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In reply to the discussion: Skinner on the ACA [View all]red dog 1
(27,792 posts)171. That particular post was "over the top", IMO
(From that OP which you provided the link for)
"Fuck the insurance companies"....I agree
"Fuck you, Mr President, you piece of shit used-car salesman"...I do NOT agree:
( I wonder why that OP wasn't "hidden"?)
We can disagree with other DUers.
We can disagree with President Obama.
But do we need to call President Obama a "piece of shit used-car salesman"?
I think not.
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I totally agree. It's the first time anything begins to move in the general direction of health
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#4
+1,000. Also, work to turn their states into single payer like VT. It's in the ACA.
freshwest
Mar 2014
#83
You said it!!! I view the whiners as sitting home chewing on Twinkies and posting whines
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#146
I've noticed that some people seem to want to write their own rules for this site
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2014
#50
Yeah, I find it esp. funny when people who just had a 3 week long meltdown over one swimsuit picture
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2014
#60
Without getting specific as to any individuals, in a generic sense, I think we're seeing a lot
MADem
Mar 2014
#63
"FDR wasn't perfect in the eyes of the Left, either. That's conveniently ignored."
Number23
Mar 2014
#72
MAD, it doesn't even fly NOW. Let alone in 50 years when there will be documentaries
Number23
Mar 2014
#173
Very brave of you to point to a thread where you lost a debate and then lost your temper
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#196
I chimed in because I followed your link, something I rarely do, but had a
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#213
Color me shocked that a person who considers it "bashing" when someone asks how progressives
Number23
Mar 2014
#219
A less glamorous origin, as an acronym, anyway - about IBM's 70s marketing tactics
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2014
#148
thats where I learned it....by the time I joined , it became "no-one ever got fired for buying IBM"
pkdu
Mar 2014
#203
By the time I joined, 'FUD' was what Microsoft spread with Windows rumours
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2014
#204
Yeah, or like the "NASA Study Says Civilization Will Collapse Within A Decade!"
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2014
#90
The difference is he states his opinion without juvenile use of the word 'fuck' in it.
randome
Mar 2014
#111
He SAID he was scared and pissed. So does Ted Nugent. I don't always believe everything I read.
randome
Mar 2014
#119
I don't doubt that his wife is ill. I don't doubt that she couldn't get her meds for a time.
Le Taz Hot
Mar 2014
#123
Well, he could have admitted that Obamacare had absolutely nothing to do with his situation.
randome
Mar 2014
#168
You are bilingual in "street" and "academia?"Sorry...that sounds as silly as this....
msanthrope
Mar 2014
#200
I can think of three pieces of major social legislation off the top of my head.
OmahaBlueDog
Mar 2014
#21
He is younger than I am, but I said, in another thread, that the ACA ties, in my mind,
MADem
Mar 2014
#39
I'm sure you've been told a billion times, it must be nice to live in Hawai'i
steve2470
Mar 2014
#19
If we get a Republican president, Senate and House anytime soon it sure as hell WILL be repealed.
Kablooie
Mar 2014
#42
Without question would require a level of prescience not demonstrated, the CBO doesn't agree.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#106
Also less paperwork and lower costs. Single payer/nationalized insurance works.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#222
Could not agree more. That we even got any kind of healthcare is an amazing feat. The republicans
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#88
Welcome, and thanks for pointing out the fact that people don't have to stay in a shit job
MADem
Mar 2014
#149
I don't think Skinner is a fifty year old man. If he is, I want directions from him to the Fountain
MADem
Mar 2014
#150
Yet somehow I do not think Skinner intended for his words to be used to bash people nt
iwillalwayswonderwhy
Mar 2014
#112
Who is using his words to "bash" people? Are only some opinions welcome to be cheered? nt
MADem
Mar 2014
#138
Wait a minute--I was in that thread and I offered you some tea and sympathy, IIRC.
MADem
Mar 2014
#145
What many are arguing in this thread is that it IS "Obama's fault" though, and because
MADem
Mar 2014
#156
Skinner's right. If the ACA goes down, it will be decades before single payer
cry baby
Mar 2014
#135
I was born in 1950 so it will take much more than the ACA to impress me.
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#154
Thanks for the praise and I have to agree with Democrats not taking risks. n/t
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#189
Thanks, the hat tip is appreciated as kind words seem to come sparingly on DU lately. n/t
A Simple Game
Mar 2014
#193
"Trying to tear it down over the last six years." It hasn't existed for six years.
Hissyspit
Mar 2014
#157
The midterms are coming up. Team FUD here on DU will try anything to piss off voters in the
Ikonoklast
Mar 2014
#158