February 11, 2014

It's A Scandal Much Worse Than A Lane Closure In New Jersey
— Open Blogger

But it doesn't hurt a potential Republican Presidential candidate so it really isn't worth coverage in the national media. Thankfully the local media continues to dig.

The story behind the massive failure of the Oregon health exchange website continues to unravel as allegations of fraud and gross mismanagement mount.

Local news agencies have obtainedemails and other reports suggesting state officials lied about the progress of the website, possibly even creating dummy sites to present to federal officials.

“It’s a scandal much worse than New Jersey,” said state GOP representative Dennis Richardson, who is running for governor against incumbent Democrat Gov. John Kitzhaber.

The issue is starting to bubble up to Capitol Hill. Richardson is calling for an audit of the program by the federal Government Accountability Office. That push would likely come from Rep. Greg Walden (R., Ore.), the only Republican in the Oregon delegation.

A spokesman for Walden said the congressman is “aggressively pursuing” more information about the botched rollout of the website.

“Greg is very concerned about failure of Cover Oregon,” a spokesman for Walden said in a statement to the Free Beacon. “The breakdown of the exchange is unacceptable, and taxpayers deserve accountability for the more than $300 million the federal government has given the state.”

OregonÂ’s health care exchange recently announced it has enrolled more than 100,000 people, which is impressive considering not a single one enrolled through the exchange website.

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1 There is no such thing as a Democratic Party scandal. The sooner you wingnutz get this, the easier things will go for you.

Posted by: The MFM at February 11, 2014 05:40 AM (7ObY1)

2 Hey I bet that 80% of the 52% that elected obama can't even identify Oregon as a State?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 05:41 AM (t3UFN)

3 And of those 100k, 80k enrolled in . . . wait for it: Medicaid.

Posted by: RoyalOil at February 11, 2014 05:42 AM (VjL9S)

4 I could create a nonfunctional website for half of 300,000,000. Heck, make it a quarter because I like Oregon.

Posted by: Beagle at February 11, 2014 05:42 AM (sOtz/)

5 Hey I bet that 80% of the 52% that elected obama can't even identify Oregon as a State?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 09:41 AM (t3UFN)


And the other 20% think it's a herb.

Posted by: KG at February 11, 2014 05:42 AM (p7BzH)

6 2 Oregon is that college that wears the cool new uniform every week in football. LIV

Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 05:43 AM (zqvg6)

7 Ok, that joke didn't really make sense. I blames the coffee.

Posted by: KG at February 11, 2014 05:43 AM (p7BzH)

8 Oregon once had a senator, Mark Hatfield, who used to have frequent "Golden Fleece" awards for government waste, fraud and mismanagement. The times they have a-changed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 05:44 AM (olDqf)

9 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 05:44 AM (PYAXX)

10 3 And of those 100k, 80k enrolled in . . . wait for it: Medicaid. Posted by: RoyalOil at February 11, 2014 09:42 AM (VjL9S) There's no way that could possibly cause problems down the road, right?

Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 11, 2014 05:44 AM (yqyPA)

11 And of those 100k, 80k enrolled in . . . wait for it: Medicaid. And what % of those 80K were already eligible? 'Cause that's another under-reported story.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 05:45 AM (PYAXX)

12 Top. Men.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 11, 2014 05:46 AM (eytER)

13 What makes these people think they can perpetuate such a fraud on the people of a whole state and not be found out?

They're democrats.

Posted by: huerfano at February 11, 2014 05:46 AM (bAGA/)

14 What makes these people think they can perpetuate such a fraud on the people of a whole state and not be found out? They don't care if they're found out. They won't suffer any negative consequences anyway.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 05:47 AM (PYAXX)

15 And what % of those 80K were already eligible? 'Cause that's another under-reported story. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 09:45 AM (PYAXX) Oregon has expanded Medicaid with state funds once already. And they got a shit ton more people to sign up than they predicted. It was termed "woodworking." (as in came out of the woodwork.) Funny that no one mentions their previous experience with this (which one could argue should have made them one of the most prepared states.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 11, 2014 05:48 AM (GaqMa)

16

Don't worry. The cranial voters of O-re-gon will return the asswipes to office by a landslide. I mean that, not sarc.

Posted by: maddogg at February 11, 2014 05:48 AM (xWW96)

17 Boo!  No dump!


Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 05:48 AM (GQ8sn)

18 Apropos to nothing, I always mentally read "Free Beacon" as "Free Bacon". We now return you to your irregularly scheduled schadenfreude, already in progress.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 05:49 AM (naUcP)

19 Oregon is that college that wears the cool new uniform every week in football.
LIV

Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 09:43 AM (zqvg6)



I will, however, forgive the Oregon Ducks cheerleaders if they wear (or don't wear) a new uniform every week.



Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 05:50 AM (GQ8sn)

20 I want free bacon.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 05:50 AM (PYAXX)

21 14 What makes these people think they can perpetuate such a fraud on the people of a whole state and not be found out? They don't care if they're found out. They won't suffer any negative consequences anyway. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 09:47 AM (PYAXX) Another illustration of why the repeal of the 17th amendment is crucial. Much of the New Deal, Fair Deal, Square Deal, Great Society and SCOAMF Road to Hell deal could never have been enacted if the states had not been castrated.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 05:50 AM (olDqf)

22 2 Hey I bet that 80% of the 52% that elected obama can't even identify Oregon as a State?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 09:41 AM (t3UFN)


It's the 56th state, right?

Posted by: tcn at February 11, 2014 05:50 AM (fwcEs)

23 Apropos to nothing, I always mentally read "Free Beacon" as "Free Bacon". We now return you to your irregularly scheduled schadenfreude, already in progress. Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 09:49 AM (naUcP) Me too!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 11, 2014 05:51 AM (GaqMa)

24 EC, you may take a dump any time you like. We'll wait.

Posted by: tcn at February 11, 2014 05:51 AM (fwcEs)

25 But Cristy closed one lane on a bridge!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 11, 2014 05:51 AM (mtouK)

26 OT

There's a new Bass Pro Shops opening up near me tomorrow.  Miss NC and Miss Teen NC will both be on hand for the grand opening.





Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 05:51 AM (GQ8sn)

27 This is just a local crime story. WaPo declines to cover it, thank you.

Posted by: Sarah Kliff at February 11, 2014 05:51 AM (7ynIk)

28 And he ate all the donuts, don't forget that part. Didn't leave even one.

Posted by: tcn at February 11, 2014 05:52 AM (fwcEs)

29 EC, you may take a dump any time you like. We'll wait.


I need BenK to hold my hand!

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 05:52 AM (GQ8sn)

30 EC, sounds like the Sochi toilets were designed just for you!

Posted by: tcn at February 11, 2014 05:52 AM (fwcEs)

31 Is Lawson still laughing it up in her mansion in CA?  Or have they dragged her out in chains yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 05:53 AM (Z/g31)

32 Hey I bet that 80% of the 52% that elected obama can't even identify Oregon as a State?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 09:41 AM (t3UFN)



Haha asshole. Everyone knows Oregon State is a PAC-12 university.

Posted by: LIV at February 11, 2014 05:54 AM (W7ffl)

33 EC 22lr bricks. I will buy them from you if BPS has them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 11, 2014 05:54 AM (mtouK)

34

A NY  times reporter  walks  into a bar in Oregon.

 

The bartender says,  "  What can I do for you?"

 

The reporter  replies, " We are working  on  a big story of  fraud and deceit and I'm in town to  interview  your Governor.   "

 

The bartender says, " That's great.  Politicians should be investigated"

 

The reporter replies, "  Exactly,  that is why we are interviewing your governor.  As a member of the Governors Association he may  have some  inside  dirt on Governor Christie"

Posted by: polynikes at February 11, 2014 05:54 AM (m2CN7)

35 Speed Skating on NBC Sports Network. Hey maybe one of the vimen will take her skin tight suit off again?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 05:54 AM (t3UFN)

36 Save us, legal weed. You're our only hope.

Posted by: typical Oregonian moonbat at February 11, 2014 05:55 AM (5ikDv)

37 This is the state with the weird commercials, right?

Posted by: commentorior at February 11, 2014 05:55 AM (n0DEs)

38 22lr bricks.
I will buy them from you if BPS has them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 11, 2014 09:54 AM (mtouK)

 

 

 

 

They will have them for a grand opening........for about 20 minutes.

Posted by: maddogg at February 11, 2014 05:55 AM (xWW96)

39 Several times a day I think to myself "well, at least I'm not in Oregon." We've been able to get a bunch of folks through, just nowhere near where the rose colored glasses said we'd be.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at February 11, 2014 05:55 AM (Io7hX)

40 Boy some of these vimen speed skaters have great bodies. Not that that is all I am watching for?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 05:56 AM (t3UFN)

41 Who's gonna get to the bottom of this? You, Lt. Weinburg?

Posted by: Col. Jessup, now with the MSM at February 11, 2014 05:56 AM (l3vZN)

42 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 09:50 AM (olDqf) Yep. Almost like the Founders understood that the secret to a well-functioning Republic is the balancing of competing, even conflicting interests. The Executive balanced by the Legislature and the Judiciary. The Federal Government balanced by the States (note the capital 'S' there: it's important). Even within the legislature: the States balanced by the People. When you shift that balance, bad things happen.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 05:57 AM (PYAXX)

43 22lr bricks.
I will buy them from you if BPS has them.

