Terrified ‘Tea Party Patriot’ Worried His Obamacare Will Be Taken Away

Posted by | April 15, 2015 18:00 | Filed under: Politics

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He is struggling with whether he can vote Democratic as he tries to figure out which party has done the most for him.

James Webb, a 51-year-old YouTube celebrity who devotes his “Hot Lead” channel to topics like his love of guns and ranting about gay men kissing on The Walking Dead, may have shocked his viewers on Monday when he revealed that he was torn over which party to vote for in the 2016 election.

“And I’m serious because I asked myself, ‘Which party has helped me out the most in the last, I don’t know, 15 years, 20?’ And it was the Democrat [SIC] Party,” Webb lamented. “If it wasn’t for Obama and that Obamacare, I would still be working.”

“With Obamacare, I got to retire at age 50 because if it wasn’t for Obamacare, I would have had to work until I was 65 and get on Medicare because health insurance is expensive when you’ve got medical problems,” he continued.

Webb said that he hoped to lose some weight and get in shape by taking advantage of a gym membership that was covered by his health insurance.

“But you know, the Republican Party, they haven’t done nothing for me, man. Nothing,” he remarked. “So, I’m leaning toward voting for Hillary unless something major comes up. I don’t trust the Republicans anymore because they’re wanting to repeal the Obamacare. And I don’t want them to do that, man, because then I’ll have to go to work again. My life’s already planned out.”

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93 responses to Terrified ‘Tea Party Patriot’ Worried His Obamacare Will Be Taken Away

  1. Guy Lauten April 15th, 2015 at 18:20

    I wonder if he voluntarily turned off Faux Noos… or did his TV break?

    • Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 19:13

      Maybe….just maybe, he’ll come to the realization that what he’s been told isn’t the whole story…
      And then he might convince two people…who tell two people…who…
      My philosophy on the whole “Liberal/Conservative” thing is that the truth will out…not that you’ll see things our way because otherwise “the end is nigh”, but because “the future is heading our way”. I’ll gladly accept a convert,even one who has espoused horrible viewsw in the past, if they’ve come to their views by their own determination; it makes for better people on “our” side.

      • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 19:31

        Let’s work on the part about him supposedly thinking that he’ll be able to “retire” at 50 because of ACA….1st.

        • Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 19:48

          You DID see the picture of this guy right?

          • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 19:57

            Yes, I couldn’t help but see his photo but large people do work ya know and just because 1 has ACA doesn’t exactly entitle them to “retire” at 50. But that’s not to say that he won’t have a heart attack or have a stroke but to be allowed to retire, I doubt it.

            • Dwendt44 April 15th, 2015 at 20:02

              A guy I went to school with, retired at 50. The only reason he could was the company he worked for had fully covered health insurance for retirees.

              • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 20:07

                Fine but isn’t that different that what Hirightnow and I are talking about right now. By the way, only an exceptionally wealthy person can retire at 50 anyone else is an idiot just sayin.

                • Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 20:09

                  At this point, I would ask that you define “retire”….

                  • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 20:13

                    We’re talking about James Webb the subject of the article and him using the word retire, ya know of another definition of the word that I missed?

                    • Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 20:33

                      To remove one’s self from the “work force”, when one realizes that current standards exclude one from contributing to society in any meaningful way ( i.e. those people who are able to perform “labor”, as defined by current standards,in order to support themselves fiscally)?
                      Or is it to work until “society” deems us no longer able to contribute,
                      But whose definition do we use?

                    • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 20:44

                      He could push a chair with rollers in front of him if possible. ;o) I liked your idea of making him get up to turn the channel but would add that cut off his Big Slurps or whatever they’re called.

                    • cogitoergodavesum April 16th, 2015 at 08:11

                      Is there a lot of money to be made in the roller chair pushing industry?

                    • allison1050 April 16th, 2015 at 10:12

                      There should be.

                    • jasperjava April 15th, 2015 at 21:29

                      He may have said “retire”, but I think he may be receiving long-term disability benefits.

