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nxylas

(6,440 posts)
100. I did. Both of them.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:36 AM
Sep 2014

I looked for some mitigating context that would make his remarks seem less stupid than they appear on the surface, but came up empty. What are we supposed to be seeing here?

Nobody ever accused republicans of being smart. BillZBubb Sep 2014 #1
Not being smart is a gross understatement. Fuddnik Sep 2014 #102
He looks like a Bond villain geardaddy Sep 2014 #2
That's not a turtleneck Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #8
BAM! Buddaman Sep 2014 #10
HAHAHAHAHA dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #11
... geardaddy Sep 2014 #12
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #18
Are you implying... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #53
Let's just say that... Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #69
I can't stop laughing....DUzy! Ilsa Sep 2014 #80
Best post of the day!! mimi85 Sep 2014 #87
Or Pointdexter in that old kid's game "Mystery Date." Definitely a "dud." catbyte Sep 2014 #46
My sister and I played that game. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #103
I shudder now at the awful message it sent to both girls AND boys. Do they even make it catbyte Sep 2014 #115
I thought it was boring. Probably because she wanted to play it constantly. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #116
I found some copies on ebay. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #118
You know this makes littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #119
... catbyte Sep 2014 #120
I wonder where Republicans go when they're very sick. Hospitals, you say? valerief Sep 2014 #3
Not where they should go littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #105
I am at a loss for words, except maybe WTF? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #4
Exactly my thoughts on this. narnian60 Sep 2014 #33
There is a pic for your feelings... Lucky Luciano Sep 2014 #85
it's even worse Roy Rolling Sep 2014 #5
Excellent point about the ... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #54
GOP = Parody of Itself (EOM) Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2014 #6
The GOP doesn't really care how ignorant and/or stupid they sound!! tartan2 Sep 2014 #7
The GOP voting base nod their heads in agreement with ignorant/stupid Martin Eden Sep 2014 #28
Republicans CANNOT be embarrassed vlyons Sep 2014 #30
GOP = Group Of Peabrains (or Pinheads, if you prefer) n/t DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #77
Greedy Old Patricians. They fancy themselves Senators in Rome and want to kill Caesar all the time. freshwest Sep 2014 #95
I literally went slack-jawed at reading this. krispos42 Sep 2014 #9
Next up: All female mammals should be elimated because mother's milk causes everything sarge43 Sep 2014 #13
if you want some stupid shit, get a Republican because you can't make this stuff up. santamargarita Sep 2014 #14
Alright then! Let's make sure that this guy and his family doesn't have sinkingfeeling Sep 2014 #15
"I've heard...." That Mike Kennedy has no idea what he is talking about underpants Sep 2014 #16
That is bizarre! PatSeg Sep 2014 #17
Queue up the ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #19
Yep, those damned hospitals could only keep my grandfather alive till he was 93! progressoid Sep 2014 #20
Holy crap! Do they ever think before they say spew this crud? C Moon Sep 2014 #21
Why should they? No one ever holds it against them. FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #27
That would require a brain! n/t Duval Sep 2014 #39
They don't have to. See the R-UT after his name? LadyHawkAZ Sep 2014 #74
That guy is as dumb as the Mars guy and the pregnancy -rape guy. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #22
Now THAT VA_Jill Sep 2014 #23
Most people do die in the hospital. Most of the rest die at home. tclambert Sep 2014 #24
Ooh, don't give them... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #56
lol at ad hoc...now I want to re watch that episode of West Wing Volaris Sep 2014 #72
See what I did there was change "post" to "ad" because that's how Republican logic works. tclambert Sep 2014 #76
... littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #106
Now I get it! All we have to do is shut down all our hospitals truckin Sep 2014 #25
he cannot be serious heaven05 Sep 2014 #26
This guy has an MD for god's sake! vlyons Sep 2014 #29
From what schools did he get an M.D. and J.D.? Mail order? Online? Fundie-religious ones... Moonwalk Sep 2014 #32
what? You're too lazy to look this up yourself? vlyons Sep 2014 #58
Maybe they pay him in chickens? Moonwalk Sep 2014 #66
Thanks, because I WAS too lazy to look. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #84
He knows about the lethality of Dihydrogen monoxide and O2... freshwest Sep 2014 #97
He is trying to say that keeping people from access to a hospital will save their life? liberal N proud Sep 2014 #31