I will have to fight the horde to see if they have any.

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 05:57 AM (GQ8sn)

44 23 Apropos to nothing, I always mentally read "Free Beacon" as "Free Bacon". Heh-me too!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 11, 2014 05:57 AM (7ObY1)

45 Well, at least those poor people in Portland don't have to suffer Trader Joe's in their neighborhood.

Posted by: huerfano at February 11, 2014 05:58 AM (bAGA/)

46 I'm in a female-led relationship, so please talk to my wife about CoverOregon.

Posted by: Governor John Kitzhaber at February 11, 2014 05:58 AM (7ynIk)

47 time to go shooting. EC... let me know. Dentist told wife he just got his HBAR, and 4k rds of ammo for it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 11, 2014 05:58 AM (mtouK)

48 I have come to view most Democrat initiatives utilizing government power as merely cover for attempted graft. No surprise here.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 11, 2014 05:59 AM (bb5+k)

49 Dentist told wife he just got his HBAR, and 4k rds of ammo for it.


I see that FNH is releasing their new FN-15 AR clone.  I wonder how it stacks up against the thousand other clones.

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:00 AM (GQ8sn)

50 And what % of those 80K were already eligible? 'Cause that's another under-reported story. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 09:45 AM (PYAXX) Oregon has expanded Medicaid with state funds once already. And they got a shit ton more people to sign up than they predicted. It was termed "woodworking." (as in came out of the woodwork.) And in 15 to 20+ years as the Medicaid recipients start dying off, the feds swoop in, claim estates as riembursment for Medicaid expenditures & end up owning Oregon.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2014 06:01 AM (xorT2)

51 That's 100,000 good intentions,  haters!

Posted by: Dang at February 11, 2014 06:02 AM (MNq6o)

52 Bob ( does this look infected?) Costas now with two fucked up eyes,sitting out today's coverage.

Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 06:03 AM (zqvg6)

53 Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2014 10:01 AM (xorT2) Are the feds confiscating now? In Texas it's the State.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 06:04 AM (PYAXX)

54 OT but since no Dump.  And after 50 comments.

Attention New York state morons.  Authorities just rescued 40 dogs from two properties.  Seven are puppies and eleven are German Shepherds.  Plus one cat.  Homes are needed.

http://tinyurl.com/lmcvw8e

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 06:04 AM (Z/g31)

55 Bob ( does this look infected?) Costas now with two fucked up eyes,sitting out today's coverage. Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 10:03 AM (zqvg6) Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 06:05 AM (t3UFN)

56

ObamaCare will never work.  The delays will become permanent because there is always another election coming up.  The question that is on the board is this:  How long will it take for the Democrats to just admit this and repeal the whole mess?  Three years?  Five years?

 

If 2014 turns out to be a shellacking for the Democrats will 2015 be the year?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Manager's Special on Republican-brand Perfidy! at February 11, 2014 06:05 AM (hLRSq)

57 54 We'll take care of those for you. Russian contractor

Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 06:05 AM (zqvg6)

58 Perhaps it's time for all Democrats to be more free to make choices, not to be bound by their jobs in public office.

On Election Day, remember to bring freedom, choice and FUNemployment to the Democrats ... by not voting for them.

Posted by: LBJ at February 11, 2014 06:05 AM (e8kgV)

59 The Dems have nowhere to go now but to full bore and endorse single payer.

They are going to blame all of the problems on the insurance companies and say the government needs to 'take charge' and the mindless LIV drones supporting them will parrot it, so will the media, and we will have to see how that turns out for them in 2016.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 11, 2014 06:06 AM (3LaGb)

60 Bob ( does this look infected?) Costas now with two fucked up eyes,sitting out today's coverage. Posted by: steevy

He looks like a snowboarder.  Or the maid's rubbing her butt on his pillow as part of the turn down service.

Posted by: Dang at February 11, 2014 06:06 AM (MNq6o)

61 Has anyone decided to sign Bob Costas up for 404Care yet?  OR have the Russian hackers done that while he suffers pink eye?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 06:06 AM (Z/g31)

62
Heh.   And they believed this whole shebang is about "healthcare".

Posted by: fixerupper at February 11, 2014 06:06 AM (nELVU)

63 Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:00 AM (GQ8sn)

I am trying to think of what I wouldn't do for a SCAR 17.

The list is very short.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:06 AM (QFxY5)

64

I suspect most of us care less about whether this author is "sick of defending Obamacare" are concerned about what Obamacare is and will be doing to our health care system. It's difficult to imagine anything starting this badly ever getting straightened out. It seems to have been created by weird policy wonks who have no understanding of how people think and act. Obamacare needs a kill switch and that switch needs to be flipped.

--Michael W. Perry, My Nights with Leukemia: Caring for Children with Cancer

Posted by: Michelle O at February 11, 2014 06:07 AM (e8kgV)

65 Briefly back to the morning thread topic that developed. The oldest part of my house was built in 1908 on pier and beam. Just yesterday I had some guys spray foam insulation on the bottom of the floors. I can already tell the difference in how often the heat comes on. Also, new Aussie puppeh has decided the buffalo hide I use as a rug belongs to him. As you were...

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 11, 2014 06:07 AM (W5p55)

66 GET ISSA ON IT!!

Posted by: RWC at February 11, 2014 06:08 AM (fWAjv)

67 I am trying to think of what I wouldn't do for a SCAR 17.

The list is very short.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 10:06 AM (QFxY5)



I see them at my local gun show for around $2700-$3000.  I don't think they will ship to NJ though.

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:08 AM (GQ8sn)

68
Oh.... look..... a tissue I can used in the bathroom waste basket.


**wipes eyes **

Posted by: Bob Costas at February 11, 2014 06:08 AM (nELVU)

69 Posted by: Jay in PA at February 11, 2014 10:06 AM (3LaGb) I believe this is true. I also believe even the Democrats realize that's a bridge too far; thus all the delays. I think they wanted a much more gradual destruction of the private health insurance industry. I think they expected that businesses would just shut up and "make do." Which they are- they're making do with fewer workers working fewer hours. So now they are kind of stuck. I think they keep moving the mandate dates to try to buy themselves some more time. If the statutory dates are met and everything immediately falls apart (as it has been doing), then even the dimmest of LIVs will realize that the problem was government interference. So they're hoping to decouple those things in the public consciousness.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 06:09 AM (PYAXX)

70 Don't they have single payer health care in Russia?

Why isn't Bob Costas' eye all fixed up yet?

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 11, 2014 06:10 AM (3LaGb)

71 And don't forget about Medicaid "cost recovery" kicking in up the line .... a lot of people thinking that they're going to inherit mom's house will be unpleasantly surprised.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 11, 2014 06:10 AM (gUoN4)

72 Oh.... look..... a tissue I can used in the bathroom waste basket.


**wipes eyes **

Posted by: Bob Costas at February 11, 2014 10:08 AM (nELVU)



I think Bob took one to the face from a Russian male giggalo.  One good rope across both eyes.





Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:10 AM (GQ8sn)

73 Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 10:05 AM (t3UFN)

I agree 100%

He is a pompous douchebag with delusions of grandeur.

Hey Bob, shut the fuck up about....pretty much everything.

Stick to fluff pieces about athletes and keep your retarded opinions about politics to yourself.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:10 AM (QFxY5)

74 $300 million? Pfffft!
Obama and Sebelius spent over a billion on *their* failed website.
CA spent more than that just on marketing their healthcare exchange.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:10 AM (POpqt)

75 Three hundred million. Not a single enrollment. I just. I can't even imagine it. Was it is in Oregon where the one programmer tried to go through the proper channels to tell people and there are those emails where the person is told to shut up if he knew what was good for him? I'm only kind of paraphrasing about that.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 06:10 AM (VtjlW)

76 Oregon sounds like Gov. Edwin Edwards/Louisiana style. Years ago, I was working in Louisiana when a guy came up to me and asked me to sign a petition to get Edwards out of prison. When I told him I was a Texas resident, he said 'Hey, that don't make no difference'. No wonder a guy like ubamba can get in the whyte house.

Posted by: Erowmero at February 11, 2014 06:11 AM (OONaw)

77 I'm such a sucker for figure skating. I could watch this shit all day. I know, I know....shadup.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 11, 2014 06:12 AM (bCEmE)

78

" The Dems have nowhere to go now but to full bore and endorse single payer."

 

 

Democrat mass suicide?  I can get onboard with that program.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Manager's Special on Republican-brand Perfidy! at February 11, 2014 06:12 AM (hLRSq)

79 Don't they have single payer health care in Russia?

Why isn't Bob Costas' eye all fixed up yet?

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 11, 2014 10:10 AM (3LaGb)


They have single payer and private plans you can buy on top of your govt cheese plan.  It's like public schools.  You pay school taxes, but opt to send your kid to a private school.


Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:12 AM (GQ8sn)

80 I don't think they will ship to NJ though.

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:08 AM (GQ8sn)

It's the $2700 part that's the problem.

Hard to justify when there are so few places to shoot here in the People's Republic.

But when the younger brat graduates from college, I will be driving to a friendly state and buying one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:12 AM (QFxY5)

81 Internal polling must be dismal (NYT link): Holder Urges States to Repeal Bans on FelonsÂ’ Voting http://tinyurl.com/puavxgs

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:12 AM (rCOda)

82 Did Vic show up this AM? Big snow on his way. Hope he's got lots of brown.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 11, 2014 06:13 AM (0FSuD)

83 I think Bob took one to the face from a Russian male giggalo. One good rope across both eyes. Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:10 AM (GQ8sn) Oh, that's funny to you? You won't be laughing when somebody prematurely pops in your face. It stings and that is now why I have a lazy eye.

Posted by: Bobby Costas at February 11, 2014 06:13 AM (fWAjv)

84 Are the feds confiscating now? In Texas it's the State. That was supposedly some new part of 404Care. We briefly touched on it here a couple of weeks ago. Some new, quiet hush hush aspect of 404Care.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2014 06:14 AM (xorT2)

85 And everyone in charge of this fiasco should be fired and be required to return their (no doubt six figure) salaries for the last 1+ years.

Riiiight. That will never happen. Their IT chief was allowed to retire last month, saying she still "considers it a win" which makes one wondet how she defines "win"...

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:14 AM (POpqt)

86 I havenÂ’t watched the Olympics, except for fast forwarding through the opening ceremonies on demand Saturday. I had TCM on Saturday afternoon but was working from home & missed two good movies. I had it on but wasnÂ’t paying attention until I remembered how much I liked Mister Roberts when I saw it on television as a kid. Last week someone mentioned that she had watched Judgement at Nuremberg. On Comcast TCM is on and the next channel is MGM movies. I was looking on TV Guide on television. Judgement at Nuremberg was on yesterday in the early am on the MGM channel. I put it on the DVR. I wanted to watch that again once it was mentioned last week.

Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 06:14 AM (z4WKX)

87 It's the $2700 part that's the problem.

Hard to justify when there are so few places to shoot here in the People's Republic.

But when the younger brat graduates from college, I will be driving to a friendly state and buying one.


Drive over to PA?

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:14 AM (GQ8sn)

88 81 Internal polling must be dismal (NYT link):


Holder Urges States to Repeal Bans on FelonsÂ’ Voting


http://tinyurl.com/puavxgs


Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 10:12 AM (rCOda)


Nah, he's just looking after his main constituency.

Posted by: joncelli, on his hobbyhorse at February 11, 2014 06:15 AM (RD7QR)

89 I'm such a sucker for figure skating. I could watch this shit all day. I know, I know....shadup. Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2014 10:12 AM (bCEmE) Yeah. It's almost pornography on ice sometimes. Not there is anything wrong with that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 06:15 AM (t3UFN)

90 Ok, the post about Costas finding a tissue in the waste basket and wiping his eyes is freakin funny.

Those papers that were examined by the Washington Free Bacon seem to indicate Hillary! gets all tingly about Single Payer...

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 11, 2014 06:15 AM (3LaGb)

91 Drive over to PA?

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:14 AM (GQ8sn)

Probably. Or West Virginia.

You do realize that you are spoiled?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:15 AM (QFxY5)

92 Oh, that's funny to you? You won't be laughing when somebody prematurely pops in your face. It stings and that is now why I have a lazy eye.

Posted by: Bobby Costas at February 11, 2014 10:13 AM (fWAjv)


I hear vodka cures pink eye, Bob!


No, you don't drink it. 

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:15 AM (GQ8sn)

93

"Their IT chief was allowed to retire last month, saying she still "considers it a win" which makes one wondet how she defines "win"..."

 

 

Retired beats Indicted any day of the week.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Manager's Special on Republican-brand Perfidy! at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (hLRSq)

94 Oh my, the "snow hell" has started in NC. All NC Morons that have not gotten bread, are SOL.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (0FSuD)

95 You do realize that you are spoiled?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 10:15 AM (QFxY5)



There are no game lands where you could go?

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (GQ8sn)

96 As Glenn at Insty says?

Potemkin Villages
All
the
way down....

Posted by: backhoe at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (ULH4o)

97 Think ace will post something today?

Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (zqvg6)

98 That was supposedly some new part of 404Care. We briefly touched on it here a couple of weeks ago. Some new, quiet hush hush aspect of 404Care.

----

Yeah.... reclamation of assets under medicaid only..... for now.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (nELVU)

99 Oh, and not to go even farther OT, but there is an American skier named Julia Mancuso who is built like the proverbial brick shithouse.

http://tinyurl.com/mmkxyud

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:16 AM (QFxY5)

100 Oh, and not to go even farther OT, but there is an American skier named Julia Mancuso who is built like the proverbial brick shithouse.


Google images has an awesome pic about 5 or 6 in.

The hot tub one.

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:18 AM (GQ8sn)

101 >>Those papers that were examined by the Washington Free Bacon seem to indicate Hillary! gets all tingly about Single PayerÂ… Every liberal gets damp over single payer, have been since FDR. Not because it means better health care but because it means more government control over individuals. But it has never been popular with the masses. And with the Obamacare fiasco proving how poorly big government does this kind of work it will be a cold day in hell before they get a another shot at trying to implement it. In fact, Obamacare may do damage to big government liberal policy way beyond Obamacare.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 06:18 AM (g1DWB)

102 71 And don't forget about Medicaid "cost recovery" kicking in up the line .... a lot of people thinking that they're going to inherit mom's house will be unpleasantly surprised.
============
Lady Bird Deed.
At least in states that only do cost recovery via probate.

But yeah, it's going to get ugly when "But mom paid into Medicaid all her life and now you're taking her house!!" is met with FYNQ.

Posted by: RoyalOil at February 11, 2014 06:19 AM (VjL9S)

103 Retired beats Indicted any day of the week.

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When the hell did "retirement" become a shield from prosecution for govt employees????

Posted by: fixerupper at February 11, 2014 06:19 AM (nELVU)

104 http://tinyurl.com/mmkxyud Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 10:16 AM (QFxY5) So damn cold out some of the morons will notice the fire first.

Posted by: RWC at February 11, 2014 06:19 AM (fWAjv)

105 We live in the Era of the Impeachment Proof Congress.

Posted by: tmitsss at February 11, 2014 06:20 AM (7Rx8v)

106 There are no game lands where you could go?

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:16 AM (GQ8sn)

Nope.

There is a private club about 40 minutes away that is fantastic, but I have been on the waiting list for several years, and at this rate I'll be able to shoot at zombies during the apocalypse before I get a membership there.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:20 AM (QFxY5)

107 In fact, Obamacare may do damage to big government liberal policy way beyond Obamacare. Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 10:18 AM (g1DWB) Jack Straw, I hope that TFGCare kills off liberalism for decades.

Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 06:21 AM (z4WKX)

108 There is a private club about 40 minutes away that is fantastic, but I have been on the waiting list for several years, and at this rate I'll be able to shoot at zombies during the apocalypse before I get a membership there.


Ahhh, private clubs.  The bane of all recreational shooters.


Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:21 AM (GQ8sn)

109

The Minnesota site is in similar condition.  Best part was that the director(some hyphenated wench) went to Costa Rica for a couple weeks right after the site launched.  Mark (where's my pain meds) Dayton has hung his tattered reputation on this and the new underfunded Vikings stadium.  That's another POS 'deal'.  The Wilfs worked him and the State of MN over to the tune of $600M for it.

 

My goodness, we have incompetent government employees.

 

 

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 11, 2014 06:21 AM (R5UOB)

110

Bob Costas walks into a bar in Sochi and orders a beer.

 

The bartender looks at his two swollen eyes and says, " Your eyes must be painful.  I have Russian cure for you .  Would you like?"

 

Costas  replies,  " Yes they are painful and yes I would like it cured"

 

The bartender  then  takes a pool  stick and  repeatedly  anally rapes Costas with it.

 

Costas crying out in pain screams, " What the hell are you doing?"

 

The bartender says,  "  I cure you.  I bet you  no longer think about pain in eyes.  "  

 

 

Posted by: polynikes at February 11, 2014 06:22 AM (m2CN7)

111 I hope that TFGCare kills off liberalism for decades. Only if it takes the media down with it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 06:22 AM (naUcP)

112 When the hell did "retirement" become a shield from prosecution for govt employees????

Posted by: fixerupper at February 11, 2014 10:19 AM (nELVU)

 

The question was how did this person think what she did was a win.  My snarky answer was that retired beats indicted.  Take it as a joke, please, not a statement of public policy.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Manager's Special on Republican-brand Perfidy! at February 11, 2014 06:23 AM (hLRSq)

113 >>Yeah.... reclamation of assets under medicaid only..... for now.

