{"id":11007,"date":"2013-11-30T18:53:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T02:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11007"},"modified":"2013-11-30T18:53:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T02:53:38","slug":"seasons-bleatings-republicans-suck-the-spirit-out-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11007","title":{"rendered":"Season’s Bleatings: Republicans Suck The Spirit Out Of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a political party that is so fixated on forcing everyone in America to observe the Christian celebration of Christmas, regardless of their beliefs, Republicans sure have a repulsive way of honoring the day their savior was allegedly born.<\/p>\n

A visit to the website of the National Republican Congressional Committee reveals a t-shirt<\/a> in their online store that expresses what they must regard as the joyful tidings of the season. The shirt (priced to gouge at $39.99) proudly proclaims that “All I want for Christmas is to be rid of ObamaCare.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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What a blessed exhortation of the season’s festive mood. The GOP (Greedy One Percent) is obviously excited to begin the gaiety (perhaps not the best choice of words) by wishing that all the young people who have already benefited by being added to their parents insurance should now be cast off. And of course the same thing should happen to all the seniors who have already saved more than a billion dollars on prescription drugs; all the patients whose lives were saved by early diagnosis from preventative exams; all the folks with preexisting conditions who were unable to get insurance; all the women who received prenatal care, etc.<\/p>\n

And Republicans are clearly looking forward to returning to the prohibitively expensive insurance policies that kept health care away from millions of low-income working people. And let’s not forget the rising costs of health care that were rampant prior to the Affordable Care Act. The GOP isn’t interested in the fact that costs have risen at their slowest pace in a decade since ObamaCare went into effect.<\/p>\n

But most of all let’s rejoice in politicizing a holiday that Republicans pretend to hold sacred. After all, burdening the poor and enriching corporations is the real spirit of the season. That’s why Republicans revere Black Friday, a day when people literally assault one another in order to acquire new things, the day after they supposedly gave thanks for the things they have. And the days between now and Christmas day will be filled with consumption and anxiety and the creation of needless debt, while the WalMarts and the Macys grow evermore wealthy.<\/p>\n

So Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good deal on a PlayStation 4 – but no Insulin or appendectomies, or alcohol rehab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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