[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. McCaughey is also a weekly columnist for the New York Post, and her work is syndicated nationwide. In a July 24 column for the New York Post, McCaughey smeared Ezekiel Emanuel (the nice Emanuel brother) as a murderous "deadly doctor.". Her 1993 attack on the Clinton healthcare plan was likely a major factor in the initially popular bill's defeat in Congress. 69102, in Fowler Jr., William M.; Coyle, Wallace (eds.). "[37][38] (When the memo was discussed in a 2009 story in Rolling Stone, McCaughey declined to comment. Lt. And Betsy found she enjoyed the spotlight. They are made-up. In 1993 she read the 1,362-page Clinton health bill, warned the nation what it said, and made history. Photo-ops, empty promises and such will be followed by rapid backsliding. Nevertheless, she then married Wilbur Ross a wealthy investment banker in the year 1995. [17], McCaughey taught history as a visiting assistant professor at Vassar College in 19771978 and was a lecturer in 19791980. 2023 Getty Images. 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. BETSY McCAUGHEY STILL-ROSS has a new man in her life. [13][15], She married wealthy investment banker and prominent Democratic Party fundraiser Wilbur Ross Jr. in December 1995. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. HER signature high heels glittering gold for the occasion, Lieut. Shes been recycling these charges for two years.. [13] The McCaugheys separated in 1992 and divorced in 1994, with McCaughey and her ex-spouse sharing joint custody of their three daughters. [75] Other conservatives agreed that the legislation could put the federal government in the middle of the doctor-patient relationship. I said, jokingly, In what order? Then she bursts into tears and says, Youre not protecting me!, I said, I am protecting you by not allowing you to do these stupid things.'. One of those people is former New York Lt. Gov. At one of the gubernatorial debates, she showed up in a purple cocktail dress!. Um, I dont know at which schools McCaughey has been hanging out, but from what I can tell, those schools are not on planet Earth. Biden's rule paves the way for your 401 (k) savings to be put into what is called ESG funds. By Betsy McCaughey. This backlash is especially vicious against transgender people. 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. George E. Pataki, Donna Hanover Giuliani and City Council Speaker Peter F. Vallone, Martha Stewart, Donald Trump and Bob Nederlander, who was the best man. [7], She won Columbia's Bancroft Dissertation Award in American History in 1976[8] and her dissertation was published by the prestigious Columbia University Press in 1980, From Loyalist to Founding Father: The Political Odyssey of William Samuel Johnson. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. It's far worse when government is to blame for actually shortening your life. McCaughey urged their repeal so that their potential impact could be studied further.[71]. 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. U.S. Senate. That will change as more women enter politics.. She has a penchant to flirt with everybody, male and female. And shell be horrified that Im starting the piece this way. Betsy McCaughey, who railed against "the transgender militants" in a recent piece on World Net Daily. Betsy McCaughey is a patient advocate, health policy expert, and former Lt. Anyone can read what you share. Betsy now claims she signed the agreement under duress, and that Ross failed to pony up another $2.25 million hed promised to spend on her campaign. Columbia University, Ph.D., 1976, Columbia University, Master of Arts, 1972, 2015-present:Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, 2003-present: Founder and Chairman of Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, 1998-2002: Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, 1994-1998: Lt. My only regret is that I didnt have more children she says. The backlash against LGBTQ+ people continues apace even after finally getting Trump out of the White House. Biden is determined to increase that by making the $6.8 trillion held by 401 (k) plans more available to union companies than nonunion ones. Hillary has not reached out for Betsys help. Among the complexities were arrangements for guests who included Gov. Elizabeth Helen McCaughey, 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 . Just five years earlier, Betsy McCaughey Ross was the highest-ranking woman in New York politics, and a fixture on every invitation list. Craving the womens vote, he tapped the political novice as his running mate. [58] She was also a member of the board of directors of the Cantel Medical Corporation, a medical device manufacturer, from 2005 to her resignation in August 2009 to avoid the appearance a conflict of interest while she was engaged in advocacy on healthcare reform legislation. Out In Jersey magazine covers the interests of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community of New Jersey. [7] McCaughey went on to graduate school at Columbia University in New York City, earning her MA in 1972 and her PhD in constitutional history in 1976. Her mother, an alcoholic, died the next year of liver disease at the age of 42. 