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The Thread #2 For 2/5/14: Their Latest Reading Problem

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As always, yesterday's CBO Obamacare job/budget report is the latest lack of critical reading comprehension skills of embarrassment proportions affecting conservatives and anyone who just wants to slam any Democratic thing in a heartbeat. Non-liberals, whether it was conservatives or the centrist liberal loathing Beltway media, lapped it up over writing quick headlines of "CBO projects Obamacare to cost 2 million jobs" and ran away deep into the night of the latest Sean Insanity Hannity comedy episode. They have done it before and will do it again, as they always do. Thankfully, there are more opportunities to clown them since they fail to read things all the way through. It's a real shame though, because in real life the nutcases and their base will believe another untrue thing and added to their straight jacket insane legacy. It's the times we live in, but maybe a simple tweet will have assisted in that.   CBO do not find the ACA would cost 2 mill...

The Most Unsurprising News Ever

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The CBO score for the soon to be amended Senate bill is out, and it cuts the deficit. Something that everyone should have known would be the end result, though a public option would have been easier to score. Pure comedy : You got to love how nutty these people are. K-Lo still stands out : House GOP sources are not too surprised. Some raise this question though: Why is the whole report not being released? As I understand it, we're only seeing selected points from the scoring, not the whole report. So there appears to be some confusion about what exactly is being counted. The only confusion that this nut is having is how reality once again just doesn't go along with her crazy agenda.