If Obamacare survives, U.S. won't, Ben Sasse (R-NE) says as he officially launches Senate bid

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Robynn Tysver

Republican Ben Sasse says the fate of America hinges on the fate of President Obama's health-care initiative.

If the Affordable Care Act survives, America will cease to exist, said Sasse, as he officially launched his bid Monday for U.S. Senate.

Sasse, 41, said that if he is elected to the U.S. Senate, his goal will be to repeal the law.

“If it lives, America as we know it will die. If the idea of America is to live, it must be stopped,” said Sasse.

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[onehandle]

1. Now I'm Convinced! nt

[movonne]

13. If the tea party wins America won't survive....

[lostincalifornia]

27. That is the truth

[kardonb]

29. convinced

What I am convinced of is that the ACA will be a huge success . That is why repugs are scared sh-tless of it !

[bjobotts]

32. Reagan made same scare claim about Medicare

It's been recorded...Reagan saying we will lose American freedom and how we'd tell our grand children how it was before Medicare when men were free. Same thoughtful insight. Another shallow thinking republican goober...what a surprise. Mass. is doing just fine with Obama-Romney care in place for years. Who in Omaha is guillible enough to to support this dim-wit?

[Kablooie]

2. He may be right.

Because the Republicans may destroy our whole country over Obamacare.

[Bette Noir]

34. That sure looks like what they're trying to do.

[blkmusclmachine]

36. You betcha!

[Katashi_itto]

39. I kept saying this is Sedition and peers keep scoffing. Teabagger plan on taking us over the cliff.

John Boehner poses more of a direct threat to the mainland USA than Adolf Hitler or Usama Bin Laden ever did. But I have started to think 6-12 months as Somolia is what this country needs to wake up. Once we default, that will shake things up.

[treestar]

3. Yeah this sort of things destroys countries

Remember the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden? All those countries gone.

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. Hyperbole; the argument of losers. n/t

[Buddha_of_Wisdom]

5. Might want to cancel your bid, there sonny... save your cash....

Republicans are not going to be very popular after the fiasco.....

[sinkingfeeling]

6. They really grow them stupid in Nebraska.

[Surya Gayatri]

24. As a Nebraskan born and bred, I take umbrage

at that slur on the whole state. They're no more stupid in NE than in any other blood red state. (Which means at least 51% of them have issues with cognitive dissonance and critical thinking.)

Not born stupid, but brainwashed by the media and their politicians.

[reflection]

7. I have to say, I agree with him.

I think I can say without exaggeration that Obamacare is 10 thousand times worse than the Holocaust and Black Plague combined.
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[Scurrilous]

8. Healthcare will be the death of us all!!1!

[Mellow Drama]

9. Sasse needs to be so kicked in the nuts!

...and I have my grandmother's Korean country boots from the old country to do such a thing!

[movonne]

14. well I say DO IT...THE SOONER THE BETTER...

[AAO]

16. Kick him in the nuts

Then when he bends over in pain a hard knee to his nose. Then when he falls to the ground, jump on his neck - HARD!

Sorry, just a fantasy....

[kestrel91316]

10. "The greatest danger this nation has ever faced, my fellow Nebraskans, is the

prospect of a healthy citizenry!!!" said Mr. Sasse.

[Southside]

11. So Obamacare is their 2014 campaign

It was 2012, and 2010. These Tea Party guys are a broken record. It must raise a lot of money for them. So it's Democrats vs the Tea party. I'm betting on the democrats, as long as Obama is President Obamacare will exist. So we are ok for at least 3 years.

[sakabatou]

12. Only due to your fucking other Republicans!

[AAO]

15. Quite a cavalier attitude, huh, Nebraskans?

[yuiyoshida]

17. Republican Terrorist..

I WONDER if he would be willing to wear a TNT vest...and let the FBI know, he is coming.


Stupid bastard.

[justice1]

18. Looking at the responses to the article, it's obvious Nebraskan's don't like him.

What is really frustrating is the Democrats haven't even put up anyone to challenge for the seat. A candidate like John Ewing could have probably taken Lee Terry's seat, if he had some backing. Despite only raising $600,000 compared to Terry's $2 million, he walked away with 49% to Terry's 51% of the vote.

As I have said from day one, the Democratic party needs to go after each and every state.

[madrchsod]

23. dean`s 50 state strategy...the republicans did it and look what happened.

[DallasNE]

19. Sasse Has $800,000 In The Bank

Which suggests he is Joe Ricketts' candidate and what Joe Ricketts wants in Nebraska Joe Ricketts gets. I would say that Sasse is now the clear front runner.

[ConcernedCanuk]

20. "America as we know it will die" - well - that might be a good thing!

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Let's see - the "America" the World knows wages war all over the globe.

It's citizens suffer without homes, decent jobs and healthcare.

So -

Enter the NEW America - prospering citizens with decent housing, healthcare and jobs.

An Administration that spends more time and money improving the lifestyle of its citizens.

and so on . . .

I think the World, AND the American population might not miss all the wars,

and welcome a peaceful prosperous existence in a new America . . .

Gotta ditch that MIC/PNAC gang though . . .

just sayin'

CC

[Kelvin Mace]

21. America will die?

Would this be the America of never-ending wars, 1%ers, Citizens United, abusing the poor, minorities, women and children.

Because if it is, I can't wait for THAT motherfucker to die!

[madrchsod]

22. funny america did`t die under johnsoncare

i`m pretty sure it`s not going to die under obamacare either.

good god this guy is a really dumb sob...

[Monk06]

25. Teabagger to English translation: The richest most powerful nation on the planet will be completely

destroyed if a even the most modest attempt is made to reduce the insurance industry monopoly on healthcare. America as we know it will cease to exist if people are given the opportunity to purchase affordable private medical insurance.

The ACA is not universal healthcare. It is not government run healthcare. It isn't a healthcare act at all. It is a modest attempt to regulate the private insurance monopoly. But busting corporate monopolies is socialist and Un American so we can't have that.

[area51]

37. +1

GingrichCare's genesis.

[RussBLib]

26. that is just fu*king stupid

aren't there any "normal" Republicans anymore?

[Drahthaardogs]

28. Who cares. It is all Republican in Nebraska anyway.

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[Orsino]

30. The ransom note. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

31. If the GOP -- in its present form -- survives, then US won't

May already be too late.

[daleo]

33. The confederacy said the same thing about slavery

America as slaveholders knew it, did die. Same thing here. Right wingers against fairer health care are just trying to prop up something that is long due to pass away.

[Ash_F]

38. Sounds like a threat.

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I guess he's not really lying, if you look at it that way.