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appleannie1943

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5. And, what about people that do have jobs but get paid so little they can't afford housing, let alone

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon May 15, 2017, 10:29 AM

May 2017

health insurance? Or people that for one reason or another can't work? They need healthcare more than a healthy person. I think she is a poor example of a representative for the USA.

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Miss USA Kara McCullough thinks unemployed shouldnt have health care [View all] workinclasszero May 2017 OP

It's a beauty pageant, not a brains pageant. Obviously. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1

Well, she's a radiochemist Orrex May 2017 #10

It's possible to be very good at a technical thing and still be very stupid. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #12

It's also possible that she's very smart and simply wrong. Orrex May 2017 #18

So many possibilities. LanternWaste May 2017 #43

So many empty platitudes. In one post. Orrex May 2017 #44

I'm with you. Her statement was dangerously close to word salad at the end. kcr May 2017 #33

Agreed, She like many have ample intelligence - it is her values that are the problem karynnj May 2017 #24

Wonderful post from start to finish! Orrex May 2017 #25

karynnj's posts are always must reads. blm May 2017 #34

Message deleted by DU the Administrators Crunchy Frog May 2017 #29

Proving once again that brains are not a prerequisite COLGATE4 May 2017 #2

Nor having a soul or heart either workinclasszero May 2017 #6

Well, she is a radiochemist - Maybe she is just an asshole as well? snooper2 May 2017 #7

That Orrex May 2017 #11

She forgot to say "such as" jpak May 2017 #3

I kid you not, Miss South Carolina was signed by Trump's modeling agency Brother Buzz May 2017 #22

And this is why Trump is merely a symptom to a much bigger problem. Bleacher Creature May 2017 #4

The right wing organs of hate..Fox news, Hate radio, the republican party and the religious right workinclasszero May 2017 #9

And, what about people that do have jobs but get paid so little they can't afford housing, let alone appleannie1943 May 2017 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Txbluedog May 2017 #8

You should delete that trash immediately. nt B2G May 2017 #14

For those calling her stupid because she's a beauty queen maryellen99 May 2017 #13

As noted above: it is possible to master a very technical specialty, and still be very stupid. mac56 May 2017 #15

I believe the architects of Hitlers Final Solution workinclasszero May 2017 #19

She is a perfect example of DURHAM D May 2017 #17

Fine, she's not stupid just a heartless asshole. tenderfoot May 2017 #23

"Fine, she's not stupid just a heartless asshole." LenaBaby61 May 2017 #31

Miss US-AnCap. HughBeaumont May 2017 #16

Well, isn't that special? I hope she never finds herself unemployed and stricken with a disease. Vinca May 2017 #20

She must be such an idiot she believes that nice, well-spoken, well-educated people have jobs that raccoon May 2017 #21

She didn't say what you say she believes. Why are you calling her stupid? Doodley May 2017 #27

True, she didn't say that. But her saying health care is a privilege raccoon May 2017 #46

I think she just didn't express herself clearly. I don't have a big problem with what I think she Doodley May 2017 #26

I was wondering about how the question was phrased. B2G May 2017 #30

Are you her cousin? mac56 May 2017 #36

There are plenty of people with jobs The_Casual_Observer May 2017 #28

Those working class poor pay taxes that funded her govt healthcare benefit, yeah? procon May 2017 #32

She's likely a rusty fender May 2017 #35

Works for a government regulatory agency, and she disses the unemployed? Orsino May 2017 #37

My sister was in a collision, and lost her job because of it. MountCleaners May 2017 #38

Plenty of "smart" people have no empathy. mnhtnbb May 2017 #39

If I ever had a daughter, she will NEVER be involved in this bullshit. Dawson Leery May 2017 #40

this comment definitely turned me off bdamomma May 2017 #41

Good thing Miss USA will never get old, or get sick, or lose her job, or have an accident, huh? hatrack May 2017 #42

Let them die. Glimmer of Hope May 2017 #45