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ErikJ

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6. I just did at Fox Nation and it was like ...crickets for 5 minutes.

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Tue Oct 22, 2013, 03:43 AM

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If 100% government owned and operated health care is such "evil socialism" ..... [View all] ErikJ Oct 2013 OP

But you are employing logic... dchill Oct 2013 #1

I have a close friend who is a vet and he was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer early last week. ErikJ Oct 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author ErikJ Oct 2013 #2

I like this argument. Fridays Child Oct 2013 #4

I just did at Fox Nation and it was like ...crickets for 5 minutes. ErikJ Oct 2013 #6

Is Fox Nation a discussion forum? Fridays Child Oct 2013 #8

"That's different." silverweb Oct 2013 #5

Does she also receive VA/Tricare health care? Fridays Child Oct 2013 #7

Medicare. silverweb Oct 2013 #9

Well, there it is...it's about 'earning the benefit'. It's a protestant religious ethic HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #14

Just one hitch there. silverweb Oct 2013 #22

Sex specifics don't really matter, HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #25

Sex has little to do with it in this case. silverweb Oct 2013 #27

Typical conservative sociopath eridani Oct 2013 #11

No health care for 54 years madokie Oct 2013 #10

Anything from "the government" is "welfare" and you should be ASHAMED for "taking it"... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #12

Lol! Not really funny, but you did give me a laugh with your spot on impression of the RW mindset. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #13

It isn't really hard to imitate. As Colbert says, "You just have to be an asshole." Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #17

Ha! Colbert is my hero. I always appreciate someone who can make me laugh, because with all this RW Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #32

America has gotten wise to them.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #33

In a Rolling Stone interveiw a few years ago, Colbert claimed he was not paritisan. He said he Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #36

I don't know if you saw Don Imus when Bill Clinton was in office but people say he went too far. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #37

I agree that he want too far. A lot of personal attacks about things that didn't actually Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #39

This notion of Republicans as paragons of virtue was the most absurd thing in those times. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #41

Funny thing--they still think of themselves that way, and it's still absurd! Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #42

That's because they really believe the speak for God,..who's a rich Capitalist. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #43

That's really how some feel. silverweb Oct 2013 #23

Bought and paid for HoustonDave Oct 2013 #15

I believe the point is that it's run by the government, and it works fine. nt cyberswede Oct 2013 #16

VA HoustonDave Oct 2013 #18

I'm not sure you understand what socialized health care means. cyberswede Oct 2013 #19

You keep using that word nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #24

The VA is definitely socialized medicine. roamer65 Oct 2013 #28

Like false causation HoustonDave Oct 2013 #29

Wrong. ProSense Oct 2013 #30

Do you think veterans are more deserving of quality healthcare than other Americans? cyberswede Oct 2013 #34

To you Social Security is not socialism then? It is just deferred compensation too. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #38

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #20

I agree gopiscrap Oct 2013 #21

Don't forget Congress is covered under government health care. liberal N proud Oct 2013 #26

Where did the argument come from that the government doesn't know how to operate health care? libdem4life Oct 2013 #31

Great point. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #35

instead of pushing single payer and settling for mandatory private insurance - why not push NHS Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #40