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Sun Apr 8, 2012, 05:22 PM

Bassic (6,205 posts)

69. What is even more baffling

Is that so much of the population is against universal health care. Not that Obamacare is equivalent to that by any stretch of the imagination.

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84 replies	Author	Time	Post
Europe Is Baffled by the U.S. Supreme Court [View all]	liberal N proud	Apr 2012	OP
Europe needs to get in line for bafflement....	NRaleighLiberal	Apr 2012	#1
Most of us here in the USA are baffled as well.	CottonBear	Apr 2012	#2
healthcare will be the issue in the 2012 election	lovuian	Apr 2012	#55
I am baffled by the Supreme Court.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2012	#3
I'm not.	Joe Bacon	Apr 2012	#15
And the kochroaches and Rove and his sycophants. n/t	Smilo	Apr 2012	#79
Supreme Corruption should not be baffling	Hawkowl	Apr 2012	#4
Good point, they have no voters to represent.	Rex	Apr 2012	#5
If that was done at the lower courts there would be investigations of corruption	LiberalFighter	Apr 2012	#28
Perhaps this explains their bafflement	MadHound	Apr 2012	#6
B-I-N-G-O	99th_Monkey	Apr 2012	#7
Pack Congress with Democrats in November and everything can and will be corrected.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#52
I like the way you think. From your lips to God/dess' ears. ~nt	99th_Monkey	Apr 2012	#62
Vote for Dems, and then give them hell every day until they clean up the mess...	Maineman	Apr 2012	#83
+1	Poll_Blind	Apr 2012	#17
Ding ding we have a winner	malaise	Apr 2012	#23
Thank you.	woo me with science	Apr 2012	#45
we live in a sociopathic country... prime environment for fascism	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#49
Not just "watch you die," but cheer loudly at the prospect! nt	tblue37	Apr 2012	#67
Providing health care is an affront to liberty at the same time forced strip	Ed Suspicious	Apr 2012	#8
i hear if you have an airline ticket....	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#16
and I'm baffled by the idiotic American commenters on news.yahoo.com	provis99	Apr 2012	#9
Yahoo commenters excel in idiocy...	markpkessinger	Apr 2012	#57
There's no surprise in that. They're still surprised WE decided to move "across the pond"...	cherokeeprogressive	Apr 2012	#10
Actually, they're probably pretty happy we did these days.	marmar	Apr 2012	#37
That's right, they unloaded all their criminally insane and religious zealots.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#53
Its like turkey's voting for Christmas	Spacedog1973	Apr 2012	#11
Why are they baffled? The US is the ONLY country in the world with a party as extreme as the GOP	BanTheGOP	Apr 2012	#12
I gave the Reublican party the benefit of the doubt	maddiemom	Apr 2012	#40
+1000	Proud Liberal Dem	Apr 2012	#50
I agree - close to treason	socialindependocrat	Apr 2012	#61
Sociopathic behavior,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#72
The U.S. Is Baffled By The U.S. Supreme Court...	WillyT	Apr 2012	#13
Who cares what they think	Ter	Apr 2012	#14
Its nothing to do with the constitution	Spacedog1973	Apr 2012	#18
+1	treestar	Apr 2012	#22
+1	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#81
How dare they!!!	qb	Apr 2012	#19
Europe needs to call Thom Hartmann.	Octafish	Apr 2012	#20
Well we go by the rule of law as expressed in the Constitution	treestar	Apr 2012	#21
Exactly.	BB_Troll	Apr 2012	#43
That our government doesn't have the power to guarantee health care	geek tragedy	Apr 2012	#74
We would and the planet would be better off if we all took followed Europe`s lead in	libtodeath	Apr 2012	#24
Absolutely agree!	maddiemom	Apr 2012	#41
Nothing this Supreme Court does surprises me	BootinUp	Apr 2012	#25
Well it is a no brainer, the SCOTUS is controlled	Rex	Apr 2012	#26
This is why emerging democracies don't want to model their constitutions on the U.S. Constitution.	CTyankee	Apr 2012	#27
The irony of it	malthaussen	Apr 2012	#29
The court needs to be bigger.n/t	Horse with no Name	Apr 2012	#46
Think so? Congress is pretty big	malthaussen	Apr 2012	#47
Just take a look at some of the article replies,,,,	benld74	Apr 2012	#30
One can get brain damage from reading those comments. nt	DocMac	Apr 2012	#35
Too bad a German court could not strike down Hitler's 1933 Enabling Act	Nye Bevan	Apr 2012	#31
Or they could enable it	liberal N proud	Apr 2012	#32
I'll Never "get over it"	maddiemom	Apr 2012	#42
"The US Supreme Court would prevent this kind of thing from happening in the US."	sudopod	Apr 2012	#56
Yeah me too, only I'm baffled as to why most	Autumn	Apr 2012	#33
Some of us as well.	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#34
can you imagine the mess if SCOTUS were electable seats?	starfox172	Apr 2012	#36
How sensible!	librechik	Apr 2012	#38
I see the usual parade of "Kiss My Flag, damn Europeans" reactionary posts attacking the OP.....	marmar	Apr 2012	#39
USA! USA! USA!	Pachamama	Apr 2012	#44
Freedumb! Freedumb ain't free!	provis99	Apr 2012	#60
What exactly are they right about?	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#82
How does ensuring all citizens have access to affordable healthcare not meet.....	Swede Atlanta	Apr 2012	#48
They are baffled...many here are baffled too!	chknltl	Apr 2012	#51
Almost by design - it was doomed to get dumped by these Supreme Courtisans	upi402	Apr 2012	#54
This is the same Supreme Court that said that money is free speech.	Initech	Apr 2012	#58
Most Europeans would be opposed to Obamacare if they knew what it was	Lars77	Apr 2012	#59
Welcome to USA. In Europe you get sick. IN USA sick gets YOU!	Taverner	Apr 2012	#63
Repeat this over and over.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Apr 2012	#64
So are the sane people of this country	ailsagirl	Apr 2012	#65
Yes, the eyes of the world are on the SCOTUS	caseymoz	Apr 2012	#66
constitutional right to affordable healthcare . . .	mzteris	Apr 2012	#68
What is even more baffling	Bassic	Apr 2012	#69
The court will most likely rule in favor of big insurance and let the law stand, screwing the rest	grahamhgreen	Apr 2012	#70
Pretty much.	Bassic	Apr 2012	#71
Exactly. You can tell who their buddies are by the "friends of the court" briefs.	pampango	Apr 2012	#77
So you favor repealing guaranteed issue and community rating then.	geek tragedy	Apr 2012	#75
No necessarily, just means less profits	grahamhgreen	May 2012	#84
Join the club already!	Typical NYC Lib	Apr 2012	#73
I think Europeans are baffled by many things about America,	meeksgeek	Apr 2012	#76
Republicans set the bar very low for Democrats	DaveJ	Apr 2012	#78
All this commentary will do	ut oh	Apr 2012	#80

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