                    • Dwendt44 April 17th, 2015 at 01:30

                      IF he was just getting disability benefits, that would include Medicaid.

                    • jasperjava April 17th, 2015 at 04:15

                      Not necessarily. His disability benefits may be covered by his employer’s group insurance plan, for which he would qualify thanks to Obamacare.

                • cogitoergodavesum April 16th, 2015 at 08:09

                  I’m obviously less familiar with Mr Webb’s finances and housing than you are. Please explain why you think he’s unable to retire.

                  • allison1050 April 16th, 2015 at 10:13

                    Because he thinks that ACA will allow him to retire.

    • Dwendt44 April 15th, 2015 at 20:00

      The remote batteries are dead so he’d have to get up and change the channel.

  2. Larry Schmitt April 15th, 2015 at 18:27

    So how does he still consider himself a tea party republican? Seems everything they believe in is against his best interests.

    • Jake April 15th, 2015 at 18:46

      Isn’t that the definition of The Tea Party philosophy?

  3. Jameel McCline April 15th, 2015 at 18:38

    Ok so let me get this straight…. if I go on Obama Care I can retire at age 50?!?! Sounds a little fantastical to me. Just saying.

  4. arc99 April 15th, 2015 at 18:48

    The ACA provides a way for people to retain health insurance independent of their employment status. Hard to see how this man could be talking about anything else.

    The ACA is not social security or unemployment. You do not get a check every month. But how many of his avid viewers will be aware of that salient fact before launching into a tirade about “parasites” and “moochers”?

    • Warman1138 April 15th, 2015 at 20:15

      Precisely.

    • cogitoergodavesum April 16th, 2015 at 08:21

      One of the big lies on Faux was that the ACA would cost jobs. They included people who were finally able to retire because they could afford to replace their employer provided health insurance.

      • Dwendt44 April 17th, 2015 at 01:28

        It actually created jobs. Not that facts matter to the wacky right.

    • Jimmy Fleck April 16th, 2015 at 11:30

      If the man is receiving a subsidy to pay for his insurance premium then isn’t he mooching off the taxpayers? I agree with the part of the ACA that requires insurance carriers to offer policies to all individuals. The part that is the problem is where the government started passing out money to people to pay for those policies.

      • cogitoergodavesum April 17th, 2015 at 00:33

        Jimmy, the word subsidy does not appear in this article. Please link to one in which it does.

        • Jimmy Fleck April 17th, 2015 at 09:33

          That is why I said “if”. If they guy is paying for all of his own insurance policy then more power to him.

          • Margie Bateman Osgood April 18th, 2015 at 16:47

            If he has no income, there is no subsidy, unless his state expanded Medicaid, then that is what he has. My state did not expand Medicaid and until my son was working (he is still in college, so we could still claim him on our taxes) we didn’t get any subsidy and would have had to pay almost a thousand dollars a month, even with the ACA, so we were granted a waiver from the penalty and were not required to have insurance. Since our son can’t be claimed on our taxes next year, we will likely lose our insurance again, since our income alone won’t qualify and since we have no children under 18 and neither of us is 65, we will be in no man’s land once again. And yes, we pay taxes, and yes, we are below the poverty level.

  5. Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 19:06

    One step at a time…

  6. Obewon April 15th, 2015 at 19:09

    Hey Reince. How’s that GOP ‘rebreading thing coming along?
    32 M+ buy ObamaCare now, equal to 10% of America now covered! http://acasignups.net/

  7. Warman1138 April 15th, 2015 at 19:17

    I have a feeling this is a setup working in a round about way.

    • Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 19:22

      They could have chosen a better “demographic”; wouldn’t some young African-American (Who relied on the ACA, only to be betrayed{if I get your meaning}) pushed the point you are expecting better?
      They already have the poor rural vote.
      Then again, who expects subtlety from that crowd?

      • Warman1138 April 15th, 2015 at 20:13

        He is claiming retirement on the ACA, how is that possible with just health insurance? Unless he is parading himself as an example, living off of the ACA like one would on a social security disability situation. Something smells fishy with this bagger.

        • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 20:16

          It’s impossible, James Webb is a bser.

          • Warman1138 April 15th, 2015 at 20:20

            Brain stem evoked response?

        • Hugh Everett April 15th, 2015 at 21:36

          “He is claiming retirement on the ACA, how is that possible with just health insurance?”What you’re having problems recognizing is a democrat posing as an over-the-top republican charicature.

          • mea_mark April 15th, 2015 at 21:40

            He is a prominent T partier. What makes you think he is suddenly a democratic poser? Now think before you answer, it helps.

            • Hugh Everett April 16th, 2015 at 03:01

              “He is a prominent T partier.”

              Indeed he is. In the same manner that Stephen Colbert is a conservative political opinion anchor on cable news.

              • jasperjava April 16th, 2015 at 11:55

                Typical conservative. A gullible fool who can’t even recognize if someone is pulling your leg or not.

                Stephen Colbert is obviously a parody. Only a complete idiot would think he is being serious (no wonder so many conservatives fall for it).

                This guy? I don’t have the stomach to review his complete oeuvre , but everything indicates that he’s a sincere red-meat chewing right-wing Neanderthal.

          • shocktreatment April 15th, 2015 at 22:06

            Ahhhh, no. What you are trying to deny is a large part of the republican demographic. The poor, benighted, half-bright single issue voters who act against their own self-interest.

          • arc99 April 16th, 2015 at 10:53

            I am having problems accepting your made-up rationalization presented without a word of proof.

            What I do recognize is that right wingers have no intelligent argument against the very clear benefits of the ACA so you just make up some BS that the man is acting as a caricature.

          • tracey marie April 17th, 2015 at 00:46

            learn to spell

  8. CHOCOL8MILK April 15th, 2015 at 19:41

    I can honestly say that THIS is Obama’s fault!!!

  9. Dwendt44 April 15th, 2015 at 20:04

    Sometimes reality does sink in.

    • Warman1138 April 15th, 2015 at 20:21

      LOL TO THE TENTH POWER!

    • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 20:22

      Ya nailed it! ;)

    • Hugh Everett April 15th, 2015 at 20:23

      If Republicans win the White House, tens of millions of Democrats will be forced to get a job, just like this guy.

      • allison1050 April 15th, 2015 at 20:25

        A really big yawn.

      • Dwendt44 April 15th, 2015 at 20:34

        That’s unlikely for the foreseeable future. But even so, most everybody will have to take two jobs since the wacky right keeps pushing the tax burden on the lower end of the income brackets.
        Some die hard Republicans will start wondering why things are only getting worse under a total GOP government. Unless they are the rich.
        But then again, with the GOP greasing the wheels for jobs going overseas, the questions is ‘WHAT JOBS?’

        • Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 20:43

          I know like, two words of Farsi….

      • frambley1 April 16th, 2015 at 00:38

        You mean will be out of a job. Like the 700,000 plus people that were losing jobs every month the last time we had a republican president.

      • fahvel April 16th, 2015 at 06:48

        dimwits can write, oh my!!

        • Larry Schmitt April 16th, 2015 at 09:11

          He can type, but I wouldn’t call that writing.

      • Jake April 16th, 2015 at 12:26

        Yeah – I remember how 10s of millions of people were looking for jobs when the Republicans were last in office too – luckily for America, Obama won the election and fixed all that.

        • Hugh Everett April 16th, 2015 at 13:00

          Obama indeed “fixed all that” by spending 1/3 of all revenue on means-tested welfare.

          As a result of this government largess, 58 million people of prime working age have simply chosen to not work. They still have comfortable lives, complete with wifi and smart phones, but they no longer have to work.
          These people will vote Democrat in 2016.

          • granpa.usthai April 16th, 2015 at 17:10

            moochers

            -like the Haliburton crowd?

            • granpa.usthai April 16th, 2015 at 17:12

              @ last count a little over $3,000,000,000,000.

          • frambley1 April 16th, 2015 at 21:01

            I guess we’ll just ignore the billions spent on corporate welfare, and the tax giveaways to billionaires?

