Obama's Assessment Of The Graham-Cassidy Bill
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- The 44th President's assessment of the 'Graham-Cassidy' healthcare bill begins with a rudimentary definition of the word 'better.'
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"I'm pouring Bourbon on my breakfast. And my breakfast is Scotch!" That killed me!
Times must truly be dreadful in the US if perfectly good Scotch is getting defaced with that distilled bison urine that passes for whisky over there...
Robert Faber Breakfast Scotch is different, it has little marshmallows.
5:01 " I miss you. " We ALL miss you.
Stupid RED states made the bed that we ALL have to lie in.
+Ford Prefect some of them actually decent enough to beat theirselves. but not enough to stopped this insanity.
I H-8 RED STATES! I smile when a natural disaster hits them. Florida will be submerged when the ice caps melt. Good riddance to them.
I swear I am not even American I am a Vietnamese who lives in Vietnam and I am 15 years old and watching the USA suffering like this makes me miss Obama soooooo much (I actually do love Obama tho)
"Remember Obama"? Who could forget? #44 wasn't a perfect President but sheesh. Undoing everything he ever tried to accomplish will NOT undo the fact that he was our President for 8 years. Sorry, #45.
It honestly makes you wonder what if Obama was less willing to play nice with republicans? Did the virtue of bipartisanship make his legacy that much worse?
I honestly have my own reservations about but something tells me that he would've stopped drone strikes himself if given the choice. This might be Obama's one failure that Trump has better over him: willingness to condemn others. What republicans did those years he was in charge was unforgivable, it's what gives them the platform they have today. It shouldn't have been forgivable under Bush in the first place and yet all Obama focused on doing was "healing the divide". Like a spit on his legacy, the racist who denied his birth for years is now president, and his mission statement is to undo Obama entirely.
Trump's election may have been a wake up call for some, but too little too late. Everything that was put off as a political issue didn't go away, and it's worse today than before.
+borot man he playing nice with the republicans because he was THE PRESIDENT OF USA. not the president of USA's democrat!. that what seperated him with the 45. he knows how much division when he was elected, but the country's unity have the priority above his ego and how much slander he have taken during his tenure. obama have many people from outside of USA respected him because of it. he is like nelson mandela. even after 27 years of jail time, Mr Mandela choose to embrace the white citizens of South Africa and mend the hurt and division between his people. even when he have any rights to be angry and vengeful to those who wronged him, he choose the country's wellbeing than his own. now that is the kind of leader i would follow to my death if needed be.
Nurlinda ~ beautifully written, heartfelt post. Thank you. It's comforting to hear from other people who believe in a better world for all of us. Peace, my friend.
Dak Lamerbusch i'd rather just forget it entirely.
Alexis Smith I hate when people say Obama wasn't a perfect President. Who actually was a perfect President?
That "I miss you" made me laugh so hard.
The moment when you hear the "I miss you" and you realize that you do too.
Thank you Stephen for being a beacon of light. You ease my heart. Thank you.
"WE'RE👏🏼ALL👏🏼GONNA👏🏼DIE👏🏼"
hopefully fast enough so the pain would be bearable
Crossiant kun Not yet, wait for Trump to attack NK.
Hard to believe only 9 months ago we had a President who could talk in complex sentences...
"People want insurance for only their family". And that's everything wrong with this world combined in one sentence.
You mean the US. Here in Europe most people pay for each other's healthcare in various forms of singlepayer or universal healthcare. And I'm happy with it.
Pretty much what +Funkytrip73 says. I can't say we Europeans don't pity you US-ians slightly, but mainly we're just indifferent, because your problems aren't the world's problems...
Ookler That was the joke of the insurance ad for Winnicer insurance.
"Everybody else is probably a hologram."
Shut down the Internet. Biggest mic drop ever. Stephen Stephen Stephen!
I'll have some cold coffee and watch society tear itself down.
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders is that a pro genji?
Bernie Sanders bernie!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 PLEASE COME BACK😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Old crazy Bernie has the plan to throw America in the trashcan.
Tim Engelbrecht Thank you. The greatest country in the world has also the most selfish people on Earth. They never see the greater good, only their own!
Its always refreshing , delightful and fun to watch Stephen.
This guy is amazing
I miss him too :c
I miss him too, Steven... I say, tears welling up in my eyes.
Amélie Hudini our President used to be smart and sane.
