The “Oh, Really?” Could Be Heard Five States Away
Guess what John Cornyn suddenly decided was a damn fine idea? The Affordable Care Act. Obamacare.
Pick your chin up off the floor, Honey.
When asked what Texans are going to do without employer based health insurance, Cornyn replied …
Well, the good news is that if you lose your employer-provided coverage, which covers about 180 million Americans, that is a significant life event, which makes you then eligible to sign up for the Affordable Care Act — and as you know, it has a sliding scale of subsidies up to 400% of poverty. So that’s an option for people…. [T]he good news is people can find, get coverage under the Affordable Care Act or via Medicaid based on their income.”
Oh yeah, that same horrible Obamacare he fought like hell for the past 10 years is suddenly the best thing he’s ever seen since sliced bread.
The Texas Democratic Party put together a list of the times he voted against it or tried to destroy it. It ain’t no damn short list. They had to buy extra ink just to write it all down.
Will wonders never cease? I can’t wait until he has to say “Obamacare good.”
Thanks to Brad and Steven for the heads up.
Moscow Mitch: “John, you dumb bar of soap. That is not what I told you to say. What I said was do what we did here in Kentucky. Call Obamacare KYNECT or TNECK and the dumb SOBs will never know it’s the ACA. It worked here.”
1Its a working hypothesis based on that tiny voice in your gray jelly saying: “Tell the folks what they want to hear. Use the rhetoric that saved you so many times before. Lie like a shag rug.
And buy more buckskin fringe.
2Our felonious AG will be surprised. He’s still trying to kill it in SCOTUS!
3Except, Texas didn’t do the Medicaid expansion, so if you have no income, you aren’t eligible for ACA coverage. Oops.
4“… get coverage under the Affordable Care Act…” – Reasonably priced.
The look on Obama’s face when he heard Cronyn’s comment? – Priceless.
5Just another dumb, shallow, unknowledgeable Repugnacan that like minded voters send to represent them. Gosh, what do they expect besides stupidity.
6Sen. Cornyn is a hypocrite and a liar. The GOP has a case right now before the Supreme Court to strike down the entire ACA.
7Democratic nominee should be able to use this, provided they live to November.
8“Just another dumb, shallow, unknowledgeable Repugnacan that like minded voters send to represent them. Gosh, what do they expect besides stupidity.
dude isn’t stupid steve, he just knows his voters are.
9JPM – I’ll agree with you half way- it’s more like he’s dumb and they’re dumber!
10Sorry- I meant JMP for Joel Matthew Parker. I’m also dumber. Hate when I do that.
11Gee, John, it’s like you know the jig is up.
12Yeah well, the Republicans bought this one a long time ago.
THEY named the ACA “Obamacare” in order to discredit it. Then they went around saying, “What president ever names a bill after himself? What an ego the man has!” And their rank-and-file ate it up with a spoon.
Right after Trump **ahem** “won” someone tweeted,
1] “Trump, please get rid of the Education Dept. right now!”
2]then responded to a reply regarding the ACA with,
“Get over it Marty. You lost we won. We’re getting rid of Obamacare, not the ACA!”
3 to which Marty replied, “This is what happens when you want to kill the Department of Education.”
boom.
13Being a rePUKEian he still prefers the rePUKEian health plan…Ya Know…Get sick & DIE! Although going into bankruptcy is a valid alternative.
14Canwe get O’s name on the checks?
15“It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right…Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife” (John Cornyn, June 12, 2004.) https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2004/7/12/37899/-
If Covidiot* 45 were not the living proof Republicons do not understand the consensual adult premise of the marriage contract, along comes dumb as a fence post John to place another turtle on a post.
Meanwhile “insurance sure is complicated” said no one evuh who has had experience purchasing a health care policy or making a claim. The Republicons are being deliberately stupid on the issue. Surest way to uncomplicate insurance and reduce the costs of health care would be to remove insurance companies from the equation. Republicons pretend to care about the economy, production, and the workforce, but they sure can’t do the math of unintended consequences when there is no means to keep the workforce healthy.
16HYPOCRITE, thy name is REPUBLICAN!
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