GOP lawmaker proposes Obamacare replacement: Rely on Jesus for health care

[ashling]

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lorado state representative Gordon Klingenschmitt (R) on Thursday said that Americans should turn to God rather than the government for health care.

The former Navy chaplain was commenting on a Fox News poll that showed 58 percent of respondents wanted to repeal Obamacare, reported Right Wing Watch.

“We ought to look to the Lord for our health care,” Klingenschmitt said during his PIJN News program.

Klingenshit is German for Dingleberry

[JaneyVee]

1. Jesus Christ. Where do they find these people?!

[Wounded Bear]

9. I think you answered your own question...

[Shrike47]

28. I think they would have the same position whatever the name of their faith.

He thinks prayer is the answer. Would he sign an agreement never to visit a hospital, no matter what?

[jmowreader]

32. They found Klingenschmitt on a bread line

He was a Navy chaplain who got his ass removed from the Navy for attending an anti-Obama protest in his uniform.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Fucking fundies have brought down many a nation with their passionately held fantasies and fears.

How so many folks can be so brainwashed gives me a permanent sad.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

3. We do have to consider this attitude akin to murder.

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. does he seriously think those rich televangelists are going to give up their

Mercedes and private planes to provide healthcare for millions of Americans...if so he is stupider than he looks!

[Shrike47]

29. It would be hard to be stupider than he looks...

[VanillaRhapsody]

43. I think he might be a wash!

[lpbk2713]

5. Sorry pal, they already found a replacement for Colbert.

This guy IS a comedian isn't he?

[jwirr]

6. They limit God. Obviously their god is not strong enough to lead others to help. One of my favorite

theology lessons involved how God gives help to the needy. In this lesson when God hears your prayer God brings that help through people. That is a doctor if you are sick. Their god does not seem to be able to find people willing to help others.

Fundies also limit the help to that given by the private sector and not by the government. Their god is so small.

[freshwest]

36. +1

[JanMichael]

7. Looks like a repressed orc.

Are we sure it is a human?

[jmowreader]

33. Looks more like Cthulhu after a tentaclectomy.

[olddots]

8. this guy is really special

He has special needs like the need of a clue .

[Stellar]

10. In other words...continue doing what you were doing and then you can PRAY...

that everything will work out just fine, S.O.B.

[Rex]

11. Wait...since when is God in the health care business?

Could he point out where it says that in the Bible?

Yeah I know he can't...how do these idiots keep from flying off the planet?

[Major Nikon]

15. ...

James 5:15, James 5:13-16, 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10, Luke 8:50, Acts 19:11-12, Matthew 9:27-31, Deuteronomy 28:1-68, Matthew 17:14-20, Luke 7:11-17, Mark 16:17-18, Matthew 8:1-4, Matthew 8:2, Isaiah 35:5-6, John 3:16, Luke 7:1-10, Jonah 2:4-10, Philippians 2:25-30, Acts 19:12, Acts 5:16, Psalm 107:20, Exodus 15:26, Matthew 4:23-24, Matthew 15:29-31, Mark 7:31-37, et all.

So needless to say it's a frequent theme in the bible, which given it's lack of efficacy seems to be rather telling, however my personal favorite is 1 Timothy 5:23.

[Shrike47]

30. That's just Paul. He apparently said all kinds of crap. Or later transcribers added a bit.

[Owl]

12. Piss on Gordon's Klingenschmitt.

[Downtown Hound]

13. When I was 19 I prayed for my dad to not die from Hep C

It didn't work. I think I'll rely on something other than God from now on.

[misterhighwasted]

14. Yes, Gordy, I'll be asking Santa Claus for my health care this year.

Live that fantasy.
Like the spirit of Santa Claus, the miracles of Gawd represents only in the good hearts & giving of decent people.
HUMANITY, Gordy, IT IS HUMANITY.

[marym625]

16. If you're going to turn to Jesus for health care

Make sure it's Jesus Christ on a cheese sandwich. He's the best Jesus of all!

[NightWatcher]

17. Bastard's just mad because he looks like an anorexic rush limpballs

Why don't you pray to look like a human and we'll rely on healthcare insurance and modern technology.

[etherealtruth]

18. Prior to clicking on this ...

I truly believed it had to be a 'toon, the Onion, Borowitz etc

Sadly, it's an in the flesh imbecile

[Triana]

19. LINK:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/gop-lawmaker-proposes-obamacare-replacement-rely-on-jesus-for-health-care/

[Trillo]

20. I wonder if he looks to his doctor for healthcare

enquiring minds want to know.... Does he take his own advice?

[onethatcares]

40. doesn't have to

he probably has tri care and the VA to rely on, sheesh, that other stuff is for the masses.

[Arugula Latte]

21. Yes, yes. Great plan. That makes perfect sense.

Who else to turn to but an undead carpenter born to a virgin raped by a sky god in the Roman-controlled Judea of 2,000 years ago who may or may not have actually existed? It's watertight, I tell you!

[LiberalElite]

41. Not only that

according to the RC Church, she had to be told by an angel that she was pregnant - and gave birth 17 days later.

[MisterP]

22. soooo he's endorsing single-payer: since Jesus gave out no-cost healthcare

[daredtowork]

23. As a State employee he probably has premium healthcare for himself

As for his "plan" for everyone else: lol?

[Monk06]

24. Why is it so many American RWers have German sir names

Schwartzkopf, Rumsfeld, Limbaugh (Lumpbach), Kissinger, Eisenhower, and this Klingenschmitt character. Seems Americans of German origin prefer authoritarian parties.

[Shrike47]

31. By today's standards, Eisenhower was a liberal.

Many of our presidents are of English and Germanic descent because many of the early citizens of this country came from those places.

[LiberalElite]

42. Eisenhower warned about the

Military-Industrial-Complex. I wouldn't call him a RWer just because of a Germanic surname. That's a pretty broad brush you're using.

[Monk06]

44. Eisenhower also implemented the Cuba trade embargo in the last months of his presidency. The

Bay of Pigs op was also hatched under his watch.

He was a strong general but a weak president. His warning against the Military Industrial Complex is also an admission that he was helpless to stop it. Otherwise he would not have issued the warning on the eve of his retirement from office.

Eisenhower gave us Elvis. The Kennedys gave us Jimi Hendrix and Woodstock

[area51]

25. Birds of a feather

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sue-lowden-stands-by-chicken-health-care-barter-plan/

[Cha]

26. Question for Dingleberry.. does he have Health Care? Fox "news" poll on repealing OCare? Surprised

it's not 100%.

[octoberlib]

27. I wonder if his district is Colorado Springs

where all the evangelical churches are located. These churches preach the free market from the pulpit.

[jmowreader]

34. Wonder no more: it is

Ya think maybe we should sneak someone into Klingenschmitt's church and have 'em pack about a pound of weed into the censer?

[bulloney]

35. He looks like a cross between Rush Limbaugh and Frasier Crane.

Two pompous assholes - fitting.

[BootinUp]

37. This is the quality of folks going into government these days

Maybe we have traveled back in time and we just don't know it.

[tanyev]

38. Sure. Just let us know when Jesus is opening his national chain of free healing clinics.

[great white snark]

39. Either way we'll still be saying "Jesus I hated that colonoscopy"

This guy is a typical GOP buffoon.