I tricked 3 Republicans....

[Rosco T.]

... into supporting the ACA yesterday.

They were mouthing off and I finally said "hell, you're probably right.. go thru the signup process and see how much more it's gonna cost you, then you have something to back it up!"

(inner evil laugh)

#1 - would have their premiums go for >$600/mo to $112

#2 - premiums down to $65/mo (don't know the original)

#3 - premium .. $0!

they all three called me to APOLOGIZE for spreading so much bullshit and would be telling EVERYONE they knew that they were wrong and needed to sign up.

two of them called me again to say they now support PBO and agree with him that the GOP are trying to hold the country hostage!


One. Step. At. A. Time.

[Goalie49009]

1. Good for you

[Kingofalldems]

2. Nice.

[warrior1]

3. x this by all the other people

and you can see why the gop is toast.

[fasttense]

46. Exactly, that is why the GOP is so afraid of Obamacare

"Two of them called me again to say they now support PBO and agree with him that the GOP are trying to hold the country hostage!"

Everyone who is saving significant amounts of money from Obamacare is going to know that the RepubliCONS were/are liars. And they are going to be thanking the Democrats.

[Warpy]

4. Obvously they were Republicans but not wingnuts.

There is nothing you can do with a wingnut but laugh at him for buying such a load of horseshit, thinking it's gold.

[treestar]

5. You totally rock, man!

That was smart as hell!

[nashville_brook]

6. how do you get your premium down to $0?

[Rosco T.]

11. Subsidy covered the whole premium n/m

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fine, I can't spell :p

[pangaia]

21. What's a subsidity?

I like it. I like it..

[Fawke Em]

33. It's P-Diddy's discount.

[Orsino]

7. The cascade effect is rather telling.

Once they see the Obamacare lies for what they are, suddenly their other religious tenets fall, too.

[Blue Idaho]

8. This is what is terrifying the GOP

When ordinary people realize the truth about ObamaCare and the sick lies and fear the GOP has been spreading, the vast majority citizens will NEVER the TeaPublicans again.

They are fighting so hard because they realize their end is near.

[mahina]

9. Wish I could rec this twice. You didn't argue with a brick wall, you engaged and you won!

Nice going man!

[arcane1]

10. And THIS is why they are holding the country hostage to defund the ACA

What are they going to campaign on? "I voted 43 times to prevent you from signing up for that program that you need and love" isn't going to work

[displacedtexan]

24. You've got a great idea for yard signs!

We should make posters with your quote and plant them next to R campaign signs.

[Historic NY]

35. +1

[AAO]

12. A hero

We can all be heroes by engaging (innocently of course) the republicans with one simple thing - let them check it out and find the truth. Then ask them if they want the red or blue pill.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

13. VERY well played!

[MythosMaster]

14. This is what they are getting and hearing from the Conservative Media

Epic fail: 99% of Obamacare applications can’t be processed

(NaturalNews) – Obamacare is going to crash and burn from technical issues more than political concerns, it seems. You’ve probably already heard that virtually no one can sign up using the online Obamacare exchanges. The web forms are broken. The code is buggy. The data integration is a jaw-dropping failure.

This is why, all over the country and across the media, no one can seem to locate anyone who has successfully signed up through Healthcare.gov. Even the one person the Obama administration rolled out as a “success case” turns out to be completely staged and fabricated.

- See more at: http://www.teaparty.org/epic-fail-99-of-obamacare-applications-cant-be-processed-nightmare-scenario-coming-in-january-29133/

Lack of substantiated of Facts, with no corresponding links.

The only link is for $89.11 to send 2 fax messages of the same message to 435 members of congress.

Slinging snake oil.

A fool and his money are soon parted.
Thomas Tusser

[Myrina]

15. How are people finding this stuff out? It's been a week and I still can't get my account validated.

I'm about up to here with fighting with the damn site for 2+ hours every day ...

[efilon]

18. Myrina

It took my daughter several tries before she could get her account validated. She finally got it validated and since we have a Repub governor who refuses to extend Medicare she found that she made TOO LITTLE yes you read that right, to get insurance so she doesn't know what she is supposed to do. Remain uninsured for now I guess.

[displacedtexan]

25. There's no such thing as making too little to get insurance under ACA.

Are you sure you understood her correctly?

[truebluegreen]

27. Yes, there is, if you are talking about the "affordable" part.

There is a donut hole between unexpanded Medicaid and federal subsidies on the exchange. If your state (with a Repuke gov, it goes without saying) doesn't expand Medicaid, low income people can fall into it: too high in income to qualify for Medicaid, too low to qualify for federal subsidies.

This demonstrates how big a rat bastard Chief Justice Roberts is, since he is the one who ruled Medicaid expansion non-mandatory.

[HuskyOffset]

47. DUers, please be sure to . . .

to loudly and emphatically give proper credit to the R governors when you run into this. I'm in Wisconsin, one of the states that isn't taking the expanded Medicaid, and I've run into one person who is losing their Badgercare (what WI calls its Medicaid program) and blamed it on Obamacare/ACA until I gave them the correct information.