Medicaid Recovery Act of 1993:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/estaterec.htm

States get to decide what assets they recover for medical expenses incurred after the deceased was 65 years old.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:23 AM (POpqt)

114 Only if it takes the media down with it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 10:22 AM (naUcP)


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Im afraid its going to take us all down with it.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 11, 2014 06:23 AM (nELVU)

115 You know, it takes some special effort to out-lowball James Madison commanding the troops or Jimmah in general, but The Thing is the greatest example of executive branch ineptitude ever.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 11, 2014 06:23 AM (659DL)

116 Only if it takes the media down with it. Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 10:22 AM (naUcP) That would be a bit of a stretch. The media sucks!

Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 06:24 AM (z4WKX)

117 >>My goodness, we have incompetent government employees.

I'm thinking that they've always been this incompetent but have been able to operate under the radar for decades with small-time graft and incompetence.
It's only because they were given a ridiculously big/high profile project that they've been found out.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:26 AM (POpqt)

118 "Retired beats Indicted any day of the week."

I couldn't agree more.

Posted by: Lois Lerner, former IRS Conservative Hunter at February 11, 2014 06:26 AM (42ZAm)

119

Only if it takes the media down with it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 10:22 AM (naUcP)

 

I hope they all get the opportunity to sleep in and spend more time with their families.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Manager's Special on Republican-brand Perfidy! at February 11, 2014 06:27 AM (hLRSq)

120 Damn, I want one of these juicy web development contracts. I could make 'em a website that works, but I don't have to make it work if they like it like that. Just sign me up for a few hundred million.

Posted by: Sphynx at February 11, 2014 06:27 AM (OZmbA)

121 And with the Obamacare fiasco proving how poorly big government does this kind of work it will be a cold day in hell before they get a another shot at trying to implement it. In fact, Obamacare may do damage to big government liberal policy way beyond Obamacare.
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Disagree.

There's a full 30% of the population that is dead-set for this; cheering on any and all of the tyrant's actions. They see the problems as not enough big government.

Then, when you add in gerrymandering and solid blue states, the Dems will never fall below the numbers necessary to drive these type of people into exile; they'll always have a safe harbor from which to hold their ground and continue to attack.

That situation, of course, is made entirely possible by the utter lack of an opposition party.

If  we had a body of men that understood that dealing with Democrats is as safe as sleeping with a live cobra under your pillow, that would be a different outcome. 

Posted by: RoyalOil at February 11, 2014 06:28 AM (VjL9S)

122 We're way too busy with Christie and Bridgegate to worry about these small potatoes.

Posted by: Mainstream CfukWads Media at February 11, 2014 06:29 AM (OZmbA)

123 Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 10:18 AM (g1DWB)
 
Wherein Jack Straw gets all optimistic and shit. I suggest you try and recapture the moment when you thought a ham sandwich could beat the Jug Eared Fuck in 2012 (hint -- So did I).
 
Hillary Clinton 2016 -- Our motto is "We've got 48% of the vote by just running".
 
Alternate motto -- "I Can Beat Most Republicans With My Breath".

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 11, 2014 06:30 AM (cHZB7)

124 not a single one enrolled through the exchange website.

So you're saying one enrollment is 100% improvement?

...

I think we can fix this!

Posted by: feckless at February 11, 2014 06:30 AM (5ikDv)

125 /sockfail

Posted by: feckless GOP at February 11, 2014 06:30 AM (5ikDv)

126 It is now unfashionable to be the old manly man. When the Obama administration launched a campaign to attract enrollees into Obamacare, did they they front up a two-fisted, hard-drinking, cigar-chomping he-man? Hell no. They employed “Pajama Boy” to lure the mice into the trap. This is who they reckoned the rising generation would admire. The heck with aspiring to be a test pilot or an astronaut. What people want today is the “funemployment” guy; the thing who drinks hot chocolate in his parents’ basement preparatory to selling them on subsidized, crap insurance. Pajama Boy is the new beau ideal. Why would the PR men have used his visage to grace their ads if women preferred “manly men”?

Posted by: Manly Men on a Manly Boat at February 11, 2014 06:31 AM (e8kgV)

127 110 Bob Costas walks into a bar in Sochi and orders a beer. The bartender looks at his two swollen eyes and says, " Your eyes must be painful. I have Russian cure for you . Would you like?" Costas replies, " Yes they are painful and yes I would like it cured" The bartender then takes a pool stick and repeatedly anally rapes Costas with it. Costas crying out in pain screams, " What the hell are you doing?" The bartender says, " I cure you. I bet you no longer think about pain in eyes. " I was waiting for "You don't come here for the drinks, do you?"

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 11, 2014 06:32 AM (7ObY1)

128 Bob ( does this look infected?) Costas now with two fucked up eyes,sitting out today's coverage.
Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2014 10:03 AM (zqvg6)

Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 10:05 AM (t3UFN)


Karma she do be a beyotch.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 11, 2014 06:32 AM (kXoT0)

129 Sounds like a local story

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 11, 2014 06:32 AM (Q6pxP)

130 I see the SFWA Bulletin fight goes on.

One would think they are fighting a big fight for freedom.  Instead its all about why did SFWA publish an issue with a chick in chainmail cover and why did Resnick and another author decide to include physical attributes of female editors in a story.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 06:33 AM (Z/g31)

131 Anybody catch Greg Gutfeld mocking Hot Gas (and Jazz Shaw in particular), last night?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 11, 2014 06:33 AM (7ObY1)

132 I was waiting for "You don't come here for the drinks, do you?" That's what he says tomorrow.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2014 06:34 AM (xorT2)

133 121?
RoyalOil?

I greatly fear you are right. I look at the trash magazines in checkout lines, and marvel. How can people be so bloody stupid?

Posted by: backhoe at February 11, 2014 06:34 AM (ULH4o)

134 Now is the state of Earl 'Death Panelss' blumenauer, and a big right to die, bastion, coincidence?

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at February 11, 2014 06:34 AM (Jsiw/)

135 >>It is now unfashionable to be the old manly man.

No kidding!
But I saw a fabulous Cadillac ad last night that defies this and is pro-American.
The only downside is it is for an electric car:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/l8pyrus

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:34 AM (POpqt)

136 Yeah, whatever. In breaking news, Bob Costas has pinkeye. Michael Sams is gay. Sam's courage may get him a Medal from somebody in Washington, or his picture on the cover of a magazine. Not a serious people.

Posted by: tubal at February 11, 2014 06:34 AM (YEQ2h)

137 I saw Pornography on Ice open for Tanya Harding's Sex Video at the Orpheum Jack'em in Detroit in 1996

Posted by: Sphynx at February 11, 2014 06:36 AM (OZmbA)

138 >>Wherein Jack Straw gets all optimistic and shit. I suggest you try and recapture the moment when you thought a ham sandwich could beat the Jug Eared Fuck in 2012 (hint -- So did I). Actually, I didn't even if you did. I said quite clearly and repeatedly that beating an incumbent president, particularly one who was being protected by the msm as Obama was, was going to be tough to beat. Incumbents do not lose often in the modern era, the last being Carter who the msm did not like. You can ignore what is happening on the ground and be as pessimistic as you want but just today WaPo gave the Dems a 1% chance of winning back the House. 1%. Dems are going over the falls big time this fall and everyday this insane law stays on the books makes it more apparent.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 06:36 AM (g1DWB)

139

And with the Obamacare fiasco proving how poorly big government does
this kind of work it will be a cold day in hell before they get a
another shot at trying to implement it. In fact, Obamacare may do
damage to big government liberal policy way beyond Obamacare.

 

--------------

 

I'm with RoyalOil.

 

If you watch, the criticisms over all of this aren't centered around "hey, the government can't do this," but rather "hey, we had the wrong people working on this, so let's fix it."

 

In other words, the criticisms you're seeing don't revolve around a philosophical objection to government doing any of this, but rather practical/pragmatic grounds about implementation strategies.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 11, 2014 06:36 AM (eytER)

140

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 10:34 AM (POpqt)

 

Yes, I liked that commercial a lot  and at the same time it made me sad.   That is the way a large majority acted and felt in this country and it just reminded me that we are no longer that country.  Hopefully we are not past a point of no return. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 11, 2014 06:37 AM (m2CN7)

141 Johnny Weir has a extremely bright pink jack on.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 11, 2014 06:37 AM (bCEmE)

142 jacket - damnit.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 11, 2014 06:37 AM (bCEmE)

143 Anybody catch Greg Gutfeld mocking Hot Gas (and Jazz Shaw in particular), last night?


Do tell!

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:37 AM (GQ8sn)

144 I would just like to say that you can always, always trust a link from CharlieBrownsDildo.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:38 AM (rCOda)

145 Golly, Matt Lauer will cover for Costas.  No improvement there.  How you would like to be the staffer that had to clean all the equipment that Costas used so the Lauer could use it?  Heaven help you if he gets pink eye.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 11, 2014 06:38 AM (kXoT0)

146 >>141 Johnny Weir has a extremely bright pink jack on. Freudian slip if i ever saw one

Posted by: Sphynx at February 11, 2014 06:38 AM (OZmbA)

147 Yeah, those people talking about how OCare is going to set back progressivism/liberalism apparently haven't been paying attention for, say, the last 80 years.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:40 AM (rCOda)

148 Google images has an awesome pic about 5 or 6 in. The hot tub one. Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:18 AM (GQ8sn) Ohhhh sweet mystery of life at last I've found you . . . .

