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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan we agree on one thing re: the ACA
If someone posts stuff written by the Republicans' chief health care advisor in the 2012 elections:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avik_Roy
trashing the Affordable Care Act, that person is probably a rw troll not terribly interested in achieving affordable health care for all?
dkf
(37,305 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)from the Manhattan institute and freaking National Review Online or the Romney 2012 campaign.
Nor do they push discredited rightwing conspiracy theories.
dkf
(37,305 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)And there you have it.
Nevermind the fact you're citing propaganda written and produced by partisan Republicans, the rightwing noisemachine and ALEC.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Citing Avik Roy on the ACA is like quoting John Bolton on Obama's Iran policy. Just too obvious.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)They haven't given up trying to get rid of ACA; tactic has now switched to keeping people from enrolling. The website mess has temporarily bolstered them but that will work itself out.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)I hope we don't eventually have to deal with articles from so-called "credible" news sources saying it's beneficial to shut down the government forever so we can install a new corporate American theocratic fascist system to get rid of the liberal socialists.
They could even make the point that 'liberals don't like guns and we on the right wing side have most of the guns so they won't fight us even if they do have guns'. Lets see that in Forbes, The WSJ, Washington Times and the Spectator. Sorry. The Spectator "IS" trash.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)dkf
(37,305 posts)True Democrats are for single payer.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)expansion of Medicaid in Republican proposals.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)Is that reality-based thinking?