            Simply chosen not to work is a myth. Show me one person of working age in good health that can work but ‘chooses’ not to. You can find those as easily as the people who have been hurt by Obamacare (just in case you didn’t know, they don’t exist either).

          • Jake April 16th, 2015 at 21:58

            So 58 million people just decided not to work – just like that?! A little over 22% of the working population just upped and walked off the job. You, my friend, are a seriously delusional nut-job.

            • Hugh Everett April 17th, 2015 at 00:38

              58 million able-bodied working age people aren’t working, but they’re eating, driving, texting, skyping, shopping partying, etc. These people are being financially supported by taxpayers.

              • Jake April 17th, 2015 at 11:28

                If we add to your 58M the 56.7M people in the US with disabilities ( http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf ) – by your reckoning, the number of unemployed in the U.S. would be around 50% – and by the way does the number of employed include preachers, priests, rabbis, mullahs and witch-doctors who really are being supported financially by taxpayers.
                And if all this is so – bearing in mind most US corporations pay no taxes so the brunt of paying all the taxes for 60% of the working population, the huge multi-national anti-American businesses, people who are genuinely disabled and the leaching religious scum – it looks like the entire tax base in America is provided by about 40% of the working population while everyone else sits at home texting.
                My question then is – why can I never get a seat on the 7:27 train in the morning?

              • arc99 April 17th, 2015 at 11:52

                From the article that YOU cited. Once again a right wing talking point and the truth are shown to be two very different things.

                “”According to the BLS, the aging of the baby boom generation is a key factor affecting the labor force participation rate:

                “The baby boomers’ exit from the prime-aged workforce and their movement into older age groups will lower the overall labor force participation rate, leading to a slowdown in the growth of the labor force,” explains the BLS.””

                • Hugh Everett April 17th, 2015 at 15:17

                  Read this sentence again, and try to comprehend it:

                  ““The baby boomers’ exit from the prime-aged workforce and their movement into older age groups “

                  Again, we’re talking about 58 million able-bodied people of prime working age who are unemployed.

              • Margie Bateman Osgood April 18th, 2015 at 16:22

                And where are the stats that prove that all 58 million are supported by taxpayers? Some are husbands that were laid off supported by their wives, or wives that were laid off and supported by their husbands, or how many are single people who just simply moved back in with parents until they could get back on their feet and ended up taking care of a sick parent instead? The Republican party is so damned cynical it isn’t funny.

          • tracey marie April 17th, 2015 at 00:46

            your kind are failures at life and even being human

          • Pinkamena Diane Pie April 18th, 2015 at 17:00

            CNSnews and the Heritage Foundation. Yep, no bias in those sources.

            Rightist trash.

  10. katkelly57 April 15th, 2015 at 20:37

    Well James, if you wanna keep your little blue pills vote Dems.
    Reps. don’t want you to have a hard on.

  11. Snick1946 April 15th, 2015 at 21:34

    If this guy is as unhealthy as he looks he needs to be worried.

    • shocktreatment April 15th, 2015 at 21:42

      If that guy is as unhealthy as he looks, he won’t be worried for long

  12. Wayne Piercy April 15th, 2015 at 22:20

    You should be willing to eat dirt before turning America into a totalitarian dictatorship.

  13. Mainah April 15th, 2015 at 23:06

    That’s right … Question things. Yes. Welcome to the land of the living.

    • Mike April 16th, 2015 at 12:50

      It took him 15-20 years to question which party is doing more for him in a 2 party system…he’s not quite what I’d call “here” yet.

  14. granpa.usthai April 16th, 2015 at 17:08

    vote teabaggers and see what happens!

  15. Ronald L April 16th, 2015 at 21:15

    I thought it would be ten years before idiot conservatives demanded, “Keep your government hands off my Obamacare!”

  16. Ron Jackson April 18th, 2015 at 03:55

    I have zero pity for any right winger

  17. Denise April 24th, 2015 at 16:44

    What an idiot! The answer should be obvious!

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