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[starchild excalibur]

Am I crazy or did Cassidy not mention he was a doctor in his closing statement? Wonder if Graham told him to knock it off?

You're crazy. He mentioned it in the first sentence or two of his closing statement.

 

[Omadahl]

Wow. Cassidy is a total fucking moron huh? Who'd have guessed it.

 

[soul creator]

the whole goddamn point of insurance as a concept is that individuals do not, and never will have enough "power" on their own to pay for serious damages. Pooling resources together is precisely what actually creates power to be taken care of when emergencies happen.

 

[devilhawk]

Am I crazy or did Cassidy not mention he was a doctor in his closing statement? Wonder if Graham told him to knock it off?

Oh, he did mention it.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Am I crazy or did Cassidy not mention he was a doctor in his closing statement? Wonder if Graham told him to knock it off?

Nope, he did.

“When I was a doctor...”

I couldn’t hear the rest over the sound of my eyes rolling.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Klobuchar isn't terrible on substance, but... uh, I'm glad she doesn't seem to be planning a presidential run. Even HRC looks charismatic in comparison.

I think she is honestly

What she lacks in charisma she makes up for in likability and comes across as more down to earth. She's the exact type of politician that would do better with the voters Hillary struggled with in the Midwest

 

[Oblivion]

Cassidy totally mangled that last line.

 

[Kusagari]

The GOP needs to lock Cassidy away and never let him go in front of national media again.

 

[y2dvd]

This Cassidy guy. Why does the right always use scare tactics to rope people around?

 

[Rockandrollclown]

The GOP needs to lock Cassidy away and never let him go in front of national media again.

Yeah that was bad. Even by republican standards.

 

[legacyzero]

Bernie & co wins by decision tonight.

He was on point, knew his shit, principled, and was hard on the clap backs. 2016 talking points still doing that work.

This man may just run in 2020. Last chance to get on the train, y'all

Oh, he did mention it.

The last time I heard somebody say "trust me I'm a doctor", it was Gene Simmons on a Dr Pepper commercial. That's about how serious I took it

 

[Zolo]

This Cassidy guy. Why does the right always use scare tactics to rope people around?

Because that's the easiest emotion to manipulate.

 

[InstigateAndInquire]

How the fuck did this guy get elected. He's borderline incomprehensible. All I know for sure is that he was a doctor.

Mary Landrieu was a really unpopular incumbent here, IIRC. Her seat was ripe for the pickening. Worse, Cassidy's not up for reelection until 2020 so he may survive this nonsense.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Cassidy: Would you cut the malarkey? Okay? I'm talking. There's a DOCTOR talking here!

Had nothing of value to say and just kept invoking how he was a doctor as if that gave him some authority or credibility

 

[VendettaRed07]

This Cassidy guy. Why does the right always use scare tactics to rope people around?

Because of its historic and unparalleled success in this country over the last 50 years

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

I think Graham and Cassidy did a pretty poor job defending their bill but I also don't think Bernie and Kobluchar were nearly as cut throat as they should have been in attacking them. Should have pointed out more explicitly that their debate isn't about improving healthcare but rather about whether or not the govt should even try to improve healthcare, and then point out that their bill saves money for billionaires but does nothing to provide better healthcare to more people.

 

[Diablos]

Every explanation so far has been, "Your state will take care of you and if they don't... Not our problem!"

They put too much faith in states to do the right thing. It’s stupid. You need strong regulations coming from the federal government that apply to all 50 states. Period.

 

[Sobriquet]

This Cassidy guy. Why does the right always use scare tactics to rope people around?

Because their policies are indefensible

 

[Tarydax]

Jeez, why wasn't Bernie this good against Hillary and Ted Cruz? He stomped the hell out of Graham and Cassidy.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Jeez, why wasn't Bernie this good against Hillary and Ted Cruz? He stomped the hell out of Graham and Cassidy.

Well debates are more difficult when both sides actually know what they're talking about and one side isn't blatantly making shit up, like Graham and Cassidy were

 

[Diablos]

Cassidy has the charisma of a wet fart. He’s terrible. He assumed what a woman’s situation was in regards to her health issues and she shook her head no at him. He kept talking. He’s a horrible politician.