This Turd is actually a Doctor! Stainless Sep 2014 #34
so was his father Enrique Sep 2014 #40
Hospitals are dangerous! AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #35
You glance at this guy and you know... He's an idiot. Helen Borg Sep 2014 #36
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.-Abe Lincoln SummerSnow Sep 2014 #37
"Gasp! 100 percent of people who live under socialized healthcare die sooner or later!" ck4829 Sep 2014 #38
He obviously comes from a world where the family doctor makes house calls. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #41
I would imagine HOSPITALS might take issue LittleGirl Sep 2014 #42
Some campaign ads write themselves. nt MADem Sep 2014 #43
Absolutely...and the spineless Dems should be shouting this stuff. SoapBox Sep 2014 #48
Well, I am not familiar w/the Utah political scene, but I imagine they will be making some hay MADem Sep 2014 #57
"Stay away from hospitals.. people DIE there!1!!1" annabanana Sep 2014 #44
"He's down at the car shed with the wounded soldiers" AlbertCat Sep 2014 #51
he's got a point ejbr Sep 2014 #45
Well I would call this guy a killer. SoapBox Sep 2014 #47
Ben Carson is also a medical doctor and equally insane and beholden to lying to their base. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #49
Every person who has died... AlbertCat Sep 2014 #50
so he's saying no treatment for the sick is better? samsingh Sep 2014 #52
John Boy... ReRe Sep 2014 #55
Says Mike Kennedy, MD - a family doctor? mwooldri Sep 2014 #59
Someone challenge him to give up HIS "dangerous" health insurance!!! ALBliberal Sep 2014 #60
Yes, truly. For the sake of good government ... Quasimodem Sep 2014 #70
thank you for you reply Quasi .... their hypocrisy is boundless as is their insulting opinion that ALBliberal Sep 2014 #94
Wrong-o Mike. It's the profit motive that's killing people. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #61
Best littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #108
that is awe-inspiring in its stupidity yurbud Sep 2014 #62
I assume he does not drive a car, since many people are killed in traffic accidents Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #63
So, if I'm having another heart attack, access to a hospital is what would kill me? Jamastiene Sep 2014 #64
GOP to America: "2+2=5." blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #65
America to GOP...is anyone out there? littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #109
The Stupid Runs Deep. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #67
Mike Kennedy-Big bad gopropaganda BOOGY Man Cha Sep 2014 #68
I think he would be happier if the the poor did their own surgery on an old wooden work bench geretogo Sep 2014 #71
Wow. Just when you think the GOPers . . . MrModerate Sep 2014 #73
This is the STUPIDEST thing I have read in MONTHS... DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #75
People die in hospitals. Ergo sum: we should close all hospitals. Also... trof Sep 2014 #78
People die in beds, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #86
Yes government should take the killing of people away from hospitals. Historic NY Sep 2014 #79
SAVE MIKE KENNEDY! CLOSE ALL HOSPITALS SO THEY CAN'T KILL AGAIN! Welibs Sep 2014 #81
I probably shouldn't be surprised by this.... smiley Sep 2014 #82
There are no words ... DirkGently Sep 2014 #83
Did you know you could go into latex shock while using a condom? Vine Gatherer Sep 2014 #88
Latex shock?! Is a thing? I am shocked without it. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #110
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #114
Having trouble tracking his claim down, but I think it goes like this: DRoseDARs Sep 2014 #89
On a now-defunct talkboard Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #90
This^ eom littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #111
And the alternative is?.......Die quickly? maddiemom Sep 2014 #91
This guy's gotta be kidding! PatrickforO Sep 2014 #92
I wonder how many actually bothered to read the article about Kennedy where the quote came from? cstanleytech Sep 2014 #93
I did. Both of them. nxylas Sep 2014 #100
That Kennedy is actually right in that access can harm you sometimes. cstanleytech Sep 2014 #117
But that's not the part people are ridiculing nxylas Sep 2014 #121
Yeah, just get a faith healer to come out to the cabin to apply a mustard poultice or leeches aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2014 #96
While hospitalized, I got infections I probably never would have gotten otherwise. merrily Sep 2014 #98
Oh, merrily. I am glad you are okay. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #112
Thank you so much, littlemiss. Good way to put it, too! merrily Sep 2014 #113
oh, no, just no…. toby jo Sep 2014 #99
I last heard this argument from an anarchist-primitivist nxylas Sep 2014 #101
I don't care how much he is getting paid to say those words and littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #104
through the wormhole father founding Sep 2014 #107
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