Republicans in congress just don’t get it

Seems like whenever Republicans take their suppose great ideas outside of their little self reinforcing bubble, the reality they run into is harsh and brutal. Sadly it is seldom enlightening to them and they run shaking back to the glow of the burning BS that is Fox News and their wannabes.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a pathetic congressperson from eastern Washington, had the bright idea to take to Facebook to solicit horror stories about how Obamacare (also known as the ACA) has simply ruined America. She knew it was true because Fox and Boehner and the Kochs told her it did. They wouldn’t lie to her would they?

So Rodgers put her plea out there – tell me America about how bad this worst of all presidents ever not born in the US has so ruined your lives, your health, your fortune.

America responded in a way Ms. Rodgers did not expect. Maybe she should have narrowed the group she was addressing a bit – but with the exception of some far right Republicans, most Americans like many of the aspects of the vile Obamacare.

What did America tell Ms. Rodgers? Read on, if you dare:

I’m very happy. We still have great coverage and our premiums are much lower than before

And now my daughter, diagnosed with MS at age 22, can have insurance. What do you plan to do with her?

My story is that I once knew 7 people who couldn’t get health insurance. Now they all have it, thanks to the ACA and President Obama, and their plans are as good as the one my employer provides–and they pay less for them. Now, that’s not the kind of story you want to hear. You want to hear made-up horror stories. I don’t know anyone with one of those stories.

I work for cancer care northwest. We actually have more patients with insurance and fewer having to choose treatment over bankruptcy. Cathy, I’m a die hard conservative and I’m asking you to stop just slamming Obamacare. Fix it, change it or come up with a better idea! Thanks

With Obamacare, I saved 300 bucks a month premium.. I have more coverage.. I like ObamaCare and can’t wait til we go to the next step… Medicare for ALL.

Instead of doing all you can to tear down our Nation why don’t you start working to make it better.. Seems like Republicans have just become the real terrorists of this Nation..

I love people like you Cathy who HAVE Gov’t Health Care who want to cancel it for others! it’s the Christian thing to do!

I work as the facilitator of a task force that is overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Washington State. I have learned that the ACA is helping people who did not previously have health insurance get it. It is helping bring down medical costs. It is improving the quality of care. It is improving experiences of both patients and their families.

I work with doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic managers, non-profit service providers, citizens-at-large. Each of them can site an improvement they would like to make to the Act. But whether they are Republican or Democrat, from urban or rural areas, powerful or not, they all say the ACA is working.

Can’t you and your Republican colleagues stop trying to repeal this Act and work to make it even more effective? Please?

Thank you.

These are just a few comments pulled at random. There are literally hundreds more and I expect there will be hundreds additional as word of this Facebook page gets around.

If you have a strong desire to add your story or the story of a friend, here is the Facebook page:

Expect to be trolled. I notice that many of the commentors are being attacked. But trolls need work too, no matter how stupid they are. They are just making themselves look extra foolish as they make up ‘facts’ and try to diminish the stories of others.

Hope we hear a followup Rodgers experiment. My guess is that it will be disappeared.