The genius of Elisabeth Hasselbeck

[Major Nikon]

Fox and Friends was just rolling out their latest scare tactic talking about United Health "dropping thousands of doctors from its Medicare Advantage", when Hasselbeck says, and I shit you not, think about how many thousands of women who are expecting babies who will loose their doctors.

If anyone can capture this on the youtubes I can guarantee an instant hit.

[Cali_Democrat]

1. LOL

You've gotta be fucking kiddin me.

[Major Nikon]

2. I'm cleaning up the coffee I spewed right now

[demwing]

3. I must be too fuzzy from the flu

I don't get it...

[hootinholler]

6. You don't qualify for medicare until you're 65 or on SS disability. n/t

[demwing]

7. of for fuck sake

:

thanks for not teasing me, , Im pretty scattered right now

[Mojorabbit]

37. Thanks from me also

I have only had one sip of coffee this morning and am foggy. My husband was one of the docs dropped from United. Almost all of his patients transferred to another mediadv. plan so they could stay with him. It is tough on the elders when they do stuff like this. They were calling the office in a panic and picking plans can be daunting.

[hootinholler]

4. Oh please let this take off in the RW world

Almost as good as teabagging.

[dchill]

9. Yep - ol' Jim Bob'll see this and...

He shore ain' t a gonna like it!

[mercuryblues]

5. I will

admit that I did not catch this right away. In my defense, I just finished bathing my cat, which is apparently smarter than a hasselbeck.

Which is pretty amazing considering I call her "stupid cat"

[LisaLynne]

38. Even the dumbest cat is smarter than the smartest hasselbeck. nt

[mercuryblues]

41. I heard

The hesselbeck asked someone what time it was, and they told her it was 4:45. The hesselbeck, with a puzzled look on her face replied,


"You know, it's the weirdest thing, I have been asking that question all day, and each time I get a different answer."

[MannyGoldstein]

8. She learned at the knee of Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo Presses 44-Year-Old Congressman: If Medicare Is So Good, Why Aren't You On It?

[dchill]

10. These norks are gonna back themselves into a corner...

Recommending Medicare for everyone. How can we get them to "Proceed…"?

[marble falls]

16. Like Wiener said, about 40% of all preimiums go to a public option, the US already has one .....

of the largest socialized medical system in the world - Medicare, Medicaid, ADC, VA, Federal employees, armed forces, prisons and jails. I wish they would back themselves into a corner. I'm on Tri-Care and I think it should be the minimum offered every everyone. I'm with you - "Proceed"!

[marble falls]

17. And they didn't poke fun at her. I would have. Mercilessly.

[fasttense]

11. It amazes me how such stupidity can rise

And be given a platform to spew more stupidity.

Hasselbeck is Palin with the ability to finish sentences.

[rtassi]

12. What amazes me is that people here watch this stuff ...

and then post about it … turn the damn thing OFF … She can't piss you off if you don't watch … And those who do watch her already can NOT be reached …. or reasoned with ...

[Major Nikon]

13. I caught this at the gym

If I had been at home I would have been able to hit rewind on the DVR and youtube it, but then again if I had been at home I wouldn't have been watching it in the first place.

[notadmblnd]

14. Oh you are too funny.

[marble falls]

18. We need to watch these people - maybe monitor is a better word. And they do provide a laugh.

[proReality]

15. Geez

I'd better run out and get a pregnancy test because I certainly don't want to find out I'm pregnant at 69 and then find out there are no doctors to help me deliver my baby!

[sarge43]

21. Yes, I'm fairly sure Medicare

wouldn't pay a doctor to deliver the baby of a 70 year old who left her calf bag by the wayside some 40 years ago. Damn gumint paper pukes.

Almost forgot: It's all Obama's fault!

[awoke_in_2003]

29. Thanks Obama

[antiquie]

32. Sweet phrasing ~ nt

[Laelth]

19. Bless her heart.

That woman is truly stupid.

-Laelth

[texasmomof3]

20. Not as bad as Shelia Jackson Lee

She said that now people that are in hospice care will get preventative health care. There is a shining example of brilliance. I am just wondering is it too much to ask that our elected officials understand very very basic medical terms like preventative health care and what hospice is before they vote on and determine my use of such items?