5:00 You can almost see the sadness in Colbert's eyes when he saw Obama again...in the same boat :(
"I hope that horse has a safe word" - comedy gold 😂
One of the only countries who's politics is tremendously influenced by outside private companies. It's not about the people, it's all about the money
Abdullah Quasmieh that's how CAPITALISM WORKS
Abdullah Quasmieh one of if not the worst for it but far from the only
Correct, Vasa, and this is one of its greatest flaws.
Vasa Sasa that's why pure capitalism doesn't work, and Scandinavia has the highest life quality on the planet
Brovahkiin so you ARE SAYING THAT's why capitalists use this technique to kill poors?
Oh my God I miss Obama so much. I forget what it's like to have a competent president.
Oh, look at Obamas picture there. His hand are sooo BIG!
Trump can't even hold a single grain of sand with his tiny hands. SAD!
Abortion: Everyone must be offered the opportunity to live! Someone's life is priceless!
Healthcare bill: If you have a pre-existing condition we will not give you an opportunity to live if you can't afford to.
Ironic
you forgot in the abortion part : but after you are born, goodluck with your life and dont bother us asking for help! just blame your mother.
XxScootzxX The only way you can get Republicans to give a shit about people's is to shove them back into the womb.
XxScootzxX dont forget abt wanting to own guns... bcuz that doesnt take lives
Republicans are pro-birth, not pro-life. They only care about you until you exit the womb, after that you're on your own. "Conservatives want live babies so they can grow up to be dead soldiers"
George Carlin said that 25 years ago, and it's just as true today as it was then.
Wrong... rep don't care about the opportunity to be born - they would (and propably do) cut programs for pregnant woman. Except for opposing abortions, they couldn't care less about even a fetus.
10 days to overhaul the healthcare or everyone lives. lol. Touché.
I miss Obama, too...
I also miss Obama
Good job Stephen, love from Costa Rica
Jose Lopez ....pura vida
It's so heartening to see them work so hard to kill everyone you love but are otherwise unimportant to them
"People want insurance for their own families....." Americans just do not know how insurance work.
We all miss the Obamas 💖
President Obama was intelligent, had class, and compassion.
Our Führer Trump only claims to have a 168 IQ, thinks that tons of gold is class and only cares about himself and some of his children, the ones that he think make him look good..........
No, not really.
Probably not every one, there are plenty of people out there who think the shit show we have as a president is better. However yes, Obama is missed by many...
Everyday! And those who don't deserve this shit healthcare
Best President since FDR
Just a fun fact : Obama have around 100M followers on twitter whereas Trump only have 33M followers. Just some passing marks trump got :-P
Yeah, but you don't have to follow Trump when every tweet ends up on TV.
anurag kumar Obama is loved and respected around the world. Trump, not so much.
Tiia Mannix you are right. He was not only president of US, but much more than that.
Because Obama is the fuckin' maaaaaaan. And Michelle Obama is 10/10.
Another fun fact, Trumps Twitter account have over 18 million fake accounts following him, which means over half of the people following him are not real.... just like most of the things Trump says lol Also my account which has only 317 followers, has only 5 fake accounts following. Which means my account is stronger and better then his by light years :)
thank you Stephen for the courage and continuing perseverance to address the most pressing issues in our country head on with the real compassion and humanity that you have shown - it may be a sad day for our democracy that it takes the comedians to lead the defense of our great country and values but I could not think of a better spokesperson than yourself to represent the best our country has to offer
Half the people who hate Obama have no clue how many people love Obama.
Half the people who hate Obama are fucking racists.
Half the people who love the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) but hate Obamacare have no idea that the PPACA (and its provisions they love) is the official name for what Republicans insisted on calling Obamacare. It's like saying I hate wet things, but I love the rain. Now think of the brain that could come up with such a sentence as, "I hate wet things, but I love the rain," and you understand why the president's name today is Trump and not Clinton and why you can call anything that doesn't have the word "Obama" in it, "repeal and replace," regardless of what effect it will actually have.
The absolute lack of empathy these "elected" politicians have towards anyone that is not wealthy or making them wealthy is sickening.
