Rachel Maddow roasts the GOP over government shutdown
Rachel at her best.
Rachel at her best.
1 | Tigger2 Tue, Oct 1, 2013 9:30:45am |
The Republican Party is an thorn in our Democracies ass.
3 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:03am |
4 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:08am |
I’m really loving all the personal testimonials about how people are finding lower health care rates today. Nothing says, ‘fuck the GOP’ like people getting better health care and liking it.
6 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:12:50am |
re: #3 Kragar
Rand Paul: ‘We haven’t had a big debate about Obamacare’
/jawdrop
No, only A FUCKING NATIONAL ELECTION!
7 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:14:06am |
re: #6 darthstar
No, only A FUCKING NATIONAL ELECTION!
And 40+ votes in Congress…
And a Supreme Court case…
but no real debate…
8 | Skip Intro Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:14:18am |
re: #4 darthstar
I’m really loving all the personal testimonials about how people are finding lower health care rates today. Nothing says, ‘fuck the GOP’ like people getting better health care and liking it.
Just for kicks, I checked my rates for the “Platinum” plan here in California. Roughly $200 a month less than my current “Bronze” level plan with Blue shield.
Edit: I should mention that the lower rate for the better plan is with the same insurance company I have now!
Too bad the exchange is so jammed I can’t get on to sign up. Maybe in a month things will calm down.
9 | Jack Burton Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:15:16am |
re: #7 Kragar
And 40+ votes in Congress…
And a Supreme Court case…
bu no real debate…
And all the… what do you call it? Oh yeah right, DEBATE, that happened before it was passed in the first place.
10 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:15:19am |
re: #7 Kragar
And 40+ votes in Congress…
And a Supreme Court case…
bu no real debate…
GOP has an odd definition of “real”. They trot out “real Americans”, “real debate”, “real POTUS”, etc. a lot.
11 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:15:20am |
re: #3 Kragar
.@TPM .@RandPaulSenate must have missed ACA debate, years of litigation, SCt ruling, 40+ attempts by GOP to defund/delay/destroy ACA #FAIL— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 1, 2013
IOW, Sen. Paul must be deaf, dumb, and blind - and can’t even play pinball to have missed the years’ worth of debate on ACA.
12 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:16:19am |
re: #3 Kragar
Rand Paul: ‘We haven’t had a big debate about Obamacare’
/jawdrop
Fuck that Aqua Buddha asshole sideways. How the fuck does he think he got into the Senate in the first goddamn place?
14 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:17:21am |
@ezraklein I'm old enough to remember when #Eastwooding wasn't a team sport. pic.twitter.com/xMbmIWQ40o— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) October 1, 2013
15 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:17:41am |
Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.
Air Force says travel for all intercollegiate athletics cancelled as result of gov't shutdown, including football game at Navy on Saturday.— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 1, 2013
We know what their priorities are.
16 | Romantic Heretic Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:19:01am |
re: #13 Skip Intro
I think “dumb” explains it all.
If he was dumb we wouldn’t have to listen to him.
This statement of Sen. Paul’s is stupid, and evil.
17 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:19:47am |
Bryan Fischer wants us to go Single Payer now.
We're 4th in the world in health care $$ per capita. If spent what Sweden does, we'd be in surplus. http://t.co/xrE41F0gWs— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) October 1, 2013
18 | Targetpractice Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:19:50am |
re: #15 Justanotherhuman
Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.
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We know what their priorities are.
As if my old man wasn’t pissed already. First furloughed, now no Air Force-Navy game on Saturday? He’s gonna be spittin’ nails.
19 | klys Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:20:29am |
re: #17 Kragar
Bryan Fischer wants us to go Single Payer now.
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Hahahahahahaha. Oh man.
No, really, that’s great. Tell me another one!
20 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:20:49am |
Republicans shocked Americans are not greeting them as liberators.— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) October 1, 2013
21 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:21:01am |
re: #15 Justanotherhuman
Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.
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We know what their priorities are.
