A Republican on AM JOY just now:

[JHan]

Republicans must understand healthcare is now seen as a right...

because of Obamacare.

Thanks Obama!

[randr]

1. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
I presume healthcare would be included in this description of our rights!!

[jmg257]

2. Who is saying you can't have healthcare?

[Stonepounder]

3. The projection that someone making $26,000/yr might end up having to spend $14K

for insurance. Could you afford 60% or your salary for health insurance?

[jmg257]

5. Oh - no way.

[ihaveaquestion]

6. Tom Cotton just said that "able-bodied" people

shouldn't get Medicaid because it's a system of "welfare"...

Seems to me that means that he thinks people should just work until they keel over at which point someone might clear you off the street and cart you off to the emergency room to die.

Alan Grayson was right...

[Plucketeer]

8. To an emergency room???

Maybe if you're able to ask politely - otherwise it'll be off to the scrap heap.

[jmg257]

9. Yep - typical selfish GOP comments.

[JHan]

10. yes, there it is..

They will only pity you if you're crawling and begging on the streets or obviously sick - welcome to conservatardism 101, where they love to pity the poor and have no problem with the poor humiliating themselves and castrating themselves for assistance from "charity" and Churches, because god forbid Government uses revenue to ensure citizens have access to a decent quality and standard of life.

[uponit7771]

12. The rediculous pricing of it

[calimary]

4. DAMN STRAIGHT!

Because it IS, Dammit!

Thank you, President Obama! You're the only individual to whom I can still, in all rights and in the interest of total accuracy, address or identify by that title.

[Kablooie]

7. It was always a black president they protested, not the health care.

They wanted, and still want, to make sure a black president is shown to be a terrible choice.

[JHan]

11. that too, can't ignore the race factor.

[lastlib]

16. Oh, they object to the health-care, too--cuts into profits,....

...and allows the peasants to escape serfdom/dependency from their corporate masters. Gotta keep 'em dumb, sick, and poor so they stay chained. God forbid they learn to think for themselves and decide there could be a better way.

[Boomerproud]

18. Democrats since Harry Truman have tried to get national health care passed.

Obama was the only one smart enough to get at least a foot on the steps.

[SunSeeker]

13. Yup, and only Joy is reporting that Trump's "Obama used UK to spy on me" line CAME FROM PUTIN!

She had my favorite, Malcom Nance, on there along with a bunch of other experts, who pointed out that Fox's Andrew Napolitano got that line from a conspiracy theorist on RT (Russia Today, Putin-controlled Russian state television). So, Trump was repeating Putin propaganda designed to sow discord among NATO allies and further Putin's key goal to dissuade European countries from joining/supporting NATO. Up to now, I had assumed Trump/Nepolitano had just pulled it out of their ass. Now I know it is even worse than that. Trump really is Putin's asset.

Thank God for Joy Reid.

[JHan]

23. I missed that bit..

Unless he blindingly trusts disinformation from RT, rather than info from our IC. Scary either way. smh.

[lancelyons]

14. You are correct. A GOP strategist Matt something said a few months ago

You are correct. A GOP strategist Matt something said a few months ago that Obama's legacy with ACA was sealed because the Republicans would have no choice but to find a health care approach that didnt cause people to lose coverage.

What I cant stand is when republicans say that Obamacare was just a card with a high deductible..

That is not true at all. millions have plans with 500, 1000 or 1500 deductibles which are the norms for most healhcare plans provided through employers, government, etc.

Also the plans that many folks had before ACA where junk plans that where just major medical.. 10000 deductibles, etc where the norm for many purchasing their own healthcare insurance.

[JHan]

22. yep, always a mess to remove an entitlement.

[Canoe52]

15. Darn you Obama!

[JHan]

21. still miss him :(

And I still think what else could have been done if he had the support of congress.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. Many like Joy

Are missing the point. Republicans "must" not do anything. They don't care. When are we going to wake up to the fact that these people are sociopaths?

I mourn for wasted time and energy. It is all wasted addressing 'what republicans must do' when we should be focusing our time and energy on mobilizing individuals and moving souls to the streets and the polls.

Thank you for the thread, JHan.

♡lmsp


"Stop fretting, start fighting." Tom Perez

[not fooled]

19. We are the peasantry

They don't care about us.

They don't want us to be educated or well off.

They just want to use us to make profits and then have us crawl away and die.

working class puke voters need to figure this out.

[JHan]

20. they are but they can't stop this train. Health coverage as a right is becoming their third rail.

their tiresome arguments are falling on deaf ears.

[Cha]

24. E ha! I didn't even think of that..

Mahalo, JH! So true..

Thanks Obama!

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