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Sadistic Obamacare Opponents Giggle and Smirk Over Relatively Minor ACA Glitches

My Wednesday column:

There’s something egregiously disgusting about the increasingly desperate opposition to the Affordable Care Act. In addition to the breathlessly tenacious campaign to undermine, de-fund and repeal the law, there’s an almost delighted, smirky, satisfied attitude on display that seems especially immoral as various glitches in the ACA emerge. Despite the fact that the ACA’s problems are relatively minor, opponents are practically orgasmic as they systematically inflate each glitch into the portend of the ACA’s demise.

Take for example a conservative talker named Will Cain. No, I didn’t know who he was either until I looked him up. On Mediaite’s pundit “Power Grid,” Cain ranks between Krystal Ball and Margaret Carlson, so he’s somewhat well known. In addition to being a contributor to Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, he also made news a while back when he inexplicably compared the ACA with Jim Crow laws. Yes, the Jim Crow card from a guy who supports Voter ID laws.

Yesterday, Cain appeared on CNN with Ashleigh Banfield to discuss the president’s alleged “lies” regarding people keeping their grandfathered insurance policies if they like them. Cain seemed downright giddy about the two — yes, only two temporary problems with the ACA. Seriously, I rarely yell at my computer screen, but as I watched Cain manically smirk and babble about the ACA with full caffeinated dudebro awfulness, I let the expletives fly.

Banfield introduced Cain by remarking that the flummoxed website and the canceled policies are like “fish in a barrel” for Cain, to which Cain replied through frat-boy laughter, “So alright! You teed it up for me, it’s time to spike it, huh!”

Duh-yuck! Nailed it… [CONTINUE READING]