The teabaggers have that covered, TEH SHUTDOWN IS HARRY REID’S AND TEH PRESIDENT’S FAULT!!!1!!!!!1
22 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:21:38am |
Oh Snap. Not a fan of Pelosi, but Burn!
Only took you 192 days and a #GOPshutdown. By the way, #WhereAreTheWomen MT @GOPLeader ready to negotiate w/ Senate pic.twitter.com/91Ri1zlEju— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) October 1, 2013
23 | Charles Johnson Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:22:03am |
Hey, conservatives? Nobody's buying your ludicrous, stupid attempts to blame Obama for the shutdown. Just knock it off.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 1, 2013
24 | Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:22:22am |
re: #15 Justanotherhuman
Well, if this doesn’t make the ‘baggers cave, I don’t know what will.
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We know what their priorities are.
I bet they are already trying to raise money to send the team themselves.
25 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:22:35am |
re: #19 klys
Hahahahahahaha. Oh man.
No, really, that’s great. Tell me another one!
Fed govt has been shut down 17 times. FURLOUGHED WORKERS HAVE GOTTEN BACK PAY EVERY TIME. This will be a paid vacation.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) October 1, 2013
Try telling the grocery store you’ll pay for your food once you get a paycheck again.
26 | Skip Intro Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:23:15am |
re: #23 Charles Johnson
It’s his fault because he didn’t pay the ransom.
28 | Skip Intro Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:24:21am |
re: #25 Kragar
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Try telling the grocery store you’ll pay for your food once you get a paycheck again.
As they should, since their suspension has nothing to do with them.
Douchebag cubed, that Bryan.
29 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:05am |
What? What? What? What?
Perry: Wife Misspoke About Abortion
So, even Anita Perry can’t speak for herself? In any situation?
Anita, set yourself free from the bullshit!
30 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:24am |
He had a talk with the little woman. RT @@StatesAndCities: Rick Perry says his wife misspoke on abortion rights: http://t.co/YHVeyEB46v— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) October 1, 2013
32 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:36am |
Chris Van Hollen tells me GOP requests for “negotiations” on govt shutdown and OCare are nonstarters, period: http://t.co/zZWiJOFsiI— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 1, 2013
33 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:25:47am |
1 million visit http://t.co/1MVLQtMu72 in last day. 5x more users than ever on http://t.co/G8rdIA8NlD at once. Millions want to #GetCovered— HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) October 1, 2013
No pent up demand or anything… But if you get the 404 or other error indicating site overload, that’s a fail according to GOPers? Hardly.
But it shows that fighting the ACA/Obamacare will be the worst thing you’ve done in a long long time. And that’s saying something.
The GOP went from compassionate conservatism and expanding Medicaid Part D to demanding that Obamacare be defunded, delayed, and ultimately destroyed for its ability to provide affordable health insurance to those who were previously unable to access affordable insurance.
34 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:06am |
re: #17 Kragar
Bryan Fischer wants us to go Single Payer now.
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Maybe he misheard it as “single prayer.”
35 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:12am |
re: #28 Skip Intro
As they should, since they’re suspension has nothing to do with them.
Douchebag cubed, that Bryan.
No worries, they can just apply for food stamps and…
Well, fuck.
36 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:29am |
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!
POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!
POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.
GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!! (ReTweet a bazillions times)
37 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:26:59am |
re: #30 darthstar
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Rick Perry: “Tell them, honey.”
Anita Perry: “I fell down the stairs.”
38 | klys Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:27:12am |
re: #36 Vicious Babushka
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!
POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!
POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.
GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!!
That I can only give this one upding depresses me. UPDING HER MORE, LIZARDS.
39 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:28:21am |
re: #29 Justanotherhuman
The “misspeak” is meant to soften up Perry’s image going into 2016 and the court review of the abortion regs the Texas legislature just rammed through. They think that because Perry may have a family member who’s open to abortion doesn’t make his actual position and legislative/political actions any less odious. His goal is to outlaw abortion, and the means/methods show that he doesn’t tolerate dissent. That’s why he needed special sessions (plural) to get it done, especially when Davis filibustered (a real one to run out the clock, not the Cruz pontification with approval from the chair).
