Originally Posted By Mr X Can I puke now? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC9lWoI43Qo&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...embedded</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo He might have well put a sock puppet on. What an ass. But many Reps are.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I personally always consult babies on issues of healthcare reform.
Originally Posted By LoyalOrderWaterBuffa Maddy makes 20 X more sense than Grandpa and her claim to fame is peeinG her pants 5 times per day. Hey Grandpa, take a seat and shut you pie hole.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt How cool would it have been if Maddy had grabbed that mic and bopped Shadegg in the head with it in the middle of that dreadful speech?
Originally Posted By ecdc Michelle Bachmann got up there too wearing a lei and talking about how the same person (presumably god or Hawaiian people) who made the flowers gave us our freedom, and how this bill will take away our freedom. She has a really screwed up idea of freedom.
Originally Posted By ecdc Right now Boehner and his fake tan are complaining about the costs. They could have had a leg to stand on if they hadn't spent hundreds of billions of dollars on Iraq maybe they'd have a point. Why is it Republicans only care about money when it's being spent to help people instead of to blow stuff up?
Originally Posted By ecdc Every Republican that talks about bankrupting "our children's future" should be required to go to Iraq with a sandwich board that says "Jesus smote Allah, the great Satan." The utter gall of these disgusting hypocrites.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< They [Republicans] could have had a leg to stand on if they hadn't spent hundreds of billions of dollars on Iraq maybe they'd have a point. >>> At least an argument could be made that that's an apples-and-oranges comparison. Here's a better one that I think is impossible to rebut: Where were all the concerns about deficit spending, spiraling national debt, and "passing the costs on to our grandchildren" back in 2004 when Medicare D was passed? For those that don't remember, Medicare D is the prescription drugs for seniors program that was added to Medicare, which previously lacked a prescription drug benefit. Here are some of the aspects of Medicare D: - Universal eligibility for those enrolled in Medicare - The 10-year cost of this program is currently estimated at $400 billion - The program was COMPLETELY unfunded. That is, when it was passed, it was just another $400 billion out of the general fund to be added to the national debt - It's the largest social welfare entitlement to be added in the US in the last 40 years How does the above square with the Republicans' current stance on health care reform? It doesn't. Why was there no squawking at the time?
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Well, right now my mom, who is on Medicare, is panicking because Fox "News" is telling her to.
Originally Posted By Mr X How is it that the Republicans can ram through something like Medicare Part D with ease, while the Democrats can't seem to get out of their own way passing something that's so high on their Presidents' agenda?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>How is it that the Republicans can ram through something like Medicare Part D with ease, while the Democrats can't seem to get out of their own way passing something that's so high on their Presidents' agenda?<< Because we're a center-right country, like it or not. Republicans can push through the most insanely conservative stuff and rarely worry about losing an election over it. Democrats so much as think about being too liberal in some places and they will get hammered from all sides. Right now a moderate Utah Republican is fighting for his political life because he applauded the President denouncing "death panels." That's how crazy this country can be.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney That kid was sooooo cute....I dont want to be responsible for bankrupting his future . Pull healthcare, screw it!! Luckily everyone I know in Compton has the best healthcare plans around I think, so no worries there! Please America, think about that cute kid!! Passing healthcare will only be an excuse to kill off his grandparents anyway and for Obama to turn America into post-war Soviet Union. That kid deserves better!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Because we're a center-right country, like it or not.*** Well, we're certainly a center-right government, that's for sure (at the moment, it's just "center" I'd say).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo On the international spectrum, the democrats are stil centre right. So the US is a centre right country.
