Lindsey Graham Clowns Tea Party Republicans Who Want To Defund Obamacare But Don't Know How

[mota bhai 2,675]

WASHINGTON -- GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham joked on Tuesday that the inescapable fact that shutting down the government will not stop Obamacare was merely a "technical" detail that doesn't interest Republicans bent on a shutdown.

The irony of the ongoing debate over the threat to shut the government in order to stop the health care reform law is that because of the way Obamacare is funded, doing so will leave it largely unaffected. Most of Obamacare is funded through what's known as mandatory spending, while the House only has the power to block discretionary funding. (The Obamacare insurance subsidies are paid as refundable tax credits and the Medicaid portion is not annually appropriated, meaning that Congress can't pull funding.)

"That's a technical thing," Graham (R-S.C.) quipped when a HuffPost reporter asked if he or anybody in the Senate had told the backers of a shutdown that they can't actually block Obamacare by shutting down the government. "But yeah, like 80 percent of it is unaffected ... That seems to not resonate with anybody."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/lindsey-graham-tea-party-obamacare_n_3944833.html

[decocker 7,198]

can't take that madam seriously..not after last night.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-16-2013/fifty-shades-of-graham?xrs=share_copy

[Darnell 8,479]

Facts are escapable, you betcha !

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The Tea Party Loons in Congress are a bunch of know nothing amateurs that are egged on by know nothing fools. That's all they are.

[Pooky 3,838]

The Tea Party Loons in Congress are a bunch of know nothing amateurs that are egged on by know nothing fools. That's all they are.

Sorted Edited September 19, 2013 by Pooky

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Sorted

Congress sucks altogether, no doubt. But there's a new class of people on Capitol Hill and they are just extremely nuts. Those would be your Tea Party Loons. Exceptionally worthless people.

[Pooky 3,838]

Congress sucks altogether, no doubt. But there's a new class of people on Capitol Hill and they are just extremely nuts. Those would be your Tea Party Loons. Exceptionally worthless people.

They're not mine, no matter how many times you try fooling yourself into thinking that.

If anything, they're more yours, as a knee-jerk reaction to the moonbat left-wing ideology that pervades your current administration.

Neither does this country any long term favours. What this country needs is more Independent voters, able to objectively evaluate policies without the handicap of blinkered pre-judgement.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They're not mine,

Well, good then.

moonbat left-wing ideology that pervades your current administration.

There's no left-wing ideology pervading this administration. The left wing is pissed off with this administration. Contrary to popular belief in some circles, Obama is no left winger.