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Attacking "baloney" from Obama, Cal Thomas says: "They will deny [granny] care because she's costing too much"

March 20, 2010 4:50 pm ET

From the March 20 edition of Fox News' America's News HQ:

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    • Author by christopher howard (March 20, 2010 4:54 pm ET)
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      Unlike private insurers who never turn granny down.
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      • Author by soze169880 (March 20, 2010 5:00 pm ET)
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        Yes, but THEY'RE teaching her a valuable lesson about how the Founders hated leeches, or something.
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (March 20, 2010 5:01 pm ET)
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        You beat me to it. Granny and Grampa are being denied service RIGHT NOW because they "cost too much."

        What kind of bizarro world do these people live in?
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        • Author by dogbreath (March 20, 2010 5:09 pm ET)
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          Granny isn't going to be denied because she is on MEDICARE.
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          • Author by soze169880 (March 20, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
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            Unless she's Sarah Palin. BOOM!
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          • Author by jjamele2880 (March 20, 2010 5:24 pm ET)
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            There are a lot of procedures that Medicare won't cover- that's why seniors need supplemental insurance, which is very expensive.

            Medicare is good and absolutely essential. But it's not perfect, and having Medicare doesn't mean you are in the clear where it comes to treatment.
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            • Author by dogbreath (March 20, 2010 5:29 pm ET)
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              There is no question about that, however, Medicare has proven to be far more reliable in terms of coverage than have private health insurance companies. There are problems with the system, no one can deny that, but I don't hear too many seniors complaining about their overall experience with Medicare.
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              • Author by DellDolly (March 21, 2010 4:57 am ET)
                   
                Who are the best who get the best healthcare in the world?

                American senior citizens. The system works very well now, and won't go downhill because of HCR efforts in other areas. But the right has to fearmonger, because old people VOTE, and often vote Republican, partially because they themselves have become scared of change.
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (March 20, 2010 4:57 pm ET)
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      hey cal, you want to bet your degree on this ? or your job prospects anywhere outside the FOX tent ?
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    • Author by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© (March 20, 2010 5:00 pm ET)
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      Just Lie, Baby!

      -Al Davis, as reincarnated wingnut
      ~
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    • Author by marco21 (March 20, 2010 5:14 pm ET)
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      Yes, Cal - covering more people equals a denial of care.

      You know what, I am sure his granny would prefer death than hearing from her son's d-bag mouth.
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      • Author by foghornleghorn (March 20, 2010 5:58 pm ET)
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        Cal is for this to continue:

        http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/cigna-gives-1109-million_n_506974.html
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    • Author by marco21 (March 20, 2010 5:14 pm ET)
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      Yes, Cal - covering more people equals a denial of care.

      You know what, I am sure his granny would prefer death than hearing from her son's d-bag mouth.
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    • Author by soze169880 (March 20, 2010 5:33 pm ET)
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      Slightly O/T: Teabaggers surprise maybe three people.
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      • Author by Bongo Fury (March 20, 2010 5:40 pm ET)
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        Classy bunch there soze.Not off topic at all."If a Brown can't do it,a Browning can."
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      • Author by dogbreath (March 20, 2010 5:43 pm ET)
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        I heard about that on CNN. It is absolutely disgraceful. Republican leaders, if they had any integrity, would come out and denounce these idiots who stated those things, but they won't.
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        • Author by soze169880 (March 20, 2010 5:44 pm ET)
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          The fact that an outlet as mainstream as CNN would cover it gives me hope, though. I had completely left them for dead after they hired Erick, Son of Erickthorn.
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          • Author by dogbreath (March 20, 2010 5:51 pm ET)
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            Don't be too hopeful. They only mentioned it once and haven't talked about it since. The nightly news will probably give the protestors 5 minutes of blanket coverage without mentioning the Lewis/Frank incident.
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            • Author by dogbreath (March 20, 2010 6:03 pm ET)
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              Wolf Blitzer is on now interviewing Scott Brown, letting him spin his yarn.
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        • Author by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© (March 20, 2010 5:46 pm ET)
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          Republican leaders, if they had any integrity...

          There you go again.
          ~
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          • Author by soze169880 (March 20, 2010 5:48 pm ET)
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            There you go again.

            RONALDUS PENIS! YOU'VE RETURNED! IT'S THE REP-TURE!
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            • Author by phredicles (March 20, 2010 6:12 pm ET)
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              Oh dear, I sprayed my computer screen whilst reading that...
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      • Author by Les Philling (March 20, 2010 5:59 pm ET)
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        Maybe it'll wake 'em up. The right-wing talk radio precinct captains have been kicking their butts and our butts and the country's butt for decades now and they don't lift a finger it seems. This is their business, communicating with the electorate in a democratic republic, but they seem to prefer the status quo. Political malpractice.
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (March 20, 2010 6:00 pm ET)
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        Thanks, Soze. I still love looking at the crazy teabagger protest signs. That bunch has the protesting babies, guns, guillotines, and the required ,unnecessary quotation marks around 'voo-doo'. They really love their quotation marks.
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    • Author by aBeck in 10-O-C (March 20, 2010 5:54 pm ET)
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      When talking points collide. Perfect example follows:

      In this same segment Cal also said:

      "Obama says that under this bill that you would be getting only 1 test instead of 5. So what if that one test fails to pick up that life-threratening cancer you may have?
      And why were you getting 5 tests? Because doctors feared lawyers' malpractice suits, and this bill has no provisions for tort reform to rectify that."

