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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReally, Rubio...Krugman nails repuke strategy here!
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/that-is-cool-2/#postCommentRubio is saying that if Obama insists on applying his health care law he will be responsible for shutting down the government!
Krugman skewers him with a quote from Lincoln...it seems he was blamed for starting the Civil War...plus ca change...
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Really, Rubio...Krugman nails repuke strategy here! (Original Post)
CTyankee
Jul 2013
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Krugman is brilliant. I love the guy so much...I check his blog every morning...
CTyankee
Jul 2013
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handmade34
(24,017 posts)1. 1st comment on article...
"He (Rubio) might as well attack the uninsured sick for making Obamacare a necessity"
CTyankee
(68,202 posts)3. But that is exactly what repukes DO!
They say that people are irresponsible for not getting health insurance and then get sick and want the government to help them out, on the dime of the "responsible" taxpayer. They say that it's people's bad health choices (smoking, drinking, taking drugs, overeating, eating the wrong foods) and it's their own fault they got sick.
BeyondGeography
(41,101 posts)2. Rubio did good work on immigration, saw the pushback from Wingnut World
and now he's running around with a knife between his teeth again. The Republicans are a nightmare, especially for Republicans.
ananda
(35,145 posts)4. That was brilliant!
A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!
CTyankee
(68,202 posts)5. Krugman is brilliant. I love the guy so much...I check his blog every morning...
coffee and Krugman...
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)7. It's a wonder 'they" haven't knocked him off by now.
Seriously. Must not speak truth.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)6. K & R