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Old 09-22-2013, 12:44 PM   #3230
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http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-an...ng-fringe-week

this is my favorite (so to speak)

3. Koch brothers: Cervical cancer is a small price to pay to defeat Obamacare.

In their abject desperation to forestall the implementation of Obamacare, right-wing zealots released some ads this week that are bound to go down in history as some of the most absurd pieces of political video ever created.

The ad campaign created by Generation Opportunity, which is funded by the ultra-conservative Koch brothers, specifically targets young people with the rather irresponsible message that they really don’t need health insurance. Better to “opt out,” pay the fine, it’s cheaper. Also, for young women, it avoids those uncomfortable gynecological exams, the ones that might save you from cervical cancer. The somewhat deranged looking advertisement features the legs of a woman in stirrups, presumably ready for her potentially life-saving pap smear, when all of sudden a wooden marionette Uncle Sam pops up between her legs. Uncle Sam apparently wants her. In the final scene, Uncle Sam is shown holding a speculum.


I clicked on the link "Generation Opportunity" and I didn't see the ad, but I was so disturbed by the site I will admit I didn't look very hard. I did find this on the bottom:1,502,194 people like this.

It's just too damn depressing. After that article on the brain I read recently I realize there really isn't much point...

maybe i just need some chocolate.
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