Republicans got PWNED today. [Archive]

DMX7

03-22-2010, 12:20 AM

king andoks

03-22-2010, 12:23 AM

1. The true changes needed were simply tort reform and denial for preexisting conditions... both of which cost nothing to implement.

2. We all know that, the real scam is that medicine was "free" before. It was already ridiculously overregulated and patients were denied care all the time. Maybe not by the government, but by HMO boards. No difference.

3. But, unfortunately, the Republican version was "Hey, if a doctor is on coke and kills your dad, you can get maybe 50k". I realize there are risks in medicine, but it's just one special interest group getting rewarded at the sake of another.

Marcus Bryant

03-22-2010, 12:30 AM

Hmmm. "Republicans got PWNED today" because they opposed a bill which requires everyone to hand a large amount of money to a select few corporations?

Marcus Bryant

03-22-2010, 12:31 AM

Liberal Democrats are now the handmaidens of corporate America. Congrats.

Sec24Row7

03-22-2010, 01:29 AM

One of the best ways to judge who will win the "P.R." battle over this bill is to hear the reactions from each party. We know what democrats said.

But listening to John Boehner cry like a fucking baby on the house floor proves Republicans got PWNED and they know it.

Repugs had a chance to add something to this bill but because their strategy of obstructionism failed, they now get nothing.

That's what happens when the inmates are allowed to run the asylum...

See how you do when you make the entire country like California...

When you kill the golden goose...

Winehole23

03-22-2010, 03:04 AM

Hmmm. "Republicans got PWNED today" because they opposed a bill which requires everyone to hand a large amount of money to a select few corporations?In retrospect there may have been a lost opportunity to influence the legislation for the better, but the decision to obstruct seems to have precluded that from the beginning, and the policy alternatives offered by the GOP were frankly a joke.

Let it sink in, the law is passed. It will never be repealed. Let us hope its business- killing features turn out to be somewhat less than lethal than advertised.

That's just a hunch, admittedly, but I see no reason to prophesy the end of capitalism or even capitalism as we know it....that's a process that started to culminate in 2008, but really started in earnest 3/4 of a century ago, when we began to resemble the Soviet mega-bureaucracy, and the state began to administer/manage everyday life in the USA.

The present handwaving about the USA's incipient conversion to socialism underscores the naivete' of the ordinary American, who is already a socialist to a degree undreamt of by most of his grandfathers, and whose society has been distinctly socialist in many respects for a very long time. Indeed, since the time of most of our grandfathers. (Wino is 42)

boutons_deux

03-22-2010, 04:31 AM

a Medicare-for-all NATIONAL public option, promised by MN, will fix the mandated subsidies to for-profit insurers.

If wrongies are so against mandated-under-penalty subsidies to for-profit insurers (and they really aren't), then they will support a national public option (not in the state exchanges), but the shrieking, shit-throwing monkeys won't support that, either, but they are nothing but shrieking, shit-throwing monkeys.

Winehole23

03-22-2010, 04:33 AM

And so are you, b_d.

Winehole23

03-22-2010, 04:58 AM

Repugs had a chance to add something to this bill but because their strategy of obstructionism failed, they now get nothing.This was David Frum's point in a nutshell, in the related recent thread.

Do you crib from Repugs, much? :lol

whottt

03-22-2010, 05:55 AM

One of the best ways to judge who will win the "P.R." battle over this bill is to hear the reactions from each party. We know what democrats said.

But listening to John Boehner cry like a fucking baby on the house floor proves Republicans got PWNED and they know it.

Repugs had a chance to add something to this bill but because their strategy of obstructionism failed, they now get nothing.

The Democrats lost the PR battle over this bill a good while ago. Most of the Democrats are saying...well, yeah it kinda sucks but it's better than nothing.

That's not a ringing endorsement.

Only a very few choice, party hardwired asshats think this is some great piece of legislation.

PublicOption

03-22-2010, 07:02 AM

Liberal Democrats are now the handmaidens of corporate America. Congrats.

fuck, the only reason those corporate provisions are in the bill is because the lobbyists paid out the ass the to have the GOP kick and scream to put those provisions in the bill.

you can try and fool a dumb ass.............but I am not one.

