Fifth Anniversary of RomneyCare Celebrated
**Written by Doug Powers
It should be mentioned that the fifth anniversary of RomneyCare was celebrated by Democrats on Tuesday — Republicans, not so much. But that’s the whole point.
In Massachusetts, Dems even made this ad thanking Mitt Romney:
Does Obamacare cover the surgical removal of tongue from cheek?
New Hampshire Democrats piled on as well:
“Without Romney, it’s hard to see how President Obama would have been able to provide quality, affordable health care for every American,” the New Hampshire Democratic Party said in a statement released Monday that also called for supporters to blast Romney’s Twitter account and thank him “for providing the critical momentum necessary to get President Obama’s vision of health reform through Congress and signed into law.”
Scott Brown voted for Romney’s health care plan as a state senator, so he got his share of thank-yous today too.
The Obamacare law now only has about 35 percent support according to a new AP poll, so the Dems are obviously more than willing to be bipartisan when it comes to scapegoats for their big f-in deal. If there were fewer goats to scape among the likely GOP contenders, I’d be a little more confident heading toward November of 2012.
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Way to go RINO!
“If there were fewer goats to scape among the likely GOP contenders”
It was almost a sheep over the fence moment!
Looks like Romney stepped in some Brown.
And do not forget this guy signed a bill allowing state funded abortions with a $50.00 co-pay.
Conservative my single point of contact.
I wonder what the market is for Chris Matthews piñatas? I just might be able to retire early.
or does it cover surgical removal of foot from mouth? on a related matter, i still remember jessie jackson offeres free surgical testicle removals on presidential candidates.
*Mitt is a good family man, has a great business background, but Romneycare is as progressive as it gets, ala Teddy or Woodrow; Save your money Mitt, as you will never get the Tea Party stamp of approval!
I think we should celebrate this anniversary of RINO excellence by seeing that Cantor and Boehner are fired from their leadership positions for flat out lying to us about the nature of the $39 billion in budget cuts.
We should not put up with this GOP spineless, whimpering, defeatist approach to dealing with Democrats one second longer.
Elections have consequences for the GOP leadership as well. Those two insiders need to be handed a pink slip.
Romneycare vs Obamacare, I can hardly wait…….
What turned me off about Romeny in ’08, is his attack and utter dismissal of Ron Paul in the debate.
Ron Paul is slightly enigmatic, IMO, but he is also right on many, many fiscal issues.
Mitt showed no respect, nor no class in regards to this.
He dismisses Ron Paul like that, what’s the chances he has already dismissed you and me ???
BTW, I did not vote for Ron Paul in the 08 Primaries.
It’s deja-vu all over again.
Another McCain.
RINO.
LOSER.
ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF OBAMA.
WAKE UP, AMERICA!!!! WE DON’T NEED ROMNEY TO GIVE US 4 MORE YEARS OF SOCIALISM!!!
The strong leadership of Boner and Can’tor/won’t has delivered significant cuts…….
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/04/12/budget-deal-guts-226-million-from-southern-border-fence-project/
*Now there’s a headline I would love to read in 2012; Since they are failing on the basics of following the will of the people, I can’t imagine they would do any better on the debt ceiling or the 2012 FY budget; Cantor is the rat bastard that would not allow a vote on the defunding of $105B for Obamacare in the 2011 FY budget; He is every bit the enemy of the people as is P-BO; One and the same!
Most everybody judges RomneyCare based on the current condition. But that is not what RomneyCare was like in the beginning.
Yea sure, it wasn’t perfect by any standard but it is what happened after Romney left that should be noted.
The Ds got in and changed a lot of things relating to RomneyCare. They forced in a whole slew of mandates that drove the price up. They lowered the threshold which placed a lot more people into the program that was not part of the initial funding. The Ds also raised up the bottom threshold to create a larger pool of people to receive benefits which the money was not in there to support.
The Ds did what they do best … adding more people onto the government teet without considering the financial burdens.
Surely you must agree that if one person gets something for nothing then someone else has to support him/her self AND that other person.
Maybe, but I think that eventually even the GOP leadership will figure out that without a true conservative candidate there will be no Tea Party support.
I think on Tax Day that message is going to going to start being delivered.
If you don’t want a Romney or even worse, another McCain for a candidate, then somebody needs to take the whip away from Iowa and NH. As long as they get to pick the candidate, we’ll never get a conservative.
Watch how the primaries play out, by this time next year, Romney will be the nominee.
It really doesn’t matter what kind of candidate conservatives want. We’ll get what the RNC wants, just like last time. How many actually believe that McCain was the choice of the majority of GOP voters?
Really???
He won here on Super Tuesday.
And the RNC wants the candidate that the MSM picks as the conservative candidate.
Never forget the role the MSM played in endorsing McCain along with RNC support. The same leadership that just lied to you about the budget deal.
If you are in the RNC and get to keep your cushy well-connected job, do you really care if your side wins? Nope.
