The conservative propaganda machine is going full tilt trying to turn the American people against health care reform before it goes into effect on Tuesday and people have a chance to actually benefit from it. How desperate are they? Pretty freaking desperate I’d say. This week, conservatives keep repeating the lie that Warren Buffett just […]
Just a few months ago, in July, the Republican Deputy Whip in the House said the following: It seems to me there’s appropriate ways to deal with the law, but shutting down the government to get your way over an unrelated piece of legislation is the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum, it is […]
“This is the 41st time that they have voted to repeal Obamacare. This is really not governing, this is more like a drinking game; every time they vote to defund, Boehner knocks back a Wild Turkey.” – Bill Maher “The leader in this movement to defund Obamacare is Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas. He […]
Well, it looks like the conservatives are going to get the government shutdown they want. In fact, they are already celebrating. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann says “We’re very excited. It’s exactly what we wanted, and we got it.” She believes that the GOP will be rewarded for standing firm in their demands. “People will be very […]
Further evidence that the fight over health care reform is more of a referendum on Obama, and not really about health care. CNBC did another poll asking people for their opinion of health care reform, but they did something interesting. “In CNBC’s third-quarter All-America Economic Survey, we asked half of the 812 poll respondents if […]
“President Obama warned that the government could shut down in two weeks. Obama added, ‘Not because of a budget impasse but because we’ll all be watching the last episode of ‘Breaking Bad’.’” – Conan O’Brien “Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell admitted they have no Plan B if the House doesn’t avoid a government […]
PolitiFact has been doing fact checking about Obamacare since 2009. Here are their top 16 myths and lies about the law (full explanations at the link). The law rations health care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain. False. (Florida Governor Rick Scott on Fox News.) It has “death panels.” Pants on Fire. (Sarah Palin […]
Sometimes I have mixed feelings about Senator John McCain, but sometimes I really love him. This is one of those latter times. Full transcript here. And of course, Jon Stewart has something to say about the same thing that McCain is upset about — Ted Cruz comparing himself to Churchill and Obama to Neville Chamberlain.
“Joe Biden has people talking that he’ll run for president after he was spotted at a fundraiser in Iowa this week. Unfortunately, he missed giving his speech because he spent four hours trapped in a corn maze.” – Jimmy Fallon “USA Today had a front-page feature on the new healthcare law. It said that the […]
It is not very often that a financial story comes along that requires referencing the Einstein’s theory of relativity to explain, but we have finally come to this. One week ago, the Fed made an important surprise announcement — that it would not be reducing its bond buying program. The result of this announcement was […]
“The last couple of weeks have been very tough for Republicans because of course they always have to call for the opposite of whatever Obama is saying or doing. And this has been hard when Obama himself has been changing his mind pretty much on a daily basis. First he was against the bombing, of […]
© Tony Auth The Republicans have painted themselves into a corner. They know that once Obamacare is implemented, people will like it. More people will have health coverage. You won’t have to change insurance companies (and often doctors) when you change jobs, and will be able to get health insurance even if you quit your […]
Paul Waldman has an excellent article in The American Prospect, “The Finger of Blame Points Only One Way“. It points out why Republican efforts to convince Americans that a government shutdown would be Obama’s fault are doomed to fail. His main point is that everybody knows that the Republican party is the one that hates […]
© John Deering The GOP actually has a website where they explain why they are opposed to Obamacare. Interestingly, it was published in March 2011 (over two years ago) so we can check on some of their claims. For example, did you know that the individual mandate is unconstitutional? Unfortunately for the GOP, the Supreme […]
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