[sammytko]

26. You can "survive" hospice care

My mom was on it for three months and made a miraculous recovery. It was the individualized care that helped pull her from the brink of death. They still check your blood, give you your medications etc.

My neighbor's father was on hospice for two years.

[spooky3]

27. Why didn't you provide a link to a direct quote?

And context?

And how, exactly, are these legislators determining your use of medical procedures?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

36. Be careful. Your trolling is showing. First, you post no direct quote. Second, you know that hospice

services treat people for "palliative care". That essentially means that it provides specialized treatment to PREVENT pain or to treat those suffering from pain. "Preventive health measures" in this case does not mean wellness programs; it means measures used to prevent pain or to treat pain for those in hospice care.

[LisaLynne]

39. You are going to scare it away with logical and actual facts, you know.

[mercuryblues]

43. Nope she did not say that.

Here is what she actually said....

BLITZER: When you hear Dr. Ben Carson, a distinguished physician at Johns Hopkins University, well known surgeon, when he says that this is the worst legislation since slavery in the United States, what do you think?

JACKSON LEE: Well, Dr. Carson is a friend of mine. I have a great deal of respect for him. But obviously he has missed the historical legacy here in this country although we've overcome it, we interred the Japanese, we discriminated against the Chinese. There were Jim Crowe laws. It saddens me. Because millions of people are being saved, lives saved, people coming out of hospice now being able to have, if you will, preventative care.

Now, as you have heard people do come out of hospice care. Before the ACA, they were uninsuarable, now they can get health insurance.

[msanthrope]

46. You sound concerned. nt

[oberliner]

22. My doctor is already pretty loose

Funny typo!

[MissNostalgia]

23. I wonder ...

I wonder if at ABC Elisabeth Hasselbeck's propaganda prepping was more isolated towards her over at the View. Yet now at Fox she doesn't get her hand held in explaining what to say and what not to say.

[progressoid]

24. Hopefully TPM or MediaMatters will have it.

They're usually on top of stupid like this.

[Heather MC]

25. I know my 74 year old mom can't wait to get an ultrasound of her new baby!!!

Growing inside her

[BlueJazz]

28. Here's five more reasons why Hasselbeck is incredibly stupid >

1. Morning-after pill is the same thing as birthing a baby and leaving it out in the street!”

2. Older lesbian women just couldn’t get a man. Her theory on why lesbians come out later in life is that older men prefer young women, “leaving older women with no one.”

3. Stalking victim’s outfit was too slutty. Hasselbeck joked that Dancing With the Stars contestant Erin Andrews’ outfit was too skimpy for the stalking victim who was filmed nude in her hotel room.

4. Waterboarding isn’t torture. Hasselbeck suggested that the military requires waterboarding and it was used effectively post-9/11 to gain intelligence information.

5. Feminists only “burn their bras” for liberals. In a debate over Rush Limbaugh’s misogynist attacks, Hasselbeck took issue with feminists who do not stand up for conservative women. However, in making her point, she invoked the “bra-burning” stereotype about feminists. “The sisters that you speak of… my question for them is why they are so selective in their feminism, why aren’t they burning their bras when a conservative women is attacked,” she said.

AAAHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!

[tavernier]

30. Damn

Should I go on the pill? I guess I'd better call my grandkids and ask them what they are using these days as I've been out of the loop for twenty years.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

31. Medicare Advantage is the "private insurance" part of Medicare. It's not Medicare. They are lying

their fucking asses off and they know it!!

[mountain grammy]

33. I'm the only Medicare person in my household.. my husband's a year away.

I don't have Medicare Advantage, but glad Elizabeth is concerned for all us 65 year old pregnant women out here.

[rurallib]

34. One would almost think she was the one who had concussions from playing football

and not her hubby.

[librechik]

35. omg. Just. omg.

get that moron out of her position of influence. No, wait, let's see more of her, so she can be revealed for what she is.

I can't decide whether this happened because America is stupid, or if Hasselbeck and ilk are making America stupid.

[leftyladyfrommo]

40. She was worried about the elderly pregnant women

losing coverage.

I think she is funny.

[lpbk2713]

42. She must really work at it to be that stupid.

It would have to take a serious special effort to stand out the way she does.

[sarge43]

44. Considering all the competition,

she's definitely a contender.