40 | Interesting Times Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:28:29am |
re: #36 Vicious Babushka
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!
POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!
POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.
GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!!
CHUCK TODD: Why wouldn’t Obama compromise and agree to put off drowning the kittehs for a year?
41 | Targetpractice Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:28:53am |
re: #36 Vicious Babushka
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!
POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!
POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.
GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!!
Media: “Obama refuses to save bag of kittens, Republicans argue they were right to drop the bag.”
42 | erik_t Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:07am |
They were actually statues of kittehs, but that’s not really my job to correct.
43 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:41am |
re: #40 Interesting Times
Perfect!
44 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:46am |
But it was only a bag of “non-essential” kittehs
45 | wrenchwench Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:29:47am |
re: #29 Justanotherhuman
What? What? What? What?
Perry: Wife Misspoke About Abortion
So, even Anita Perry can’t speak for herself? In any situation?
Anita, set yourself free from the bullshit!
Yeah, she didn’t misspeak. She just forgot that her husband still considers himself relevant.
I wish people like Markos in the tweet below your comment, and Skip in a comment here, would refrain from dissing her the way her husband does, even if it’s supposed to be sarcasm.
47 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:30:00am |
George Will joins Fox ‘News’
About time Fox started appealing to old white conservatives. http://t.co/Dkd0XqEZ9h
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) October 1, 2013
48 | Backwoods_Sleuth Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:30:28am |
Well….I’ve been putting it off all day…
Guess I’ll go check to see what my wingnut family and friends have to say on FB…
49 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:31:34am |
#AirForce Tuition Assistance is suspended for classes starting on or after Oct. 1 until further notice. #governmentshutdown
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) October 1, 2013
50 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:31:40am |
51 | klys Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:32:02am |
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well….I’ve been putting it off all day…
Guess I’ll go check to see what my wingnut family and friends have to say on FB…
I have them all conveniently filtered into a list that I can ignore safely most of the time.
Facebook is strictly politics-free for me. Mostly because I don’t tolerate idiocy well and that comes across, and when dealing with family it is rarely the right decision.
52 | missliberties Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:32:33am |
I thought I had been paying attention, but honest, I didn’t know that the tea party campaigns rallying cry was shut down the government. Wow!
53 | Romantic Heretic Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:00am |
“And then what?” This is a question not asked often enough.
Especially among the neo-Bolsheviks masquerading as conservatives. But then they don’t ask questions because they have all the answers.
54 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:33am |
Fox News’ Kilmeade slams GOP for shutdown: ‘8 million more people voted for’ Obamacare
Just hours after a stalemate in Congress forced a partial government shutdown, Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck praised Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and tea party Republicans because she said “it is worth the fight” to defund or delay Obamacare.
“All you have to do is look at the polls,” co-host Steve Doocy agreed. “While it is law of the land, it is wildly unpopular in this country. So a lot of people go, ‘You know what? The tea party wing of the Republican Party, they’re holding the rest of the Congress hostage.’ You know what? Those people, many of them were elected to — they campaigned on, ‘If you send me to Washington, I will do everything I can to defund or delay it.’”
Kilmeade then stunned his co-hosts by speaking up in defense of the law.
“You say it’s unpopular and over 50 percent of the country doesn’t seem to want it, but 8 million more people voted for it because Mitt Romney would have been president,” Kilmeade pointed out.
“But the November election last time was not about Obamacare,” Doocy objected.
“But he talked a lot about it,” Kilmeade insisted. “And they knew that if they elected Mitt Romney, he would have repealed it.”
“And on top of that, too, if this thing is so bad and is so unorganized as we’re seeing this morning it is, why not let it start?” he added. “Because then you could get the Senate if you’re a Republican and maybe you have a shot at the White House if you’re a Republican, and you could begin to unwind it. But right now, it’s been flooded with the lockdown information.”
