'Keep denying reality, cupcake': Amanda Marcotte loses her mind before our eyes

Buckle up, folks. You’re about to witness one progressive’s rapid descent into bona fide madness.

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/392711407533588480

Amanda Marcotte is shocked — shocked! — at citizens’ claims about higher premiums due to Obamacare. The very idea! If this isn’t proof of a vast right-wing conspiracy, she doesn’t know what is!

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/392711626325262336

Except many of those trying to log onto Healthcare.gov are doing so because they can’t keep their insurance as Obama promised. But as we’ll see, Amanda doesn’t think the president ever made such a promise.

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/392712353420431360

It’s just so popular!

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/392998455041609728

So, conservatives want to spend more money for crappier care? Could’ve fooled us.

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/392999073718210560

Actually, Malkin (who owns Twitchy) wants health insurance. Her plan is being cancelled because it doesn’t comply with Obamacare’s requirements.

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393007974635290624

What’s chilling is that Marcotte actually believes this is the case. One tweeter attempted to set her straight:

https://twitter.com/Matt_Given/status/393009517190868992

To no avail:

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393009646866550784

Well, what many consumers get is a series of error pages.

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393009921144672256

https://twitter.com/Matt_Given/status/393011130387288064

https://twitter.com/Matt_Given/status/393010793047785472

The letter states that his family’s new monthly premium will be $810 per month, up from $263. To sane people, that sounds like a price increase. To Amanda Marcotte, by strong contrast, this photo will no doubt be deemed inadequate because it doesn’t include a screenshot from the dysfunctional ACA website (which, by the way, appears to be understating premiums).

Of course, the gentleman above isn’t alone:

#InsuranceCanceled $429/month premium. Under ACA/Obamacare for similar policy w/ higher deductible now $779

— Jerrod Dozier (@DozierAu) October 24, 2013

@SenatorKirk the ACA is ruining my life. Cheapest policy is 3x my current premium and I can't afford it! Defund the ACA NOW!

— Denise Sanders (@DSanders12801) October 23, 2013

#InsuranceCanceled $380/month premium. Under ACA/Obamacare for similar policy w/ higher deductible now $719

— Lori Patriot (@LoriPatriot) October 25, 2013

Thanks A Lot, Mr. President! My Health Premium Is Up 114% http://t.co/H7ZMvc410X via @forbes #aca

— George Anders (@GeorgeAnders) October 18, 2013

"I was completely happy with the insurance I had before." http://t.co/5zA2o4vLGN

— John Dickerson (@jdickerson) October 25, 2013

But those people must all be lying, because they didn’t post screenshots.

We suppose Democrat Kirsten Powers is a liar, too. Right, Amanda?

Other liberals, like Ezra Klein, have acknowledged that there are winners and losers under Obamacare:

When we talk about rate shock … what we’re saying here is if you look at younger, healthier people, before talking about subsidies in this case, who are in the individual market now, who are buying a very cheap plan now because typically you’ve been comparing the cheapest plan in ehealthinsurance.com to what we’re dealing with. If you look at what they’re paying, and you assume they don’t get subsidies, they might end up paying more or in many cases, frankly, let’s say they will end up paying more …

And here’s Klein making the same point again:

Some people will find the new rules make insurance more expensive. That’s in part because their health insurance was made cheap by turning away sick people. The new rules also won’t allow for as much discrimination based on age or gender. The flip side of that, of course, is that many will suddenly find their health insurance is much cheaper, or they will find that, for the first time, they’re not turned away when they try to buy health insurance. [Emphasis added.]

That’s because Klein, though he is very liberal, is not completely insane.

Speaking of insanity, take a look at this amazing exchange:

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393012774483550208

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393010267027955712

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393010486159351808

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393010876707770368

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393016257496489984

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393016401138819073

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393017193086345216

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393018457140518912

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393019609496182785

That link goes to NBC’s post of Kaiser Health News’ report on the hundreds of thousands of Americans receiving policy cancellation notices. But according to Marcotte, those Americans were left high and dry because their existing plans just weren’t good enough:

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393019924610048000

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393020107716571136

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393020272720482305

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393020576488771585

https://twitter.com/wtspaugh/status/393021124738834432

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/393021272650956801

The truth is “bullshit.” Ladies and gentlemen, the progressive mindset in a nutshell.

So basically @AmandaMarcotte's argument got completely destroyed by @wtspaugh and she ran for the hills. She's such boring, typical leftist.

— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) October 23, 2013

And delusional! Don’t forget delusional!

https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/393054657888530432

Umm the website crashed because of a "mad rush" of 2,000 users: https://t.co/XbD4fdLdY3

— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/393007363529007108

Ummm, yeah. That must be it. LOL "@AmandaMarcotte I suspect that the administration just underestimated the mad rush to get insurance"

— Suze (@suze109) October 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/393009601681313792

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/393016341189623808

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/393022514391027714

How about both?