Random Politics & Religion #00

Not just the evil rich racists Republicans were against it, but they did have a large help in forming it into what it was, instead of the much better bill it started out to be. Hell you can even thank them for the mandate.

Right, because there was so much support by the Republicans when it was brought to vote.

How many Republicans voted for Obamacare again? Please enlighten us on the number.

(We all know you won't respond, as the response will pretty much null your argument)

What is unique about ACA is that people have been saying this all along while this bill was being created, how overly complicated and overly bad it was structured, and it was generally ignored, because those who were against this bill were Republicans (you know, the evil rich racists and all that ***).

They spent their time symbolically opattach it and trying to attach riders instead of participating and making a better law. And massive social legislation is always needlessly overcomplicated anymore.

Again. If ACA was remotely unique in that respect, you might have a point, but it's not.

Not just the evil rich racists Republicans were against it, but they did have a large help in forming it into what it was, instead of the much better bill it started out to be. Hell you can even thank them for the mandate.

Oh not being able to see beyond what's in front of your nose, and not really even being able to do that right, must be nice.

First off, nobody voted for Obamacare, people voted for the ACA, you people and your silly names.

They spent their time symbolically opposing it and trying to attach riders instead of participating and making a better law. And massive social legislation is always overcomplicated.

Single payer is what should have been passed in the first place, not this subsidizing of insurance company crap.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Jet reads "not one single republican vote" as equal culpability.

He simply cannot read.

Right back at ya guy.

this is truly some astounding discourse taking place here.

I have a legitimate desire to know how republicans get any blame for the mess that resulted from the passage of the ACA when none of them voted for it.

Someone please enlighten me.

Americans must immediately turn their attention to the 2016 presidential election, because time is meaningless, two years is a mere 730 days and it's not like we have much else going on anyway..

So focus in, people. This is important stuff.

As we already know, the 2016 presidential race will pit candidate-to-be-named-later against other-candidate-to-be-named-to-later in an epic (political showdown/blowout) the likes of which we've (never seen/seen many times before).

The excitement is non-palpably palpable.

Time, which a few paragraphs ago was meaningless, is now of the essence, so I'd like to introduce you to some potential Democratic and Republican candidates.

The race will undoubtedly involve incessant name-calling, rumor-mongering and scandal-tweeting, so for your convenience I'll present each politician as he or she will likely be characterized by the opposing party. That way the mud comes pre-slung. It's just easier for everyone.

Democrats (as seen by Republicans):

Hillary Clinton — A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showed that Clinton is the only potential candidate from either party who a majority of voters believe might actually make a good president. That's likely because Clinton bribed the pollsters by offering them lucrative real-estate investment opportunities in Arkansas.

Clinton, a distant relative of an unpopular former U.S. president/Lothario, is best known as the mastermind behind the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. She is 350 Earth years old and suffers from irreparable brain damage.


Elizabeth Warren — This Massachusetts senator, the great-great-great granddaughter of Karl Marx, is a leading advocate for the destruction of America as we know it and a huge fan of laziness. She helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a job-crushing watchdog agency that denies bankers and corporations their God-given right to make unlimited amounts of money at the expense of "regular people," aka "moochers."

Warren is a former Harvard law professor, an occupation that, according to the Constitution, disqualifies her from being president. She also claims to have Native American ancestry and is likely planning to imprison all white people.

Joe Biden — He is best known for being second-in-command to America's first Muslim dictator. Also, LOL!!!

Republicans (as seen by Democrats):

Jeb Bush — This former Florida governor, like his brother and father before him, has hopes of becoming a terrible president who nobody likes. History shows, however, that Americans don't approve of multiple leaders from the same family, unless that family's name is Clinton and they're wonderful.

Jeb Bush is the brother of former President George W. Bush — did we mention that George W. Bush is his brother? — and his last name is Bush. Also, Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush. In high school he was voted Most Likely to Imitate his Brother (George W. Bush) and Invade a Country Under False Pretenses. His last name is Bush.

Chris Christie — A former cast member of "The Sopranos," this obstreperous New Jersey governor is best known for lying down on the George Washington Bridge and blocking traffic, resulting in the deaths of 279 people and three kittens.

Christie yells a lot, which makes people sad, and would likely bomb the first country whose leader looked at him funny. Some have said his weight might be a concern to voters. Christie responded by devouring those people and washing them down with a barrel of red wine.

Ted Cruz — Recently released from the Texas Rehabilitation Center for the Perpetually Loopy, this tea party icon wants to repeal Obamacare, impeach President Barack Obama twice and teach American children that 1 + 1 = tyranny.


His hobbies include standing in front of television cameras while random words fall out of his mouth, recreational narcissism and hunting poor people for sport. Should he become president, his stated goals include erecting a 50-foot-tall border fence made of Bibles, eradicating the color blue and cloning himself over and over until he has enough Ted Cruzes to form the Independent Nation of Ted Cruzica.

There are others, of course, and they too will be viewed through mud-spattered lenses provided by the opposing party. What's important is that we all buy into these narratives as early as possible so we can largely ignore the 2016 presidential campaign.

After all, we have important things to do. Like start focusing on the 2018 midterms. And the 2020 presidential race. And the inevitable war between the United States of Clinton and the Independent Nation of Ted Cruzica

Of course you don't answer my question...

Republicans can do plenty wrong, in fact I bet they're about to do something pretty stupid in congress by funding government till the end of fiscal year 2015 (before they take over the senate).

Of course you don't answer my question...

Republicans can do plenty wrong, in fact I bet they're about to do something pretty stupid in congress by funding government till the end of fiscal year 2015 (before they take over the senate).

If reason and sanity look like the world burning to you Jet, then I will most certainly enjoy watching your world burn.