Neural whips and shock batons were then used to restore order.
55 | thatthatisis Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:51am |
With the Tea Party, House Republicans take all the credit for doing what they want and shutting down the government. Yay! Let’s roll! Shut ‘er down!
For everyone else, House Republicans say it’s Harry Reid and Obama’s fault.
Am I missing something?
56 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:33:54am |
Neilsen tracking Fox viewers to put them on #Obamacare Death Panels. #HowToFuckWithParanoidWingnutsAndKillFoxRatings— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) October 1, 2013
57 | Eclectic Cyborg Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:34:50am |
58 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:34:56am |
59 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:35:37am |
OMG: The veterans have stormed the mall… they’ve crossed the line. They’ve … wait, a couple of the usual suspects (including Bachmann) from Congress opened up the WWII memorial to veterans who had been scheduled to visit despite it, and all other NPS sites nationally closed due to the shutdown.
It makes for a great photo op, but not in the way that Bachmann and the rest of the GOP think.
It shows just how they’re screwing everyone, including those veterans (who get the federal TriCare health insurance) while fighting to prevent anyone from using Obamacare’s exchanges that offer up insurance policies provided by multiple insurers to people who were previously unable to afford them.
No, what those veterans should have done is stormed GOP offices in Congress demanding that they cut the crap and pass a clean budget.
60 | Carlos Danger Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:35:37am |
If you were wondering what Bachmann and Gohmert were up to, they’re politicking as usual:
62 | Targetpractice Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:15am |
re: #59 lawhawk
OMG: The veterans have stormed the mall… they’ve crossed the line. They’ve … wait, a couple of the usual suspects (including Bachmann) from Congress opened up the WWII memorial to veterans who had been scheduled to visit despite it, and all other NPS sites nationally closed due to the shutdown.
It makes for a great photo op, but not in the way that Bachmann and the rest of the GOP think.
It shows just how they’re screwing everyone, including those veterans (who get the federal TriCare health insurance) while fighting to prevent anyone from using Obamacare’s exchanges that offer up insurance policies provided by multiple insurers to people who were previously unable to afford them.
No, what those veterans should have done is stormed GOP offices in Congress demanding that they cut the crap and pass a clean budget.
Probably has a connection with muttering in the House GOP caucuses back room about putting forth bills to fund the VA and NPS while leaving the rest of the government to stew until a debt ceiling deal is reached.
63 | Carlos Danger Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:24am |
Maybe these representatives can give up their jobs and be park security from now on.
64 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:30am |
Listen. @PressSec just answered a question with “Really?” He's fed up.
— April (@ReignOfApril) October 1, 2013
65 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:33am |
‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats
Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.
66 | dog philosopher Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:37:45am |
i’m really happy to see that the administration is refusing to negotiate with terrorists here
i wonder when and if it will dawn on the radicals that they have no move but to give in and vote for the clean bill
67 | Ming Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:38:23am |
I don’t always agree with Andrew Sullivan, but I think he put it very well today:
“But what has to be resisted is any idea that this is government or politics as usual. It is an attack on the governance and the constitutional order of the United States.
“When ideologies become as calcified, as cocooned and as extremist as those galvanizing the GOP, the American system of government cannot work. But I fear this nullification of the last two elections is a deliberate attempt to ensure that the American system of government as we have known it cannot work. It cannot, must not work, in the mindset of these radicals, because they simply do not accept the legitimacy of a President and Congress of the opposing party.”
68 | piratedan Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:38:27am |
re: #53 Romantic Heretic
then divide up the disposable assets to cronies (Hellooooo Haliburton!) and retire to gated community. profit!
69 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:38:56am |
re: #65 Kragar
“I own a vitamin company with my friend and we moved out of state because of overregulation.”
No, you can’t make unproven health claims.
70 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:39:16am |
re: #65 Kragar
‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats
Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.
re: #66 dog philosopher
i’m really happy to see that the administration is refusing to negotiate with terrorists here
Heh.
