Moronic

"We are doing this for the American people.  Obama care is taking money away from jobs."  These brilliant words just came out of the mouth of some broad named Jenny-Beth Martin, Tea Party activist and co-founder of something called the 'Tea Party Patriot's Group'.  She's was being interviewed by Carol Off on 'As It Happens'. 

So right-wing Republicans have actually shut down the American government -- not to help Americans, but to stop a health-care program that will benefit the poor and the sick.  That's the truth here, not some selfless move to help Americans.  Spouting double-talk, Martin kept repeating gobbledy-gook in the face of the facts, which are that Obama was elected on this platform with a huge majority, the law has been enacted, the program funded and enrolment up-and-running!  It's absolutely ludicrous. 

The shame for Canadians is that the hero in all this is a Calgarian.  That's where Ted Cruz was born.  Man, has he left the building!  I hope to G-d he's not still a Canadian.  The only saving grace is that because he was not born in the US, he can't be elected president.

House Speaker Boehner has lost all credibility, being led as he is by the minority Tea-Partiers.  In fact, the whole country is being led by these greedy scrooges who don't get the fact that a society must look after its neediest to be healthy.  Frankly, the Tea Partiers need to form their own country.  How about Texas?

And too bad it's been personalized into "Obama Care".  That makes it stickier in the craws of Republicans who just don't like giving their hard-stolen money to the less fortunate.  Our health-care system is not called "Douglas Care", it's universal health care, a much more sensible moniker.

It's totally outrageous.