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[dallow_bg]

Youtube link with the full 8 minutes for others having trouble with the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxIYZuaY8KE

Thanks. That's amazing.

 

[Dalek]

Jason Chaffetz has such a punchable face, my god. I just want to uppercut this slimy asshole.

https://www.reddit.com/r/punchablefaces/

 

[SchrodingerC]

I almost created a new thread for this, because it's verbal ether. Rep Elijah Cummings eviscerates GOP Chairman for Planned Parenthood pay hypocrisy (VIDEO)

God. DAMN.

Ether that will burn for the next 5 generations, goddamn.

Rep Cummings makes a good point about Republicans ignoring the documented crimes of their corporate buddies because of the support they get in return, such disgusting hypocrisy.

 

[Apt101]

Jason Chaffetz has such a punchable face, my god. I just want to uppercut this slimy asshole.

He looks like every asshole I've ever known.

 

[giga]

I don't know guys, both parties are the same.

 

[klonere]

I almost created a new thread for this, because it's verbal ether. Rep Elijah Cummings eviscerates GOP Chairman for Planned Parenthood pay hypocrisy (VIDEO)

God. DAMN.

Evisceration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChzWzkTwxIs

 

[Buffmuffin]

spoken like someone that has probably never had to deal with using any method

Lmao so since you disagree with me you resort to implying I dont have sex and don't have to worry about birth control. Funny thing is using 2 method of birth control is Damon near bullet proof and wouldn't resort in multiple abortions.

I do appreciate the more level headed replies to me though.

 

[Clefargle]

Disgraceful...

That's the Alabama flag

 

[Az]

I almost created a new thread for this, because it's verbal ether. Rep Elijah Cummings eviscerates GOP Chairman for Planned Parenthood pay hypocrisy (VIDEO)

God. DAMN.

I cant see this, anyone got youtube version?

nvm got it. thanks

 

[Anton Sugar]

Got enough of a reaction in this thread, so started a new one for the Cummings ether vid: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1119054

 

[Enzom21]

Wolf blitzer actually hitting this fool hard on cnn now

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/09/30/jason-chaffetz-entire-interview-tsr.cnn
This guy is a piece of shit. He mentions the real reason they hate PPH, "They do get out the vote for Democrats."

 

[Dalek]

GOP rep stands by bogus Planned Parenthood chart

It was arguably the most important moment in this week’s congressional hearing on Planned Parenthood. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight panel, was slowly building his case against the health care organization, leading Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards towards his grand finale: a chart that purports to show the number of prevention services provided by the health care group steadily declining, while the number of abortions steadily increasing.

Chaffetz even boasted that his devastating evidence came “straight from [Planned Parenthood’s] annual reports.”

Unfortunately for the Utah Republican, Chaffetz’s evidence ended up embarrassing him, not his target. The chart’s data had been manipulated in a deceptive way, and it had come from an avid anti-abortion group, not Planned Parenthood’s annual reports. His winning argument was a disaster, which left the chairman momentarily speechless. The GOP lawmaker eventually concluded he would “get to the bottom” of this.

Well, Chaffetz has now had a couple of days to do that, and as it turns out, he’s still convinced he’s right.
[CNN host Wolf Blitzer] asked Chaffetz about a chart from anti-abortion group Americans United For Life that the congressman used during the hearing. The chart reflects the number of abortions and cancer screenings provided by Planned Parenthood between 2006 and 2013. But the lines on the chart make it seem like the organization performs more abortions than cancer screening if one cannot see the numbers.

Chaffetz said he did not believe the chart was misleading. “I stand by the numbers. I can understand where people would say the arrows went different directions, but the numbers are accurate. And that’s what we were trying to portray,” he told Blitzer.
I can appreciate why the Republican chairman was disappointed by how his hearing turned out. He did, after all, expect to make a powerful case against Planned Parenthood, which obviously didn’t happen. On the contrary, Chaffetz’s show trial even disappointed his allies.

But he really shouldn’t “stand by” a stunt that went horribly awry.

Even if we put aside the fact that Chaffetz got the source of the chart wrong – he overlooked the fact that it literally says, “Source: Americans United for Life,” in all capital letters – his proof was gibberish. He and his staff, for example, created a chart with no y axis, rendering the entire image meaningless.

What’s more, over the course of the decade, the numbers really haven’t budged. Vox’s Tim Lee explained, “So it’s not true, as the chart implies, that Planned Parenthood has been performing more abortions while drastically cutting back the provision of other services. The overall number of non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood barely changed at all, going from 10.29 million in 2006 to 10.26 million in 2013.”

What’s more, Cecile Richards explained that there was a slight decline in the number of cancer screening because “some of the services, like pap smears, dropped in frequency because of changing medical standards about who should be screened and how often.”