71 | Carlos Danger Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:16am |
73 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:56am |
re: #65 Kragar
‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats
Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.
7 years of bullets dodged thanks to Democrats, apparently.
74 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:40:59am |
re: #65 Kragar
‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats
Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.
No, you see, the Democrats took over the Assembly last year, stormed through the Time Tunnel, and shat all over each of his pitch meetings.
76 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:42:11am |
This is a really despicable comment by Newt Gingrich http://t.co/SztK6XZXg2— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) October 1, 2013
77 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:30am |
Please proceed:
“@jj10471 @realDonaldTrump if you were in office this would of never happen #trump2016” True!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2013
78 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:43am |
re: #76 Vicious Babushka
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The problem with the 700 club is they overshot their target by 34.
79 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:49am |
Did anybody actually show up for Glenn’s Reddit session other than all his sockpuppets?
Thanks to Redditors for great questions: full AMA here http://t.co/sAxPZN5Ys6— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 1, 2013
80 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:58am |
re: #65 Kragar
I’m calling BS. His IMDB list - quite a few of his movies had CA filming locations; if the movie or show wasn’t in CA, it was due to other states providing incentives to film there, that trumped the Hollywood and CA incentives. Film production incentives are significant reason film productions go outside CA or even NY. Costs to film on location another reason, which is why Toronto or Vancouver are frequently stand-ins for NYC or LA.
For instance, he was in The Chosen One (2010) - filming locations include: Santa Clarita CA, Costa Rica, and Los Angeles, CA.
I rate his statement - pure, unadulterated BS (and I can’t believe I’m fisking Rob Schneider).
81 | SpaceJesus Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:43:58am |
re: #76 Vicious Babushka
He knows his audience and he knows right where his dog whistle is
82 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:44:17am |
re: #77 Lidane
Please proceed:
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Donald Trump has more sockpuppets than Glenn Greenwald.
83 | erik_t Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:44:37am |
I’m really having a lot of fun watching what passes for elder statemen in the GOP (McCain, etc) wiggle and writhe. They’ve seen this show before and it didn’t end well.
But they have nothing, because they are not leaders. I hope they enjoy this derpnological terror they’ve created. The ability to destroy an economy is insignificant next to the power of the Force ZOMGOBAMACARE.
84 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:44:50am |
Carney: Piecemeal approach to funding government not “serious”: http://t.co/WGi2N3Blq5— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) October 1, 2013
85 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:45:31am |
Air Force, Army, + Navy academies confirm all sports teams/games CANCELLED for duration of #GOPgovtshutdown. No AF v. Navy football Sat.— David Shuster (@DavidShuster) October 1, 2013
86 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:45:44am |
The govt shutdown is the end result of a 50-year GOP push to make govt=welfare and welfare=black people http://t.co/BfswIEQL9y— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 1, 2013
87 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:46:29am |
re: #76 Vicious Babushka
“The big problem is that President Obama refuses to behave like an American President.”
— Newt Gingrich, in an interview with The 700 Club.
“If only he’d get a blowjob from an ambitious intern who then blabs about it to a disgruntled mid-level functionary who happens to know a right-wing publishing agent, who leaks the information to network news, allowing the plaintiff’s counsel in a frivolous lawsuit to set a perjury trap in a deposition so the Congress can accuse him of perjury and impeach him. That’s what a REAL American President does”
88 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:47:29am |
89 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:47:48am |
“Non-essential” includes the IT contractors who provide website support for the healthcare.gov that everybody is complaining they can’t get into.
Wingnuts think “non-essential” means “non-necessary”
Why does the federal govt. have “non-essential” personnel? Can we have THAT conversation? #ShutItDown #tcot #UniteBlue— *Waves at NSA* (@ShaneWright22) September 29, 2013
90 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:48:22am |
Rob Fucking Schneider?
I thought he was dead or something. Well, his career is, I suppose.
