After about 10 of them took turns issuing similar missives against the mandate, while dismissing Obama's religious accommodation as a gimmick, I put the question to them: Would any of you refuse to support a presidential candidate who enacted a similar mandate?

There were uncomfortable smiles across the stage. "Somebody else want to do that?" asked Fortenberry, stepping aside from the podium and looking around at his colleagues as they let out a mixture of laughs and groans. A few seconds went by and none volunteered.

farking hypocritical cowards.

Well to be fair the GOP pretty much feels the same way about Romneycare after it was tied to Obamacare.

That said, the reactions they had to the question are priceless.

Surely, the Catholic bishops and their evangelical enablers will turn their outrage on Romney immediately, since he's obviously part of the "war on religion" too.

Oh, wait, I forgot - they're also hypocrites of the highest order.

Grand_Moff_Joseph: Surely, the Catholic bishops and their evangelical enablers will turn their outrage on Romney immediately, since he's obviously part of the "war on religion" too.

Oh, wait, I forgot - they're also hypocrites of the highest order.

Cult members have to stick together

/the enemy of my enemy is my friend

NewportBarGuy: "That's not the issue!" declared Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an indignant tone.

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Then what, pray tell, is?

Benevolent Misanthrope: NewportBarGuy: "That's not the issue!" declared Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an indignant tone.

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Then what, pray tell, is?

That there is a black, muslim, socialist nazi in the White House. And you throw up whatever spaghetti against the wall you can to try to make it stick.

Paris Hilton's never seen a pussy bigger than these guys.

This is where I am with the US Media: I'm surprised when someone asks the blindingly obvious question.

Codenamechaz: That said, the reactions they had to the question are priceless.

cameroncrazy1984: This is where I am with the US Media: I'm surprised when someone asks the blindingly obvious question.

I feel a little from column A, a little from column B.

"reach in and manipulate the conscience of Americans."

Sounds kinky

Grand_Moff_Joseph: Surely, the Catholic bishops and their evangelical enablers will turn their outrage on Romney immediately, since he's obviously part of the "war on religion" too.

Oh, wait, I forgot - they're also hypocrites of the highest order.

Oh please, there are no Catholics in MA.

cameroncrazy1984: This is where I am with the US Media: I'm surprised when someone asks the blindingly obvious question.

You can bet he won't be invited back to the next press conference they have.

Quasar: Codenamechaz: That said, the reactions they had to the question are priceless.

cameroncrazy1984: This is where I am with the US Media: I'm surprised when someone asks the blindingly obvious question.

I feel a little from column A, a little from column B.

Yup.

sweetmelissa31: Grand_Moff_Joseph: Surely, the Catholic bishops and their evangelical enablers will turn their outrage on Romney immediately, since he's obviously part of the "war on religion" too.

Oh, wait, I forgot - they're also hypocrites of the highest order.

Oh please, there are no Catholics in MA.

Of course not! It's not like there are any Irish or Italians here.

Partisan douchebags... Every single one of them.

fark these hypocrites.

One of the reasons I'm hoping for an Obama reelection is to see folks like these assholes go completely ape shiat for the next four years.

Linoleum_Blownapart: Of course not! It's not like there are any Irish or Italians here.

It's not as if it's the second most Catholic state in the country.

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The straps on her arms are obviously not strong enough to keep her from feeding herself

NewportBarGuy: "That's not the issue!" declared Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an indignant tone.

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Yeah, she's one of the congresscritters who think gays are a bigger danger to the country than terrorism.

Lovely woman. I would enjoy feeding her into a woodchipper.

keylock71: One of the reasons I'm hoping for an Obama reelection is to see folks like these assholes go completely ape shiat for the next four years

...and then backpedal when Obama doesn't try to take their guns, doesn't tax everyone into bankruptcy and doesn't destroy Christianity, like they're saying he's going to do in his second term.

But then they'll just respond, "Why are you talking about old shiat?".

Diogenes: NewportBarGuy: "That's not the issue!" declared Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an indignant tone.

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Yeah, she's one of the congresscritters who think gays are a bigger danger to the country than terrorism.

Lovely woman. I would enjoy feeding her into a woodchipper.

to be fair, i don't think any terrorists have threatened to feed her into a woodchipper, so in her case she might be right

Mugato: ...and then backpedal when Obama doesn't try to take their guns, doesn't tax everyone into bankruptcy and doesn't destroy Christianity, like they're saying he's going to do in his second term.

but... they said he'd do that in his first term!

Diogenes: Lovely woman. I would enjoy feeding her into a woodchipper.

Need any help?

FlashHarry: Mugato: ...and then backpedal when Obama doesn't try to take their guns, doesn't tax everyone into bankruptcy and doesn't destroy Christianity, like they're saying he's going to do in his second term.

but... they said he'd do that in his first term!

and he would have were it not for the brave teabaggers we elected to congress in 2010.

