As long as we can still elect Kenyans, I'm fine with this. I draw the line there though.

Good post, but the really scary thing is that some smart republicans may think it is serious.

As a Republican, I can now in good conscience sign-on to health care reform, even a public option now that I know my mom won't end up in front of a death panel! -Kevo

Too bad the Right is totally devoid of a sense of humor.

A random thought, I keep hearing republicans saying no-one has read the plan,how could they have proposed 160 amendments to something they have not read.

I draw the line on not giving Acorn the super health plan.

Absolutely hilarious. Throw in a couple of free abortions (which I know personally I'm just "dying" to have! - even though I'm male) and I'm on board! Could also get an "Under God" in the bill somewhere?

Thanks Steve, my soda just came out my nose!
I love me some Sunday snark!
Who cares if the repugs have no sense of humor, they aren't reality based beings anyhow. Its like having the largest inside joke ever.

DAY said:
Too bad the Right is totally devoid of a sense of humor.

And don't forget that they suffer from irony-poor blood!

Thinking more about it, this "surrender" really needs to be presented on the floor of the Senate so everyone can see it.

Is there any Democrat who is funny -- not unintentionally funny like when Harry Reid talks about "strong leadership" or when Michelle Bachman opens her mouth, but someone who can tell a joke without shooting himself in the foot (sit down Senator Kerry). I mean other than Minnesota's junior Senator. He doesn't have the seniority this deserves and for some reason the Republicans don't like him.

When they look at their own words, how can they not go, "Holy shit, this is total and complete whacked out crap!"

The fact that anyone takes these greedy nutjob liars, bigots, and hypocrites seriously is an ominous warning about the mental health/stability of a large part of the U.S. population. No joke.

Al Franken should read this as a floor speech.

Your irony *sigh* is lost on them. But I like the idea of page-sized ads in all major newspapers, a 60 seconds spot spoken by, well, John Kerry (pre-recorded), and aired on all News channels (I sense Fox would air it just because they wouldn't get the irony)

Steve T, @16:24,

Whitehouse (RI) can be devastatingly biting. Still a junior Senator, but not a professional comedian. Could have more force coming from him than Franken.

But yeah, I'd love to have that piece entered, by our side, as an "amendment", in the spirit of bipartisanship.

This time, Steve's sarcasm has an appropriate outlet.

Question for the cognizant: My GF is studying to be an (health) insurance biller and coder. How would the reform package affect her prospects and manner of work? tx.

I will have to disagree with one point. The diary says we will give up on the idea of a national id card. I think we should require everyone to have their long form vault copy birth certificate tattooed to their hand or forehead before they can perform any sort of financial transaction. If we can't force a number of the beast on everyone what's the point of electing the antichrist anyway?

i want al to know that i, as the last progressive advocate of sex-changing foetuses and then aborting them, that i refuse to concede these essential points of health care reform so casually tossed about by the kossacks...

thus, his suspicions that the clintonistas are still behind health care reform is confirmed.

The problem with this is that Republicans will immediately start claiming that this is an admission by the Dems that they were right all along and that they succeeded in stopping liberals from killing grandma.

You forget - these are people without a heart, soul, or sense of humor.

Good lord, I want to think of JS and Mark-NC's postulate as snark, but many of the wingnuts would actually believe it. BTW I live in VA. Some of the State plans are pretty interesting, like Mass,; anyone trying to borrow from them?

All insurance is billed on standard HCFA forms and the ICD-9 (diagnosis) and CPT (procedure) coding is standardized across all systems. Medicare made that happen.

The Democrats should just pass an amendment on the House floor, with lots of publicity, banning all of these ridiculous ideas from the health care bill. No funding for euthanasia or "death panels", no socialized medicine, blah blah blah. It won't really shut up the crowds, but it would give the media something to say when GOP kooks go on TV and say the bill includes this stuff.

For those who don't think John Kerry can be funny, read this:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19345.html

I've never posted another's comments on my blog word-for-word until today.

I heart Sunday Funnies!

Now we can sit back and wait for the racist separatist idjits over at Post Scripts to post it as truth! Especially after this post the other day. :)

http://www.norcalblogs.com/post_scripts/2009/08/new-dragon-tank-project-c.html

Hoo Boy! Those pub's sure is smart!

Why not Al Franken? He'd get attention for saying it, for sure. This suggestion is the best one I've heard for pointing up the stupidity of the lies that are behind the mobs.

What a bunch of wishy washy spineless typical Democratic lack of guts. I DEMAND the right to send worthless old people (Grassley comes to mind) up for execution. Other than that, I'm willing to compromise if that's what it takes to get things moving.

I would add a request that they (republicans, conservatives) identify the portions of the proposed reform bill where those assertions re: death panels, euthanasian, are and we will remove them from bill.

I would have preferred a half-a-loaf sort of compromise solution, such as keeping the Obama death panels, but having them composed of awesome celebrities, especially now that Paula Abdul is leaving American Idol.

So, what is Republican Brain-Fart Syndrome?

Well, Sarah Palin suffers from it. So does Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Charles Krauthammer and the large number of fellow Republicans who listen daily to them brain-farting over our nation's airwaves and in newspapers.

So, the wingnuts mobbing these health care town hall meetings are definitely afflicted with Republican Brain-Fart Syndrome, with their brains flat-lining due to all the Republican flatulence they absorb each day.

I'm with Mickster, that's a great way to stop them in their tracks. The usual way the town hall shouting matches go is a commenter says the bill mandates euthanasia for the elderly, the congressman says it does not and the crazies chant: Read the bill! Read the bill!

Instead the congressman should say that they would never vote for such a thing, that it was never intended to be in the bill and if you would help out by providing the exact wording, section and page from the bill that you think could be interpreted this way, I will make sure it is changed. I will even reply to your email with the new language.

OK, I guess I can live without the mandatory quota of abortions per living child per family and the public funding for research on creating more homosexuals (the H-chip), but I draw the line with losing the neonatal seventy-year end-of-life brain implant bomb initiative.

No sense of irony? The conservative opponents of healthcare reform have no imagination!

Your grandFATHER is still toast, though.

"...some smart republicans..."
Posted by: JS on August 9, 2009 at 3:02 PM |

Ain't no such animal.
Extinct in the wild since at least Feb 27 2008.
Though I suppose there might still be a few scattered specimens in zoos.

Brilliant post! Now if we can get our "surrender" announced on MSM press. That would drive the Right-wing nuts Double-nuts.

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