      So which is it that will kill you, Cal? Healthcare reform or tort reform? Make up your mind.


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    • Author by manofmystique (March 20, 2010 7:33 pm ET)
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      Fear, fear, fear is all they got. Cal's attack on Healthcare Reform is illogical, if not down right stupid. Who on earth would believe this administration would advocate or allow such a policy that would deny a white woman care, under any circumstances, knowing they are under a microscope?
      Like I said, all these hate-mongers have left is fear, fear, fear.
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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (March 20, 2010 7:40 pm ET)
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      Oh, "Reverend" Cal...

      "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness." Or is Lyin fer Jeezus(tm) still okay in Bahble-Thumperland?...
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    • Author by MeanMrSpicyMustard (March 20, 2010 7:46 pm ET)
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      "Obama will do this!"
      "How do you know?"
      "Because I KNOW!"
      "How?"
      "Because shut up that's how!"

      OPPOSITION, ladies and gentlemen.
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      • Author by dogbreath (March 20, 2010 7:50 pm ET)
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        And if that doesn't work they will spit on you.
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        • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (March 20, 2010 7:52 pm ET)
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          While screaming that if a Brown can't stop you, a Browning can. And we're the violent ones, according to them-thar teabaggin' terrorists...
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        • Author by Bongo Fury (March 20, 2010 7:57 pm ET)
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          What do you mean "they will spit ony you?".Do you have any sources?...MaggotClinic intern.HuffPo..wait..what?
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      • Author by loonz (March 20, 2010 9:54 pm ET)
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        This is the opposition:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pilG7PCV448
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        • Author by Bongo Fury (March 20, 2010 11:16 pm ET)
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          Good score loonz."I think it's wrong because I don't understand."A great American redneck rally.The whole world is watching...YAWN!
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        • Author by DellDolly (March 21, 2010 5:00 am ET)
             
          Now three of us have linked to that video on at least 3 different threads!

          It's a good one, isn't it?

          Everyone should click on that link if they haven't already seen it.

          The dunderheads who try to 'educate' others, only to prove that they don't know what they're talking about....
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          • Author by grmce (March 21, 2010 8:29 am ET)
               
            A bit like Clever Oliver Hardy patiently explaining to dimwitted Stan Laurel only to get more and more frustrated as he proceeds to demonstrate how hilariously ignorant he is.
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            • Author by aBeck in 10-O-C (March 21, 2010 1:33 pm ET)
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              Oliver: Where were you born?
              Stanley: I don't know.
              Oliver: Fancy not knowing where you were born!
              Stanley: Well, I was too young to remember.
              Oliver: Didn't you once tell me that you had an uncle?
              Stanley: Sure, I've got an uncle. Why?
              Oliver: Now we're getting somewhere. Is he living?
              Stanley: No. He fell through a trap door and broke his neck.
              Oliver: Was he building a house?
              Stanley: No, they were hanging him.

              Reporter:Have you been to many teaparty rallies?
              Protester: Why yes---several. Lets see, there was back in Septober, Octember, Nowonder..........
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (March 20, 2010 8:00 pm ET)
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      The country endured 8 years of baloney not just from Bush 43 but also Cheney, who is still extruding baloney.And his daughter.
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    • Author by Sharpe (March 20, 2010 9:07 pm ET)
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      Another slap at medicare, the very program that republicans have been attacking and belittling since its inception. And the last time conservacons put up a fight like this ironically, was when they fought tooth and nail to prevent congress from passing medicare. How funny that they now care so much about the program they have so consistently despised?
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (March 20, 2010 9:26 pm ET)
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      CONSERVATIVES like THOMAS have been on the wrong side of history for years. They have opposed every reform that has come down the pike ex,healthcare, medicare, medicade, social security,workers rights,civil rights ect.They are selfish,greedy people that should be viewed with contempt.
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      • Author by christopher howard (March 20, 2010 10:14 pm ET)
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        He certainly still has a big hate-on against teh gay.
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    • Author by fantagor (March 21, 2010 2:16 am ET)
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      So the GOP was for socialized medicine (because granny is on Medicare) before they were against it? If these clueless chicken pluckers could just pick a line of reasoning, we might be able to have a discussion. But that is the point. They don't want a discussion. They want Obama to fail. That is their endgame.

      So that's that, Cal. Beat cheeks, you malingering dunce. You have nothing to offer, never did. Your side is entrenched in the politics of failure. And since nature abhors a vacuum, you shall be filled with people who want the country to succeed.

      Randy
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    • Author by grmce (March 21, 2010 8:42 am ET)
         
      I first encountered Mr Thomas' output a few years ago. He struck me as a sort of patronising, oleaginous, old fart who seemed to have fallen asleep in the 1950s only to wake up around 40 years later resenting the progress that had left him behind.

      Sad? Funny? Annoying? Maybe all three, but hardly an appropriate contribution by a major news publisher to the public discourse.
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      • Author by zunnful (March 21, 2010 12:00 pm ET)
           
        Cal Thomas wears more make-up than a elderly widow at Thursday evening bingo. His stylist probably moonlights at the local funeral home. Beyond his comical appearance and the laughter it generates, why is he important to anyone?
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