Pierce: Were You Invited to the Party in Washington Today?

[mcar]

He speaks for me (bold mine).

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a54896/republican-healthcare-bill-pass/

...They had a party in Washington on Thursday to celebrate the fact 24 million people would be made free by losing the healthcare that has made their lives easier since 2009. This was a thing to celebrate.

They had a party in Washington to celebrate that people with diabetes, or a genetic disposition to Parkinson's, or a congenital heart defect, would be made free because their insurance rates would be subject to the kind ministrations of Republican governors like Sam Brownback, or Republican state legislatures like the one presently sitting in the newly insane state of North Carolina. This was a thing to celebrate...

Goddamn them all. Goddamn the political movement that spawned them and goddamn the political party in which that movement found a home, and goddamn the infrastructure in which their pus-bag of an ideology was allowed to fester until it splattered the plague all over the government. Goddamn anyone who believes that blind, genetic luck is a demonstration of divine design. Goddamn anyone who believes in a god who hands out disease as punishment. Goddamn anyone who stays behind the walls and dances while the plague comes back again...

I can't deal with the politics now, though. This was a bill constructed to be as cruel as possible to as many people as possible for the benefit of the wealthiest Americans and to give a "win" to an incompetent and vulgar talking yam that flukes and circumstance have placed at the head of a once-great republic. It is an altogether remarkable piece of American political history that should follow the people celebrating it to their graves, to which they will be proceeded by thousands of their fellow citizens, who might not have, had there not been so much to celebrate on Thursday, in Washington, among all the tomb-white monuments.

[Me.]

1. WOW

No more need be said

[mcar]

2. Yep

[smirkymonkey]

3. Brilliant!

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, goddamn them all. nt

[lunatica]

5. We Boomers lived through the greatest history in the US of A. Now

we get to live through the demise of a once great country.

When we grew up the future was brilliant and promising and open and optimistic.

Now the future looks like a dystopia. Death is waiting.

[BadgerMom]

11. Too many

goddamn boomers voted for this travesty.

[lunatica]

15. I know..

I hate the idea that when people look at me they might think I'm a deplorable.

That's another thing that pisses me off. Being thought of as an Idiocrat!

[BadgerMom]

37. I know, right?

I'm a college educated white boomer woman. It should be a no-brainer that I voted for HRC. But enough women like me didn't that I feel I should wear a "Don't blame me" sign at all times.

[GeorgeGist]

17. I'm a boomer ...

and I approve this message.

[BadgerMom]

36. Me, too

I'm also a boomer. Figured calling out my own demographic was fair. 👍🏼

[Stonepounder]

30. Unfortunately, I totally agree.

This is not the country I grew up in. The first President I clearly remember was Ike. I've lived through GOP and Dem Presidents and Congresses. Not sure I'm going to make it through this one.

[ramapo]

45. Boomers are responsible for this piece of crap bill

Boomers elected Trump. Boomers elected Reagan. Boomers are sociopaths, and have one as president.

I'm embarrassed to be a boomer.

[VOX]

48. Heterosexual white male boomer.

By age, gender and sexual preference, I'm de facto smack in the wheelhouse of Drumpf's biggest demographic. But my politics are fast heading past liberalism and into socialism. Two of my childhood friends are conservative, both went for Drumpf, even though we're all located in one of the most liberal states, California. These are otherwise educated, professional, basically nice guys with spouses, nice kids, no major vices, etc. I'm at a loss to explain it, it's as if they've been indoctrinated into a cult. They are not going to change. I severely limit my time with them now.

Things have been eroding steadily since the murders of JFK, MLK and RFK. RFK's death gave us Nixon. And you know what happened on the timeline after that.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. I'm pretty sure he wrote that from a hospital bed.

He apparently had some kind of surgery.

That was amazing.

[mcar]

9. He had gallbladder surgery last week

It hits close to home for so many of us.

[Bleacher Creature]

16. Thanks. The post from the Esquire staff was vague.

And yes, it doesn't really miss many people. I guess that's why the GOP exempted Congress. May they never live that down.