DarrinS

03-22-2010, 07:29 AM

Actually, the American tax payer got PWNED today.

Thanks.

benefactor

03-22-2010, 08:11 AM

I'm so glad to hear that one party "pwning" another is still what our government is all about.

Change? Whatever.

ChumpDumper

03-22-2010, 09:22 AM

Actually, the American tax payer got PWNED today.

Thanks.How much are your taxes going up according to this bill?

EmptyMan

03-22-2010, 09:29 AM

They did not get pwned. They do not own this bill whatsoever. They still have their positions. They still have their millions.

This is all long-term. When people look back down this road 20 years from now, they will look to this bill as the start line. Only then can l33t pwnage be dealt out.

coyotes_geek

03-22-2010, 09:35 AM

Actually, the American tax payer got PWNED today.

Thanks.

This.

coyotes_geek

03-22-2010, 09:36 AM

I'm so glad to hear that one party "pwning" another is still what our government is all about.

Change? Whatever.

And also this.

coyotes_geek

03-22-2010, 09:58 AM

fuck, the only reason those corporate provisions are in the bill is because the lobbyists paid out the ass the to have the GOP kick and scream to put those provisions in the bill.

you can try and fool a dumb ass.............but I am not one.

So you say you're not a dumbass, but you think that the lobbyists were spending their money on the party that was unilaterally opposed to the bill and didn't have any control over the process to begin with. :lol

Stringer_Bell

03-22-2010, 11:12 AM

PwrzsLYt-uI

John Boenher had a Howard Dean moment when he was like "hell no!" I couldn't stop lol'ing. Feigning outrage to promote more outrage = self-PWN!

Nothing like invoking Hell to drum up support from the proud God-fearing Americans. Everybody watch out PWNAGE-rebound!

j.dizzle

03-22-2010, 11:27 AM

LOL at ppl thinking anybody other then the hardworking taxpayer getting owned..LOL at spending trillions in a recession & trying to bankrupt the country...LOL at raising taxes in the middle of a recession...LOL at spending a year & a half on this while businesses are closing everyday & ppl are losing their jobs..Ive never seen a group of ppl with their priorities more mixed up then all these ppl in Washington. Oh & LOL at ppl thinking big government is a good thing, get ready to have the IRS on your jocks trying to look for ways to pay for this bullshit spending. Cheers

z0sa

03-22-2010, 12:09 PM

Liberal Democrats are now the handmaidens of corporate America. Congrats.

Truth

DMX7

03-22-2010, 12:20 PM

Actually, the American tax payer got PWNED today.

Thanks.

How much are your taxes going up according to this bill?

Ouch, more PWNAGE. :king

PwrzsLYt-uI

John Boenher had a Howard Dean moment when he was like "hell no!" I couldn't stop lol'ing. Feigning outrage to promote more outrage = self-PWN!

Nothing like invoking Hell to drum up support from the proud God-fearing Americans. Everybody watch out PWNAGE-rebound!

HAHAHAHA. John Boner was throwing a fit.

DMX7

03-22-2010, 12:26 PM

Liberal Democrats are now the handmaidens of corporate America. Congrats.

"Handmaidens of corporate America" or "Communists"? Pick a talking point, GOP!! :rollin

jack sommerset

03-22-2010, 12:27 PM

"Handmaidens of corporate America" or "Communists"? Pick a talking point, GOP!! :rollin

LOL@ thinking Marcus is a repug.

Winehole23

03-22-2010, 12:33 PM

If you think MB is some kind of knee-jerk Republican, you haven't been paying much attention to his posts here the past couple of years.

Besides, your "communist" smack is ill-chosen: corporatism is a feature of fascism, not Communism. It transcends party allegiance in the USA.

spursncowboys

03-22-2010, 12:50 PM

spursncowboys

03-22-2010, 12:52 PM

Oh, Gee!!

