Going out on a limb to say either this is false or taken out of context.

(reads article)

Yep. These are the states that are governed by the rule that says that they can only do this if the quality of care is equal to or better than the care that they get on traditional medicaid. The federal government established a minimum level, some states think they can save money by doing it themselves, the federal government agrees and gives them a block grant, but only if they agree to not decrease the level of care. Beyond setting the rules the feds have no involvement whatsoever in the state programs.

So, false *and* taken out of context. Horay, hot air!

Medicare != Medicaid you dipshiats.

Oh look. Another "quality" conservative "news" outlet incessantly lying to the American people.

Your doing god's work, Hot Air. Humanity would truly be worse off should you fizzle into the ether.

/Sarcasm.
//If you get your information from Hot Air, you're absolutely worthless as a human being.

Bathia_Mapes: Benevolent Misanthrope: Medicare != Medicaid you dipshiats.

I'll give Hot Air this much, unlike American Thinker and Reason, at least they're honest in their name about what they peddle.

Once he's reelected, I'll care.

HighOnCraic: When Obama is against a GOP plan, they hate him. If he flip-flops and decides to try the GOP plan, they still hate him.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Because it's how partisan politics works. Always.

assert(medicare != medicaid); // you dipshiats

themindiswatching: We really should have let the South secede burn.

Billy T knew what to do about rednecks.

Few are willing to admit that Obama and Romney really have little political differences...both are very much big government liberals.

Capitated =/= voucher. Blended =/= voucher.

Ed Morrissey = asshatted shiatbird dipped in salty knob sauce.

And what's with the meth chick advertising Towhhall?

xiaodown: Going out on a limb to say either this is false or taken out of context.

(reads article)

Yep. These are the states that are governed by the rule that says that they can only do this if the quality of care is equal to or better than the care that they get on traditional medicaid. The federal government established a minimum level, some states think they can save money by doing it themselves, the federal government agrees and gives them a block grant, but only if they agree to not decrease the level of care. Beyond setting the rules the feds have no involvement whatsoever in the state programs.

So, false *and* taken out of context. Horay, hot air!

GOP rule #1: "Never let facts get in the way."

UCFRoadWarrior: Few are willing to admit that Obama and Romney really have little political differences...both are very much big government liberals.

The whole "Big government liberals" is about as true as claiming the media and facts have a liberal bias. Historically, government is significantly smaller under a Democratic leader, than a Republican one.

batcookie: HighOnCraic: When Obama is against a GOP plan, they hate him. If he flip-flops and decides to try the GOP plan, they still hate him.

Why does this sound so familiar?

Because it's how partisan politics works. Always.

Man, it didn't used to be that way. In my lifetime, it's gone from polite disdain to cutthroat elections to "Let's kill the other side ALL THE FREAKING TIME because f*ck the American public."

I mean, I'm not even that old, and I can still remember when things actually got done in Congress.

AirForceVet: WTF!

I read the document Hot Air linked to. I found no mention of vouchers. This program works with Massachusetts to enhance care for Medicare/Medicaid recipients.

What a fark load of bullshiat is Hot Air feeding its readers?

I'm pretty sure I read about a similar request Romney tried to make when he was governor to try this exact same idea. That's bad news... For Obama.

RobertBruce: Benevolent Misanthrope: Medicare != Medicaid you dipshiats.

So it screws the single moms instead. Just like the democrats always do.

So on which days of the week are single moms Welfare Queens Driving Cadillacs, and on which days are the Democrats screwing them?

It took me about thirty seconds of reading to see that the article was bullshiat. Come on, Hot Air! If you're going to hand me a pile of shiat and try to convince me that it's Shinola, you could at least not insult my intelligence by making it so easy to debunk your bullshiat.

/are all Republicans and/or conservatives this stupid?
//or just the most vocal ones?

robsul82: Oh boy, can't wait for the TV ads and Fox News to press this lie into the public narrative.

heard it on a national conservative AM talk radio show like 12 hours ago (some show i never heard of before) ... saying how it was startling breaking news and Obama is just the lyingest liar to ever lie. then talking about how the mainstream liberal media would never report it. blah blah blah.

i assumed i'd look it up later to see if anything they were saying was based in reality or if it was just heavily distorted exasperated fear-peddling.

looks like the latter.

Most families had a crazy ass uncle that spouted these absurd stories and had plenty of tin foil on hand to make hats. But now thanks to Faux news and many internet sites that crazy uncle is able to spread the news to a larger audience and more effectively repeat the lies over and over and combine them with other lies to make them more palatable to their viewers who are unlikely to actually verify the information.

xiaodown: So, false *and* taken out of context. Horay, hot air!

So, Republicans are holding another Convention?

I'm sure it's already been noted but, "the (R)etard that cried wolf" is a story we've all read.

Vodka Zombie: Oh look. Another "quality" conservative "news" outlet incessantly lying to the American people.

Your doing god's work, Hot Air. Humanity would truly be worse off should you fizzle into the ether.

/Sarcasm.
//If you get your information from Hot Air, you're absolutely worthless as a human being.

If you get your info from any heavily biased source you're doing it wrong; trying to "equalize" biases but getting info from multiple agenda-driven sources doesn't have any sort of anti-matter like neutralizing effect or anything.

I'm not going to suggest that liberals are more informed or critical necessarily but the culture surrounding it in most of America is less conducive to preaching to the choir, at least on a regular, daily basis. In the very least it seems like in the US conservatives enjoy being preached to a bit more (I'll admit liberals do have other means of having their worldview affirmed etc., just not in this particular way).

I forgot to add to my previous post, "That is why Hot Air (even if it is kinda centrist) or Air America never really cornered the market as well as FNC was before its ratings started to decline."

BTW don't forget about Michelle Malkin's involvement in founding Hot Air.

So Obama wants to end Medicare as we know it?

Again, Drew is a republican douchebag.

propasaurus: Look, it's not that the admins greenlight conservative sites and threads. It's that they greenlight obvious non-factual, lying, troll bait threads that are debunked by comment two.

They don't have much of a choice. Lying is the only thing Republicans do anymore. See Romney's entire campaign for example.

propasaurus: Look, it's not that the admins greenlight conservative sites and threads. It's that they greenlight obvious non-factual, lying, troll bait threads that are debunked by comment two.

So, they're just linking to actual Republican quotes, then? The nutters DO NOT CARE if their facts are wrong.

Is this the token Fark anti-Obama/Democrat article for the week?

hasty ambush: Is this the token Fark anti-Obama/Democrat article for the week?

Hey look, a Republican who hasn't been paying attention.