Author Topic: State of the Union 2014 - Come for the Reagan bashing, stay for the GOP tears (Read 2301 times)

Great Rumbler · « **on:** January 28, 2014, 08:40:22 PM »

Ready for some Reagan bashing? I know I am!

tiesto · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2014, 08:47:20 PM »

Curious if he's gonna talk about the NSA...

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2014, 08:48:28 PM »

Getting started early with the distinguished Representative from Texas' 14th district:

Barry Egan · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2014, 08:51:27 PM »

I had a subways sandwich tonight.

benjipwns · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2014, 08:51:39 PM »

1. Will Obama use the end of this national crisis to bring us all together?

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NBC shuts down production on "Sean Saves the World"
Sean Hayes' comedy is essentially canceled.

2. Thomas Massie ✔ @RepThomasMassie
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With Willie Robertson @williebosshog from @DuckDynastyAE before the State of the Union #SOTU

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2014, 08:51:42 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 28, 2014, 08:48:28 PM

Getting started early with the distinguished Representative from Texas' 14th district:

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Ron Fournier: "Clearly, it's Obama's fault that he can't forge agreement with this man. The President is a failed leader."

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:08:34 PM »

Oh Jesus, Duck Dynasty guy is there.

Fuck this we're all doomed.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:21:16 PM »

Quote from: Frank Conniff

Tonight, Obama will talk about income inequality, injustice, poverty - all the things Republicans love. ‪#‎SOTU‬

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:23:14 PM »

That awkward clap timing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:24:24 PM »

Proper clap timing is hard.

drew · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:27:06 PM »

shit jobs?

shit jobs.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:29:34 PM »

I turned it on just to see if he was gonna strut out smoking a blunt like

but he didn't.

helios · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:45:46 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:47:21 PM »

helios · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:51:29 PM »

drew · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2014, 09:52:19 PM »

Quote from: Esch on January 28, 2014, 09:35:19 PM

Something you know all about right

100% FML indeed.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2014, 10:41:01 PM »

Rodgers base-level competence makes me nostalgic for Jindal

benjipwns · « **Reply #17 on:** January 28, 2014, 10:46:27 PM »

So Obama just happens to have this big televised speech ready to go for today, the same day where this comes out?

http://shoebat.com/2014/01/28/obamas-brother-joins-hamas-says-jerusalem-coming/

"I believe in coincidences, coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences." - Elim Garak

Mupepe · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2014, 10:51:32 PM »

The mayor of OKC doesn't know the difference between debt and deficit. Good lord. Why do I watch these responses?

tiesto · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2014, 10:51:47 PM »

Thought Biden spent the whole speech suppressing his urge to strangle Boehner... a decent speech, lots of fluff and ideas that sound great in theory but will never work due to the dysfunctional Congress.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:03:11 PM »

Rand Paul response

tiesto · « **Reply #21 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:07:29 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on January 28, 2014, 11:03:11 PM

Rand Paul response

Obligatory:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #22 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:34:28 PM »

Glad I skipped the responses and just went to the McDonalds drivethru instead.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #23 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:38:12 PM »

Great screencap

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #24 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:38:21 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #25 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:40:40 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on January 28, 2014, 11:38:12 PM

Great screencap

Rand Paul looks like he's reaching out to strangle me through my monitor.

Rufus · « **Reply #26 on:** January 28, 2014, 11:46:29 PM »

More like suck your brain out.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #27 on:** January 29, 2014, 12:01:33 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on January 28, 2014, 11:03:11 PM

Rand Paul response

if you were a hot dog and you were starving...would you eat yourself?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #28 on:** January 29, 2014, 12:52:30 AM »

fewer grand plans than usual but it doesn't matter: none of that shit is gonna happen.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #29 on:** January 29, 2014, 01:00:38 AM »

(apologies to tiesto)

Mandark · « **Reply #30 on:** January 29, 2014, 02:00:27 AM »

The official GOP response was Cathy Rogers. Paul and Mike Lee gave their own responses, maybe hosted/endorsed by some outside groups, not sure.

benjipwns · « **Reply #31 on:** January 29, 2014, 02:08:10 AM »

Lee's was the "Tea Party" response, which Paul did last year. Paul's this year was...I guess because he had ten minutes to kill?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #32 on:** January 29, 2014, 08:46:02 AM »

It was less of a republican response and more like a conservative comment section.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #33 on:** January 29, 2014, 09:09:05 AM »

I am interested in the 'MyRA' thing. Probably sent a chill through wall st. though.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34 on:** January 29, 2014, 10:20:12 AM »

Here's some post-SOTU tears if you were looking for some:

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The president very clearly ran against the military....he wanted to bring them home...

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #35 on:** January 29, 2014, 10:25:43 AM »

"Bringing the troops home is against the military?"

"Uh..ooops. NSA!!! BENGHAZI!!"

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** January 29, 2014, 10:55:47 AM »

Brehvolution · « **Reply #37 on:** January 29, 2014, 11:41:03 AM »

chronovore · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2014, 02:10:01 AM »

That's creepy.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #39 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:50:22 PM »

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‘Bette in Spokane,’ cited in McMorris Rodgers’ speech, declined health insurance options

The woman described only as “Bette in Spokane” during a nationally televised address by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Wednesday she had no idea her frustrations over increasing insurance premiums would become part of the Republican attack on health care reform.

