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SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 05:13 PM Oct 2013

I'm going out on a limb here.

But I think that as more and more people start signing up for the ACA, excuse me, ObamaCare, it will start dawning on some people who'd previously supported the R's, that maybe the D's have been right all along.

What I'm hoping for is that in a very few days, there will be a huge number of people who will tell the Party of No to get lost. Or words to that effect.

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Wilms

(26,795 posts)
1. Yup.
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 05:23 PM
Oct 2013

Pretty soon Teabaggers will have protest signs that read: Keep Government Away From My Obamacare

Of course they'll misspell a few words, but that's OK.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)
2. The response to the ACA going live today...
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 05:28 PM
Oct 2013

gives lie to the Republican claims that Americans don't want Obamacare.

Squinch

(50,950 posts)
4. I predict that within a few years the Republicans will be fighting against the term
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 05:42 PM
Oct 2013

"Obamacare" because it will be to their disadvantage that the ACA is attached to a Democrat.

I think we should hold onto the term "Obamacare" proudly.

Uncle Joe

(58,364 posts)
5. The people on the left that had reservations or opposed the ACA never supported the Rs.
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 05:45 PM
Oct 2013

Thanks for the thread, SheilaT.

Gothmog

(145,291 posts)
6. The GOP is afraid that you are right
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:05 PM
Oct 2013

I do not think that you are going out on a limb. The reason for the shutdown is that the GOP/teabaggers fear the Affordable Care Act and are afraid the the American public will like it.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
7. I'm finding that as the day goes by, perhaps as the coming days go by,
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:48 PM
Oct 2013

I'm more and more enjoying the juxtaposition of government shutdown and Obamacare enrollment.

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