03-22-2010, 12:57 PM

this is the second (no, third) time republicans have been pwned by obama

Stringer_Bell

03-22-2010, 01:06 PM

he asked questions and the dems were lieing. so he had to say hell no.

Maybe, but the dude's terrible acting was on par with a Cinemax soft core movie, right before the make-up sex scene. It's a self-PWN, it's a Howard Dean moment, and deserves a good LOL.

IronMaxipad

03-22-2010, 01:25 PM

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LnGrrrR

03-23-2010, 03:05 AM

Hmmm. "Republicans got PWNED today" because they opposed a bill which requires everyone to hand a large amount of money to a select few corporations?

Let's be honest Marcus... they got pwned because the money was going to a few corporations they don't like, rather than ones they do.

If the same amount of money was going towards, say, the military, or faith-based initiatives, or some other sort of Republican-backed venture, the Republicans would mostly be in support.

TeyshaBlue

03-23-2010, 11:11 AM

Let's be honest Marcus... they got pwned because the money was going to a few corporations they don't like, rather than ones they do.

If the same amount of money was going towards, say, the military, or faith-based initiatives, or some other sort of Republican-backed venture, the Republicans would mostly be in support.

Let me get this straight. It's your contention that the Republicans do not like insurance companies and don't have buckets of money thrown at them by same?

Don't think I can buy that.

George Gervin's Afro

03-23-2010, 11:26 AM

he asked questions and the dems were lieing. so he had to say hell no.

what specifically were the dems lying about?

LnGrrrR

03-23-2010, 11:55 AM

Let me get this straight. It's your contention that the Republicans do not like insurance companies and don't have buckets of money thrown at them by same?

Don't think I can buy that.

They probably do; I'm guessing just not as much as the money thrown by Dems. *shrug*

My general point is that I doubt either party really cares much about the average person. Individuals in each party do, but as a whole, I doubt it.

Marcus Bryant

03-23-2010, 12:03 PM

Let's be honest Marcus... they got pwned because the money was going to a few corporations they don't like, rather than ones they do.

That some do not prefer, for the moment. Of course, now those companies will become some of the best supporters of left-wing politicians in order to protect their expanded, captive, and enslaved customer base. Now that it's been established that individuals can be compelled to purchase the products of large companies, by law, it will not be surprising to see other companies line up to support federal "reform" in their industries.

If the same amount of money was going towards, say, the military, or faith-based initiatives, or some other sort of Republican-backed venture, the Republicans would mostly be in support.

True, conservative politicians embrace national state expansion that is in line with their preferences, as opposed to the now ancient conservative preference of a limited federal state.

FuzzyLumpkins

03-23-2010, 12:43 PM

That some do not prefer, for the moment. Of course, now those companies will become some of the best supporters of left-wing politicians in order to protect their expanded, captive, and enslaved customer base. Now that it's been established that individuals can be compelled to purchase the products of large companies, by law, it will not be surprising to see other companies line up to support federal "reform" in their industries.

True, conservative politicians embrace national state expansion that is in line with their preferences, as opposed to the now ancient conservative preference of a limited federal state.

Can you even name a single insurnace think tank or lobbying group that contributed to this guy or are you just making assumptions.

You fuckers probably don't eve know where to look but your talking as if for a position of authority on the subject.

I am not saying that the above is the case but at least educate yourself about whats really going on.

Do you for example who wrote the language of the bill and no I don't mean 'the insurance lobby.'

This whole thing just reeks of a bunch of frightened children. This isn't righteous anger that I am getting the vibe of.

Marcus Bryant

03-23-2010, 12:46 PM

When you educate yourself, 'fucker,' I'll be glad to continue this discussion.

FuzzyLumpkins

03-23-2010, 12:57 PM

When you educate yourself, 'fucker,' I'll be glad to continue this discussion.

Blah blah blah. Point out any mistakes I make. This general bluster is lame but I think its pretty irresponsible and intellectually dishonest to just make blanket claims. I am sure he is getting lobbied out of his ass three ways to Sunday but youre making claims as to his motivations when you don't even know who they are.

But that seems par the course especially with you. Just bitch about it and don't even bother trying to get the whole truth.