Where oh where do parents go for help to stop their children from being indoctrinated that transgender people exist and theyre humans? Watch this gripping interview with a new member of Congress, Andy Ogles. She wants everybody to admire her. 2", "Rep. Anthony Weiner Debates Betsy McCaughey On MSNBC", "Betsy McCaughey: ObamaCare's Phony Deficit Reduction WSJ.com", "Betsy McCaughey says on next doctor visit, 'Obamacare will question your sex life', "Betsy McCaughey: Obamacare designed to vastly expand single payer Medicaid by eviscerating Medicare", "Betsy McCaughey (Betsy_McCaughey) on Twitter", "Tom Cotton says Mark Pryor voted to give Congress a special subsidy for health care", "GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling assails "sweetheart" deal for lawmakers, staff under Obamacare", "Fact Check: Congress, staff are exempt from Obamacare CNN Political Ticker CNN.com Blogs", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betsy_McCaughey&oldid=1125225447, Articles with dead external links from September 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from March 2011, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Articles with dead YouTube links from February 2022, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 December 2022, at 21:41. [59] Other reports claimed that she resigned after negative reactions to her performance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart one day earlier.[88][89][90][91][92]. Last month, Betsy showed up at the cocktail party before the annual Inner Circle charity dinner, where Hillary Clinton was a star attraction. Out In Jersey magazine covers the interests of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community of New Jersey. After chatting up journalists over drinks, Betsy made vague excuses about having forgotten other dinner plans. [76] McCaughey's claims may have inspired Sarah Palin's more high-profile claims that the legislation would lead to so-called death panels. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. I feel like a very lucky princess about to wed my charming prince," Ms. McCaughey, 47, said in a prenuptial interview. Ha. 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[13][15] From 1986 to 1988, she served as a guest curator at the New-York Historical Society and was responsible for the museum's exhibit commemorating the bicentennial of the US Constitution. About her marriage, she says even less. Recipient Bancroft Dissertation award, Richard B. Morris prize, Half-Life Mencken award; Woodrow Wilson fellow, Herbert H. Lehman fellow, Honorary Vassar fellow, John Jay fellow, Post Doctoral Research fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, 1984, John M. Olin fellow Manhattan Institute, 1993-1994, senior fellow Center . In 1993 she read the 1,362-page Clinton health bill, warned the nation what it said, and made history. As a political newcomer, its obvious Ive made mistakes in protocol. One of those people is former New York Lt. Gov. https://buff.ly/3ZsbZcA, Democrats open-border policy is a deal with the devilish drug cartels, Chinas COVID lies could prove deadly for America, Thank the governments failure against fentanyl for Americas shortest life expectancy in 25 years. [12], McCaughey has worked on patient advocacy and healthcare policy issues since leaving office in 1999. Governor of New York, 1995-98 Last name pronounced "McCoy." She has been a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute and Hudson Institute thinktanks and has written numerous articles and op-eds. In July 2009, McCaughey claimed that a section in the pending healthcare legislation, "Advance Care Planning Consultation", actually prescribed "euthanasia for the elderly" because it included provisions that, would make it mandatoryabsolutely requirethat every five years people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner [and inform them how to] decline nutrition, how to decline being hydrated, how to go in to hospice care all to do what's in society's best interest or in your family's best interest and cut your life short. [46] The "No Exit" article won the National Magazine Award for excellence in the public interest. Who is Betsy McCaughey's husband? It's one thing when government raises your taxes, suffocates your business with regulations or censors your tweets. Advisers told her a run for governor was overreaching. BETSY is not completely hurting. Team Biden's 401 (k) heist could raid your retirement for a woke agenda by Betsy McCaughey President Biden is . [9], She also contributed a chapter about Johnson to the 1979 book The American Revolution: Changing Perspectives by William M. Fowler and Wallace Coyle. Even in parts of the country that are more liberal, being a trans kid is hard. It is one of her favorite