[Beartracks]

57. Just one of the ways they break government so they can claim govt doesn't work. n/t

[truebluegreen]

58. Yep. No doubt in my mind this was a poison pill from Roberts,

trying to ruin the program without declaring the whole thing unconstitutional--which he didn't want to do because the Court was already seen as overly-partisan and biased after the obscenity that was Citizens' United.

[kmlisle]

40. I heard on NPR that there is now an 800 number that allows you to sign up by phone

[Salviati]

16. I'd tell them that no apology is needed...

...just to remember who it was that has been lying to them, and to NEVER trust anything they hear from them (faux news, republicans, et al.) again without independently verifying it.

[abelenkpe]

17. You are brilliant!!!

Keep up the good work

[Cha]

19. Wow Wow and WOW! thank you, Rosco!

[WinkyDink]

20. I'm not seeing these reduced numbers for Capital Blue Cross in PA.

[arthritisR_US]

22. Nicely done! :) n/t

[ancianita]

23. They might also ask fellow Repubs who the last Republican was to put that much $ in their pocket.

[Hoyt]

26. Good job. But they'll talk to some of their right wing friends and be back spouting BS.

[The Wizard]

28. Hard to believe

you found three Republicans to do something other than accept without question the ravings of Pox News and Rash Limbaugh.

[Darkhawk32]

41. I have to agree.

I see no basis in reality about this. I wish I could believe it were true.

[Rosco T.]

56. Fortunately your belief or disbelief in 'reality'...

.. means absolutely nothing.

[Darkhawk32]

59. I'm sorry I just don't believe it.

I think you might be getting caught up in your own myopia right now. Republicans don't flip like that. They just don't.

[babylonsister]

29. So great...and I read this on FB!

Good news travels fast!

[BKH70041]

30. .

[groundloop]

31. Cool.... For once truth triumphs

That part about "if you like the coverage you already have then keep it" seems to get past most wingnuts.

[TeamPooka]

32. Boom goes the dynamite

[Curmudgeoness]

34. Whoa, good thinking!

Better than arguing with them. And apologies? Sweet.

[Cracklin Charlie]

36. ObamaCare!

The Game has Changed!

ps...I told them not to call it that! Huge Mistake, McConnell!

pss...Thanks, Obama!

[gopiscrap]

37. I love it

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. wow! that's better than arguing!

Good job!

[Vietnameravet]

39. This is why they want to collapse the economy

When this gets out their lies will be seen for what they are but not if the country is in a major depression that they can blame on Obama..

[Iwillnevergiveup]

42. Rosco T. I wouldn't say

you tricked anyone - you INFORMED them! Good on you.

[zinnisking]

43. Don't believe it

One Republican would be hard to believe. But three, all in your little circle?

hahahahaha

[Stargazer99]

44. faint odor of Republican troll

just how stupid do you think Demos are?
the post just above mine smells of Republican con

[Laura PourMeADrink]

45. I have tried 3-4 times - still can't get thru opening an account. grrr..nt

[ffr]

48. You mean education works?

I didn't think they could be educated. But glad that I'm proven wrong.

[Berlum]

49. k and r

a public service

[lobodons]

50. Rachel (or any other News host) should do a live sign up

Rachel (or any other News Host) should invite a Jo Schmo onto her show to sign up live on her show to show the entire TV viewing world how easy the process is AND to see the options available and hopefully premium savings as well.

She could start the signup live and then continue with her show all the while having a "Signup cam" in the corner while on Jo Schmo as he proceeds with his signup while occasionally breaking live to get an update on his progress.

[DebJ]

51. I don't think so....I've been trying to get a login for 4 hours now.

Another DU poster has been trying for weeks.

[NuclearDem]

52. I must not have had enough coffee yet.

I read the title as if you had tickled three Republicans today.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

53. A Historic Lesson: The greatest Canadian is Tommy Douglas.

He brought free universal healthcare to Canada in 1959. Was Premier of Saskatchewan.

He is also Donald Sutherland's father-in-law and Kiefer Sutherland's grandfather.

Mouse Land:

[LiberalLovinLug]

54. thanks for that reminder

As a Canadian, I am very proud and grateful to Tommy for being so tenacious in getting us our national universal health care.

I am just sad that our brothers and sisters down south of us could not have undergone the same transformation at the same time. I guess they had other problems to overcome during that time period.

I wish someone would have asked Hannity & Co. or a leading Republican during the health care debate "if Canada's healthcare system is in such disarray, why did they vote Tommy Douglas as being the Greatest Canadian ever?"

[IrishAyes]

55. A*M*A*Z*I*N*G

I'll try that tactic if one of them jumps me again - although most of the local teabaggers have learned to watch their toes around me.

Ha! I'd give the world to know how many from this tiny flyspeck of a town in RedNeckLand have ALREADY signed up!