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. [11], In August 2007, the American Cancer Society dedicated $15 million to a public awareness campaign on inadequate access to healthcare for the 47 million Americans not covered by insurance. Governor of New York State. [9], She also contributed a chapter about Johnson to the 1979 book The American Revolution: Changing Perspectives by William M. Fowler and Wallace Coyle. 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. 102109, 112, 117119. In 1972, she married Thomas K. McCaughey, a Yale graduate she had met in college and who was then moving up as an investment banker. Required fields are marked *. [64] She expanded her argument into a "Brief Analysis" published the following month by the National Center for Policy Analysis in which she maintained that the US was number one in the world in cancer 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. [11], McCaughey's father died in 1970 at the age of 60. McCaughey opposed the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 debated in Congress in 2009. [24] She also supported the nomination of a federal judge, Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court by arguing that he would judge cases there on their merits and not tend to interpret cases in a manner consistent with his conservative beliefs;[5][25] She also supported a tobacco company in litigation before the Supreme Court[26] and praised the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey Supreme Court decision, restricting abortion rights. [12], McCaughey was defeated in the Democratic primary election by New York City Councilman Peter Vallone (who then lost the general election to Pataki, 54 percent to 33 percent). Elizabeth Peterken McCaughey, who prefers to be called Betsy, was born with her twin brother William in Pittsburgh on Oct. 10, 1948. And thats beautiful. Not to mention herself", "Betsy's registry. Current editor Franklin Foer apologized for the McCaughey piece shortly after assuming his position. RID has won legislation in over 37 states for public reporting of infection rates. Despite McCaughey's complete lack of experience as a political candidate or officeholder and the fact that Pataki did not personally know McCaughey, Pataki perceived that she was very popular among conservatives, who, at the time, were still suspicious of him and that her public image would make his longshot candidacy more appealing to independent and female voters. McCaughey, Elizabeth P. "William Samuel Johnson, the loyal Whig", pp. 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. She did attack all three enemies, including her boss, in press interviews. In reality, the Biden Administration is trying to undo the damage that the virulently anti-trans Trump Administration caused transgender and gender fluid students. In school, its cool to be anything but heterosexual, she writes. [62][63] It claimed that there would be a greater decline in cancer deaths if more cases of cancer were diagnosed in the early stages. Trenton re-elects mayor Reed Gusciora, a gay man; Jennifer Williams, a Jagged Little Pill Isnt a hard pill to swallow. In addition, they have three daughters together. U.S. life expectancy dropped to 76.4 years, the lowest in 25 years, according to new federal data. [47] In 2006, a new editor recanted the story. Betsy McCaughey is the author of over three hundred scholarly and popular articles. [73][75] Republican US Representative Charles Boustany Jr. of Louisiana, a heart surgeon, added that he feared that comparative effectiveness research would be misused by federal bureaucrats to "ration care, to deny life-saving treatment to seniors and disabled people". Dumb question. McCaughey's campaign attracted little support, and she received only 1.65 percent of the general vote for governor. They are not even "distortions." (Andrew Sullivan edited The New Republic from 1991 through 1996. "Perverting the Voting Rights Act". However, it is unfortunate that the couple separated in the year 1992 and divorced in the year 1994. Who is Betsy McCaughey's husband? Or Ill wait for grandchildren., I never look back, she says. [1] However, McCaughey's recommendations were largely ignored.[53]. She was a member of the boards of directors of medical equipment companies Genta (from 2001 to 2007) and Cantel Medical Corporation, but she resigned in 2009 to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest with her public advocacy against the Affordable Care Act. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2019 LGBTQ San Diego County News. Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. 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. "[45][39], According to The Washington Post, the "No Exit" article, the White House response, and the ensuing television and radio interviews with McCaughey made her a star: "Her toothy good looks, body-conscious suits, Vassar BA and Columbia PhD reduced right-wingers to mush. McCaughey, Elizabeth. She was alone. Forty white-capped young Navy men raised sabers in salute as the newlyweds entered the reception at the Intrepid Museum. [97], In an October 25, 2013, appearance on Fox News, McCaughey said that the Affordable Care Act would have the effect of "eviscerating Medicare". McCaughey wrote op-eds over the next six months in The Wall Street Journal and USA Today in which she supported the 1993 selection of a jury from predominately-white, Republican, rural counties for the urban (Memphis)-located retrial of African American and Democratic US Representative Harold Ford, Sr.,[28] and praised the 1993 Shaw v. Reno Supreme Court decision, favoring five white voters who said their rights had been infringed upon by redistricting that had been done to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Street Racing and Sideshows Endanger the Public. She wants everybody to admire her. [16] He filed for divorce in November 1998. #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 In August 2016 the Donald Trump presidential campaign announced that she had joined the campaign as an economic adviser.