Interminable Sentence Nails Obamacare
In August 2012, a candidate for Illinois State Senate, District 18, Dr. Barbara Bellar, thought she would start a fundraising event with a lighthearted tone. She claimed that she could describe ObamaCare (the ACA) in one sentence -- one very long sentence.
Because Dr. Bellar so accurately portrayed the current national sentiment about the ACA, a video of her speaking her very long sentence went viral. As of 10/7/12, it had received 2,434,958 hits on YouTube.
This is what she said, verbatim. (Bullets were inserted by this author.)
Because Dr. Bellar so accurately portrayed the current national sentiment about the ACA, a video of her speaking her very long sentence went viral. As of 10/7/12, it had received 2,434,958 hits on YouTube.
This is what she said, verbatim. (Bullets were inserted by this author.)
We are going to be gifted with a healthcare plan [the ACA]:
- We are forced to purchase, and fined if we don't;
- Which purportedly covers at least 10 million more people
- Without adding a single new doctor; but
- Provides for 16,000 new IRS agents;
- Written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it;
- Passed by a Congress that didn't read it; but
- Exempted themselves from it; and
- Signed by a president who smokes;
- With funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes;
- For which we will be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect;
- By a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare;
- All to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese; and
- Financed by a country that's broke.
Funny, to be sure, but here's the scary part. It is all true!
