Commentary on current events, politics, government, and popular culture from John Sheirer, author of the book, Make Common Sense Common Again.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Every President since Eisenhower has taken executive action on immigration.


First, Republicans blocked immigration reform in Congress under president Bush. Then they blocked it again under President Obama. Now they're losing their minds over President Obama's executive action on immigration. It's time we learned that Republicans aren't serious about this issue--or even serious about governing in general. They just hate Obama and hate effective government.

Every President since Eisenhower has taken executive action on immigration. 


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Monday, November 17, 2014

There's no such thing as "Republicancare."

So 100,000 people signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act--on the first day of the new enrollment period last week.

Dear Republican friends, please tell us again about what a failure Obamacare is.

By the way, we don't mind calling it "Obamacare" because Obama cares. There's not such thing as "RepublicanCare." And try to say "McConnellcare," "Boehnercare," "Cruzcare," or "Christiecare" without laughing. Even Mitt Romney has pretty much disavowed "Romneycare." The only thing Republicans will ever try to bring us is "Corporationcare" or "Wealthycare," which is what we've had for too many years and is the reason we needed reform in the first place.

Read about the 100,000 first-day signups here.


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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Obamacare enrollments reopen today, so Fox News will probably have a death panel report.


Just a reminder that the Affordable Care Act enrollment reopens today. In the real world, that's good news because the ACA enrolment gives people the opportunity to get health insurance. In the Fox News alternate universe, that's just more victims for the Obamacare death panels.

Meanwhile, a new Gallup Poll shows that 71% of people insured through the ACA are satisfied with their insurance coverage, 74% are satisfied with the quality of their healthcare, 75% are satisfied with the cost, and 75% plan to continue getting coverage through the ACA.

Ironically, those great numbers aren't getting much attention on Fox News.

Check out the Gallup poll here.


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