John McCain saves Obamacare

[demi-conservative]

For now.

It will continue to be a campaign issue.

Pence and Trump still have card or two to play!

[Starlight]

Made me laugh...

[Cow Poke]

Made me laugh...

Yeah, I don't believe it's quite that bad, but it's certainly been a circus.

By the way, the picture would be more accurate if the guy on the left were in a hospital bed on life support.

[JimL]

Yeah, I don't believe it's quite that bad, but it's certainly been a circus.

By the way, the picture would be more accurate if the guy on the left were in a hospital bed on life support.

True, republicans have done their very best to kill him, but as you have seen, and as the above depicts, its the GOP on the right thats dying a slow death. I'm praying they stay dead!

[Terraceth]

It was a video for children.

And if the president vetoes me, I can only become a law if 2/3 of congress votes to override the veto.
Kid: And that would make it much harder to become a law.

Of course, the modern version of the song (from 2014) would go more like this anyway:

[Cow Poke]

True, republicans have done their very best to kill him,

Obamacare is collapsing under its own weight, Jimmy. You're just too ignorant to comprehend that.

[JimL]

Obamacare is collapsing under its own weight, Jimmy. You're just too ignorant to comprehend that.

You guys gave it your best shot for 8 years CP, you lose. Now on to single payer, medicare for all.

[Starlight]

Obamacare is collapsing under its own weight, Jimmy. You're just too ignorant to comprehend that.

The Republicans have been quietly sabotaging it with various small measures to ensure it fails under the cumulative weight of them.

Without the deliberate Republican sabotage it would have been fine. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the system itself. (Other than being a poor substitute for a medicare-for-all single-payer system)

[Cow Poke]

The Republicans have been quietly sabotaging it with various small measures to ensure it fails under the cumulative weight of them.

Without the deliberate Republican sabotage it would have been fine. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the system itself. (Other than being a poor substitute for a medicare-for-all single-payer system)

wow

[JimL]

wow

Yeah, didn't realize that did you? It is amazing isn't it? We do our best to keep you informed, but most of the time it just doesn't seem to sink in though.

[Cow Poke]

Yeah, didn't realize that did you? It is amazing isn't it?

Your never ending efforts to totally misrepresent what you read is noted, and is a symptom of your foolish black disingenuous heart. Unless, of course, you're simply that stupid.

We do our best to keep you informed, but most of the time it just doesn't seem to sink in though.

"we"? You mean, when you spew forth idiocy, and some of your liberal friends have to come in and explain what you meant to say?

[JimL]

Your never ending efforts to totally misrepresent what you read is noted, and is a symptom of your foolish black disingenuous heart. Unless, of course, you're simply that stupid.



"we"? You mean, when you spew forth idiocy, and some of your liberal friends have to come in and explain what you meant to say?

My black disingenuous heart! Oh my goodness, don't get your boxers all in a bunch there CP.

[Starlight]

Yeah, didn't realize that did you?

He genuinely didn't know about it. He's generally not very well informed when it comes to the news and/or the awful things republican politicians are doing.

We do our best to keep you informed, but most of the time it just doesn't seem to sink in though.

He thinks if he just takes the Bill O'Reilly approach of pretending confidence and bloviating, without listening to what you say, then he'll muddle through somehow.

[Tassman]

The Republicans have been quietly sabotaging it with various small measures to ensure it fails under the cumulative weight of them.

Without the deliberate Republican sabotage it would have been fine. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the system itself. (Other than being a poor substitute for a medicare-for-all single-payer system)

That's right. Obamacare is not failing, although it certainly needs some fine-tuning, it's being deliberately sabotaged by the Republicans. it has been in some states from the very beginning. Heaven forbid that an Obama initiative might be successful in alleviating the dire burdens of the undeserving poor.

[Bill the Cat]

Because the leader of the House already passed an even worse healthcare bill than the one the Senate would be sending back to them, and the House is under no obligation to not bring the Senate bill to the floor as is. Why on earth should McCain or anyone else in the Senate trust the House not to pass the bill as is? Its just dumb, dumb, dumb!

First off, the house plan wasn't that bad. Some things I don't particularly think were well thought out or explained, and a few others try to dull the consequences, but overall, IMO it is a better step in the right direction than Obamacare.

See above. Putting your trust in the House, the House which has already passed a worse bill, is just dumb Bill. Thats why McCain killed it!

From your leftist "what's yours is mine" mentality, I'm not surprised you think it's dumb. McCain betrayed the Republicans out of an irrational fear.

Its all about the money Bill.

As is everything they do. That, and re-election.

Ryan track record, which I'm sure you know nothing of,

You'd be dead wrong.

has nothing to do with it. The house is free to bring it to a vote as is even though it failed in the Senate. The whole process was ridiculous. Get a grip.

I don't know why I bother. You're too stupid to understand what a reconciliation bill is anyway...

Bill, the Senate failed to pass the bill, do you understand the difference.

Of course I do. YOU don't.