In other words, everything about Chaffetz’s argument was wrong. Literally, everything. And it’s against this backdrop that the committee chairman still says, “I stand by the numbers.”

It’s one thing to make a mistake. But responsible officials should acknowledge the error, correct it, and move on. Pretending what’s wrong is right is just unbecoming.

 

[Clefargle]

I really really hope the Republicans take the suicide option and shut down the government over this. It would be the beginning of the end for their party.

OMG, I wish

 

[rokkerkory]

LOL how pathetic GOP

 

[Mighty Chin]

GOP rep stands by bogus Planned Parenthood chart

Nothing new, just doubling down on stupid.

 

[linsivvi]

GOP rep stands by bogus Planned Parenthood chart

Par for the course. Republican politicians have never cared about facts.

 

[rokkerkory]

GOP rep stands by bogus Planned Parenthood chart

Fuck these guys seriously

 

[GaimeGuy]

Fuck Republicans.

Not just the legislators. I mean every republican in this country. You fucks support these people. You vote for them. You support the party which backs their campaigns. Fuck all of you.

Find some people who aren't pieces of shit, lying, uncromposing, unempathetic sociopathic retards who share your views and support THEM. Or at least people who don't want to burn down the country even if they have different views from you.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Fuck Republicans.

Not just the legislators. I mean every republican in this country. You fucks support these people. You vote for them. You support the party which backs their campaigns. Fuck all of you.

Find some people who aren't pieces of shit, lying, uncromposing, unempathetic sociopathic retards who share your views and support THEM. Or at least people who don't want to burn down the country even if they have different views from you.

Yup. Often in these kinds of threads you'll see self-identified Republicans be like "Don't judge us all by the crazy ones!"

It's like, who are the sane ones? These are the people your party elects, own up to it.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Fuck Republicans.

Not just the legislators. I mean every republican in this country. You fucks support these people. You vote for them. You support the party which backs their campaigns. Fuck all of you.

Find some people who aren't pieces of shit, lying, uncromposing, unempathetic sociopathic retards who share your views and support THEM. Or at least people who don't want to burn down the country even if they have different views from you.

The problem with that it is it probably happening already and thus these people will keep coming on the national stage.

I'm not sure if the republican party will ever go back to the way things were. The tea party has changed everything.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Fuck Republicans.

Not just the legislators. I mean every republican in this country. You fucks support these people. You vote for them. You support the party which backs their campaigns. Fuck all of you.

Find some people who aren't pieces of shit, lying, uncromposing, unempathetic sociopathic retards who share your views and support THEM. Or at least people who don't want to burn down the country even if they have different views from you.

has it ever occurred to you that they in fact are attracted to these personality types and that's why they keep voting for them? because to you they are human garbage (and rightfully) to the m they are heroes standing up for their beliefs.

 

[GaimeGuy]

has it ever occurred to you that they in fact are attracted to these personality types and that's why they keep voting for them? because to you they are human garbage (and rightfully) to the m they are heroes standing up for their beliefs.

So either the "Don't judge us! We're not like them!" is a bold faced lie, or they support these people purely for their beliefs, even though they are destructive to the national discourse in their rhetoric and the method in which they govern.

That's precisely why I say "Fuck you, republicans. All of you"

 

[User1608]

So either the "Don't judge us! We're not like them!" is a bold faced lie, or they support these people purely for their beliefs, even though they are destructive to the national discourse in their rhetoric and the method in which they govern.

That's precisely why I say "Fuck you, republicans. All of you"

I absolutely understand how you feel; They mirror my own feelings too, though slightly less inflammatory. It's certainly frustrating as hell. This party isn't just a threat to this country, but the entire world as well. It's akin to an infected, festering and rotten limb that may spread beyond.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I absolutely understand how you feel; They mirror my own feelings too, though slightly less inflammatory. It's certainly frustrating as hell. This party isn't just a threat to this country, but the entire world as well. It's akin to an infected, festering and rotten limb that may spread beyond.

It's frustrating because I want to solve our countries's problems. And the republicans just.... don't.

like, it's not that they have different ideas. It's that they refuse to acknowledge the existence of actual problems. Global warming? Doesn't exist. inequality? Doesn't exist. Gun problem? Doesn't exist. Hearlthcare affordability and accessibility problem? It doesn't exist. Education problem? Doesn't exist. Too many people in prison? Doesn't exist.

Even in the rare occasion where they do acknowledge a problem, their solutions are so far out there and out of touch ("Fix" public education by having the government pay private schools to do it for them... in othger words, by getting rid of it. "Fix" healthcare by doing what we did for credit cards and banking, even though that led to a race to the bottom for consumer protections and just made things worse. "Fix" school shootings by arming the teachers, even though no teachers are interested in carrying that burden/power/responsibility.).

We're not arguing over ideology with them. We're literally treading water, struggling merely to maintain our current quality of life, never mind advance it.