 

[rokkerkory]

only reason why GOP is pushing this is because they scared $ from the Koch bros will vanish if they don't try

 

[Fancyarcher]

I think these people have no idea what their talking about, which isn't surprising at all.

I think Graham has to realize he’s on the wrong side of history. They’re getting trounced.

Graham is not a good person, so he probably doesn't care.

 

[Diablos]

Graham said in his closing statement that it’s not about caring. That should tell you a lot right there. He’s a smooth talkin’ heartless swine who uses his southern charm as a facade.

 

[eBay Huckster]

Bernie & co wins by decision tonight.

He was on point, knew his shit, principled, and was hard on the clap backs. 2016 talking points still doing that work.

This man may just run in 2020. Last chance to get on the train, y'all

provided he runs and wins the primary in 2020 I'm all the fucking way on this train

 

[Deuce Deuce]

Bernie & co wins by decision tonight.

He was on point, knew his shit, principled, and was hard on the clap backs. 2016 talking points still doing that work.

So...Bernie Sanders was just being Bernie Sanders then. Not sure why anyone thought any differently.

 

[legacyzero]

So...Bernie Sanders was just being Bernie Sanders then. Not sure why anyone thought any differently.

Well, I didn't want to be the Bernie train conductor tonight. The fanfare in this thread tonight did that all by itself

 

[GuessMyUserName]

Cassidy has the charisma of a wet fart. He’s terrible. He assumed what a woman’s situation was in regards to her health issues and she shook her head no at him. He kept talking. He’s a horrible politician.

Was lolling at this point, the woman was shaking her head so much they had to get the camera off her.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

It's that beat that Cassidy has before he makes that fake ass smile that gets me.

 

[fredrancour]

only reason why GOP is pushing this is because they scared $ from the Koch bros will vanish if they don't try

It ain't gonna vanish. It gonna get reallocated to a primary challenger that loves supply-side Jesus more.

 

[Twig and Berries]

I wonder how many people watched this. Twitter seems mostly mum on it

 

[Muppet of a Man]

It ain't gonna vanish. It gonna get reallocated to a primary challenger that loves supply-side Jesus more.

I can't wait for Supply-Side Jesus to get crucified and left in history's wake. I mean, what a cunt, right? Justice against this shitty fallacious pseudo-religious racket/ideology can't come fast enough.

 

[Plumbob]

I wonder how many people watched this. Twitter seems mostly mum on it

The Twitter crowd and the CNN crowd are a little different

 

[Twig and Berries]

The Twitter crowd and the CNN crowd are a little different

 

[theclosetfan]

I'm not a Bernie fan, but thought he did very well tonight. Amy, too.

It certainly helped that they were both heavyweights going up against little leaguers. Graham's totally out of his element on healthcare and Cassidy is, clearly, a very strange moron.

 

[Fenderputty]

Cassidy looks like Henry Rollins with a wasting disease.

Cannot unsee.

Glad Bernie did well. Bummed I forgot about this

 

[Not]

Because of its historic and unparalleled success in this country over the last 50 years

 

[Not]

provided he runs and wins the primary in 2020 I'm all the fucking way on this train

I'd vote for him if he gets nominated. I think he might have a shot now. But I am voting for WHOEVER the FUCK gets nominated against Trump, and you all better too.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Bernie destroyed these fools...but that's not really to his credit. ANYONE, even someone off the street could have taken these clowns. This dude repeating "i'm a doctor" over and over again was just embarrassing for everyone involved. Rand Paul is also a doctor...and?

 

[Brandon F]

What we all learned is that Cassidy apparently is a failure at two career professions. Yet he really loves to have blood on his hands apparently.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Cassidy kept trying to act like big pharma did a huge service for charging people far more than they should, because they "create the medicines".

Bernie should have hit him on the fact that the US government subsidizes a huge share of big pharma's research and actually creates drugs itself which it then sells to big pharma companies to distribute at whatever prices they want. Which was why Bernie put out that bill dedicated to setting price limitations of drugs sold to private companies with US tax dollars