Still think the “deal” was a GOP victory? More like Boener got bent over a desk. We have to get a true conservative leader in the White House and get true conservatives in the House and Senate. This nation is doomed if we don’t. No more Romneys, McCains, Gramnestys, Boeners. It is way past time to call enemies enemies, even if it means they got voted into an office. I’m sick and tired of being lied to by “public servants.” I’m so angry I could go to bed now. I really do think we are way past screwed.
I’m just glad that when everything is said and done, the good guys win and we get to go home to our real home where none of this crap matters.
btw, Cain/West or West/Cain is still my ticket of choice.
OK,
How many were still on the ballot? I had a choice of McCain or Huckabee. The calendar was rigged.
That is BS and chickenship tactic too.
The voters cast the vote not my opinion.
Somebody at freerepublic agrees
That is a state issue…I will agree we need a national primary
And don’t forget all the Democrats and “independents” who voted for McCain in states where there were open primaries.
But, yeah, I guess we did have a choice…
The Republican primaries are for leftists, regardless of party affiliation, to select the “best” Republican candidate.
The prianary system should be scrapped. It preserves the status quo for the parties..
Serves them right for not getting up off their conservative butts and voting in the primary.
No, they’d rather sit in the lazyboy at home after work and complain that they “don’t have time” as they watch American Idol and Survivor and are “too busy raising families”.
Yeah, our whoppingly high TFR rate of 2.06 child born per woman (most of which are white Mormons and Catholic Hispanics) sure supports that.
2012 is your last chance.
LOL
After re-reading, hangfire quoted VaP w/ me saying it…
Apologies to hangfire for his typo and my mis-understanding.
The #1 reason to never even consider voting Romney into any public office, particularly the presidency.
“Come to decide that the things that I tried
Were in my life just to get high on
…
The more I see the less I know
The more I like to let it go… hey oh
Woah oh”
Snow.
Like all of these guys.
Trump also favors national healthcare or at least he used to. More disturbing is is not only his record of supporting BOTH sides of the fence but WHO Trump has supported on the dark side:
Puff Daschle! Harry Reid! Charlie Rangel! OMG! And many more as listed here.
I hope he and many more like him run in order to water down the RINO vote the way the conservative vote was watered down in 08 to end up giving us McCain.
Hello Sarah?…..
I lost count how many times I’ve asked the question – Name ONE person ever cured by an insurance company, politician or trial lawyer?
Mitt go home. Cain is the best person for the job, so far
Hangfire at #19 hit it right. The media chooses a rino, and the RNC runs him. And Obama beats him like a gong. Have we not learned anything? We have got to get out of the old ways of thinking. Even Trump is a guaranteed 4 more for Obama.
Flyoverman #17:
WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? “EVENTUALLY”???
Let me repeat what I have said before in this space:
THE INSIDE THE BELTWAY, GO-ALONG-TO-GET-ALONG, RNC RINOs HATE CONSERVATIVES!!!
Want proof? Consider this:
They HATED Reagan. That’s why we had the Bushes imposed on us along with Bob Dole, John McCain, and a host of others at the state and local level. Ask Pasadena Phil. These morons despise conservatves so much that they allowed the Senate to stay in the Demonrats hands last year, rather than support Tea Party backed candidates (Sharon Angle, anyone?).
Now they are trying to impose Romney, of Romneycare, forced gay marriage and “I was pro-abortion before I was pro-life, but I’m not a flip-flopper” fame.
Ameica, please, I’m begging you:
STOP THESE SOULLESS ELITE BASTARDS BEFORE THEY DESTROY THE COUNTRY! IF YOU DON’T, THERE WON’T BE A COUNTRY LEFT TO LEAVE TO OUR CHILDREN!!!
Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty, birds of a feather. All squishy politicians reaching across the aisle never wiling to take a stand on principle. I’m going to puke if R’s nominate one of the lunkheads again.
Yea, last time my only choice was Sarah P with Juan as a tag-a-long since most other Rs had dropped out or was so far away from winning I would have wasted my vote.
Anyone hear from Steele’s replacement ?
Haven’t received any solicitation for $$$ in months either.
Remember all of those questionable situations where BHO received money online from Mickey Mouse and Goofey and those millions that came in $20 to $100 increments that didn’t require reporting? And that Chinese laundry guy story?
BHO money machine got away with every dime with no investigations. That money machine has had plenty of time to fine tune and to expand its reach even deeper.
And on top of that, BHO doesn’t have to waste any money fighting other candidates on the D ticket. The R money will be scattered among 10+ people. Sure BHO will have to attach multiple targets but he has the ammunition and the guns to afford it where we don’t.
As long as 50%+ don’t pay taxes under BHO why should they vote for change? And don’t forget the union and its deep pockets and anyone connected to GE. BHO has been buying votes for the last two years.
I never thought I would say this but, THANK YOU DEMOCRATS! By celebrating Romneycare, they are assuring his defeat in the primaries. And if he becomes media’s darling, you can be sure he will lose. Anyone with half a brain will see through all of the spin. And what is with his lame slogan and logo? Totally loser quality. He needs to hire better PR people!
Believe in America
Hope and Change
Win the Future
WTF???
Slogans and spin will not win! Hey, I just gave us another bumper sticker!
