Discussion: The 5 Biggest Fibs Republicans Used To Pass The House Obamacare Repeal Bill

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ā€œFibsā€??? FIBS???

WTF, TPM, I expect you guys to call a lie a ā€œlieā€, not to weaselword us here.

Criminelly. I am really disappointed in you.

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Was gonna say, NOT fibs but instead outrageous bold faced LIES.

Fibs are what children tell their parents.

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Ya I caught Price on Meet The Village it went like this:
Lie, Lie, ā€¦Lie Lie Lie
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REALLY BIG LIE
Thank you and have a nice day

On Mourning Joe Steve Ratner was on and said: " I made the rounds on the talk shows yesterday and I could not believe they all got up and outright lied"

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Agree. If these Republicans were under oath it would be considered perjury. A lie can have serious consequences, which indeed, these lies will. A fib is more like a minor boo-boo.

Get real TPM.

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Look at the what the GOP named their bill, The American Health Care Act vs The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and you can see that patients are not their priority They donā€™t fib, they lie.

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ā€œFibā€ is such a charming, polite word. In a world where the legislature of the United States has declared war on the citizens you should have the courage to call a lie a lie.

Number 4 alone is going to destroy healthcare for nearly every employed American as companies race to the bottom. in my opinion that is the provision Democrats should be shouting to the rooftops.

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Iā€™d be willing to settle for ā€œwhoppersā€ in place of ā€œliesā€, but ā€œfibsā€ are not just what children tell their parents. They are what you tell your wife when she asks what you think of her new hat.

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Trump, whose mouth is best suitable as Putinā€™s C-Holster, lies all the time.

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In the twisted world of ā€œwe are your daddy/you will do as we sayā€ republican politics, they are exactly acting like children, but more like the type from ā€œBad Seedā€. And yes fibs are for sissies but these assholes keep shamelessly lying out of 'em.

My concern is, Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, who knows how the fuck youā€™ll try to fool me again.

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Of coarse they are going to lie. If they told the truth they would expose themselves as heartless and cruel. The real truth is that Repubs do not give a damn about their constituents having healthcare. What this is actually about is tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Two thoughts:

  1. ā€œFibā€ is kind of a weak term for outright, damned likes.

  2. How could you pick only five?

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But being heartless and cruel is part of their charmā€“to their base.

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It should be unconstitutional for the White House and Congress to be pimping lies to fuck over our healthcare system!

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Call it what it is, ā€œa cockholsterā€!

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Next lie up is going to be about how the CBO report is partisan, irrelevant, and has ā€œbeen wrong before!ā€, when the report drops and the bill is even shittier and deadlier than their previous failure.

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Itā€™s also not about healthcare. Itā€™s about whoā€™s going to pay for healthcare (or not) and how.

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I was just getting ready to say the exact thing. Youā€™re on top of it today, LM!

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A fib is an untruth that has no serious or moral consequences, often to avoid social awkwardness. I didnā€™t come to your party I had a headache, that dress looks nice on you, I love your paintings. These are deliberate, malicious black lies.

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ā€˜Biggest fibsā€™? Are you kidding us all? Josh, please explain why this is your choice of words. They are not fibs. They are people-killing LIES. Respectfully, change the dang headline!

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