DUmmy Sarah Imaboobi, whose skill in the sack has resulted in an exodus from her bedroom like circus clowns coming out of a subcompact, spins a lame bouncy about insurance. Her writing is so poor, it's really hard to say what point she was trying to make. But the bouncy is so poorly done, it's funny:
Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:24 PM
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My exposure to some really dumb Americans
I don't know why, but I keep encountering Americans that amaze me with their stupidity. Today at work is a case in point.
Today I was in a client meeting, along with my boss and another fellow in our firm. The clients are a married couple.
Halfway through the meeting, my boss asked, "so why don't you have insurance?"
They explained. Neither has health insurance because they cannot afford to pay insurance for him, and as for hers, she couldn't get insurance even if they could afford it, because she is simply 'uninsurable' due to a series of chronic health issues (she has end-stage kidney disease).
So there we are, all 3 of us, listening to her discuss her myriad illnesses, which are why she is denied insurance, when all of a sudden she opens her mouth and says this:
"... and then there's that universal health care, Obamacare, whatever it's called. It's all a bunch of bs! That Pelosi telling us we need to approve Obamacare first so we can then figure out what's in it. Hah! Do they think we're dumb? They'll just tax us to death!"
Our mouths fell open. We generally don't get clients discussing politics, but what shocked the most was the stupidity of this woman. She has chronic illnesses, she is uninsurable, they cannot afford insurance for either of them, and she's criticizing her ONLY possibility of having access to insurance?
And then she's accusing others of being 'dumb?'
How did Americans get so idiotic, become so low IQd?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1794314Sarah Imaboobi really needs attention from coach, or maybe stevenumbers. Her frustration at being unable to hold on to a boyfriend
has made her a very bitter, unpleasant DUmbass.
oldlib (498 posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:28 PM
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2. This astounds me.
The stupidity of some people, primarily republicans, is unbelievable.
OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:29 PM
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3. It's part of a larger mindset that goes: "The government can do nothing right"
Many people believe this in the same way they believe the sky is blue or the sun will rise tomorrow.
By George, I think he's got it!
EC (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:31 PM
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4. I hope you adviced[sic] her of her
error. Told her that her only chance was the Affordable Healthcare Act.
McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:38 PM
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9. Calling Americans "stupid" on a Democratic message board will get us lots of votes in 2012.
Makes me question the IQ--or maybe the motives---of some folks.
Don't worry about it, DUmmy. No one reading posts at your monkeyhouse is on the fence.
CBHagman (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:39 PM
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10. She certainly used the usual talking points.
I don't know the origin of the talking points (possibly focus groups? Pollsters? The RNC?), but I hear them again and again:
First, the term "Obamacare." There is no such thing. The term is just a swipe at the president. Used by Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, and other presidential hopefuls and GOP members in general.
Secondly, the typical GOP invocation of taxes as an all-purpose boogyman, and without rational of, say, tax rates under various presidents (and who was affected by what changes) and/or the cost of living and how that squeezes the poor and even the middle class.
(And oh, the grim irony of her referring to being taxed to death...).
Thirdly, the swipe at Pelosi and also the reference to finding out what's in the bill after it passed.
I hear/see variations on these all the time. Since they are basically boilerplate rhetoric and have nothing to do with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it's clear they are being fed to the faithful, who duly repeat them.
I think it's cute how DUmmies will dissect a bouncy as if it were true.
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:45 PM
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15. That is the power of propaganda
It's a
de facto bouncy.
Finally, a DUmmy who is embarrassed by such a lame bouncy, the same DUmmy who fears Skimmer's monkeyhouse will lose votes in 2012:
McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-22-11 10:46 PM
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16. Opps. Sorry. I did not realize at first that this thread is meant to be satire.
Never mind. I just hope the folks on right wing sites who copy and paste it have a good sense of humor.
DUmmies don't do satire.