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>> ^ShakeyMcBones:
The woman he's lecturing looks like Dustin Hoffman in drag.


You mean this?

>> ^Payback:
I am certain I would take Franken more seriously if every time he talked I wasn't distracted by the background.

dude, I'd like to invite her to my caucus

I'm fairly sure they're talking about people going bankrupt because they had to pay an arm and a leg to get medical treatment.

>> ^Quboid:
Is he not as guilty of cherry-picking as she is? No bankruptcies because of illness in Switzerland, France or Germany? Really? The health care might be free (I assume) but if you are a entrepreneur or run a solo business, I'd think bankruptcies happen. If your business doesn't operate for 6 months while you're in a coma, that business might just be screwed. If you're paying a mortgage with the money earned from this business, you're screwed.
Disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm talking about. I assume the argument is to do with free health care but I don't know. Also, I assume it's fairly general and doesn't mean just bankruptcies directly caused by paying for health care (and if it does, it's rather meaningless). Nothing in this clip makes these clear. I don't know what I'm talking about but then how many people do?

The answer is yes - of course Al Franken is just as guilty of cherry picking his numbers. I don't care what system you talk about, there is no such thing (statistically) as a ZERO when you are talking about a population in the millions. He's either making that up, or using some report that excludes medical bankruptcies. It doesn't matter what system the U.S. cooks up in Congress - there is never going to be a single day in the entire history of humankind that there will be 'zero medical bankruptcies' in the U.S. Such a claim is absolute bunk based on "cherry picking" how you define bankruptcy.

For example, Mr. Franken is probably not including Canada in his list of 'zero bankruptcies'...

http://www.fraserinstitute.org/Commerce.Web/product_files/HealthInsuranceandBankruptcyRates.pdf

He also probably isn't too eager to say that his desired system will be shutting off the tap of so-called 'free medical care' to millions on a regular basis based on economics. He also didn't seem to eager to quote the words of his own fellow democrats who say that grandma better get ready to "take the pain pill" and "we're going to let you die".

If you don't work, have no income, and have medical issues then you are 'medically bankrupt' even in Germany, France, and Switzerland. Zero - what a dingus. And some of you think this guy is smart?

>> ^Quboid:
Is he not as guilty of cherry-picking as she is? No bankruptcies because of illness in Switzerland, France or Germany? Really? The health care might be free (I assume) but if you are a entrepreneur or run a solo business, I'd think bankruptcies happen. If your business doesn't operate for 6 months while you're in a coma, that business might just be screwed. If you're paying a mortgage with the money earned from this business, you're screwed.
Disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm talking about. I assume the argument is to do with free health care but I don't know. Also, I assume it's fairly general and doesn't mean just bankruptcies directly caused by paying for health care (and if it does, it's rather meaningless). Nothing in this clip makes these clear. I don't know what I'm talking about but then how many people do?


i don't think they are referring to patient's bankruptcies.

>> ^poolcleaner:
>> ^Payback:
I am certain I would take Franken more seriously if every time he talked I wasn't distracted by the background.

It is a requirement to have a hot woman sit behind Al Franken. If a hot lady is not available to sit behind Al Franken, Al Franken will NOT show up to senate meetings.


Dear GOD we found his Weakness!

>> ^Payback:
I am certain I would take Franken more seriously if every time he talked I wasn't distracted by the background.


It is a requirement to have a hot woman sit behind Al Franken. If a hot lady is not available to sit behind Al Franken, Al Franken will NOT show up to senate meetings.

>> ^Quboid:
Is he not as guilty of cherry-picking as she is? No bankruptcies because of illness in Switzerland, France or Germany? Really? The health care might be free (I assume) but if you are a entrepreneur or run a solo business, I'd think bankruptcies happen. If your business doesn't operate for 6 months while you're in a coma, that business might just be screwed. If you're paying a mortgage with the money earned from this business, you're screwed.
Disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm talking about. I assume the argument is to do with free health care but I don't know. Also, I assume it's fairly general and doesn't mean just bankruptcies directly caused by paying for health care (and if it does, it's rather meaningless). Nothing in this clip makes these clear. I don't know what I'm talking about but then how many people do?


I can assure you, that your disclaimer was correct, and the last sentence was also correct.. I think part of the problem in this American healthcare debate, is that politicians are talking about other countries like they know what's going on there, but they actually don't.. They are just pulling numbers, and missing the essence. Which is: people in western Europe have to be medically insured, if you are unable to pay for it, it will be paid by tax payers' money, because (wether you like it or not) some people can't really help being broke and some people actually need support and are not left on their own.. That's a not socialism, that's just social.

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>> ^manfromx:
I think he looks like Lewis Black but sounds like The Joker. Sans murder sprees (I think).


Well, he's certainly murdering some people in there now..

>> ^demon_ix:
There are thirty of them: http://www.videosift.com/video/Thirty-Republicans
And they have a website: http://www.republicansforrape.org/


Holy shit!

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