The right feels awfully good about this week's proceedings at the Supreme Court, and have renewed hope that five justices will undo all of the recent advances in U.S. health care. The Republican National Committee is so pleased, it released this ad yesterday, which includes actual audio from the oral arguments.
There's not much to see in the ad; what matters is the audio -- we hear Solicitor General Donald Verrilli defending the Affordable Care Act, but stumbling, pausing, and twice stopping for water. The point, apparently, is that we're supposed to believe the law is hard to defend.
But as it turns out, the RNC's new ad is about as honest as the RNC's attacks on the health care law itself.
A Republican Party web-based advertisement uses altered audio from U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments to attack President Barack Obama's health-care law. [...]
A review of a transcript and recordings of those moments shows that Verrilli took a sip of water just once, paused for a much briefer period, and completed his thought, rather than stuttering and trailing off as heard in the doctored version.... Recordings of the court proceedings reviewed by Bloomberg News reveal that the audio has been edited. While Verrilli paused once to drink water during the opening moments of his presentation, he stopped talking for only a few seconds before continuing with his argument. In the RNC ad, he pauses for about 20 seconds, seeming to lose his train of thought.
Yes, Verrilli and the law had a rough week at the high court, but for the Republican National Committee, reality wasn't good enough -- they had to manipulate the audio recording to mislead the public.
This is what passes for RNC arguments when it comes debating health care policy.
Tom Goldstein, a Supreme Court scholar and an influential attorney who has argued 24 cases before the high court, called the RNC's ad "the single most classless and misleading thing I've ever seen related to the Court." He added, "It is as if the RNC decided to take an incredibly serious and successful argument that has the chance to produce a pathbreaking legal victory for a conservative interpretation of the Constitution, drag it through the mud, and vomit on it."
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The lie/advert simply serves as a warning to the general public from the RNC; If you vote for us you vote for treachery and deceit.. At least they're not subtle.. I pity the mentally retarded (yes, you can call them that!)/rabid crowd who takes this lie as a serious framing of the issue. Again America, when did you become so insipidly stupid? Has time not passed, should you not have come to your senses by now?
Mentally retarded is a nasty slur for the lied to Fox Noise viewers and the uninformed masses who see, hear, and read what the rest of the corporately owned media provide to them as news.
That's almost as bad as the apologists for "the religious". Haven't we had enough apologies for obviously misguided behavior? People have a choice, besides, have you ever watched Faux and friends? The stupid burns after 20 seconds!
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You'll have to pardon my nasty, I grow weary of excuses for irresponsibility.
Mendacity and contempt for the truth are Republican virtues. This is the one commonality we see between Mitt Romney and the Bush/Cheney Administration. The biggest and best liar wins...the "fact based community " theory of governance.
And when the facts objectively back up ones assertion? Then that can only be the result of a conspiracy that twists the very fabric of reality itself! Nasty, very nasty!
You have to admit, though, it is pretty funny. And, before accusing people of being liars, take a listen to some of the Pres' statements; i.e. oil production increase during his watch. Implied is he approved the permits. Did he?
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So, in right-wing La La Land, Obama stating the facts is the same as Republicans dishonestly doctoring an audio. It's true that fewer permits for drilling have been issued under Obama than under Bush, but it's a FACT that oil production has increased under Obama policies. Slowing down the rush to drill after the oil companies nearly destroyed a large swath of the Gulf of Mexico while oil production still increased seems to be a pretty good compromise. It's the truth, not that it matters to the liars who run the Republican Party and the gullibles who swallow their lies whole and then nitpick to divert attention from their own gullibility rather than admitting they have been duped.
Republicans lied ? I am shocked shocked I tell you .
Strap in Boys and Girls , you aint seen nothin yet .The SuperPac slime machine is in the wings and its revvin it's s**t slinging engine
That weasel is running the RNC, Preibus, and there is NOTHING he won't do. Michael Steele, love him or hate him, did have some sense of 'limits'. This is not true today. They are wholly owned subsidiaries of the WEALTHY and act as such. Good Americans and Patriots all. If you EVER wondered if they care about America watch their garbage.
So is there a GAB or election accountability office/forum to investigate matters like this?
Enough said.
Whatever the f**k his unmentionable name was may have died in California of a drug induced heart attack a few weeks ago, but his legacy lives on! Darkbart Lives!
Step back a moment, and examine the entirely.
Yes, the "ad' is manipulative and misleading- blatantly so.