[2]. No one else has the nerve.. The newly constituted family plans to search for a bigger apartment. This was all before Ruth Shalit and Stephen Glass. [41][42], The Clinton White House press office issued a response to McCaughey's "No Exit" article by arguing that it contained "numerous factual inaccuracies and misleading statements". The newly constituted family plans to search for a bigger apartment in Manhattan -- the bride and groom currently live about 20 blocks apart on the East Side -- and a place in Albany. Born: 20-Oct-1948 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA Gender: Female Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician, Activist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Lt. November 22, 1993. 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. For this is a woman who wants desperately to be heard. Access the best of Getty Images and iStock with our simple subscription plan. Contact her at betsy@betsymccaughey.com or on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey. Her rapid rise has been laced with some controversy. Elementary school teachers are putting words such as nonbinary and transgender on the blackboard, even before kids have learned multiplication, she writes. [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. Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and author of "The Next Pandemic," available at Amazon.com. [5] As her opinion poll numbers sank, her husband took away more than half of the funds he had pledged to her campaign. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. [49], Following the national attention McCaughey received in the 1990s healthcare legislation debate, Pataki, a first-term New York state senator who was running for governor, chose her as his running mate. What? Newsweek columnist George Will used McCaughey's writings as a basis for predicting that the Clinton health plan would kill patients and make it illegal for patients to pay doctors directly for care, with 15-year jail terms for patients who tried to do so. [40] Bill Kristol's Project for the Republican Future quickly launched television advertisements featuring quotes from McCaughey's two Wall Street Journal op-ed columns and her The New Republic article. All rights reserved. [5], She received a scholarship to attend Vassar College, where she majored in history. [12], McCaughey has worked on patient advocacy and healthcare policy issues since leaving office in 1999. It's far worse when government is to blame for actually . Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. McCaughey's schtick, as described by James Fallows, is to pose as a disinterested, objective researcher who is just shocked and dismayed to find something insane and evil in a piece of legislation supported by a Democratic president. AKA Elizabeth Peterkin. 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. McCaughey, Elizabeth P. "Can courts order school integration across town lines?". Advisers told her a run for governor was overreaching. [65] Sources for her analysis included a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a non profit, non partisan research organization,[66] and an article in the British medical journal Lancet Oncology, which analyzed 20002002 cancer survival figures from Europe. "[62], McCaughey criticized the campaign, saying that it should instead refocus on educating people about cancer prevention and detection. The things she writes are untrue. With her nuptials next month, Lt. Gov. "The real Clarence Thomas: On the eve of the hearings: A record of judicial restraint". The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. 2", "Rep. 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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. . She hasnt ruled out adoption. [57] Following the election, she divorced and then sued her former husband alleging "$40 million fraud", claiming that he promised to fund her campaign unconditionally. RID has won legislation in over 37 states for public reporting of infection rates. 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. Betsy McCaughey, health policy advocate, former lieutenant governor. Theyre human beings and should be treated as such. "Price controls on health care", McCaughey, Elizabeth. She calls me up one day and says she was going to hold a press conference denouncing the governor, [former Sen.] Al DAmato and [Pataki press secretary] Zenia Mucha, says one former associate. She lies. Today she is doing it again. McCaughey uses Maine as an example of a place thats gone crazy for transgender people. [85] In a rebuttal, Factcheck.org stood by their analysis and provided further analysis, which led them to conclude that McCaughey had misinterpreted the bill. 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