We may not know how the Supreme Court will rule on Affordable health care, but no matter how that ruling comes down, we definitely know the GOP’s etch a sketch has worked over time.
Ezra Klein wrote an excellent article on the GOP’s history of flip flopping concerning the core issue before the Supreme Court – the individual mandate.
It isn’t as if the GOP’s hypocrisy is a new thing, not even when it comes to healthcare, as Lipstick Liberal’s Naughty Nurse explains.
Transcript:
HEALTHCARE HYPOCRISY
Emergency, Emergency Tea-Partiers, Republicans and Conservative Americans, YOUR party of small government, liberty, and fiscal responsibility has been showing symptoms of a terrible disease!
And I think it may be terminal!
When your doctor said “limited government”
Your Governor said “pee in a cup”, then asked his wife to test it.
And That’s just Icky!
When your MD ordered
“Constitution only – no healthcare or entitlements”
You ordered this…(Sign: “Keep your Government hands off my Medicare”)
When they screamed “no financially forced mandates”, he mandated women to shut their eyes and pay for it! (GOV. TOM CORBETT (PA)
“Individual Liberty as the true Pursuit of Happiness ”, not covered!
And “from my cold dead hands”!
Well, I think they just got confused.
Look, Nurse Lipstick Liberal just wants you to at least take your “fiscally conservative” pills and stop drinking so much KOCH.
Maybe then you could reduce Healthcare Costs!
Reduce the Deficit, you know, get out – join the rest of modern world!
If only you had your past convictions to be strong and healthy!
But, no, my dear Tea-Partiers, Republicans and Conservative Americans, I’m afraid your disease has progressed to far and YOUR party of small government, liberty and fiscal responsibility will now be D. O. A.
Until next time, Lipstick Liberal says…
(blows kiss) mmmmuuuuuuaaaa!!!!)
THE END
When they speak of fiscal responsibility, the result is costly as Wisconsin found out recently. When the GOP speaks of small government, they mean small enough to perform a transvaginal ultra sound.
Just consider that the origins of the individual mandate came from, of all places, the conservative, Heritage Foundation,
This etch a sketch moment was brought to you by the GOP.
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GeneralLerong
Jun. 24th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
I keep wondering…wondering…just what do you do with that part of the electorate that will not listen, read, or even consider anything that they just, y’know, intuitively think is true and will never, ever, change their minds. Whatever prejudices they hold are solid gold, in their own minds. Pundits and wily politicians who validate these prejudices are gods to them.
Paging William Tecumseh Sherman…David Brooks needs a good thrashing out behind the woodshed.
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Rose
Jun. 25th, 2012 at 5:20 am
Can we please not perpetuate the “naughty nurse” nonsense. It’s really offensive to professional nurses who are educated, responsible, intelligent, hardworking people. We have to perpetually try to overcome the stereotypes that are laid upon us as bimbos and doctor’s servants. It’s insulting. Let it go.
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SinghX
Jun. 25th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Well, Rose…I showed this to my daughter who is a nurse and did 3 military tours (Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia) and she didn’t find it offensive, but humorous and sad. However, she did find that it is very offensive that white men in positions of power are creating more obstacles for her and her peers, both professionally and personally than a spoof that overtly spoofs stereotypes, yet drives the point home;
“…Individual Liberty as the true Pursuit of Happiness ”, not covered!”
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Lipstick Liberal
Jun. 25th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Thanks for defending my little funny outfit. Ofcourse its ridiculous, as are the Republicans! This was not a comment on nurses, if you watched it? I give them a shout-out next week (as educated, responsible, intelligent, hardworking people) during my Scott Walker Tribute for July 4th!! But I am playing a “General” wearing a half shirt with red nails? Am I making Military General’s look like bimbo’s too? Uh-oh!!!!
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Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 25th, 2012 at 7:19 am
If the affordable care act is overturned, it will overturn years of Republican thinking. And even better, what will this do to all government mandates such as car insurance, dog licenses and almost anything else you can think of. Seatbelt laws out the window? Almost any mandate will be able to be taken to court and if the Supreme Court maintains any type of logic which we all know that it will not, it will have to throw all of these mandates out. Think of the poor insurance companies who will lose money. Those vast bastions of high finance.
How interesting, and possibly far-reaching This decision will be
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JT
Jun. 25th, 2012 at 9:31 am
Shiva,
You now have a million lawyers salivating. We’ll know soon enough, but I’m guessing that SCOTUS has to maintain the principle of mandated insurance… BUT they’ll try to water it down with some ‘states rights’ opt-out provision and dance around the federal mandate position.
States that decide to opt out then take the chance of losing federal monies, which is the feds usual way of forcing mandates.
It’s all just conservative twisting the snake stuff.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 25th, 2012 at 9:42 am
I am not sure if they are capable of determining the method with which it is distributed. As far as I can tell it’s either they maintain it or they drop it.
Given that it’s been a Republican plan all along, if they drop it is going to be a huge pile of hypocrisy. And it also means that they can never take it up again as a party.
Personally I’m voting for single-payer, and I will vote to get an all new Congress
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KarenJ
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I honestly don’t think most people who identify themselves as fiscal AND* social conservatives won’t be able to follow your message, Lipstick Liberal. It’s too complicated for them.
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*As opposed to simply being a fiscal conservative. Many Dems and Independents who are able to employ critical thinking in their everyday lives are fiscal conservatives. Critical thinking is beyond most RWNJs’ abilities.
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