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 dogma wrote:
 whembly wrote:

In other words... Wendy Davis "Akinized" herself here.


I wouldn't say that, Akin had a chance of winning.

Good point.

He had that election in the bag before he put his foot in his mouth.

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wut?

If you don’t vote you’ll need a bullet-proof vest... Cops might shoot you. O.o



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Oh... I see... election crazies is here

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You guys ready?

...

Are you sure?

Wendy Davis tweeted this:
Greg Abbott won't say whether he'd defend an interracial marriage ban—troubling but not surprising from someone who defends a "poll tax."

— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) October 20, 2014

Just one problem...

Abbot is married to a latino.

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 whembly wrote:
You guys ready?

...

Are you sure?

Wendy Davis tweeted this:
Greg Abbott won't say whether he'd defend an interracial marriage ban—troubling but not surprising from someone who defends a "poll tax."

— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) October 20, 2014

Just one problem...

Abbot is married to a latino.

Next she'll be trying to make hay out of his disability.... Oh wait

 
   
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 whembly wrote:
You guys ready?

...

Are you sure?


I don't know, maybe I should take a chill pill first.

Seriously, why are you harping on a candidate that lost before she was nominated?

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Curb stomping in the Eye of Terror!

 dogma wrote:
 whembly wrote:
You guys ready?

...

Are you sure?


I don't know, maybe I should take a chill pill first.

Seriously, why are you harping on a candidate that lost before she was nominated?

Because... she's Akinizing herself and I get to enjoy a little schadenfreude.

K?

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Wait, so she didn't get the nomination, so she isn't running? What relevance does she have to the midterms then if she isn't running?

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 motyak wrote:
Wait, so she didn't get the nomination, so she isn't running? What relevance does she have to the midterms then if she isn't running?

She is running as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas.

She doesn't have a chance though.

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 whembly wrote:

Because... she's Akinizing herself and I get to enjoy a little schadenfreude.


I know you find an emphasis on Todd Akin to be fetch, but the two situations are not comparable.

As to schadenfreude: Are you admitting that you are a Republican?

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 dogma wrote:
 whembly wrote:

Because... she's Akinizing herself and I get to enjoy a little schadenfreude.


I know you find an emphasis on Todd Akin to be fetch, but the two situations are not comparable.

Dammit... lemme have my cookiez!!!

As to schadenfreude: Are you admitting that you are a Republican?

I thought it was obvious. o.O

I'm a South Park Conservative™.

EDIT: here's another juicy schadenfreude:



Fething hell?

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Reconciliation.... oh, you mean the thing that the Democrats used to pass the ACA?

 
   
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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Reconciliation.... oh, you mean the thing that the Democrats used to pass the ACA?

Bingo!

They're laying groundwork to oppose this "Congressional Maneuver" if a hypothetically Republican Senate does this...

So... is the argument that it's only kosher when Democrats use it?

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That's the argument of all parties when against the other party. It's not exclusively the D's.

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 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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 Co'tor Shas wrote:
That's the argument of all parties when against the other party. It's not exclusively the D's.

I actually abhors that abusive process... and still don't like it if Republicans chose to use this method.

But, to repeal the ACA with this process?

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Are they actually still yelling about repealing the ACA? removing it will cause more damage than any possible good at this point. Unless a better system is put into place, nit just a strait repeal.

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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:
Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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 Co'tor Shas wrote:
Are they actually still yelling about repealing the ACA? removing it will cause more damage than any possible good at this point.

Yup... and nah, won't cause anymore damage.

Also, those that expanded Medicaid won't be giving that up either.

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If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:
Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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 Co'tor Shas wrote:
If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

They've always talked about replacing them with something similar to that.

IE, forbidding prexisting condition, trade-skill insurance market, etc...

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 whembly wrote:
 Co'tor Shas wrote:
If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

They've always talked about replacing them with something similar to that.

IE, forbidding prexisting condition, trade-skill insurance market, etc...

Well then I don't really care. As long as they don't feth everything up.

Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:
Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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Curb stomping in the Eye of Terror!

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
 whembly wrote:
 Co'tor Shas wrote:
If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

They've always talked about replacing them with something similar to that.

IE, forbidding prexisting condition, trade-skill insurance market, etc...

Well then I don't really care. As long as they don't feth everything up.

They're politicians... they inevitably will.

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 whembly wrote:
 Co'tor Shas wrote:
If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

They've always talked about replacing them with something similar to that.

IE, forbidding prexisting condition, trade-skill insurance market, etc...


Yes, they have always talked about it. The same way I talk about taking over the world and becomg a universally loved world dictator.

There is no consensus on what would replace the ACA. I have a feeling they would repeal the ACA and replace it with.... essentially the ACA with a few tweaks about medicl device taxes, etc. It could be called Liberty Care or something.

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 Easy E wrote:
 whembly wrote:
 Co'tor Shas wrote:
If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

They've always talked about replacing them with something similar to that.

IE, forbidding prexisting condition, trade-skill insurance market, etc...


Yes, they have always talked about it. The same way I talk about taking over the world and becomg a universally loved world dictator.

There is no consensus on what would replace the ACA. I have a feeling they would repeal the ACA and replace it with.... essentially the ACA with a few tweaks about medicl device taxes, etc. It could be called Liberty Care or something.

Or, we could go to Canadian model by expanding Medicare and overhaul US tax codes to support this.

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 whembly wrote:

I thought it was obvious. o.O

I'm a South Park Conservative™.


So you're not a Republican?

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 whembly wrote:
 Easy E wrote:
 whembly wrote:
 Co'tor Shas wrote:
If you don't put a similar but better system in place, than preexisting condition protection, medicare expansion, people with government sponsored health insurance, ect will disapear. I'm fine with them repealing it (or trying to), but they would have to put something else in place, not just cut, and move on.

They've always talked about replacing them with something similar to that.

IE, forbidding prexisting condition, trade-skill insurance market, etc...


Yes, they have always talked about it. The same way I talk about taking over the world and becomg a universally loved world dictator.

There is no consensus on what would replace the ACA. I have a feeling they would repeal the ACA and replace it with.... essentially the ACA with a few tweaks about medicl device taxes, etc. It could be called Liberty Care or something.

Or, we could go to Canadian model by expanding Medicare and overhaul US tax codes to support this.


Yeah, the R's are going to vote for THAT! If ACA is "socialism" what do you think thei voters feel about a Canadian single-payer system? Even calling it "Freedom and Propserity Care" won't save it.


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 dogma wrote:
 whembly wrote:

I thought it was obvious. o.O

I'm a South Park Conservative™.


So you're not a Republican?


I'm sure he is an independent that leans Libertarian.

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 dogma wrote:
 whembly wrote:

I thought it was obvious. o.O

I'm a South Park Conservative™.


So you're not a Republican?

Not a Registered Republican if that's what you're driving at. But, I vote mostly Republicans, especially for Federal positions. I'm about 50/50 in my local elections. If you a local democrat and I haven't heard of you... I'll likely vote for you again because "you kept your head down".

I'm a Conservative... mostly.


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Definitely cray-cray season eh?

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I wonder how much of that is true...

Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:
Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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 Co'tor Shas wrote:
I wonder how much of that is true...


http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2013a/csl.nsf/billcontainers/1B0EC2643B4EFFB787257AEE0054AB45/$FILE/1081_01.pdf

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