Discussion»Questions»Politics» Right wingers CONTINUE to insist that BEFORE Obamacare, you could get TREATMENT for ANY disease you have at the ER. What's up with that?
You can technically go to the ER for anything. The job of the ER is to get you out of the ER and get you to the next medical provider (admit you to the hospital, send you home to "follow up with a doctor", etc.). After that, you're on your own...
Yeah, that's the "bromide" we've been fed.. But, tell me truly, Mr.. If you went to the ER for your chemotherapy treatment, are they gonna GIVE it to you, or send you away to DIE???
Right-wingers insisted (and some still do) Iraq had CBN weapons
Right-wingers insisted the Soviet Union was an implacable foe destined to exist for the foreseeable future
Right-wingers insisted atrocities like the war in Vietnam, the Pinochet coup in Chile, etc. were necessary responses to existential threats to the United States.
Right-wingers insisted (and some continue to insist) MILLIONS of illegal voters voted for HRC (Hence, Trump ***really*** won the popular/electoral votes in a landslide).
@JakobA -- Yes, you can certainly find politicians and partisans of all stripes who bend and/or break the truth.
However, I think the political right in the United States has taken that concept to a level where it is such a difference of degree it has become a difference of kind.
Frankly, this has been admitted by mulitple members of the political right.
For example, at the RNC national convention, Newt Gingrich insisted in an interview crime was rampant in America and people fear for their safety. When confronted with statistics indicating crime rates are the lowest they've been in several decades, Newt switched tack and said, "Well, but American FEEL crime is out of control." It was somewhat ironic, given the political right often insists it is the party of fact, logic, and tough decisions while the political left is the party of "feelings."
And, of course, there was Karl Rove outright admitting he and his fellow RAWFs "create their own reality" to journalist Ron Suskind.
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This post was edited by OldSchoolTheSKOSlives at January 4, 2017 10:15 AM MST
My favorite is that right wing Republican nutcase who said a woman who is raped can't get pregnant. This was in the context of a state bill that was de-funding abortion. Scarier was the fact that other Republicans apparently agreed with him. And most scary is the fact that these bizarre excuses for human beings are voted into office by American voters.
For all your implicit sneering, Al Franken is actually bright and wonkish (unlike a certain President-elect). I don't know if he'd make a good President, but he'd be a damn sight better than the current TV-star-turned-politician.
I didn't know that. I feel much better now that I know. Franken is a very bright guy - something sorely needed in Congress. But for president, I prefer Warren. Maybe a Warren/Franken ticket?
Mr. Bromide 