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 06:41 AM (VtjlW)

149 Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 10:40 AM (rCOda) What are the phases of a civilization? Ascendance, Dominance, Decadence, Decline, Fall? Yeah, I think we've passed out of Decadence at this point.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 06:42 AM (PYAXX)

150

How's this for a campaign platform : "Vote for me, because as a Republican I can promise you that I will be made accountable for my decisions through the efforts of the media.  No Democrat can make this claim."

Posted by: xanderphife at February 11, 2014 06:42 AM (3ePq6)

151 The local media is actually interested in this scandal? Unpossible, unless Republicans are somehow involved.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 11, 2014 06:42 AM (0HooB)

152 Ohhhh sweet mystery of life at last I've found you . . . .

*AlextheChick's Sybian unplugs itself*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 06:43 AM (Z/g31)

153 OregonÂ’s health care exchange recently announced it has enrolled more than 100,000 people, which is impressive considering not a single one enrolled through the exchange website.


There's fail, then there's PERFECT FAIL.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 11, 2014 06:43 AM (8ZskC)

154 Reagan -- Ascendance Bush I -- Dominance Clinton -- Decadence Bush II -- Decline Obuzzme -- Fall

Posted by: Sphynx at February 11, 2014 06:43 AM (OZmbA)

155 Ohhhh sweet mystery of life at last I've found you . . . .


I have seen the peaks of the mountains, and they are good!


Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:43 AM (GQ8sn)

156 Posted by: xanderphife at February 11, 2014 10:42 AM (3ePq6) I like: "Vote for me, because I'll offer you less of what the other guy's offering."

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:44 AM (rCOda)

157 Hawaii has spent over $100 million to sign up 634 OCare enrollees. They are worried about going broke in 2015. The Feds only gave them $200 million as a grant.
 
Wouldn't it be cheaper to sell the islands to the Japs? That way, ncj could finally have a baseball team to root for that might win a WS.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 11, 2014 06:44 AM (cHZB7)

158 And with the Obamacare fiasco proving how poorly big government does this kind of work it will be a cold day in hell before they get a another shot at trying to implement it. In fact, Obamacare may do damage to big government liberal policy way beyond Obamacare.


Nah. With socialism, you're always just a few more dead Kulaks away from the workers' paradise.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 11, 2014 06:45 AM (8ZskC)

159 "Obama is launching the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative Thursday, matching his State of the Union pledge to “help more young men of color … stay on track and reach their full potential.”

Most racist president ever.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:45 AM (POpqt)

160 Actually, I didn't even if you did. I said quite clearly and repeatedly that beating an incumbent president, particularly one who was being protected by the msm as Obama was, was going to be tough to beat. Incumbents do not lose often in the modern era, the last being Carter who the msm did not like. Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 10:36 AM (g1DWB) ------------------------ Geo H.W. Bush was an incumbent who last lost

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 11, 2014 06:45 AM (32Ze2)

161 The only downside is it is for an electric car:  Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 10:34 AM

Yeah, Jay Leno will buy one at a greatly reduced price and the rest will end up in a parking lot in Lansing.


Posted by: LC LaWedgie at February 11, 2014 06:46 AM (KQp38)

162 Wouldn't it be cheaper to sell the islands to the Japs? Not sure about the financial aspect, but it would definitely be much more entertaining to hear the wailing from the Sovereignty crowd if we did that.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:46 AM (rCOda)

163 Boehner is allowing a vote to raise the debt ceiling with no conditions or amendments. The WSJ calls it a victory for the SCOAMF! Boehner has to grow some balls along with the house republicans. Now IÂ’m pissed off at them again. ItÂ’s usually how I feel about them.

Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 06:47 AM (z4WKX)

164 Jay Leno already has antique electric cars. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 06:47 AM (Z/g31)

165

"The breakdown of the exchange is unacceptable, and taxpayers deserve accountability for the more than $300 million the federal government has given the state."

Hey, this is a good thing!  It prevents web site lock, so it's really better for everyone.

Posted by: Marmo at February 11, 2014 06:47 AM (QW+AD)

166

**raises head from desk**

 

We still boned?  Hell, yes.

 

**looks at clock, counts at least 5 hours until the healing balm of sweet Lady Alcohol**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2014 06:47 AM (zF6Iw)

167
Wouldn't it be cheaper to sell the islands to the Japs? That way, ncj could finally have a baseball team to root for that might win a WS.


Oh my LOL!!!!

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:47 AM (GQ8sn)

168 Is Lawson still laughing it up in her mansion in CA? Or have they dragged her out in chains yet? Oh Gawd! Not another 50 Shades cast change ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 11, 2014 06:47 AM (qoKTg)

169 159?
Lizzy?

I have never seen race relations this horrible. And I grew up in the old Jim Crow south. At least back then we were polite to one another.

Posted by: backhoe at February 11, 2014 06:48 AM (ULH4o)

170 160 >> Geo H.W. Bush was an incumbent who last lost

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 11, 2014 10:45 AM (32Ze2)

 

Shhh -- Jack is rolling. Don't bug him with facts.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 11, 2014 06:48 AM (cHZB7)

171 Wouldn't it be cheaper to sell the islands to the Japs? That way, ncj could finally have a baseball team to root for that might win a WS. Posted by: GnuBreed at February 11, 2014 10:44 AM (cHZB7) Okay, that's funny right there. I say that as a Cubs fan.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 06:48 AM (VtjlW)

172 >>Yeah, those people talking about how OCare is going to set back progressivism/liberalism apparently haven't been paying attention for, say, the last 80 years. Tell it to Franklin Foer, big time lefty, editor of The New Republic. >>Liberalism has spent the better part of the past century attempting to prove that it could competently and responsibly extend the state into new reaches of American life. With the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the administration has badly injured that cause, confirming the worst slurs against the federal government. It has stifled bad news and fudged promises; it has failed to translate complex mechanisms of policy into plain English; it canÂ’t even launch a damn website. WhatÂ’s more, nobody responsible for the debacle has lost a job or suffered a demotion. Over time, the Affordable Care ActÂ’s technical difficulties can be repaired. Reversing the initial impressions of government ineptitude wonÂ’t be so easy. http://tinyurl.com/my64tmw

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 06:49 AM (g1DWB)

173 Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 10:47 AM (z4WKX) They've been defeated. At this point, everyone knows that they're going to raise the debt ceiling, so any "demands" Boehner and the House make are going to be (rightly) seen as mere kabuki. *IF* they had fought harder previously, they might have some bargaining chips. As it is, the next best thing they can do is just remove the debt ceiling all together.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 06:49 AM (PYAXX)

174 Jay Leno already has antique electric cars.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 10:47 AM

As long as he has an inch of garage floor space, he'll never have enough.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (KQp38)

175 *AlextheChick's Sybian unplugs itself* Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 10:43 AM (Z/g31) Thought that was internally powered by a cold fusion reactor.

Posted by: RWC at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (fWAjv)

176 Jay Leno already has antique electric cars.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 10:47 AM (Z/g31)

 

Leno also has one of the two (or four) existing 1912  Mercer  35R Raceabouts  in the world, the lucky bastard.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (zF6Iw)

177 Adriane, Lawson was the CTO guru who set up OregonCare to be iterative..  as in 'well we got this fuzzy shape that looks like a car and we will keep tweaking until it looks like a car.'  She also seems to have lied to people on how mature the whole site was.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (Z/g31)

178 >>Reversing the initial impressions of government ineptitude wonÂ’t be so easy. << We're fixing that for you as fast as we can

Posted by: MFM at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (OZmbA)

179 89 I'm such a sucker for figure skating. I could watch this shit all day. I know, I know....shadup. Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2014 10:12 AM (bCEmE) Yeah. It's almost pornography on ice sometimes. Not there is anything wrong with that Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2014 10:15 AM (t3UFN) YOU ASKED FOR IT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGwIyzrlOMQ

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (olDqf)

180 Thought that was internally powered by a cold fusion reactor.

Posted by: RWC at February 11, 2014 10:50 AM (fWAjv)



That became self-aware.



Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (GQ8sn)

181 Ordering Greek for lunch. One chicken souvlaki with an extra pita and a side of greased Andrea Tantaros, please. I know, I know. But I'll take the souvlaki anyway.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (7ObY1)

182 >>Geo H.W. Bush was an incumbent who last lost Yep. My bad. The msm hammered him too.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 06:50 AM (g1DWB)

183 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2014 10:47 AM (zF6Iw)

At least you aren't kissing Rudy Valentino!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:51 AM (QFxY5)

184

Apropos to nothing, I always mentally read "Free Beacon" as "Free Bacon".

Same here

I swear to allah, I was watching fox one night and they had a reporter from "Free Bacon". Next time they showed titles, it was Beacon.

