Gail Collins in
her Thursday column mocks and bashes the return of Rick Santorum--as a bad guy in torpedoing that Senate vote on the disability rights treaty.
In the Capitol this week, disabled Americans lobbied for ratification,
arguing, among other things, that it could make life easier for them
when they travel. Since more than 125 countries have already signed onto
the treaty, there will certainly be pressure to improve accessibility
to buses, restrooms and public buildings around the globe. It would be
nice if the United States was at the table, trying to make sure the
international standards were compatible with the ones our disabled
citizens learn to handle here at home.
But, no, the senators were worried about the home-school movement. Or a
boilerplate mention in the treaty of economic, social and cultural
rights that Senator Mike Lee of Utah claimed was “part of a march toward
socialism.”
Greg Mitchell is the author of more than a dozen books (see right
rail of this blog). His latest, on the Obama-Romney battle, is "Tricks, Lies, and Videotape."
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