Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:25 AM

The Last Four Years in One Quote

In an otherwise innocuous story about the new calorie labeling at MacDonalds, Dick Nigon of Sterling, VA is every Republican:

I did find one customer who had noticed the calorie labels: Dick Nigon of Sterling, Va. He and his wife, Lea, had stopped by McDonald’s after seeing an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery. Dick had ordered for the couple, noticed the calorie labels and liked them.

“I like that you have the information before you order,” he told me, when I asked about the labels. “It’s better than some kind of government health mandate in Obamacare.”

I told him that the calorie labels were, in fact, a government health mandate in Obamacare.

“Well that changes things a bit,” he responded. “I thought this was more of a voluntary sort of thing. Now I’m not quite sure how I feel about it.”

What’s dumber: the notion that MacDonald’s would voluntarily tell customers the calorie count of their greasy-ass food, or the way that the mere mention of “Obama” changes his mind?

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/25/the-last-four-years-in-one-quote/

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Last Four Years in One Quote (Original post)	phantom power	Sep 2012	OP
LOL	gollygee	Sep 2012	#1
Idiots like that make my head hurt.	greatauntoftriplets	Sep 2012	#2
That's why that guy is a repig	bongbong	Sep 2012	#3
I guess we know...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2012	#4
I love the first comment	Courtesy Flush	Sep 2012	#5
My family in VA is exactly the same	abelenkpe	Sep 2012	#6
Fits perfectly with the analysis of Republican thinking presented in	Aldo Leopold	Sep 2012	#7
I haven't read it, but really it's "the last 30 years in a single quote"	phantom power	Sep 2012	#10
At least 20	Doctor_J	Sep 2012	#36
Welcome to DU! All the more reason to keep these certified IDIOTS as far from the reins of power	calimary	Sep 2012	#32
Who goes to MacDonald's after an exhibit in a gallery?	AlbertCat	Sep 2012	#8
Aw, now....	mac56	Sep 2012	#14
OK OK I confess	AlbertCat	Sep 2012	#23
Yeah, I thought so too.	mac56	Sep 2012	#27
Couldn't afford both opera seats and a fancy dinner!	AlbertCat	Sep 2012	#31
Not everywhere, no, there aren't.	mac56	Sep 2012	#35
I'll try to remember your quote	AllieO	Sep 2012	#25
Awesome. It's served me well over the years.	mac56	Sep 2012	#26
Welcome to DU, AllieO!	calimary	Sep 2012	#33
.	littlemissmartypants	Sep 2012	#18
That sums them up perfectly.	David Zephyr	Sep 2012	#9
Same type of person who hates it when unions demand safe working conditions and good work rules and	Brickbat	Sep 2012	#11
our system of regulated capitalism became the victim of its own success	phantom power	Sep 2012	#13
Agree nt	ReasonableToo	Sep 2012	#42
Hmmm...	JBoy	Sep 2012	#12
K&R	SunSeeker	Sep 2012	#15
Why is it always a this or that?	littlemissmartypants	Sep 2012	#16
not quite sure about how he feels about it?	SemperEadem	Sep 2012	#17
Has NOT	littlemissmartypants	Sep 2012	#20
The bag of hammers just called to state	hifiguy	Sep 2012	#19
What a fucking idiot.	Zoeisright	Sep 2012	#21
If you think he's bad, pop over to yahoo...	rwsanders	Sep 2012	#22
Enlightenment sometimes comes hard. Welcome to DU, rwsanders!	calimary	Sep 2012	#34
Reminds me of this awesome toon:	Curtland1015	Sep 2012	#24
+1000	geardaddy	Sep 2012	#29
That is great!	Glimmer of Hope	Sep 2012	#40
The part that riles them up the most about Obamacare is the "Obama".	Ganja Ninja	Sep 2012	#28
That reaction seems really immature...	AllenVanAllen	Sep 2012	#30
We need a bumper sticker that sends a distinct message about the stupidity of Repukes....	socialindependocrat	Sep 2012	#37
hey dick, that makes you a partisan asshole.	spanone	Sep 2012	#38
Teabaggers...	WhoIsNumberNone	Sep 2012	#39
+1	progressoid	Sep 2012	#41