Attention, Stupid American Voters
December 17, 2009 by Jolly Roger
I came across this item in a story about a poll that suggests that Rushpubliscums are “poised to retake power” in 2010. That’s a pipe dream I’d bet my dog’s tail against, and in any case I expect the MSM to do what they can to try to help their masters regain a footing…. that’s all beside the point. This is the thing that got me when I read it.
The survey also reveals a “disconnect” between what most voters would like to see in healthcare — controlling the cost of medical care — and what they view as the president’s priority: insuring the uninsured.
“Only 28% said their priorities match Obama’s priorities, and 64% said they do not,” Goeas said. “There’s a disconnect.”
No, the disconnect is in the wiring of these idiotic voters. Guess what you CANNOT do without reducing the number of uninsured?
The President, himself, is to blame for a lot of this. He should have been pounding the point home all along that the uninsured represent a significant part of the costs of medical insurance for everyone else.
Sooner or later, all politicians bump up against the selfishness of a wide swath of the American electorate. The only way you are going to convince them of ANYTHING is to show them why THEY are impacted. The President has utterly failed to do this, although the effect of the uninsured using hospital ERs on the cost of health insurance is well-documented. Hospitals have to recoup those costs somewhere. Guess where they do that?
Yeah. The selfish idiots who are just beside themselves that the President is worried about the number of uninsured draw the knife across their own throats AGAIN.
Makes my damned head hurt. Oh well…. if I blow a blood vessel, at least I have insurance. Of course, when I blow that vessel, everybody’s premiums will go up. Damned selfish morons.
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Good morning, Jolly Old St. Roger(xmas edition)
Too bad that the complete and utter stupidity and morally unconscionable “I got mine, fuck you” mentality of the Teabaggers and their controllers weren’t a part of some weird island spot, where their antics could be examined and discussed without worry that the ramifications of their actions would actually impact the rest of us. I’d pay to read that book. Anyway, for no particular reason other than my astonishment, here’s a nugget of wisdom from a self-described “young adult”, explaining why the term ignorant is not a nice thing to say to someone:
* Antwanette H. says
* Dec 17, 2009 12:35 PM
For us young adults, ignorance is not a good word. some young adults don’t really know. that is rude to call young adults ignnorant(sic).
As I posted at the Dark Wraith Forums, perhaps our young Antwanette would benefit from the awesome brainpower of D. Rumsfeld when he explains to her why she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. You know?
For us old geezers, ignorant isn’t all that good a word either. However, if the dunce cap fits…
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