books, second only to Wheels on the Bus, with which she has a fanatical obsession. Betsy McCaughey wed a Wall Street multimillionaire, Wilbur L. Ross Jr., last night in a candlelight ceremony that could be said to cap a storybook romance -- if the storybook were written by Sidney Sheldon. [62] The society noted that studies had shown that patients without insurance were more than twice as likely to have their cancer diagnosed in the late stages of the disease. In an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Meeting on October 6, 2009,[93] McCaughey advocated gradually extending the minimum age for Medicare coverage upward from 65 to 70 in order to keep the Medicare system solvent. This backlash is especially vicious against transgender people. However, supporters of the stimulus bill provision said that research funded would provide additional evidence to guide treatment decisions and save lives and money by avoiding unnecessary, ineffective, or risky treatments. Everyone has known this for years and yet she was still. Im not sure what multiplication has to do with anything here, but I guess what McCaughey is saying is that children need a firm grasp of their times tables before they can fully understand that gender is a social construct. Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. [7] McCaughey was publicly critical of the governor's proposed cuts to Medicaid and gave a pro-choice speech without his advance permission. In 1997, Pataki dropped her from the ticket with a nasty public letter and she decided to become a Democrat in order to run against him. One of those people is former New York Lt. Gov. [101][102][103][104], Policy positions and scholarship, 19891993, New York Lieutenant Governorship, 19951998. Ha. After that one lying story full of lies made her famous, Al D'Amato told George Pataki to make her Lietenant Governor of New York. [5] As her opinion poll numbers sank, her husband took away more than half of the funds he had pledged to her campaign. In 2005, McCaughey founded and is now Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (also known as RID), a nationwide educational campaign to stop hospital-acquired infections. She was married to Thomas K. McCaughey. The divorce came through in October, however, and at 4 P.M. yesterday, Mr. Ross, 58, an investment banker with London's Rothschild Inc., was nervously learning his lines and working out last-minute seating. McCaughey, Elizabeth. Visit https://t.co/2S4E2ixKpP for more. #fentanyl #DEA @derekmaltz_sr #drugtrafficking @DEAHQ, The Biden administration must know that asking Lpez Obrador to battle the cartels is a fools errand #AMLO #cartels #fentanyl #borderpatrol #illicitdrugs #Fentanylcrisis Hes already told the transgender crowd, Your president has your back., In other words: if you dont hate transgender people, a good reminder that the ACLU and Biden are allies. It made her famous and a Clinton enemy. [5], She received a scholarship to attend Vassar College, where she majored in history. In an August 7, 2012, opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, McCaughey described as "phony" an assertion that repealing the Affordable Care Act would increase federal deficits.[94]. 69102, in Fowler Jr., William M.; Coyle, Wallace (eds.). McCaughey also serves on the Mount Sinai Lung Cancer Advisory Board and the board of the nonprofit Yankee Institute, a think tank that promotes fiscal integrity and sound state policies. In 2009, her criticisms of the Affordable Care Act, then a bill being debated in Congress again gained significant media attention in television and radio interviews, and it may have specifically inspired the "death panel" claim about the act. Site maintained by. Betsy McCaughey Elizabeth Helen McCaughey ( / mk /; ne Peterken; born October 20, 1948), [1] formerly known as Betsy McCaughey Ross, is an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1995 to 1998, during the first term of Governor George Pataki. Fighting back against the thuggish ESG woke agenda, Team Bidens 401(k) heist could raid your retirement for a woke agenda, A tight job market could help kill the taxpayer-funded college racket, Truce in sight on same-sex-marriage and dissent, The Jan. 6 Committee should do its whole job, A House Republican win can be a victory for free speech, Supreme Court cases expose ugly truth of elite colleges inhumane racial admissions, Campus diversity is a scam used to promote reverse racism, With dangerous superbugs on the rise, hospital cleanup means life or death, The left wants the Supreme Court to rule with public opinion only when its convenient. [17], McCaughey taught history as a visiting assistant professor at Vassar College in 19771978 and was a lecturer in 19791980. From 1995 until their divorce in 2000, she