But it is 36 seconds on YouTube. Hardly the place that political junkies go for "news". Who are they hoping to sway with this sort of nonsense? Certainly not Democrats, and probably not Independents. It is just fodder for the rabid right, the GuanoNutz that listen to Rush.
They've got nothing left but lies. Republicans' beloved Frank Luntz essentially told them this in 2009, and they've been running with it ever since.
I hope the Justices realize also that this is extremely important. Obamacare will help so many. I'm not sure if Health is mentioned in the constitution. I'd hate to see the Justices being accused of joining the band wagon against the Middle Class and the Poor in our country. I really hope they side with the American People on this one and not the Large Corporations. Otherwise I'm sure their lives are going to be examined under the microscope of The American People. Not a good place to be.
Actually Powers of Congress Article 1Section 8 clause 1 states: "The Congress shall have the power to... proved for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States" The word welfare in the 18th century meant "health, prosperity and happiness" American Heritage Dictionary.
So one could interpret that health care is in the Constitution. Why this particular clause has not been used to justify the ACA is beyond me.
Verilli seemed to stumble a bit starting off on Tuesday and was a bit off his game at times that day for some reason (too much cough medicine? seriously, it was a bit strange), but as a whole, I think he did a good job, particularly over the three days as a whole. As to Republicans being full of it on anything related to PPACA, yeah, shocker that. The whole affair sickens me. The national party is pathetic and I'm still waiting for something to gain respect about.
Is anyone really surprised? Seriously?
The GOP has been the party of dirty tricks since 1972. And if there is anyone who thinks this little splice & dice job is as low as they'll go; I hope they can scrape that wool out of their eyes by November so they can see to cast their vote.
The most unfortunate thing about it in my mind is that it may result in further setbacks of attempts at gaining greater openness between our highest court and We the People, who they (in theory) represent.
Since news items concerning GOP mendacity do not reach the common man because MSNBC. Bloomberg et al are considered left of center alternative methods seem necessary. Buying space in the 'Swimsuit' issue, car, and hunting magazines would at least expose more people to this. I can see an article 'How not having health insurance hurts gun owners' get noticed by a different crowd. A graphic comic or video game like' The new PAC Man" where corporations devour the religious right, ranchers, farmers and hunters despite the latter being well armed", gathering the youth market attention. Progressive messages and debunking the lies of the GOP will take better marketing than it is getting currently.
The #PatientProtectionAct protects women from the onerous burden of paying out-of-pocket for preventive medicine & care
The #PatientProtectionAct protects you from losing your HOUSE in bankruptcy due to medical costs.
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from worrying about what will happen if we lose our jobs!
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from being cut off from coverage by lifetime caps.
The #PatientProtectionAct protects our hard-earned $$ by guaranteeing 80-85% of our premiums go towards CARE.
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from being denied care while insurance CEOs rake in millions
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from losing coverage while we're earning a degree & not an income.
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from Freeloaders who make us pay high premiums so they can wait 'til they're sick 4 insurance
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from being refused insurance because we had acne when we were a teenager.
The #PatientProtectionAct protects us from being dropped by our insurance when we get sick.
Just saw this idea on crooks and liars -- to start a new conversation of the health care law in the frame of what it protects using the monikar of "patient protection act" instead of ACA or obamacare. We all need to be aware of how a possible overrule of this law will effect millions of American citizens -- many of which vote!!!
The verb "to breitbart" has become part of American English for a reason. This video is just one more example of breitbarting in action.
There is an article in Mother Jones about why conservatives have a different relationship with reality than progressives. This video is symptomatic of that difference as to what constitutes a "fact" and what relationship facts have with reality anyhow.
The republicans, the GOP are the worst thing for this country in recent times. If there was ever an entity that was riding the country in a backward time chamber I don't know what else is. A war on women with our health, voting to maintain oil subsidies, and fighting health care for all Americans, oh let's not forget Ryan's budget plan. Are they purposely trying to destroy the country. Yes, They are obviously taking us for fools.
Running deceptive political advertisements are against the law under truth in advertising
One conviction could stop this GOP practice.......... maybe.
If the above question was asked,( comment by roberson)can someone PALEEEEZZE tell me what that has to do with the constitutionality of the law.Specifically the mandate. it has no bearing what so ever and I 'm not a lawyer and I know that.Hey Sarah where's that common sense thinggy that your party always seems to exspouse.