Ok. I have mentioned this as a comment previously in another one of the healthcare debates. I live in Canada. Work at an average job. My last cheque (paid monthly) was for 3670.22 gross pay. I paid 167.24 for CPP (the Canada Pension Plan), 59.82 for EI (unemployment insurance), and 577.27 in income tax, that is provincial and federal tax. Total deductions were 804.33. The tax money for healthcare goes to the Federal Government and they distribute it to the provinces based on some formula I know nothing about. There is no health insurance where I live. I have a healthcard that if needed, I am healthy btw, I can walk into a hospital or see a Dr. at anytime, anywhere in Canada. I've had my appendix out, it cost nothing and other than that a few minor visits to the Dr. and there are no charges. Also now that I am older (58), they send me screening test for colorectal (sp?) cancer every two years I think , that I sent away in the mail just today. I was unaware of that program, it just arrived in the mail. There are no death boards. That's funny btw. NOBODY talks about not affording an operation or a visit to the doctor. I am sure it is the same in Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. It's not FREE, but I have shown how much it costs.
You're right...Canada's health care is far from free! This is a huge myth. The only people who truly get free healthcare are the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants (incorrectly labled 'refugees") who've recently fled that war-torn, third-world country..the USA!..(sarcasm)
The Canadian tax system means everyone pays significantly for healthcare...for themselves, and for others. That last part is key. A person paying a tiny amount in taxes gets the same healthcare as a person paying tens of thousands. That $577 you paid in income tax helps pay for the illegal immigrants. After they pick up their $650 welfare check, they can walk into any hospital and get anything they need...for free. They've never paid a dollar in Canadian tax.
This is an aspect of Canadian healthcare that is very frustrating to many. Trudeau's ridiculous policy on fake refugees means everyone pays. He's driven the country into terrible deficits and debt, from which it'll likely never recover. (For the record, I fully-support Canada welcoming legitimate refugees, such as those from Syria).
On the positive side: high taxes in Canada ensures great healthcare for everyone. And the whole society benefits. Your free appendix operation is a drop in the bucket. I recently had a family member get multiple heart surgeries and spent weeks in the hospital. The bill was $0, of course. He paid taxes his whole life to get that free healthcare. In the US, the same procedures and care would've been tens of thousands if not 6 figures.
Also, for the education of any Americans reading...Canadians also can pay for additional/supplemental health insurance. Companies such as Blue Cross (a non-profit) and insurance companies such as Manulife, Sunlife, etc. offer additional coverage on things not covered by Canada's system, such as most dental work, getting sick/injured out-of-country and eye tests, glasses, etc.
And most Canadian provinces also have US-style private healthcare providers.. where you can buy pretty much whatever you want. For example, if you don't want to wait 6-9 months for a 'free' MRI, you can pay to get it sooner.
I'm pouring bourbon on my breakfast, and my breakfast is scotch.
Obama's "better is good" line may sound obvious, but it gets to the heart of his presidential philosophy which many people still have trouble accepting. For many people, it's an all-or-nothing, my-way-or-the-highway worldview. Obama took so much criticism for pushing thru Obamacare instead of other options, like single-payer. But Obamacare was better than what we had before, and had a better chance of succeeding, so he went with it. Rather than swinging for the fences and risk a strikeout, he just tried to get on base. This is his "better is good" pragmatism. "Better is good" sounds stupidly simple, but many people don't think in those terms.
What would we do without U StephenColbert AND PresidentObama?
Stephen you better see that Bourbon consumption it might become a preexisting condition
Brilliant, but damn, my blood pressure's up.
We miss you Obama
Man.. I'm in Canada and I had to buy my own shovel! And boy, after digging through 4 feet of snow to get to the grave, you go through a lot of shovels. Oh wait.. I have free health care. Nevermind.
When people don't understand the basic concept of insurance... -.-
Obama > Trumpf.
everything > trump
Jim Solo agreed
maggots in Obama's shit > Trump
Jim Solo You really has some beef with Trump
Just Some Random Individual
OMG! Hilarious! 😂 Colbert is awesome!!👍 😍
"I miss you!" hahaha. That part had me dying with laughter! I miss him too.
im your host steven cold bear
Hassan Eido Too Funny! That's Awesome! :-)
No no, it's coal bear!
You had a decent man as a decent President, USA; just what is that thing you call "president" nowadays . . ?!? . . .
camelshit a sleazy demagogue businessman
My nickname for him is the Cheetoh in Chief.
A piece of shit
A mutated orange that's growing hair for some reason. Would not eat. SAD!
Your username.
send the caskets to the white house...with the body ..with a message I voted..for you
0:30 it sounds like a poetry slam when John is playing while he's talking. Weird, but neat.
90 seconds of debate to overhaul 1/6th of the economy. Irresponsible!