was married to business magnate Wilbur Ross, who went on to serve as Secretary of Commerce during Donald Trump's presidency. Anyone whos met Betsy knows shes always happy to talk health care. Well, at least, Mr. Ross amended, from the very first date, when Ms. McCaughey walked 10 blocks through a snowstorm in her high heels to meet him for dinner. Hes already told the transgender crowd, Your president has your back. [44] Supporters of the Clinton plan questioned McCaughey's claims, including her statements that "the law will prevent you from going outside the system to buy basic health coverage you think is better" and that "doctor[s] can be paid only by the plan, not by you" by pointing to the text of the legislation such as Section 1003: "Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting An individual from purchasing any health care services. "The real McCaughey: Why the GOP's answer to Cuomo's brain has virtually vanished". Running on the Liberal Party line, she drew just 2 percent of the vote, narrowly beating Green Party candidate Grampa Al Lewis. [5][6] McCaughey recalled her parents' difficulty in affording medical treatment: "my brother was a serious asthmatic as a child. Shes been recycling these charges for two years.. And then there was the moment, Ms. McCaughey said, when Mr. Ross sat down with her daughter, Caroline, to help with her homework, and "I knew this was the man for me. Betsy McCaughey is the author of over three hundred scholarly and popular articles. What makes Feders book so, well, cool, is that it truly is a celebration of bodies of all shapes, sizes, genders, colors, and abilities. The couple's five daughters -- Ms. McCaughey's three and Mr. Ross's two -- all played roles, from flower girl to ring-bearer. We've received your submission. It's reasonable that the U.S. and other countries to require air passengers from Communist China to provide a negative COVID test to board, writer Betsy McCaughey said The only thing not going viral in Communist China is the truth. She was an assistant professor at between 1981 and 1983, teaching two classes per year, both at Columbia University Between 1983 and 1984, she had a National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowship. McCaughey's story was really more the fault of owner/"editor-in-chief" Marty Peretz, of course, because he had a psychotic hatred of Bill Clinton.). And a see-through blouse. At one of the gubernatorial debates, she showed up in a purple cocktail dress!. In 2005, she founded and is now Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (also known as RID), a nationwide educational campaign to stop hospital-acquired infections. And the guest list was so large, she added, because they decided to opt for "inclusive rather than expensive.". Im going to try it the private way this time, she says, making one of the few oblique references to her marriage to Wilbur Ross, whom she is suing for more than $20 million over his failure to pay $2.25 million she claims he promised to spend on her failed bid for governor. [56] During her campaign for governor, she was criticized for firing a succession of campaign aides and political advisers and possibly changing her core political beliefs in order to appear more electable to New York voters. I think women are particularly subject to characterizing as the dumb blonde, or ditzy, she says. Beneath her expensive-looking duds, Im amazed to see that the former lieutenant governor with a Ph.D. has chosen to wear a blouse of a sheer, black fabric. Im not sure what multiplication has to do with anything here, but I guess McCaughey is saying that children need a firm grasp of their times tables before they can fully understand that gender is a social construct. To hear McCaughey tell it, President Joe Biden is basically colluding with school districts to make every child transgender and every teacher a transgender life coach. Governor of New York State. Health care is not a litmus test for me, said the woman who breathes health-care policy. Maine requires public school teachers to explore the achievements of LGBTQ individuals, not just in health class but also in history and social studies, she writes. Truth is, if students are to be educated rather than indoctrinated, parents will have to stand up to the transgender militants, she writes. McCaughey and her twin brother, William, were born in Pittsburgh to Ramona Peterken, and her husband Albert, a factory janitor. Count on it. Her father, Albert Peterken, a maintenance man in a fingernail . Republicans claim that the new stimulus law says the government will tell physicians what procedures can and can't be performed. Why is Team Biden thwarting a bipartisan panel to uncover COVIDs origins? 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