91 | Justanotherhuman Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:10am |
92 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:12am |
White Republican sausage fest ready to negotiate with Senate, Eric Cantor alleges http://t.co/NqTDKr5rp8 #governmentshutdown— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 1, 2013
93 | Dr Lizardo Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:13am |
re: #65 Kragar
‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats
Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.
Yeah, that might have more to do with it. Rob Schneider is to acting as Josef Stalin is to mellow, pot-smoking peaceniks and hippies.
94 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:49:18am |
re: #89 Vicious Babushka
“Non-essential” includes the IT contractors who provide website support for the healthcare.gov that everybody is complaining they can’t get into.
Wingnuts think “non-essential” means “non-necessary”
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I was explaining this to my wife:
Garbage pickup today: nonessential.
Garbage pickup this week: important.
Garbage pickup this month: Essential.
95 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:00am |
re: #89 Vicious Babushka
“Non-essential” includes the IT contractors who provide website support for the healthcare.gov that everybody is complaining they can’t get into.
Wingnuts think “non-essential” means “non-necessary”
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A buddy of mine from my USMC days is an IT contractor on a military base overseas right now. He’s been deemed “non-essential.”
96 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:12am |
.@mattyglesias They have an alternative? Only thing they've been pushing is defund, delay, or destroy #Obama(care)— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 1, 2013
97 | klys Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:23am |
How do people who utterly lack self-awareness survive?
I mean, clearly they do, because Republicans and tea partiers are giving us examples all over. But I’m trying to figure out how.
98 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:50:27am |
re: #89 Vicious Babushka
Must be one of those “only a theory” people.
99 | wrenchwench Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:51:45am |
re: #97 klys
How do people who utterly lack self-awareness survive?
I mean, clearly they do, because Republicans and tea partiers are giving us examples all over. But I’m trying to figure out how.
Luck and privilege, mostly.
100 | darthstar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:51:52am |
Burn.
Listening to ABC's @JonKarl's questions to Carney yesterday and today, I originally thought he was with Breitbart or Newsmax.— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) October 1, 2013
101 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:52:01am |
re: #94 GeneJockey
Same thing goes for the secretarial staff at the FAA. They might not be essential for today, but making sure that all the paperwork and filings are handled appropriate over time will surely come home to roost.
There’s a reason that offices have support staff.
102 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:52:14am |
belief test - Sen Lee, R-Utah: “Obama-care is #1 job-killer” in US. Economist Zandi of Moody's Analytics: “no evidence impacting job market”— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 1, 2013
103 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:52:26am |
Anyone who has ever rolled out a new application to production knows that Murphy’s Law always prevails.
Healthcare.gov did a major rollout on the same day that the support team was declared “non-essential.”
104 | klys Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:18am |
re: #99 wrenchwench
Luck and privilege, mostly.
You will laugh: francis has suggested that the ACA should have considered two good examples of healthcare programs in this nation - Medicare and the Mass. program.
Without the least hint of irony.
105 | lawhawk Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:28am |
49 Republicans who say shutting down the government over Obamacare is a big mistake http://t.co/cmU93LPE0d— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) October 1, 2013
106 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:39am |
re: #97 klys
How do people who utterly lack self-awareness survive?
I mean, clearly they do, because Republicans and tea partiers are giving us examples all over. But I’m trying to figure out how.
Not only survive, but actually THRIVE. I think the answer is that a grasp of reality can actually hold you back from doing things that sober reflection would tell you are bound to fail, and often these things succeed spectacularly, reaching a zenith of success just before they inevitably crash to earth in a Hindenburg-like conflagration, which sober reflection predicted.
But if you can sell out before the hydrogen catches fire, you’re golden.
107 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:40am |
Last year: “Obama hates America because he cut the number of White House tours.”
This year: “They’re non-essential? Fuck ‘em. Fire ‘em.”
108 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:53:40am |
Ahahahahaa:
FWIW, Rep. Tim Huelskamp is optimistic Democrats will cave on delaying Obamacare— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) October 1, 2013
109 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:54:14am |
OWN IT DANA. OWN THE SHUTDOWN.
