Now that we cats have gotten over our latest grammar-related hissy fit, let us take a moment to cheer the fact that despite the White House's incompetence on communicating the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, some Americans are nevertheless informed.
Was it just a few days ago that we were boinking Team Obama for being so clumsy about touting the ACA? Well, either somebody was listening, or Organizing for Action has been turning out a bunch of town hall attendees this month. Down in Florida, they put an idiot Republican Congressman on the spot.
Daniel Webster (and yes, if the 19th-century statesman Daniel Webster were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave) has voted repeatedly to repeal Obamacare, and his constituents let him have it.
"What happens to us when Obamacare is repealed?" one person asked. "What happens to people with pre-existing conditions who can't get healthcare? What happens to those of us who finally have access to health insurance for the first time in nine or 10 years?"
What happens, indeed? Webster babbled a right-wing canard about how the Administration was allegedly putting the brakes on some provisions, prompting one attendee to shout, "Tell him to stop lying!"
We cats love this. We have never understood why Republicans think it's okay to deny healthcare to 45 million Americans. Unless it's because they think they can keep those people from voting. Hm.
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