Pic Of The Moment: On Healthcare: The Difference Between GOP Congressmen And Actual Human Beings

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Emotional Monologue: His New Son’s Heart Condition

Rep. Mo Brooks: People who 'live good lives' should pay less for health insurance

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[Gothmog]

1. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. The other thing you could say: The GOP Congressmen have no heart or soul.

[irisblue]

3. GOP

a conglomerate of heartless shrivled soul eater pond slime masquerading as humans.

[niyad]

4. I have long wondered what causes these creatures to be so unimaginably hateful,

vicious and lacking in any sense of decency, compassion or empathy. I have come to the conclusion that this earth is being used as a prison planet, and these beings were dropped off here from other places.

[malthaussen]

5. What are you in for?

Everybody's guilty of something, right?

Although unless one buys the whole "original sin" shtick, it's hard to see what crime a newborn infant committed.

It has long been my fantasy to have some way to cram all these scum into their own private prison dimension and let them feed off each other. I admit it hadn't occurred to me that maybe they already were.

-- Mal

[niyad]

6. what am I in for? being a thorn in the side of authority, always.

[malthaussen]

9. Three of my favorite people of history fit that description...

Socrates, Yeshua ben-Yosef, and David Hume. I note two of them were executed for it, but Davie managed to die in bed.

-- Mal

[niyad]

11. yes, one keeps a supply of hemlock handy!

[ginnyinWI]

7. what he said is what's wrong with the GOP mindset, in a nutshell.

It's all "you get what you deserve in life". May be true in some cases, but there are innocents--innocently sick, innocently victims of crime, innocently born in the U.S. to undocumented parents, etc etc. And these creeps make no allowances for them. Just because life has been easy for them-- they think it could be easy for everyone else.

[snort]

14. And its such binary thinking.

The solution must be simple as well: Just choose to be healthy! Idiots.

[benpollard]

8. Re. Mo Brooks, from AL

He probably has a background in the KKK

[nolabear]

10. So, death panels.

Gotcha.

[snort]

12. It will "allow" those people to "contribute" more.

Scumbags.

[TNNurse]

13. I wish I knew what I did to get breast cancer.

In addition, I should have chosen healthier parents so I would not have high blood pressure. I guess I did not "lead a good life" even before I was born. Damn this is harsh.

[Jim Lane]

17. I have a couple chain-smoking friends with no cancer history.

I've never smoked and that didn't keep me out of chemo.

When you find out the answer to your question, let me know.

[kimmylavin]

22. Right?

And I was in a car accident that needed to be covered by my healthcare plan.
Did I bring that upon myself with my choice to drive a car, as a woman?

[3catwoman3]

15. Mo Brooks is a...

...MOron and a MOfo.

[demmiblue]

18. .

[Bleacher Creature]

19. Just to be clear, Kimmel didn't need to reference Democrats in his statement.

We're already there - from the most liberal voter to the most conservative Democratic official.

This is entirely a Republican problem.

[world wide wally]

20. WTF has this country come to where assholes like this are elected by voters?

[bronxiteforever]

21. Done things the right way? My brother died in agony of cancer

When I was 12. He was just in his twenties. The chemo he was given was crude. It literally burned his flesh. He received massive doses of radiation. This experience altered my life and my parents lives in ways I can't describe. His death taught me the fragility of life and the absolute compassion for the sick and ill, regardless of "done the right way".

I am sure many of you have seen similar experiences or a lot worse. It is quite a feat to demonize the sick. But I guess Rep Brooks feels he and his are immune from cancer and sickness. Although maybe a heartless ghoul possesses no humanity.

[tclambert]

23. "Done things the right way" makes me think they mean prayed to the right God.

As in, "If God afflicts you with sickness, you must have done something to deserve it." In which case every Republican would have some really painful illness. But apparently God doesn't visit sickness just on the wicked.

[bronxiteforever]

26. Good points!

[nycbos]

24. I was nearly in tears watching Jimmy Kimmel

[Soxfan58]

25. Where the hell

Do they dig these assholes up?

[LittleGirl]

27. GOPers vs Humans

GOPers - Fuck you, I've got mine, fuck you.

Humans - you're not worthy of my spit in your eyes.

[SpankMe]

29. Highly purefied asshole.

I wish the Dems would put out a response to this stuff every time it happens...on their web site, faxes to every newspaper, radio and TV outlet in the US, YouTube video.

This stuff needs relentless response every time it happens.

Republicans are insensitive, heartless assholes. Period.

[Bengus81]

30. Repukes like this can always wrap healthcare and abortion into a nice little package....

If you need EITHER one it's ONLY because you've lived some decadent librul kind of lifestyle.

[Neema]

31. Oh, it gets even worse. Joe Walsh directly tweeted to Jimmy Kimmel, a new father

who is going through one of the scariest experiences any father can have.

"Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care."

Seriously. How much of an asshole do you have to be?

[Initech]

34. Wow, what a monster!!!

Do the GOP have some kind of gene that makes them heartless monsters?

[Neema]

43. It's a really good question.

I mean, I know they all think and say this shit regularly. But tweeting it in direct response to a father who just shared a HARROWING story about the birth of his son...I just can't even. I hope the asshole never has to face the loss of his child, but if he does, I hope his heartless words ring in his head. It does seem like the only time Republicans ever have an ounce of compassion is when something happens to themselves or their kids.

[Bengus81]

35. Ok...it's a former Congressman Joe Walsh.....

Jesus....Joe Walsh of the Eagles comes back to Wichita quite a bit. His parents lived here,not sure if either is still alive. I didn't think he would make an ASS out of himself like this clown has done.

[Neema]

44. Ha. Yes. eom

[Bengus81]

36. Former Congressman Joe Walsh....DEADBEAT dad

Excuse me Joe but NO ONE is responsible to send CASH to your ex you fucking DEADBEAT!! Just another flaming RW talk host with skeletons all over the place.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/joe-walsh-child-support-unemployed_n_2665240.html

[Neema]

45. So true. In my other reply I said I hope he never has to face the possible loss

of a child. But what am I talking about? He clearly doesn't give a rat's ass about his kids.

[Initech]

32. The republicans are absolute monsters.

I'm a huge Kimmel fan and it's disheartening to see him go through this, but it's good that it has a positive outcome, and shows why people need healthcare, and why people need to be able to afford better quality healthcare. I hope Jimmy can get the message out that this sort of thing is needed. Our asshole representatives need some schooling in this matter.

[MADem]

33. Mo Brooks: Bad newborn!!! BAD!!! nt

[AwakeAtLast]

37. OH MY GOD!

I can't. I simply can't continue to see this kind of shit and not go completely insane!

[angrychair]

38. To speak plainly

Rep. Brooks comments are not unique for republicans and it is one of the former core arguments for eugenics.

Only those deemed worthy should live.

[panfluteman]

39. It's Karma, Baby!

It's bad health karma to be born in the USA! That baby with congenital heart disease should have known better!

[Beartracks]

40. Poor health is a choice?

Hey, Republicans -- Is stupidity a choice?

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[SergeStorms]

41. Stupidity is not a choice........

for a Republican. It's in their DNA. They're ALL born without the gene that controls compassion and intellect. That alone should exclude them from being able to seek public office.

[47of74]

42. Mo go Fornicate yourself