That "I miss you" part right there... His eyes...he genuinely meant it!
I went and liked it as soon as he said "I miss you" omg
"I hope that horse has a safe word" made me LOL!
Impeach The Expired Orange and I'll mail you a pizza roll
That mustache dude in blue at 4:18 is EPIC! No laughter, no emotion, no nothing! He must've been (literally) dragged to the show by either his wife or kids!
I enjoy the fact that Stephen and other talk show hosts can find some sort of humor in something so dark and ridiculous. I'm generally an angry and anxious person, and that's amplified when I think about Donald Trump and what's going on throughout the world. I wanted to put my head through a wall when I heard Trump's speech on Hurricane Harvey, I'm forever pissed off we're going backwards in society after everything previous administrations have worked hard to accomplish. The fact that the USA pulled out of The Paris Climate Change agreement makes me wants to slide down a hill of glass with a pool of lemon juice and salt at the end. He doesn't condemn neo nazis and white supremacists until PROMPTED to, he still can't adequately form a fucking sentence, he's trying to make more jobs in the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY WHENEVER WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO PROGRESSIVELY GET AWAY FROM THEM AND USE ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR THE GOOD OF OUR GODDAMN BEAUTIFUL PLANET. AND THEN, THEEEEEEN WE'RE GONNA FUCKING ESSENTIALLY THREATEN NORTH MOTHERFUCKIN' KOREA WITH TOTAL MOOOOOTHERFUCKIN' DESTRUCTION IN HIS UN SPEECH?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bdhdvsgahgfwYYU01001002 xaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.
"I'm pouring bourbon on my breakfast, and my breakfast is scotch" *died*
You guys bave no idea how mindboggling it is for a Canadian brain to hear that type of shit. How the hell do these people think car insurance works?! You're willingly paying for some other family' dinged minivan door but if another family needs medical attention, well that would actually help someone so we can't have that. In which parallel universe does that make any fucking sense?
alf landon Aww what an adorable display of foolproof logic. I am thoroughly enlightened. Keep up the good fight sweetie, dont let The Man tell you what to do😘
alf landon I laughed my ass off about what you said. Hell my team at work had a good laugh. hahahahaha. You got to be a troll. Only trolls sound that stupid right? Right.........?
sooph1e it's because the ACA underhanded how insurance works. Aside from the fact that it was instituted through executive action, it forces you to buy a service you don't need potentially (like having to buy car insurance when you don't own a car), and fines you if you don't. It also forces the pre-existing aspect which is like not having car insurance, totaling the car you have, and telling the insurance company they have to give you a policy and cover the damages. The system was broken before for healthcare and for lots of the middle class, costs have increased due to the ACA. My dads premiun/deductible doubled before I was let go turning 26. This is one of the reasons Trump was elected, because if you don't have employer sponsored plans, or receive subsidies, or if your state didn't expand Medicaid, you're likely paying more. Obamacare provided insurance to some while stripping it from others. The media has only shown the positives though. And I'm a fan of universal care too. Just had to point out that Obamacare was extremely flawed when imposed on the national scale.
Harry Doyle Not everyone has a car. Everyone has a body. Become noncorporeal and then you can opt out.
Elena Christian that was my initial point. Not everyone has a car so those without a car are exempt from having to get car insurance. That's one of the ways the ACA undermined insurance in general. You dont need it per se, but now if you dont buy it, you get fined. And the insurance companies still have to cover you even if your likely to be a costly patient. It would be like me not having homeowners insurance, having my house burn down, and telling state farm that they need to give me a policy AND cover the damage. I'm not against medicare for all I actually support it. I was just trying to convey the fact that millions of people were adversely affected by the law and it's a valid reason for them to be pissed. But they should be pissed at more than just Obama. They should also be pissed at big pharma, big insurance, and Congress for not allowing healthcare to be fixed.
What a coincidence, I have been pouring rum on my cap'n crunch before checking the news of the morning
Every single one of you whom are mad, better be registered to vote for 2018 and 2020!
I have to say amid this circus we are in, the best thing that's happened are the "I miss you Obama" twitter memes. I live for them every day LOL
"The Republicans have ten days to overhaul the health care system or everybody lives!" OK, I think that deserves to go down in history.
Surely if anyone in Congress has some expertise about "gay" cakes it would probably be Lindsey Graham lol. "Heavens to Betsy! Find me my fainting couch, I've caught the vapors!"
