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Grandma in the Guest House
« on: January 04, 2017, 01:23:01 PM »
I was actually watching the TV when Pelosi said this.  I wanted to reach out and slap her. The best thing the Republicans could do with that statement is turn it into Rs being pro family, because of course they'd take care of grandma before they stuck her in a govt run ACA horror house. The entire press conference, that included all the usual dem children, was basically, as a pundit put it, "buzzword bingo". "Make America sick again".  ;/

http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2017/01/04/shameless-nancy-pelosi-warns-americans-about-unexpected-house-guest-if-obamacare-is-repealed/
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2017, 07:15:04 PM »
Is Nanny Pelosi ever going to pack up and go home?
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2017, 09:37:56 PM »
Is Nanny Pelosi ever going to pack up and go home?
You mean stick here back under the fallen house?
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2017, 11:09:05 PM »
From what my Mother says after working as a nurse in some retirement homes, living in a guest house/room would be a vast improvement.

I guess I should also point out that Pelosi probably thinks ALL Americans have guest houses.  (I noticed her words were "guest room")
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2017, 07:50:39 AM »
Is Nanny Pelosi ever going to pack up and go home?

Her home planet doesn't want her back.
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2017, 09:36:17 AM »
From what my Mother says after working as a nurse in some retirement homes, living in a guest house/room would be a vast improvement.

I guess I should also point out that Pelosi probably thinks ALL Americans have guest houses.  (I noticed her words were "guest room")

My mom was in a nursing home part of her last year, and it was actually a nice (expensive!) place, but she wanted to be at home when she passed. I didn't want to roll all nursing/retirement facilities into one barrel, but was more looking at Rs turning the tables on "pushing grandma off the cliff" and talk about what an gov run ACA facility would be like while at the same time turning the tables on dems for family values.

I know other people besides me have had to deal with putting parents in facilities and I by no means wanted to imply that making that decision versus keeping the parent at home was a bad thing.
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2017, 10:03:04 AM »
govt run ACA horror house

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but these aren't really a thing are they?
Isn't it just the funds that comes from ACA/Medicare coverage going to a (non government run) retirement home in most cases?
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Re: Grandma in the Guest House
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2017, 10:06:43 AM »
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but these aren't really a thing are they?
Isn't it just the funds that comes from ACA/Medicare coverage going to a (non government run) retirement home in most cases?

No, they're not a thing (yet). I was just suggesting what a conservative PR equivalent to "pushing grandma off a cliff" could be. If they were going to fight fire with fire.

Well, also Pelosi's seeming alluding to taking in a parent or grandparent is somehow "bad".
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