MIDDLE CLASS RIOT #shutnado #dlrs http://t.co/FvvpGoTafi— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 1, 2013
110 | Varek Raith Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:54:30am |
re: #65 Kragar
‘Deuce Bigalow’ actor: I haven’t made a movie in California in 7 years because of Democrats
Wow, and I thought it was just because he was a really shitty actor.
111 | wrenchwench Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:55:53am |
re: #104 klys
You will laugh: francis has suggested that the ACA should have considered two good examples of healthcare programs in this nation - Medicare and the Mass. program.
Without the least hint of irony.
I’m going to ignore him today.
113 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:56:26am |
114 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:56:32am |
Glenn Beck Vows To Camp Outside Of Louie Gohmert’s House Until He Agrees To Runs For US Senate
“Last night, I made up my mind,” Beck declared. “I am going to camp outside of Louie Gohmert’s house if I have to, and I mean it. I am going to be Louie Gohmert’s worst nightmare until he says ‘yes, I’m going to run for Senate.”
Beck went on to call upon his listening audience to take over the various government institutions in their respective hometowns and “make sure there is not a single progressive that is running our towns, there’s not a single progressive on our city councils, there’s not a single progressive in our school boards … Zero tolerance!”
But the Democrats need to negotiate.
/
115 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:18am |
116 | piratedan Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:38am |
re: #114 Kragar
yes, Operation Occupy GOHMERT begins! ////
117 | CriticalDragon1177 Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:51am |
re: #36 Vicious Babushka
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs if you do not defund Obamacare!
POTUS: Hey man, it’s the law that Congress voted on and SCOTUS upheld.
GOP: I will drown this bag of kittehs RIGHT NOW!!
POTUS: Oh don’t do that man.
GOP: (Drowns the kittehs) NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!!
TEAPARTY: Obama drowned a bag of kittehs! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!11!! OBAMA DROWNED A BAG OF KITTEHS!!!11!!!!!! (ReTweet a bazillions times)
Hey, its not the Kittens’ fault, they supported Obama Care! ;)
118 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:51am |
“When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire” — Ted Cruz to House GOP.— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 1, 2013
119 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:57:58am |
re: #104 klys
You will laugh: francis has suggested that the ACA should have considered two good examples of healthcare programs in this nation - Medicare and the Mass. program.
Without the least hint of irony.
I heard a caller on KGO this morning say the problem was that Obama absolutely refuses to compromise about anything. I had to turn the radio off, because seeing the guy in the next lane pounding the roof of his car with his fist a la John Goodman in Raising Arizona would be disconserting.
120 | erik_t Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:16am |
121 | Targetpractice Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:28am |
122 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:43am |
re: #115 jaunte
I thought Gohmert’s worst nightmare was TERROR BABIES!
123 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:45am |
Technical glitches, long lines, Republicans sure they're winning. It's just like Election Day except they let Paul Ryan out for a picture.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 1, 2013
124 | Varek Raith Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:58:59am |
re: #114 Kragar
Glenn Beck Vows To Camp Outside Of Louie Gohmert’s House Until He Agrees To Runs For US Senate
But the Democrats need to negotiate.
/
Uh…
ok…
?
*calls cops*
126 | jaunte Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:09pm |
re: #123 Lidane
I CAN'T GET ON THE WEBSITE TO BUY THE THING I DON'T WANT!!! #tcot
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) October 1, 2013
127 | klys Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:17pm |
re: #119 GeneJockey
I heard a caller on KGO this morning say the problem was that Obama absolutely refuses to compromise about anything. I had to turn the radio off, because seeing the guy in the next lane pounding the roof of his car with his fist a la John Goodman in Raising Arizona would be disconserting.
This is why I talk politics here. It’s safe here. You people are sane.
Well, except for francis. I think he’s off his meds, that’s the only explanation I can come up with for why his arguments are all over the place.
