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Gman

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9. At this point it's mindless ideological purity

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 12:48 PM

Sep 2013

They lies and distortion are all hard truth in their alternate reality. And we in the real world are the deluded ones. There is no bridge to them. They dynamited it long ago now.

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I'd like to hear other people's opinion about why the teabaggers continue to try and defund [View all] Maraya1969 Sep 2013 OP

They've got nothing else. blue neen Sep 2013 #1

They have a case of Ignorant Fuck Racism, and see Defunding Obamacare as the Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #2

Of course, they're scared shitless it will work and Obama will get credit for it tularetom Sep 2013 #3

I suspect they've forgotten the initial objective and... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #4

b/c teatards cant think for themselves , the gop says it's bad and therefore it's bad leftyohiolib Sep 2013 #5

I see it like this: The Straight Story Sep 2013 #6

They don't know jberryhill Sep 2013 #7

Because the law sucks Puzzledtraveller Sep 2013 #8

Wrong. People are working toward single-payer because the law sucks. Ron Green Sep 2013 #14

Really? Please give us all some examples of how it sucks. Maraya1969 Sep 2013 #15

I think it sucks because it mandates the insurance companies as gatekeepers riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #16

At this point it's mindless ideological purity Gman Sep 2013 #9

Because their real goal is to dismantle the "Great Society" -- including Medicare pnwmom Sep 2013 #10

Ignorance for the most part... Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #11

Because it's a good start JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #12

Obama isn't white bowens43 Sep 2013 #13

Rachael just said that they're using it for fundraising... crazylikafox Sep 2013 #17