[Worktodo]

34. Here ya go

I'm glad he's back. Here's the article on his surgery:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a54870/healthcare-commodity-human-right/

[PA Democrat]

7. Goddamn them and their tax cut for the wealthy thinly disguised as a health "care" bill.

They will have blood on their hands if this bill makes it through the Senate.

[gratuitous]

13. They will have blood on their hands, but only if we keep reminding people

It's up to us, as pathetic as that sounds, to remind everyone at every opportunity that these cruel, greedy, blood-gargling psychopaths voted to funnel more money into the overstuffed pockets of the wealthy while taking away health care for millions. I don't care if the subject is the national debt or Punxsutawny Phil, we have to remind people of today's vote. We know goddam well that our good friends in the liberal media will totally forget about it otherwise.

[spanone]

8. K&R...

[BadgerMom]

10. K&R

[onethatcares]

12. that spoke, what

my mind thinks.

There is a genetic mutation that missed my house, thank you Mother Earth.

[calimary]

14. I can't deal with the politics now, either. Switching back and forth between the Weather Channel

and Food Network.

[CatWoman]

21. Cartoon Network works for me

Looney Tunes (classic LT) is on

[Hekate]

29. Star Wars is on TBS. A lot of Star Wars.

[notdarkyet]

18. It will be a Pyrrhic victory.

[hibbing]

19. I've seen video of them all laughing

They truly are evil.


Peace

[Botany]

20. Never fucking forget that Trumpcare is not about Health Care

Never fucking forget that Trumpcare is not about Health Care but it is all about giving the very rich a tax cut by
taking away medical care and medical coverage from millions of Americans to pay for it.

Christopher Hayes ✔@chrislhayes
The bill cuts about a trillion dollars in funding for healthcare while cutting taxes for the top 2% by about the same amount.
7:12 PM - 3 May 2017

[byronius]

22. Soon enough they'll all be claiming it wasn't them.

I remember the Fox News chyron calling Bush a Democrat.

Evil evil evil evil. May they all suffer for this.

[dogzandcoffee]

23. Well said!

[kimbutgar]

24. I would have loved to spritz the Ebola virus and the Black Plague at that party today.

Put it in the vent system and have them inhale all that freedom of having no healthcare or cure for their illnesses.

[oasis]

25. "Poor dead people can't vote for Democrats"

That's always been a part of GOP calculations in regards to health care in America.

[TNNurse]

40. But so many of the people they are harming,

were Trump people. So many will be too sick, too weak or dead to vote for these assholes in 2018.

[oasis]

44. I'm reminded of the scene in "Braveheart" when King Edward ordered

his archers to shoot their arrows into the mass of warriors from both camps, engaged in hand-to-hand battle. "But your highness" said an aide to the king "Our arrows will kill many of your soldiers in the field". King Edward coldly replied "yes, but the arrows will kill many of the enemy as well".

GOP bigwigs just don't give a goddam who gets hurt.

[Hekate]

26. Gods bless Charles Pierce -- and goddamn the GOP indeed. What he said. All of it.

[PA Democrat]

27. No. I was consigned to the high risk pool.

I don't think too many of us will be celebrating there.

[Dustlawyer]

28. Don't leave out the MSM and RW radio.

They have used propaganda so effectively for so long their voters will not belive the truth or facts. This has been their secret to their success. How else can you make that many people support evil corporate whores who screw their own supporters while those same supporters cheer?

[Akamai]

33. Dustlawyer--you are absolutely and utterly correct! The mainstream press doesn't have to lie,

All it has to do is hide the important issues from the American people and from the world, and they sure as hell of been doing that for decades upon decades. Great point.

In the absolute evil that is right wing radio should make all of the Republicans gag--if at any sense of morality.

[llmart]

49. Yes, but then how will we know what the Kardashians are doing...

if they don't report on it ad nauseum? This is how they treated the orange anus every.single.day! Constant trump this, trump that until I refused to turn on "news" stations any longer. He got so much free press. He could fart and the MSM would report on it. F***the msm and trump.

[sharedvalues]

51. Yup - infotainment

Here's the explanation
https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/4/17/15325172/strikethrough-cnn-espn-trump-surrogates
The video is so good.