Posted by: Roland THTG at February 11, 2014 06:51 AM (QM5S2)

185 Nothing to see here shitheads! Hey, are you gonna watch Meredith Vieira's new show?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2014 06:52 AM (oFCZn)

186 "Boehner is allowing a vote to raise the debt ceiling with no conditions or amendments. The WSJ calls it a victory for the SCOAMF!" Well come on, Boehner's got to save his ammo to fight the Obamacare delay, doncha know? Can't waste it on fiscally conservative stuff. So if you're keeping track at home - SoCons have to shut up so the true FiCon warriors can continue to punt. Because Strategy. *Disclaimer - I'm not a SoCon.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:52 AM (rCOda)

187 147 Yeah, those people talking about how OCare is going to set back progressivism/liberalism apparently haven't been paying attention for, say, the last 80 years.
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Name one Democrat facing reelection who has called for the repeal of Obaaamacare.

That's how I know we are no where near rolling back the leftist state.

Sure, the rats are abandoning the ship. Only because they've a personal comfy landing already set out.

They are absolutely 100% on-board with Obaaamacare. They view the current climate as a minor temper-tantrum by the voters who don't know what is good for them.

Posted by: RoyalOil at February 11, 2014 06:52 AM (VjL9S)

188 183 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 10:51 AM (QFxY5) Two AOS Morons walk into an Irish pub. No, really!!! (This Thursday)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 06:52 AM (olDqf)

189 >>Re: Obama is launching the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative

He just can't stop with this divisive stuff, whether it's his Dept. of Education cracking down on schools on the race of students disciplined, or Holder attacking states with Voter ID because it's a "poll tax", or the Trayvon pot-stirring.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2014 06:52 AM (POpqt)

190 >>Liberalism has spent the better part of the past century attempting to prove that it could competently and responsibly extend the state into new reaches of American life. With the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the administration has badly injured that cause, confirming the worst slurs against the federal government. It has stifled bad news and fudged promises; it has failed to translate complex mechanisms of policy into plain English; it canÂ’t even launch a damn website. WhatÂ’s more, nobody responsible for the debacle has lost a job or suffered a demotion. Over time, the Affordable Care ActÂ’s technical difficulties can be repaired. Reversing the initial impressions of government ineptitude wonÂ’t be so easy. He misspelled "lies."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 11, 2014 06:53 AM (0HooB)

191 185 Nothing to see here shitheads! Hey, are you gonna watch Meredith Vieira's new show? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2014 10:52 AM (oFCZn) A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far awayÂ… I kind of wanted to do her.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 06:53 AM (olDqf)

192 Two AOS Morons walk into an Irish pub. The bartender declares an early end to happy-hour.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 06:53 AM (PYAXX)

193 That became self-aware. Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 10:50 AM (GQ8sn) And is coming from inside the house!

Posted by: RWC at February 11, 2014 06:53 AM (fWAjv)

194 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 10:50 AM (olDqf)

I'd forgotten about that one!

The last line is the best.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 06:53 AM (QFxY5)

195 It's A Scandal Much Worse Than A Lane Closure In New Jersey!



{Is Not}

Posted by: your media at February 11, 2014 06:53 AM (nqBYe)

196 Antique electric cars?

Google Jekyll Island and redbugs.

Always wanted one when I was a kid. I think there's still one left in a museum over there.

Posted by: backhoe at February 11, 2014 06:54 AM (ULH4o)

197 Liberalism has spent the better part of the past century attempting to prove that it could competently and responsibly extend the state into new reaches of American life. With the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the administration has badly injured that cause, confirming the worst slurs against the federal government. It has stifled bad news and fudged promises; it has failed to translate complex mechanisms of policy into plain English; it canÂ’t even launch a damn website. WhatÂ’s more, nobody responsible for the debacle has lost a job or suffered a demotion. Over time, the Affordable Care ActÂ’s technical difficulties can be repaired. Reversing the initial impressions of government ineptitude wonÂ’t be so easy. Here's the problem. Here is what the vast army of LIVs reads: Liberalism, blah blah blah, something about ObamaCare, blah blah blah, "fudges promises"...OMG FUDGE!!!!!!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 11, 2014 06:55 AM (7ObY1)

198 194 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 10:50 AM (olDqf) I'd forgotten about that one! The last line is the best. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 10:53 AM (QFxY5) Seguing into Dick Ballantine.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 11, 2014 06:55 AM (olDqf)

199 >> Two AOS Morons walk into an Irish pub.
 
The owner declares "My year is made!"

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 11, 2014 06:56 AM (cHZB7)

200

  Incumbents do not lose often in the modern era, the last being Carter who the msm did not like

 

Oh, the indignity.

 

 

Posted by: George Herbert Walker Bush at February 11, 2014 06:56 AM (A0sHn)

201 Freudian slip if i ever saw one Posted by: Sphynx at February 11, 2014 10:38 AM (OZmbA) Indeed!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 11, 2014 06:56 AM (bCEmE)

202 Two AOS Morons walk into an Irish pub. The bartender turns to the bar-back, "You'd better call in reinforcements."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 06:56 AM (PYAXX)

203

If the GOPers in the House would stop trying to block Obama at every turn, Oregon's ObamaCare website would be up and running.

 

Now where's my pie?

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 11, 2014 06:57 AM (xvtYZ)

204 Oregon? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at February 11, 2014 06:58 AM (Aif/5)

205 Tell it to Franklin Foer, big time lefty, editor of The New Republic. Ok, I'll tell it to him, and you. There's a bunch of talk about damage to progressivism/liberalism, and yet further left we march in reality. Give me one example of each of the following from a leftist: - One who has admitted wrongdoing - One who has admitted the failure of one of their programs - One who has accepted responsibility for their actions Their playbook is simply to run farther left upon failure. I mean, my God, these people are getting louder with their Stalin apologetics for fuck's sake. The stimulus wasn't big enough. We need single payer. Wishful thinking to think this is some sort of significant wound to them.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 06:59 AM (rCOda)

206 The failure of these websites just baffles me.  Why wasn't the base design a checklist, a simple subsidy calculator, and a short description of the available plans- each with a link to the insurance co. website for enrollment.  No personal data, no complex interaction with dozens of other government websites.  Just a simple roadmap and pass-thru.

Add complexity later and retain the simple as a fail safe, fall back system.

Posted by: Jean at February 11, 2014 06:59 AM (4JkHl)

207 I like: "Vote for me, because I'll offer you less of what the other guy's offering."
Posted by: Burn the Witch
===========

Hey! That's my line!

Posted by: Karl Rove at February 11, 2014 07:00 AM (VjL9S)

208 ObamaCare was designed to be a failure, at least as far as providing health care coverage for people.

As a way to gather the sensitive info of the populace (to use against them), and as a way to increase government power and spending, it's been a pretty big success.

Posted by: Null at February 11, 2014 07:00 AM (DuH+r)

209 Those that think this Ovomitcare debacle has set back the progressive/liberal movement back a century are delusional. They have a firm grasp on the media and education and all of the levers of governmental power on a national level. They will continue with their push towards communism whether it works or not. It is in their best interest.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 11, 2014 07:00 AM (32Ze2)

210 Some pics of Red Eye's Joanne Nosuchinsky (just skip the fully clothed ones) http://tinyurl.com/p6eoycq Oh, and it's SFW.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 11, 2014 07:00 AM (7ObY1)

211 I need to use a mouse, the stupid thing connects & then disconnects within seconds. IÂ’m have appointments today & IÂ’m turning this off. I hope the mouse works when I come home. This nonsense started yesterday morning. It tells me if I need batteries,they are fine. I donÂ’t remember date that this Mac was delivered, probably around this time of the month two years ago. I wonder if the mouse is dying, now that warrantee is probably over? In the few seconds it took for me to type this comment the mouse connected & then was lost four times. I hope everyone has a nice day. To you in GA & other southern states, try to stay safe. I know that the states that will be affected donÂ’t have the equipment we do in MA for winter.

Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 07:01 AM (z4WKX)

212

 While with the French President Obama stated "The best thing about being President is that I can do what I want".

 

Super. 

Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2014 07:02 AM (G+Wff)

213

Most people never had much direct contact with the Federal government beyond the IRS and the Post Office.  All of the government ineptitude took place in office buildings elsewhere and there was always an insulating layer (business, etc.) between the public and the Federal government.

 

Then the TSA came along and started souring people, giving them a view of the ineptitude right up close and personal.  Now ObamaCare rolls in and really drops the ineptitude in daily doses without any insulation.  The Democrats and their MSM enablers can do what they want but I think they are whistling pass the graveyard on this one.*

 

*(My opinion only - I am an optimist, not a pessimist.  There are plenty of pessimist opinions here already, I don't need to add to an over-saturated market!)

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Manager's Special on Republican-brand Perfidy! at February 11, 2014 07:02 AM (hLRSq)

214 The middle won't will see it as worse then BridgeGate. They'll say "It's just the a web site! while a 90 year old woman died because of BridgeGate". Which no one cares about either but "Damn it I sat 2 hours in traffic because of Christie." Just saying.

