Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) (Screen cap).
Someone with sense, and a grasp of reality! I wish I could post about such incidences often, but right now, I’ll take whatever I can get.
Noting that Ryan called the House GOP health care plan an “act of mercy,” Kennedy noted that there’s nothing at all in the New Testament that would justify stripping health insurance from millions of people.
“With all due respect to our speaker, he and I must have read different Scripture,” said Kennedy. “The one I read calls on us to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, and to comfort the sick.”
The congressman then listed off all the ways that Trumpcare is far from merciful to the American people.
“There is is no mercy in a system that makes health care a luxury,” he said. “There is no mercy in a country that turns their back on those most in need of protection: the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the suffering. There is no mercy in a cold shoulder to the mentally ill… This is not an act of mercy — it is an act of malice.”
Looks like Joe inherited that silver Kennedy tongue. Here’s hoping it’s consistently put to good use. Via Raw Story, video at the link.
On the flip side of the coin, the Tiny Tyrant has come up with a cunning plan, a la Baldrick, for what to do if the new “healthcare” scam falls through: We’ll blame the Democrats! I have to wonder, really, if this wasn’t the intent the whole time – float a highly unpopular, unrealistic plan, let it go up in flames, allow ACA to collapse, and blame the democrats.
Washington (CNN) In an Oval Office meeting featuring leaders of conservative groups that already lining up against House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Donald Trump revealed his plan in the event the GOP effort doesn’t succeed: Allow Obamacare to fail and let Democrats take the blame, sources at the gathering told CNN.
He also said:
The president insisted during the meeting that Trumpcare would be a big political winner, and he would sell it to the country by holding “stadium-sized” rallies for it.
There’s video at CNN, but be warned, it’s on annoying autoplay. Via Raw Story.
Also, the twitternet has erupted in mockery once again, over Mr. Tweet’s latest, in which he portrays the new health plan to be a beautiful picture.
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) March 9, 2017
House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare took its first step forward in Congress early Thursday morning, as the House Ways and Means Committee advanced the legislation at 4:30 a.m.
After nearly 18 hours of debate during which Democratic lawmakers tried to slow down the process, the committee voted 23–16 in favor of the bill.
Leaders of the Republican Party unveiled their plan to undo Obamacare on Monday evening. Now, they’re trying to fast-track the legislation through Congress despite considerable controversy surrounding the bill — which will leave millions more people uninsured, raise costs for low-income Americans, provide tax giveaways to insurance CEOs, and potentially trigger a death spiral in the individual insurance market.
To be honest, the whole of US now looks like something from Hieronymus Bosch in 3D.
Yes, it does. I’ve always been a fan of Hieronymus Bosch, but I don’t want to live in that triptych.
I always wondered what Bosch was on, that made him see such sickening visions. My guess was mushrooms. But maybe he was a republican?
I don’t think Bosch was on anything. All those visions were handily supplied by religion, he just brought them to life. I think some of what he portrayed was definitely tongue-in-cheek, and there was a lot of irony. I’ve never seen any of his work as sickening, but I do find it fascinating. Some people think Bosch included a self portrait in the judgement panel of the triptych, and I agree with that assessment, it does look like him, and there’s a distinctly amused look on that face.
Given the time he lived in, he came up in a town with a noted progressive view when it came to religion. It was thought that while believing, and being devout was good, the excesses and sins of priests and other religious caste should not be ignored, and should not be uncriticised. I truly wish we knew more about him, next to nothing is known, and that’s a true pity, because I think he had an exceptional artistic mind.