Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) this week said that prayers to God will ensure Obamacare’s repeal, after 37 House of Representatives attempts to do so.
“I think the President will ultimately be forced to repudiate his own signature piece of legislation because the American people will demand it,” she told an evangelical radio host Tuesday. “And I think before his second term is over, we’re going to see a miracle before our eyes, I believe God is going to answer our prayers and we’ll be freed from the yoke of Obamacare.”
She added, “I believe that’s going to happen and we saw step one last week with the repeal of Obamacare in the House. We have two more steps. We serve a mighty God and I believe it can happen.”
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Yeah, because everyone knows that the 38th time is the charm.
What is that one definition of insanity again?
@Stonespiral: Just world fallacy, basically. They believe that absolutely ANYONE can have perfect wealth and wellness if they just exert enough effort. Thus, poverty and chronic illness are necessarily symptoms of Sloth.
I think it might be tied up with Ayn Rand's conceit that America was the first society to discover that wealth can be created (yes, I'm pretty sure she meant ex nihilo), rather than merely shared (/redistributed/begged for/snatched/etc.). If wealth CAN be created ex nihilo, then it follows that no one has any legitimate excuse for having a troubled life.
I live just a few blocks outside Batscat Bachamnn's district and have followed her career in horror. I try to just laugh at her but it isn't always possible. One thing that does bring me a smile is that, ever since Bible Spice made her "refudiate" remark, Batscat has gone out of her way to say "repudiate" at every opportunity. It has gotten to the point where I have concluded that she says it to distinguish herself from the slightly stupider mean girl of the GOP.
we saw step one last week with the repeal of Obamacare in the House.
Step 3 is profit!
I think the President will ultimately be forced to repudiate his own signature piece of legislation because the American people will demand it
Is Bachmann under the impression that if the Senate somehow also voted to repeal the PPACA, that Obama would be forced to sign the repeal into law? That is not how the US government works. There's this little thing called the presidential veto. The worst-case scenario is that Obama vetoes this theoretical repeal and somehow both the House and Senate pass it over his veto with a two-thirds vote in each house. At no point does Obama have to repudiate it.
But, I wouldn't actually expect Bahcmann to understand how the government works.
"Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) this week said that prayers to God will ensure Obamacare’s repeal"
UK: 1948. London Olympics. Also, introduction of the National Health Service.
UK: 2012:
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Celebration of the NHS in the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
...nope, not seeing anyone in my country 'demanding ' it should be dismantled, Batscat.
If you don't succeed the first 37 times, try, try again. Or instead, realize that such a course would be insanity, build a bridge and get the fuck over it.
My teacher has terminal stage 5 ovarian cancer. The only reason she was able to continue her chemotherapy treatments was because the Affordable Healthcare Act was passed just in time. If the AHA is repealed, everyone who voted for its repeal will personally be responsible for murder and have her blood on their hands.
I believe God is going to answer our prayers and we’ll be freed from the yoke of Obamacare.
When Bachmann dies, she's going to be in for a big surprise.
She's going to look around and say "is this heaven?" The guy with the tail and horns standing next to her is going to say "uhh, no".
Because God always does what Michelle Bachmann tells him to - what ever happened to "My thoughts are not your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8)?
@Skynight
As with so many other things, Ayn Rand was wrong; the world found out that the sum total of the world's wealth was not a finite figure during the Industrious Revolution which happened in Europe from the end of the 16th to the end of the 18th century. If no wealth were generated, then the world would have the same standard of living as it had in 1500, a proposition which is plainly absurd.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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