Pic Of The Moment: This Week In Obamacare: Reality Vs. Right-Wing Ideology

[EarlG]

Obamacare cost to be 20% less than forecast, budget office says

Actual op-ed headline: 'End Obamacare, and people could die. That's okay.'

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[Cha]

1. Oh well, as long as it's okay with Michael Strain. What is he.. the gop designated death panel?

mahalo EarlG

[Nitram]

2. The difference between the right wing media and real journalism

The Post publishes both liberal and conservative views. I like the balance. And when wingnuts like Strain air their views, it does more good for progressives than censoring them.

[PosterChild]

22. I agee, and...

...the death panel was an Outlook opinion piece - clearly not hard news journalism. The post Covered the 20% cost reduction and other positive facts in the real news section.

The final result is a pic of the moment that graphically demonstrates the contrast between reality and right wing ideology resulting in a net loss for the right wing extremists.

[stage left]

3. Republicans seem to be really ok with people dying

as long as they're not among them.

[BlueMTexpat]

15. They're also OK with fetuses living until birth ...

but watch out once they've actually been born!

[Enthusiast]

4. Kicked

and recommended a whole bunch!

[Binkie The Clown]

5. During the Irish Potato Famine...

One conservative MP was told a million Irish could die.

His response: That's not nearly enough to do any good.

(Ref: The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham Smith)

Conservatives just never change.

[Triana]

6. I sure wish that tweet button worked again!

Arrgh!

RE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12597457

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Same with me!

I read your post and keep checking back...

[malthaussen]

7. But at least they'll die free!

I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees. Or something like that. Acually, I imagine Mr Strain would rather you die on your feet.

-- Mal

[nxylas]

8. I read the article to see if the headline misrepresented the content

SPOILER ALERT: it didn't.

[PosterChild]

23. You just can't make that stuff up...

... it requires a real "pro" to do the job

[nxylas]

25. It wouldn't be the first time that an article had been given a sensationalist clickbait title

The person who writes the article usually isn't the person who writes the headline, and it's quite common for headlines to exaggerate what the article actually says in order to drive more traffic to it. However, this was not the case here.

[tclambert]

9. Republican Scroogism: "If they be like to die, let them do and decrease the surplus population."

"But, Mr. Scrooge, people could die!" "That's okay, 'cause I'm a Republican. Have you read Atlas Shrugged?"

[Amethyst Ring]

10. Why are sociopaths so proud of themselves?

You figure even if he couldn't tell he was going to look like a supervillain, someone would have mentioned it to him when they read it over.

[AZ Progressive]

17. Because they see emotions and "caringness" as weaknesses

[samsingh]

11. and single payer would save even more money

[samsingh]

12. the only thing the gop is right about i think

is that 30% of the voting public are moron simpletons.

they were wrong about iraq, bin laden, the economy (bush destroyed it), healthcare, climate change, .....

how does anyone with integrity and any sort of intelligence ever vote for these imbeciles?

[FSogol]

13. K & R. n/t

[William769]

14. Kick & recommended.

[blkmusclmachine]

18. ,

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[Kennah]

19. I am particularly pissed because this is gonna kill satire

[PosterChild]

24. +10 (nt)

[bemildred]

20. Grayson knew what he was talking about. nt

[JackInGreen]

21. The Strain

is one of those dudes I keep thinking we should inoculate against, if not burn it out at its core.

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. K&R!