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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,922 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:56 AM Mar 14

Leigh McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country.

Last edited Sat Mar 14, 2026, 03:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Acyn
‪@acyn.bsky.social‬

McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…


11:01 PM · Mar 13, 2026

McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T03:01:09.821Z
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Leigh McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 OP
Million excess deaths during Covid. Can we invade mar a lardo? JT45242 Mar 14 #1
You miss the point for the last 80 or so years, Republican administrations can never be held responsible only Democratic LiberalArkie Mar 14 #5
Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Mar 15 #24
BOOM!!! Ferrets are Cool Mar 14 #2
You go, Politics girl! 😊 Figarosmom Mar 14 #3
Leigh McGowan for President! GiqueCee Mar 14 #4
YES!!! lrucks1952 Mar 14 #9
Leigh is a naturalized citizen. niyad Mar 14 #13
Oh. She never mentioned it to me... GiqueCee Mar 14 #15
Perhaps that is it. I happened to catch a video where she did mention it. niyad Mar 14 #16
Yep she is a Canadian girl. Bev54 Mar 14 #19
It figures... GiqueCee Mar 14 #20
Thanks eh! Bev54 Mar 14 #22
PSSST! GiqueCee Mar 15 #25
He gave a one-sided view, for sure. Qutzupalotl Mar 14 #17
Republicans don't want to promote the general welfare. ShazzieB Mar 14 #21
Not since Eisenhower, anyway Jilly_in_VA Mar 15 #26
Yeah, I think you may be right about that. ShazzieB Mar 15 #27
She is so good. ms liberty Mar 14 #6
Carrying the torch for Bernie. twodogsbarking Mar 14 #7
That glasses guy was hideous pfitz59 Mar 14 #8
He has his script and is not allowed to deviate from it. erronis Mar 14 #10
Who was that ass clown? Historic NY Mar 14 #14
Not to mention how many Iranians died in the Shah's torture prisons from 1953-1979 because we overthrew their democracy, Uncle Joe Mar 14 #11
Interesting Concise History Of That CIA Action...... ColoringFool Mar 14 #18
Healthcare would be socialism that takes away our freedoms IronLionZion Mar 14 #12
Great point!! debsy Mar 14 #23

JT45242

(4,049 posts)
1. Million excess deaths during Covid. Can we invade mar a lardo?
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:04 AM
Mar 14

If you are going to talk deaths...

Deaths in police custody...US highest in industrialized world
Deaths due to preventable conditions because no universal healthcare...US on bad end of that list

Deaths during Covid compared to expected percentage...caused by Mango Mussolini and his fear of smearing his orange makeup with a mask.

Ruling party with less than 50 percent of popular votes...US too

If anyone deserves to be invaded for regime change, it is the US for purging the gerrymandered, pedophile protecting Republican party.

LiberalArkie

(19,826 posts)
5. You miss the point for the last 80 or so years, Republican administrations can never be held responsible only Democratic
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:31 AM
Mar 14

So it is Obamas or Bidens fault

GiqueCee

(4,304 posts)
4. Leigh McGowan for President!
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:27 AM
Mar 14

Politics Girl is the best, hands down and goin' away. And those Republican pieces of shit were caught flat-footed. And please, interrupting her with, "America's job is to destroy our enemies!" as a defense of refusing the provide affordable healthcare for its citizens... is just completely and utterly diseased and beyond justification.
Every time I think I can't possibly hate Republicans any more than I already do, an asshole like that geek in glasses opens its mouth, and I go supernova.
I gotta go punch a wall.

GiqueCee

(4,304 posts)
15. Oh. She never mentioned it to me...
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 01:11 PM
Mar 14

... but then, I've never met her, so that might account for it.
I still think she's got a very insightful mind, and a gifted delivery.

niyad

(132,564 posts)
16. Perhaps that is it. I happened to catch a video where she did mention it.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 02:35 PM
Mar 14

Absolutely agree about her mind and delivery!

GiqueCee

(4,304 posts)
25. PSSST!
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:47 AM
Mar 15

I was born up there, too! Came down here at 18 months old, and brought my parents with me. I'll turn 80 next year. What a long, strange trip it's been.

Qutzupalotl

(15,827 posts)
17. He gave a one-sided view, for sure.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 03:02 PM
Mar 14

We can do both: provide for the common defense AND promote the general welfare (health and well-being of the people).

Republicans seem to want to provide for an unjustifiable offense, with nothing left for health.

ShazzieB

(22,624 posts)
21. Republicans don't want to promote the general welfare.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:11 PM
Mar 14

The GOP strongly opposes spending government money to *whispers* help people. They want people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. So what if they die trying? Anything is better than taking a "handout," right?

ShazzieB

(22,624 posts)
27. Yeah, I think you may be right about that.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 03:57 PM
Mar 15

He was different from today's Republicans in a lot of ways.

Historic NY

(40,047 posts)
14. Who was that ass clown?
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:01 PM
Mar 14

Americans have been killed or died around the globe on any given day. Do we bomb or attack those jurisdictions?
The Saudis were responsible for the largest death of American on our soil, TRump makes deals with them .

Uncle Joe

(65,169 posts)
11. Not to mention how many Iranians died in the Shah's torture prisons from 1953-1979 because we overthrew their democracy,
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:24 AM
Mar 14

and installed a quarter century dictatorship?

Thanks for the thread mahatmakanejeeves

ColoringFool

(732 posts)
18. Interesting Concise History Of That CIA Action......
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 03:49 PM
Mar 14

Support for the Overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq - The 10 Best and 10 Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions - The 10 Best 10 Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions https://share.google/SkiRPWNHXDU3fmh4l

IronLionZion

(51,305 posts)
12. Healthcare would be socialism that takes away our freedoms
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:30 AM
Mar 14

we need Americans to die in foreign wars so our companies can get their oil. That's the price of Epstein Files....er.... freedom.



MAGA politicians want high oil prices and for American soldiers to die in this conflict. They think war deaths will rally support for their side. Otherwise, they could just declare victory and leave now. Trump lifted sanctions on Russia and openly admitted American oil companies will get more revenue from higher oil prices.

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