Posted by: bestie21 at February 11, 2014 07:04 AM (N2nqi)

215 That became self-aware. Seriously, wait'll you see my next iteration of Terminators...

Posted by: SkyNet at February 11, 2014 07:04 AM (naUcP)

216 >>Their playbook is simply to run farther left upon failure. I mean, my God, these people are getting louder with their Stalin apologetics for fuck's sake. The stimulus wasn't big enough. We need single payer. And how is that working out for them? They have zero chance of taking back the House this fall and at best a 50% chance of holding the Senate, and that is looking less likely every day. Of course they are supporting liberal policies, they are liberals. But they need to convince people that those policies are working and the voters do not seem to be buying it any longer.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 07:05 AM (g1DWB)

217 “The breakdown of the exchange is unacceptable, and taxpayers deserve accountability for the more than $300 million the federal government has given the state.” Question I wish someone would ask of the progressive putzes in Congress and the White House: Given how much money has been pissed down the toilet by the government on the botched rollout of 404Care, from the website to the ads, etc., wouldn't it have been cheaper to just give every American citizen $1 million to buy their own insurance? Then they could buy whatever insurance they liked and no policies would have been cancelled. If someone didn't buy insurance with that money, then stiff penalties could have been levied, say $100,000 the first year, $200,000 the second year until that $1 million was recouped from those who did not purchase insurance? Then they're on their own. Because, at that point, who cares because the person in question who didn't buy insurance sure didn't care. Yeah, too simple a solution and no .gov overarching control of the minutiae of people's lives.

Posted by: RickZ at February 11, 2014 07:06 AM (qX6KH)

218 Of course they are supporting liberal policies, they are liberals. But they need to convince people that those policies are working and the voters do not seem to be buying it any longer. Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 11:05 AM (g1DWB From your fingers to God's will.

Posted by: TiminAL at February 11, 2014 07:07 AM (A9c4d)

219 It was a three man race in 1992. Thanks Perot voters and those that chose not to vote because of the left's read my lips brainwashing .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 11, 2014 07:07 AM (2o9a+)

220 Just superduperexcelsior....

Supposed to take a certification test tomorrow.  Because it got cancelled on the 29th due to ice and snow and I found out it was cancelled only after I had left for it, slid on a patch of ice, and someone pulled my truck out of the field to get home and receive phone call saying it was cancelled.

So call test center today 50 minutes after they are supposed to open to verify.  No one answers. So call other number and while talking, test center person calls back.  Building owners closed the building today.  But they have no idea if it will be closed tomorrow.

So I have no idea if I will be able to take this test.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 07:07 AM (Z/g31)

221 Today's "you have to pass the bill to find out what is in it" award ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana trying to obtain coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform are in danger of being thrown out of the insurance plan they selected in a dispute over federal subsidies and the interpretation of federal rules about preventing Obamacare fraud.

Some healthcare advocates see discrimination in the move, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana says it is not trying to keep people with HIV/AIDS from enrolling in one of its policies under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

The state's largest carrier is rejecting checks from a federal program designed to help these patients pay for AIDS drugs and insurance premiums, and has begun notifying customers that their enrollment in its Obamacare plans will be discontinued.

The carrier says it no longer will accept third-party payments, such as those under the 1990 Ryan White Act, which many people with HIV/AIDS use to pay their premiums.

"In no event will coverage be provided to any subscribers, as of March 1, 2014, unless the premiums are paid by the subscriber (or a relative) unless otherwise required by law," Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana spokesman John Maginnis told Reuters.

Posted by: Hank "Guam capsizing"Johnson at February 11, 2014 07:07 AM (e8kgV)

222 Thought that was internally powered by a cold fusion reactor. No, no, no, that one was run by the nuclear reactor next door. I say that as the Royal Coiler and Uncoiler of Her Highness' Extension Cord.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 11, 2014 07:08 AM (0HooB)

223 I know OT.. but please prayers people!!!  My bosses wife is in intensive care.  Her name is Cheryl.  She was diagnosed with CIPD last year and has never responded well to treatment.  She is fading fast.  They nearly lost her last night.  Please pray for her. 

Posted by: jewells45 at February 11, 2014 07:08 AM (l/N7H)

224 That became self-aware. Seriously, wait'll you see my next iteration of Terminators... Posted by: SkyNet at February 11, 2014 11:04 AM (naUcP) http://bit.ly/1kySvvJ To repeat, oh sweet mystery of life at last I've found you. Danica/Shooting All The Things. I will go down with that ship*. *Yes, that's intentional.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 07:08 AM (VtjlW)

225

They have zero chance of taking back the House this fall and at best a 50% chance of holding the Senate, and that is looking less likely every day.

 

Nothing against you, JackStraw, but I'm willing to bet real folding green that they take the House and hold the Senate.  Never underestimate the "Rethuglican  rayyycisss!  They hate you!  If they would work with Obama, you could keep your doctor!" drumbeat of the MFM.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2014 07:08 AM (zF6Iw)

226 Of course I can't predict the future so this is all speculation; thus I don't get all too excited when people tell me that I'm wrong with my speculations.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - President's Day Sale - All Red Hot Rage 15% Off! at February 11, 2014 07:09 AM (hLRSq)

227 211?
Carol?

When we had the cold snap here in GA a short while ago I was amazed to be passed by a fleet of heavy GADOT dump trucks equipped with huge snow plows, headed to Saint Simons Island.

Apparently we have them if you have enough wealth and influence.

Posted by: backhoe at February 11, 2014 07:09 AM (ULH4o)

228 I can donate my old myspace site if it helps Oregon out. At least it works. I'm a giver.

Posted by: bestie21 at February 11, 2014 07:09 AM (N2nqi)

229
Seriously, wait'll you see my next iteration of Terminators...

Posted by: SkyNet at February 11, 2014 11:04 AM (naUcP)



"The 600 series had rubber skin.  We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, fishy smell, everything. Very hard to spot.  Listen, and understand. That Sybian is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are satisfied!"



Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 07:09 AM (GQ8sn)

230 The middle won't will see it as worse then BridgeGate. They'll say "It's just the a web site! while a 90 year old woman died because of BridgeGate". Which no one cares about either but "Damn it I sat 2 hours in traffic because of Christie." Just saying. Until their insurance gets denied or the doctor bill comes due.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2014 07:10 AM (xorT2)

231 For those of you who aren't familiar with the traffic patterns around the George Washington Bridge, they did not close any lanes on the bridge. They closed two of the three dedicated access lanes from Ft. Lee to the toll plaza.

It affected one town next to the bridge, and had no affect on the traffic from I80 and I95 and Rte 4 traveling East.

And....Ft. Lee is spoiled rotten, because they have so many lanes leading directly to the toll plaza, while literally everyone else using the bridge has to wait in traffic, sometimes for one hour, before they reach the tolls.

So....fuck 'em.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 07:10 AM (QFxY5)

232

OMG, I was wondering what this "Sybian" thing was, so I looked on the Internet.

 

Just...

 

Words fail me.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 11, 2014 07:11 AM (eytER)

233 For EC, AlextheChick, et al

http://youtu.be/4yUej8PHMq8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 07:11 AM (Z/g31)

234 OMG, I was wondering what this "Sybian" thing was, so I looked on the Internet.

Just...

Words fail me.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 11, 2014 11:11 AM (eytER)



Welcome to Ace of Spades HQ!

Posted by: EC at February 11, 2014 07:12 AM (GQ8sn)

235 Oh, and it's SFW.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel

There's gotta be more

Posted by: Jean at February 11, 2014 07:12 AM (4JkHl)

236 231 I looked at the pics of the bridge last night and realized what you just said. It doesn't matter though because it doesn't fit the narrative.

Posted by: bestie21 at February 11, 2014 07:12 AM (N2nqi)

237 Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 11:08 AM (VtjlW)

Please to tell the class what that is from.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 07:12 AM (QFxY5)

238 I know OT.. but please prayers people!!! My bosses wife is in intensive care. Her name is Cheryl. She was diagnosed with CIPD last year and has never responded well to treatment. She is fading fast. They nearly lost her last night. Please pray for her. Posted by: jewells45 at February 11, 2014 11:08 AM (l/N7H) Prayers sent.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 07:13 AM (VtjlW)

239 LOL @ JohnTant

Silly Moron....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 07:13 AM (Z/g31)

240 And what % of those 80K were already eligible? 'Cause that's another under-reported story. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 11, 2014 09:45 AM

The surprise that the Medicaid expansion states are going to get is that the feds are going to claim that a huge percentage of new enrollees should have already been on the rolls (but didn't want crap Medicaid but were forced onto it because they didn't want to be penalized) thus the feds will not pay the 100% (going down to 90%) of the cost. So Medicaid expansion states will be stuck with the cost and no way to appeal it. Suckers.

