And the Repubs know they have the media essentially in their corner because at worst the media will play the false equivalency card. Otherwise the media will blame the President and the Democrats per usual. Never the GOP on their own, perish the thought. Chuck Todd would just not stand for that. 
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That is a great metaphor.
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Yeah, but damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
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From the front.
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That one sentence âBillâ would have to come from Congress, Johnsonâs jointâŚnot the President. Just sayin! And Obama has asked for a legislative fix.
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WEBER: And the sad sack stories about whoâs dying from what and why they canât get their coverage.
âsad sack storiesâ. death panels, indeed. projection â like iâve said before, whenever republicans accuse democrats of something, you can be sure itâs already a part of their platform/mandate/belief.
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Well, yeah. Of course. Itâs obvious how thatâs what will happen.
Itâs the fact that heâs expressing great indignation, prospective outrage and much general butthurt at the prospect of these very sensible things happeningâand, of course, the sneering contempt at those losers who dare to get insurance from Obamacare instead of just shutting the fuck up and dying in the gutter, without burdening rich white peopleâthatâs the story.
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I disagree. I think this is one where the media would actually blame Republicans. Thereâs nothing the MSM loves more than an human interest story, and kicking millions of people off their healthcare would be replete with tales of genuine human suffering. As an added bonus, itâs very easy to explain the rationale for the case and even easier to explain the fix. Itâs just the kind of story the media likes to report.
I think what the GOP is really, really afraid of is that the pressure will be so great that theyâll be forced to pass a fix and that thereâll be hell to pay when they do. The last thing they want heading into a presidential election year, a year where they are facing the same headwinds the Democrats faced in '10 and '14, is to fire up the craziest, most irrational part of their base whoâll be calling for the heads of any Republican who dares cave. Theyâve got six Senate seats up for grabs in states Obama won and a handful more that could be put into play if the base nominates a bigger whack job over the incumbent whack job.
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Yep.
How about an attack ad referencing âdeath panelsâ and a picture of our least-favorite Supreme Court justices?
I do like the ad that Sasse suggests; wheelchairs going over a cliffâŚ
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Shorter Johnson: We have met the death panels and they are wWe the GOPâŚ
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âŚand he wonders why he is down double digits in polls for the next election???
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ââŚcheerleaders in the media screaming that ideologues are killing patients.â
Republicans support the lawsuit seeking to cripple the ACA. If sick patients lose insurance, suffer loss of medical care, and then die because of it how is a media portrayal of idealogues killing patients inaccurate or unwwarranted in its presentation?
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So people who are dying are âsad sacksâ? tells you all you really need to know about the GOP. What colossal assholes. Not a word of compassion for the people who will lose their coverage - just worry about being hurt politically.
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The fear: President Barack Obama and Democrats will be ready with a one-page bill to restore the subsidies
Oh, the horror.
Donât worry, Iâm sure someone will come up with some sort of poison pill amendment like repealing the estate tax or something.
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The sad thing is that we should have used this as a campaign issue in the last midterms to beat them about the head and shoulders.
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In an acticle just chock-full of great ideas for attack ads (thanks, Republickens!) this really stood out for meâŚ
âindividuals that have benefited from Obamacare on the backs of the American taxpayerâ and lost their coverage
âŚas opposed to corporations and rich moochers sitting on trillions of dollars and yet still raking in government subsidies on the backs of American taxpayers?
Yeah, Iâll support the individuals every time - and that should be true of any ârealâ American.
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Damn straight skippy!
And they would have won, too.
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The best solution would be a quick fix and put it behind them but Ted Cruz would never allow it.
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Ho-hum. Too late, Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass crew already did it.
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Everything he fears is also so very very true and richly deserved⌠this fear from the âI got Mine FUâ crowd about what to expect rather than actually doing something that would ensure it does not happen.
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