Mugato: keylock71: One of the reasons I'm hoping for an Obama reelection is to see folks like these assholes go completely ape shiat for the next four years

...and then backpedal when Obama doesn't try to take their guns, doesn't tax everyone into bankruptcy and doesn't destroy Christianity, like they're saying he's going to do in his second term.

But then they'll just respond, "Why are you talking about old shiat?".

Oh, I'm sure that the rationalization will be that the brave and noble "Real Americans" diligently kept the Administration from enacting these things with their righteous derp...

It's even worse than that:

Romneycare contained exactly the same provisions on contraception that Obamacare did before last week's compromise was announced. That's right: Romneycare can now accurately be portrayed as falling to the left of Obamacare on the contraception issue.

Codenamechaz: Well to be fair the GOP pretty much feels the same way about Romneycare after it was tied to Obamacare.

This is why it's so funny. The GOP really has no issue with Romneycare since it's a state program. They don't like Obamacare because it's federal. Ann Coulter wrote an article on that a couple weeks ago. State mandates are fine by them, it's the federal ones they don't like.

But, since they have gone out of their way to turn their base into a bunch of uneducated cretins incapable of understanding nuance, they can't sell that distinction. All they can do is scream into the wind that Obama is bad. The infamous $10,000 bet dealt with this:

PERRY: "The fact of the matter is, you're for individual mandate."

ROMNEY: "If the people of Massachusetts don't like our plan, they can get rid of it. Individuals under the 10th Amendment have the power to craft their own solutions. I'm absolutely adamantly opposed to ObamaCare. It's a 2,000-page bill that takes over health care. It is wrong for health care. It's unconstitutional."

PERRY: "I read your first book and it said that your mandate in Massachusetts should be the model for the country. It came out of the reprint of the book. But, I'm just sayin', you were for individual mandates."

ROMNEY: "You've raised that before, Rick. And you're simply wrong."

PERRY: "It was true then. It's true now."

ROMNEY: "Rick, I'll tell you what. $10,000 bet?"

PERRY: "I'm not in the betting business. I'll show you the book."

ROMNEY: "I wrote the book. Chapter seven is called The Massachusetts Model. I have not said anything about our plan being a national model imposed on the nation."

Mugato: keylock71: One of the reasons I'm hoping for an Obama reelection is to see folks like these assholes go completely ape shiat for the next four years

...and then backpedal when Obama doesn't try to take their guns, doesn't tax everyone into bankruptcy and doesn't destroy Christianity, like they're saying he's going to do in his second term.

But then they'll just respond, "Why are you talking about old shiat?".

Nah, most likely they'll respond that he's just doing that as part of a larger plan to get the next Democrat elected President, who will definitely take away all of our guns, raise taxes, and destroy Christianity.

ignatius_crumbcake: This is why it's so funny. The GOP really has no issue with Romneycare since it's a state program. They don't like Obamacare because it's federal....State mandates are fine by them, it's the federal ones they don't like....But, since they have gone out of their way to turn their base into a bunch of uneducated cretins incapable of understanding nuance, they can't sell that distinction

They also can't sell it because a "violation of religious freedom" is supposed to be just as bad at the state level as it is at the federal level. Romney is the weakest frontrunner in decades, and nominating him would immediately take Health Care Reform off the table for the Republicans at all.

Diogenes: NewportBarGuy: "That's not the issue!" declared Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an indignant tone.

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Yeah, she's one of the congresscritters who think gays are a bigger danger to the country than terrorism.

Lovely woman. I would enjoy feeding her into a woodchipper.

And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it.

thomps: Diogenes: NewportBarGuy: "That's not the issue!" declared Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an indignant tone.

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Yeah, she's one of the congresscritters who think gays are a bigger danger to the country than terrorism.

Lovely woman. I would enjoy feeding her into a woodchipper.

to be fair, i don't think any terrorists have threatened to feed her into a woodchipper, so in her case she might be right

I imagine I'd feel the same way if I were still doing wimmins.

ignatius_crumbcake: This is why it's so funny. The GOP really has no issue with Romneycare since it's a state program. They don't like Obamacare because it's federal. Ann Coulter wrote an article on that a couple weeks ago. State mandates are fine by them, it's the federal ones they don't like.

So, what is their solution/point? Do they want the U.S. to break apart and be more like the European Union.... every state is effectively a sovereign country but we just all agree to have the same currency and a few other shared rules? I mean, I guess that is what the "extreme" state sovereignty people want?

Looks like our friends on the Right don't like the taste of their own medicine. Listen to them scream bloody murder when someone with different beliefs tries to tell them how to live their lives! I'll bet my admittedly meager life savings that it won't stop them from telling me how to live my life.