Posted by: Lester at February 11, 2014 07:14 AM (2UPXV)

241 Thank you Alex.

Posted by: jewells45 at February 11, 2014 07:15 AM (l/N7H)

242 Nothing against you, JackStraw, but I'm willing to bet real folding green that they take the House and hold the Senate. Never underestimate the "Rethuglican rayyycisss! They hate you! If they would work with Obama, you could keep your doctor!" drumbeat of the MFM. I'd take that bet. Did you happen to catch Claire McCaskill on Morning Joe this morning? She was asked if she was running this cycle if she would ask Obama to campaign for her. Surprisingly, she was honest and said no, his numbers in her state and many others stink. Mind you this is no ordinary Liberal, she was one of the first to endorse Obama in his first run and has been a huge backer of his. Mark Begich in Alaska is openly running against Obama and saying the only reason he would invite him to his state would be to show him the harm his policies have caused. Not a single Dem senator who is in a competitive race has committed to having Obama campaign for them. Not Hagen, Pryor, Landrieu, none of them. Obamacare is currently polling at 38%-51% on the RCP average and many of them most heinous regulations haven't even rolled out yet. It's all downhill from here. Tell me what Dems are going to run on this year other than war on women and illegal immigration?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 07:16 AM (g1DWB)

243 That's awful jewells, prayers going up.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 11, 2014 07:16 AM (0HooB)

244 Please to tell the class what that is from. Most recent episode of Almost Human. Gina Carano + Karl Urban = Ultimate Catnip for the Empress.

Posted by: SkyNet at February 11, 2014 07:16 AM (naUcP)

245 Posted by: jewells45 at February 11, 2014 11:08 AM (l/N7H) Prayers are going to be said as soon as I turn this off, Jewells45.

Posted by: Carol at February 11, 2014 07:17 AM (z4WKX)

246 Please to tell the class what that is from. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 11:12 AM (QFxY5) Gina Carano as a killbot on Almost Human. Here. Have some more. http://bit.ly/1eNK3GP http://bit.ly/1bRXNNO

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 07:18 AM (VtjlW)

247 "And how is that working out for them? They have zero chance of taking back the House this fall and at best a 50% chance of holding the Senate, and that is looking less likely every day." How is it working out for them? Let's examine your optimism with a bit of recent historical evidence: 2010 was supposed to be a wave election of historical proportions. The GOP took the House. How did that work out for the GOP. 2012 Was supposed to usher in a huge wave of Obama resentment because this was the first round of talk about how much damage he did to liberalism. How did that work out? We lost more seats in the House, picked up a few Senate seats, but not enough to matter. From 2001-2006, the GOP held the Executive and Legislative branches. So, for extra credit - did the size and scope of government shrink or grow? I'll say it again having used actual evidence to support my claim - you're engaging in wishful thinking.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 07:19 AM (rCOda)

248 Posted by: SkyNet at February 11, 2014 11:16 AM (naUcP)

Gina Carano is smokin' hot.

Similar to:

http://tinyurl.com/mmkxyud

Athletic, strong, womanly.

You have good taste. I approve.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2014 07:19 AM (QFxY5)

249 Posted by: jewells45 at February 11, 2014 11:08 AM (l/N7H) Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen

Posted by: TiminAL at February 11, 2014 07:19 AM (A9c4d)

250 The original female killbot - Hel
http://youtu.be/lOxgaVxM9Hk

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 11, 2014 07:20 AM (Z/g31)

251 "Tell me what Dems are going to run on this year other than war on women and illegal immigration?" What did they run on in 2012 when they won?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 07:20 AM (rCOda)

252 You have good taste. I approve. Winter stompy boots?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 11, 2014 07:21 AM (0HooB)

253 Why not start a "Donate a web site to Oregon" campaign? There are millions of abandoned social media and blog sites out there. If you could just take five minutes of your time to send Oregon your unused site then maybe little Johnny Kitzhaber won't get kicked out in the street. You don't want Johnny to be in the street do you? You heartless bastards?

Posted by: bestie21 at February 11, 2014 07:21 AM (N2nqi)

254 OMG, I was wondering what this "Sybian" thing was, so I looked on the Internet. Just... Words fail me. Posted by: @JohnTant at February 11, 2014 11:11 AM (eytER) Oh. Oh sweetie. Rules for Morons Number One exists for a reason. Also nood.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 11, 2014 07:22 AM (VtjlW)

255 JohnTant, please see me in my office.

Posted by: JohnTant's employer's IT security office at February 11, 2014 07:25 AM (659DL)

256

Tell me what Dems are going to run on this year other than war on women and illegal immigration?


Racist Republicans.  GOP hatred of Obama. 

 

Look, I'd love to be proven wrong.  I simply don't think I will be.

 

Anyway, 4 hours to drinking time.  Back to work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 11, 2014 07:25 AM (zF6Iw)

257 Off killer computer sock! ...which is ironic considering my standard nic, but still.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 11, 2014 07:26 AM (naUcP)

258 In an effort to raise ratings, Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb will have a cocksucking contest this Friday! Tune in!

Posted by: NBC at February 11, 2014 07:30 AM (oFCZn)

259 >>2010 was supposed to be a wave election of historical proportions. The GOP took the House. How did that work out for the GOP. So so. Did the liberals get gun control passed? Amnesty? Anything since they lost the House of any significance? I would have like to see more cuts but not gonna happen with Reid running the Senate. We can bitch and moan all day about the House leadership but all they can really do as the government is currently constituted is play defense and block things. Had they had control in 08 there would be no Obamacare. So yea, kind of important to win elections. >>2012 Was supposed to usher in a huge wave of Obama resentment because this was the first round of talk about how much damage he did to liberalism. How did that work out? We lost more seats in the House, picked up a few Senate seats, but not enough to matter. Not really. Why do you think Obamacare was held off until after the 12 election cycle? Look around, thats why. And had the msm not carried water for him on the cooked employment numbers and Benghazi and the IRS not been weaponized we don't know what might have happened. >>From 2001-2006, the GOP held the Executive and Legislative branches. So, for extra credit - did the size and scope of government shrink or grow? For bonus credit, did you support both wars? If so you can't complain about spending too much because thats where much of it went. Nothing was really being done after we were attacked in 2001 accept fighting wars and by the time Bush got around to trying entitlement reforms he had lost his governing mojo. But this is not then. Republicans across the spectrum are leading with cutting the size of government. The super charging of spending that has occurred under Obama is like nothing we have seen before and anyone with a functioning brain knows we are headed for disaster unless changes are made soon. But thats a completely different argument anyway. I was talking about defeating liberalism and how Obamacare is helping achieve that goal.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2014 07:32 AM (g1DWB)

260 As crappy and leftist as the Oregonian is, they actually do love to dig into politicians and find dirt, regardless of the party. I suspect a lot of that is driven by the knowledge that all it means is that politician gets replaced by a different Democrat anyway.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 11, 2014 07:37 AM (zfY+H)

261 211 I need to use a mouse, the stupid thing connects & then disconnects within seconds.

IÂ’m have appointments today & IÂ’m turning this off. I hope the mouse works when I come home. This nonsense started yesterday morning. It tells me if I need batteries,they are fine.

I donÂ’t remember date that this Mac was delivered, probably around this time of the month two years ago.

I wonder if the mouse is dying, now that warrantee is probably over?

In the few seconds it took for me to type this comment the mouse connected & then was lost four times.

Ah, good old Apple, screwing people over, yet rarely getting as blamed as Microsoft.

Posted by: Null at February 11, 2014 07:39 AM (DuH+r)

262 It also happened in Oregon. Which is far, far from the center of the media universe (BosWash).

Posted by: rockhead at February 11, 2014 07:56 AM (jtTKf)

263 "Did the liberals get gun control passed?" Wasn't going to happen even if they had the House. Amnesty? You think the GOP is preventing amnesty? Anything since they lost the House of any significance? Do you really want to talk about the spending fiasco and the GOP's utter failure here? "Not really. Why do you think Obamacare was held off until after the 12 election cycle? Look around, thats why. And had the msm not carried water for him on the cooked employment numbers and Benghazi and the IRS not been weaponized we don't know what might have happened." Wrong. They even blogged here about the supposed damage Obama was doing to liberalism. Didn't happen. To answer your question here: because Romney (The GOP candidate, remember?) didn't bring it up. Why? (Hint: it's about this liberalism that's supposedly damaged) And woulda/shoulda/coulda isn't an effective argument. For bonus credit, did you support both wars? If so you can't complain about spending too much because thats where much of it went. And how much of it went to the formation of DHS? Medicare part D? How much spending was reduced because of a reduction in government? Don't try to change the subject with Defense spending - focus on the liberal results of the GOP. The liberal results which are supposed to be damaging to the cause, which is central to the discussion. Republicans across the spectrum are leading the way in cutting? Perhaps you could give me some examples at the national level end of that spectrum?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 11, 2014 08:08 AM (rCOda)

264 Jewell45, I am praying for your bosses wife Cheryl.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2014 10:04 AM (XyM/Y)

265 JackStraw is one who is totally invested in the recent GOP non action. A surrender monkey in the extreme. Pay no attention as the House is acting for him.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 13, 2014 10:41 PM (ojnk6)

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