128 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:30pm |
re: #122 Kragar
I thought Gohmert’s worst nightmare was TERROR BABIES!
Like that doll in the movie with Karen Black….
129 | Dr. Matt Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:35pm |
re: #15 JustanotherhumanAir Force says travel for all intercollegiate athletics cancelled as result of gov’t shutdown, including football game at Navy on Saturday.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 1, 2013
How come “small gummit” wingnuts do not have a hissy fit about using taxpayers dollars for kids to play a game?
disclaimer: I love college football.
130 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:00:41pm |
re: #122 Kragar
I thought Gohmert’s worst nightmare was TERROR BABIES!
TERROR BABIES SIGNING UP FOR OBAMACARE!!!11!!!!!
131 | Kragar Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:01:52pm |
To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?
They have no frame of reference to go off of.
132 | Lidane Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:02:25pm |
Ted Cruz and John Boehner have a plan to help govt get its girlish figure back http://t.co/7pRhI0ZVpf— David Kurtz (@TPM_dk) October 1, 2013
133 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:02:46pm |
re: #131 Kragar
To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?
They have no frame of reference to go off of.
Conservatives never go down.
Too selfish.
//
134 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:03:08pm |
re: #131 Kragar
To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?
They have no frame of reference to go off of.
Put a weak enough server on it and it becomes easier to do.
135 | Dr Lizardo Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:03:57pm |
136 | erik_t Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:05:04pm |
re: #131 Kragar
To be fair, when was the last time a Conservative website ever went down because too many people were trying to get to it?
They have no frame of reference to go off of.
Romney’s ORCA.
lololololOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
137 | Varek Raith Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:05:08pm |
138 | CuriousLurker Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:07:39pm |
re: #118 Lidane
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Oh, puhleez. That asshat Cruz wouldn’t risk so much as getting a hangnail. They’re pulling this crap because they know not a single one of them or their immediate families is in danger of suffering any real physical consequences from it, yet moron members of their base who WILL suffer keep cheering them on.
139 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:10:38pm |
re: #136 erik_t
Romney’s ORCA.
lololololOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Yeah, that was a thing of beauty -
“Democrats cobbled together something, with volunteers. WE used the power of the Free Market, and PAID someone to build a superior system for us!!!
“They will fear our technological superiority!!!! Turn on…THE ORCA!!!!!!!
*bzzt…fssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh*
“Oh, shit.”
140 | GeneJockey Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:11:45pm |
re: #138 CuriousLurker
Oh, puhleez. That asshat Cruz wouldn’t risk so much as getting a hangnail. They’re pulling this crap because they know not a single one of them or their immediate families is in danger of suffering any real physical consequences from it, yet moron members of their base who WILL suffer keep cheering them on.
No, no, you’re misinterpreting it. Cruz meant ‘When YOU have nothing left to burn, YOU set YOURSELF on fire. I’ll support you!’
141 | A Mom Anon Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:14:25pm |
So the usual idiots are out in force today claiming that the busy phone lines and website delays caused by tons of activity are proof Obamacare is a giant failure. Never mind that any new rollout of any new product or business often have the same issues. Oh, and idiot conservatives trying to overwhelm the system? Please do proceed, it makes things look even MORE popular. You freaking dumbasses. God what a bunch of babies(and I mean no offense to actual babies, who are cute and make you go “awww”)
Um, you have until March for this first enrollment period… so give it a couple weeks if you meet delays today. Do they not know this?
Nevermind, these freaks can’t be reasoned with. I would like to know though, how many of those site cloggers end up buying insurance through the exchanges when they see how much money they can save. While still bitching about the horror of affordable healthcare.
142 | Slap Tue, Oct 1, 2013 12:39:06pm |
re: #127 klys
This guy reminds me of a real-life, disingenuous, not-quite-right-in-the-head nightmare version of Lazlo P. Toth, with none of the humor and an utter absence of an irony meter.
For those who don’t recognize the name, take a look:
I am a big Don Novello fan.