tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post2208631602050118212..comments2023-11-15T15:11:00.318-05:00Comments on Zandar Versus The Stupid: The New Conversion RateZandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396826133150556766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-37621798819299304272014-12-17T00:30:39.832-05:002014-12-17T00:30:39.832-05:00That scenario makes the Daily Kos and FireDogLake ...That scenario makes the Daily Kos and FireDogLake crowd cream their shorts in anticipation. They hate the despised Democrats so much (how much do they hate the despised Democrats?) they hate the despised Democrats so much that they would welcome another opportunity to roast the President and his team as a gang of incompetent sellouts who Didn't.Even.Try. to get single payer through a recalcitrant Congress in 2010. They welcome any disaster that plunges millions into poverty for they have convinced themselves that the desperate poor constitute a reserve army that stands ready to leap into battle and carry them into power, the minute some charismatic leader utters the magic slogan.<br /><br />Of course this is hysterical nonsense, but that was the thinking behind their sabotage vote last month and they actually did a pretty good job on that one. A good job of sabotaging the vote, of course, the reserve army of desperate poor having yet to show up and carry anyone into power.Horace Boothroyd IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-15234842876166999492014-12-16T20:02:37.688-05:002014-12-16T20:02:37.688-05:00I have two small points of hope:
1) A Supreme Co...I have two small points of hope:<br /><br />1) A Supreme Court that stated that the ACA was constitutional in the first place might--just might--not dismantle it because of, essentially, a typographical error that goes obviously against the intent of Congress at the time of its development.<br /><br />2) If the court _does_ zing the ACA, I'm hoping that the health insurance companies have become so fond of their new income from new policyholders that they might put pressure on the GOP to fix the thing.<br /><br />At least, I hope.<br /><br />I shouldn't read your articles. They're beginning to act as significant depressants. :(Lurker111noreply@blogger.com