Watching the debate on CNN. Cassidy comes off as simply DEMONIC.

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35. Both Sanders & Klobuchar missed major opporunities to kneecap Repub lies and bullshit

I missed the closing statements bkz my recording stopped at the 1.5 hour mark, but i found the Democratic "team' frustrating in their lack of energy shutting these clowns and the Repub lies down.

First off, one of the repubs opened with bragging that their bill would stop not only the individual Mandate BUT THE EMPLOYER MANDATE.Crickets from the Dem side, they should yave jumped all over this. Screamed from the rafters that this crap bill effects everybody, not just Medicaid & private market. EVERYBODY who has Employer provided insurance is threatened too, bkz their employers can now opt out or, if they stay in, just sewer shop for coverage since essential benefits mandate of Obamacare would be overturned. Republicans have done a masterful job making Americans think this only applies to a sliver of the population ; it effects everybody cradle to grave.

The two major points that Cassidy and Graham kept repeating ad nauseum were that Obamacare has failed,is "imploding," and that state governments are more responsive and compassionate to delivering healthcare than "bureaucrats" in Washington:

Neither K nor S mentioned that Obamacare is struggling because of the dugin sabotage of the Republicans, starting with (Rubio's assault) renegging on risk corridor payments and stretching all the way to just out and out refusing to make even minor changes to improve the ACA, especially easy fixes like graduating the income cliff where subsidies for the middle class end. Even the CBO has stated that Obamacare's not failing, it is being rigged and destabilized by the Republicans. As comdians have said, if the toilet in your house doesn't work, you don't torch the whole house.

As far as the Repub "states rights" argument, neither Klobuchar nor Sanders said flat out that (19?) Republican controlled states flat out refused to give their (supposedly beloved citizens the free federally funded Medicaid Expansion. They flat out refused to take money to give millions of their own Americans heathcare. Why would anyone Ever,Ever trust a Republican state that has demonstrated this level of contempt for their citizens to knowledgeably much less humanely deliver healthcare?
BTW didn't Brownbach even try to divert medicaid funds to plug up sinking "supply side" government?

This debate was really frustrating to me. Americans simply do not understand what Republicans have done and what they plan to do...which is a disaster for everyone. There was such low hanging fruit, like the "$39,000" family bill, which is probably on a combined income of $400,000., so still less thabn 10% But there was also a failure of our team here to actually educate and inform and shut down once and for all this Repubs agenda to take healthcare away from the many to give hundreds of billions in tax breaks to the few, i.e. their uber wealthy funders like the Koch Bros.