If this bill passes the Republicans will be torn apart. It’ll be beautiful!
An Insurance plan that covers both Me & my Dog?? Sign me UP!!
I miss Obama too😭😭😭😭!!!
😂😂 5:02 his face comes outta no where! I miss you. ❤️
You never realize what you lost until you lost it. When obama was president many complained about him. Now look what happened.
Don't it always seems to go
That you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone
"And my breakfast is Scotch." Awesome.
I prefer to be healthy and pay for sick people to being a sick person getting cheaper healthcare any day of the week.
k3nny111 Thank you for being a good human. Its rare nowadays.
k3nny111 Thank you! Succinctly put and right on the money!
When Stephen came on the screen and said with a closeup, "I miss you" I fell out..lol
Only you matter. Only now matters. This attitude makes America great? Really?! Sounds mediocre to me.
"They've got ten days to get to the vote or everybody lives!"
Ha! 😆🤣
Stephen I miss him more!
"I'm pouring bourbon on my breakfast, and my breakfast is scotch" XD
psst: merica... univeral health care...
love Canada
Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Have a great day.
truly a great mind at work here folks
Bourbon and scotch for breakfast ? Damn Stephens really gonna need that healthcare now lol 😂😂
Any Healthcare Bill should have Medical Pro's work it out and present it to the People. Then we should vote and then those lousy Politicians would have to do what WE NEED them to do. NO Electoral College!
Stephens "I miss you" Sounded rediculously sincere.
This is the end...my only friend...THE END
Stephen is the funniest of them all right now, the funniest jokes and brilliant improvisations too. Jean baptiste improved too, right on dudes
Obama is still trying to help the country even when he isn't president anymore. Will Trump do that? Did he do that before? Will Hillary? That answer to those questions is 'no'. They have always only been out for themselves.
This is normally the part where I plead for Obama to come back, but seeing him visibly age like this, I don't want to anymore. He needs to take care of himself, and America doesn't deserve him anyway.
Instead, I will now plead for him to move to Canada. SAVE YOURSELF
anschluss I agree, America don't deserve Obama. I want the best for him and his family.
anschluss its because trump didn't want to win he wanted to lose and then make a media empire based on "anti fake news" he even said "my old job was much easier I miss it"
"I miss you."
The sentiment of the entire world.
Obama - FOUR MORE YEARS!
Trump - NO MORE YEARS!
''I'm pouring bourbon on my breakfast.........and my breakfast is scotch!'' 😂
do they even know how healthcare works?
That race against the clock joke was brilliant 😂😂
I so miss Obama
Stephen is pure gold ! keeps me sane.
Miss you too Obama
"I'm pouring bourbon on my breakfast, and my breakfast is scotch" sounds like a Tom Waits lyric.
Obama: when sanity ruled the White House.
"I Miss You " heart shatters
America have invented their own Christianity with their own Christian values
steven ewart You're missing some double quotes there
"Better is good." What a revelation!
But seriously, even baby steps in the right direction are still... well... in the right direction.
We all mis him...fuck...!
"I'm pouring bourbon on my breakfast and my breakfast is scotch." That is the best way to tell people how stressed out you are.
Insurance is about spreading a risk to many to lower cost of insuring against need for those who might make use of it. If people are too stupid to understand that, they probably should consider coughing up the full amount for treatment instead. If they can.
If they _do_ understand it but only want _others_ to pay for it, perhaps they should move to Fuckyouistan instead. (Hey, if it's alright for Trump...)
Either way, the point is moot. Instead of paying variable and often extortionate fees to for-profit corporations to _maybe_ throw you a bone in time of need, or crisis, everyone who earns an income should pay a regular, smaller, amount to the government so that they can arrange healthcare for *all* Americans. I say this as a non-American.
It's the ultimate in risk spreading and if done properly (by watching other countries who already do this and learning from their mistakes) Americans have an affordable shot at having the best healthcare - for both preventative and reactive treatment - in the world.
Or you could continue on your current course and watch the rich point and laugh at you from their ivory towers as your nation's general health slides slowly into the toilet.
The "Winnacker" commercial was great.
just wanted to say that i have several tabs open right now and this tab is titled "Obama's Ass..." and i'm wheeziNg
Man! I'm 43 and I didn't even know that "Christmas Eve" was a holiday!
"It gets me somewhere..." LOL!
5:01 I can feel it that he is serious, the feelings in that line are real