Not that Bette Grenier, a critic of the Affordable Care Act, minds that much.

But the “nearly $700 per month” increase in her premium that McMorris Rodgers cited in Tuesday night’s GOP response to the State of the Union address was based on the priciest option, a $1,200-a-month replacement plan that was pitched by Asuris Northwest to Grenier and her husband, Don.

The carrier also offered a less expensive, $1,052-per-month option in lieu of their soon-to-be-discontinued catastrophic coverage plan. And, Grenier acknowledged the couple probably could have shaved another $100 a month off the replacement policy costs by purchasing them from the state’s online portal, the Health Plan Finder website, but they chose to avoid the government health exchanges.

“I wouldn’t go on that Obama website at all,” said Grenier, 58, who lives in the Chattaroy area and owns a roofing company with her husband. “We liked our old plan. It worked for us, but they can’t offer it anymore.”

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She said she contacted the congresswoman late last year to complain after getting a letter from Asuris Northwest advising that her $552-a-month policy no longer would be offered. She sent the congresswoman’s office a copy of the letter, which included the rate quotes for the suggested replacement policies.

Although the couple’s catastrophic plan had a $10,000 deductible, it included four doctor visits per year at no additional out-of-pocket cost, she said.

The replacement policies offer lower deductibles and broader coverage, she said, but they didn’t include the doctor visits at no extra charge.

Fed up with what they considered limited, pricey choices, she said she and her husband have decided to go without coverage.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/jan/30/bette-in-spokane-cited-in-mcmorris-rodgers-speech/

Go without cheaper, better insurance because you don't like the president, brehs

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #40 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:58:12 PM »

$600/month for catastrophic coverage.

But those four doctor visits a year where you don't have to pay a $15 co-pay are totally worth it. Really adds up.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:09:30 PM »

10k deductible, 600/m premium. For catastrophic coverage.

And she wants that plan back.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #42 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:33:35 PM »

I'm paying $350 a month for a silver plan with a $500 deductible and $5/10 co-pays

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #43 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:59:49 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 30, 2014, 08:09:30 PM

10k deductible, 600k/m premium. For catastrophic coverage.

And she wants that plan back.

When Obama said "if you like your plan, you can keep it" he didn't count on just how utterly stupid so many people in this country are.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #44 on:** January 30, 2014, 10:42:25 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2014, 09:59:49 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 30, 2014, 08:09:30 PM
10k deductible, 600k/m premium. For catastrophic coverage.

And she wants that plan back.

When Obama said "if you like your plan, you can keep it" he didn't count on just how utterly stupid so many people in this country are.

WELL WHAT IF YOUR HOTSHOT COMMIE SOCIALIST LAW FORCES INSURANCE COMPANIES TO STOP OFFERING AWFUL PLANS, AND WHAT IF I *LIKED* THAT AWFUL PLAN? WHAT THEN, MR. BENGHAZI???

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #45 on:** January 30, 2014, 11:01:01 PM »

I have a friend whose mom is uber anti Obama. Her insurance plan was cancelled due to Obamacare and she threw a fit. It was an 8k deductible plan, about $500/m premium.

After weeks of complaining he sat her down and showed her she could get a 1k deductible plan with a $300/m premium, and better coverage options. She yelled at him, refused to sign up...then a week later called him and said "can you help me find that Obamacare plan again..."

I helped shovel her driveway last month, alongside her son. Somehow Obamacare came up so I was like "I heard you got covered." She said "yes but Obama still lied..."

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #46 on:** January 30, 2014, 11:06:13 PM »

Some of those insurance plans were just downright scams, it's incredibly that people actually thought that paying $6,000 a year for an $8,000 deductible was even remotely a good thing.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #47 on:** January 30, 2014, 11:49:47 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2014, 11:06:13 PM

Some of those insurance plans were just downright scams, it's incredibly that people actually thought that paying $6,000 a year for an $8,000 deductible was even remotely a good thing.

"but I'm only paying $80 a month!"

Brehvolution · « **Reply #48 on:** January 31, 2014, 12:08:47 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 30, 2014, 11:01:01 PM

I helped shovel her driveway last month, alongside her son. Somehow Obamacare came up so I was like "I heard you got covered." She said "yes but Obama still lied..."

Next time, don't. They think they can take better care of themselves. Let them.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #49 on:** January 31, 2014, 12:17:24 AM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on January 31, 2014, 12:08:47 AM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 30, 2014, 11:01:01 PM

I helped shovel her driveway last month, alongside her son. Somehow Obamacare came up so I was like "I heard you got covered." She said "yes but Obama still lied..."

Next time, don't. They think they can take better care of themselves. Let them.

but she's a family friend breh, and she made me some brownies

Brehvolution · « **Reply #50 on:** January 31, 2014, 12:19:19 AM »

Then keep doing what you need to do breh. :shrug

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Author Topic: State of the Union 2014 - Come for the Reagan bashing, stay for the GOP tears (Read 2301 times)