[llmart]

58. I don't watch CNN.

I don't have cable nor do I want it. The less TV people watch, the smarter they will be. Plus, they'll save money. Who wants to be a part of making tv executives richer while the rest of us all get poorer?

[sharedvalues]

59. I don't have cable either.

And we both know the truth about Trumpcare.

Coincidence?

[llmart]

61. LOL!

Coincidence? I think not! Your screen name is appropriate.

I don't have enough years left on this earth to waste them listening to what passes for "news" nowadays. Also, at my age I have long established core values that I've had since I was a young person, and it's highly unlikely that those are going to ever change. I have never once voted for a Republican in my life and I'm not about to start now, especially since the GOP of today is totally unrecognizable as a party that cares about the common good of our country.

[Akamai]

31. Truth to power! Well done! Alexander Pope the English writer said,

"Art is nature to advantage interest--what oft was thought but never so well expressed!"

[world wide wally]

32. MSince they are also celebrating their "Christianright" to be bqigoted, let me just say,

"Amen to that, Charles Pierce"

[dhill926]

35. what he said....

[Initech]

38. There will be a special circle of hell reserved for the whole lot of them. Fuck them all.

[mcar]

39. Yes

I don't use the word hate lately but I feel it today.

[Tatiana]

41. Their greed has made them evil. And the people that voted for them are wannabes.

They think they have a chance at "getting what's theirs." They think these Republican legislators care about someone other than themselves. They think they may be wealthy too, maybe not as much as their idol Trump, but better than they are now. And they are perfectly willing to step on those who are different to indulge their dreams of grandeur.

The Republicans have invested in de-funding and destroying public education in American and now they are reaping the results.

The people who vote for these idiots are dumber than domesticated turkeys. We have our work cut out for us.

[colsohlibgal]

42. When Will A Critical Mass Arise To Toss These Bums Out?

They try to foist this cruel bill on the masses while exempting their sad selves from it.

I am agnostic but people like this make me hope their really is a Hell.

Yep the Hell with the whole evil bunch including the semi literate joke in the WH.....and the dumbass enablers who voted for him.

[Cha]

43. This is who they are.. this will define them

Link to tweet

Thank you for Pierce, mcar

[jaysunb]

46. +1 n/t

[mcar]

52. This is who they are, Cha

I am beyond disgusted.

[Cha]

53. Fortunately we're not alone in our anger and disgust..

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[mcar]

54. My red Congress critter is getting an ear and eye full from constituents

We won't forget.

[stage left]

47. Yes!

The wonderful Charles Pierce.

[llmart]

50. "Vulgar talking yam"

My oh my. I cannot ever remember a President of the United States who had so many derogatory nicknames! What does that say about him? We should have a thread just to list them all, but then we could probably have an entire book with all of them.

[HenryWallace]

55. "Let them eat cake!"

Says the Republican Party to America's Uninsured....

[Zambero]

56. These vile cretins don't even meet the "Good German" criteria

Unwitting they are not. Evil and calculating they most certainly are.

[90-percent]

57. yeah - this is what just happened.

From the OP: "This was a bill constructed to be as cruel as possible to as many people as possible for the benefit of the wealthiest Americans."


They are so over confident of their lock on absolute power, they don't even bother to hide it any more. They don't even bother with lipstick for their pigs.

Cross check, voter suppression, gerrymandering, citizens united, and conspiring with an enemy government to influence our elections are all out in the open and part of our "normal" political infrastructure.

Dems got to win elections by a margin of ten points because the deck is stacked and the playing field is tilted.

At long last, REPUBLICAN PARTY, have you no sense of decency?


-90% Jimmy

[pansypoo53219]

60. evolved from stingy to greed to fuck you, i got mine- gimme more.

credit card publikkkans.

[Native]

62. Seriously powerful last sentence.

[mcar]

63. One of the most powerful things I've read in a while

[Paladin]

64. Thank you, Charlie. Yet again, thank you so much.

I want these bastards brought down, as soon and as conspicuously as possible.