Alyssa Milano, Ashton Kutcher Celebrate House Passage of Health Care With Twitter Party

People sometimes try to present outlandish arguments to me as a past-time. Sometimes they'll make a case for how Alyssa Milano is a "hot babe" and has a "sweet ass." I tend to stare back blankly as a result. Other times, they'll say that Ashton Kutcher's comedic stylings are sharp, cutting edge, and positively uproarious. At this point, I suggest they ease off the Irish Car Bombs. But to their credit, their incoherent outbursts represent something edifying: that part of America that time forgot. A part which also inexplicably remains a hindrance to all progress. These are people who appreciated Alyssa Milano on Who's the Boss, but not so much on Charmed (that conflicted with their warped world views.) They also enjoyed guffawing to Kelso's antics on That '70s Show too. And what better way to gently take this distrusting chunk of the American electorate by the hand and say, "No, friend! Universal health care is not a step towards full-blown communism! It simply means that parents who otherwise can't afford to can buy a thing to cure their child's sickness. So he doesn't come to school and infect your ugly brat." Yes, Milano and Kutcher may be excellent casual ambassadors for this issue as it goes up against the blue-hairs in Senate.

The celebrities tweeted their exuberant reactions within an hour of each other. Milano and Kutcher join decided far less heartland-friendly celebrities like Sandra Bernhard in their support of the measure. Though Benhard’s response was understandably mixed. It came in a two-parter tweet: “glad health care passed but as always women are compromised the strict anti abortion clause is sickening, but the fight wages on, honey i am...getting old school radical feminist on their asses. post feminist and fed up!”

Grumpy Grandpa McCain (bless them for letting him access Twitter from the home!) offered, “Democrats about to pass health care bill that no one’s read-where is the transparency? What a disgrace!” More disgraceful? Being against publicly-funded health care. And turning a struggle to get medical coverage for all into a stupid exercise in petty partisan politics.