I do not want Obama for another 4 years. I want a Tea Party candidate, period. However, if through relentless attacks by the gestapo mainstream media, and relentless demagoguing and lying by treasonous soulless liberals, we cannot elect a TP candidate, I sure as hell want Romney in the WH and not Karl Marx lite, Obama. Obama is the Manchurian candidate pure and simple, a mystery man, who probably wrote college papers on the evils of capitalism, and merits of Marxism (but we will never see them will we??) and who was raised and associated with people that are Marxist, socialist and communist since his childhood. If any conservative would rather stay at home and allow this creep to govern in the WH another 4 years, rather than vote for Romney (if you have to) then you must have kamikaze blood in your veins.
I never stay home. I voted for Bob Barr last time around. He was the only eligible candidate on my ballot.
If Mitt is serious about another WH run, and not just in it for the campaign hot mitts he hands out, he should do this:
Create a serious marketing campaign centering around his admission, given five years of failing returns, that his healthcare plan for MA failed, and that as a leader, he understands that, although no one gets it right 100% of the time, a real leader looks at his efforts, sees the mistakes, and commits (or coMITTs) to not repeating them.
It takes a big man to admit he was wrong. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a president or presidential candidate admit (or adMITT) that he was/is wrong.
If Mitt does this, he will have earned my vote. There’s a lot to like, and character, especially in light of the sitting POTUS, counts.
Romney had his own celebration yesterday when he announced his candidacy on the anniversary. This guy is about as tone-deaf as it gets.
Mitt must have studied Obama’s poll numbers and noticed that his popularity has cratered among the ultra-left and is now positioning himself to go for that vote. He sure isn’t making any effort to appeal to conservatives or even moderates.
Prepare to hold your noses for Romney. It won’t work any better than holding your nose for McCain.
Per Phil’s assignment in the last Romney thread, I have been Trump-watching. I hadn’t seen any of his appearances first-hand, only accounts from various outlets and blogs about what was discussed, which mostly centered on the birth certificate issue.
I have now watched his Human Events interview with Jason Mattera on YouTube.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see any principles on display in the man. He changed party affiliation from Republican to “independence party” in 1999, and pretty much immediately put out a book in January 2000 espousing pro-choice, pro-government run health care and massive (and probably unconstitutional) taxation. He is chummy with Mayor Bloomberg, and even now won’t even make any policy comments on him. Now he back in the fold and oh-so-conservative. The guy is a chameleon. Whatever backdrop you set him against, he changes to that color.
As for his vision for the country, some of it is fairly agreeable, but he isn’t a very good communicator for someone who has been in business (and even television) for so long. He uses the same phrases and even whole sentences, over and over again as though he prepped himself for that issue with that phrase only, and really hasn’t thought about the issue before. My take: he doesn’t believe in what he is saying.
He reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigning for the recall election: He has no record of elected office at all (not necessarily bad). He has a history of statements that belies his current conservative claims. He is a celebrity with lots of friendly Democrat ties. Finally, there is the overwhelming message that we must do something different, and he is different, so it must be him.
Win or lose, I’m supporting Cain, not a sideshow act.
Same here. I hope we can get build on that.
I wonder if democrats realize that they are confirming that ObamaCare is a disaster when they mock Romney over his government-controlled health care debacle.
I can’t let that slide by. First of all, I am not endorsing Trump but making a case that he is a serious player. You may not like that but that is what you will have to deal with. Cain is a freshman and isn’t even showing up in the polls. He will not be a factor in 2012.
If you haven’t heard Trump talking about OPEC, China, government spending, trade policy, and other issues, you either just aren’t paying attention or are allowing the media to guide you into the birther discussions.
Trump is serious about running and because no other candidate dares talk about anything other than in general terms, he boldly jumps into the vacuum with credibility because he is fighting for his own wealth. He is not going to win the Republican nomination. It is metaphysically impossible.
But he is the ultimate monkey wrench in the RINO machine because he prevents the Bush crowd from gumming up the 2012 elections in order to frustrate conservatives with a placeholder candidate while preparing for Jebbie in 2016. Trump running 3rd party and coming in 2nd ahead of Pawlenty or Romney or Barbour or whoever with Obama winning with 38% is probably the best we can accomplish if we can’t get a non-Democrat Republican nominee.
Don’t make it sound like I’m endorsing Trump. I’m not. But politics makes strange bedfellows and if you don’t want to hold your nose again next year, you better hope that Trump stays in this thing and follows through on this threat to run independent.
Me too.
But right the RNC has no interest in him.
He is not “one of them”.
The media has no interest either.
Will the Whites clear their conscience and vote for a “Black Guy” again?
Will the Blacks vote this kind of “Black Guy” (i.e. oreo)?
Herman will get the “educated” vote.
Problem is more “un-educated” vote than “educated”.
Those issues were part of the aforementioned Human Events interview. I gave them a fair listen, and my take was that he didn’t sound like he believed what he was saying, because he just rambled and repeated. I know he has to be smart, and a good communicator, or he wouldn’t have been so successful. He doesn’t sound that way in this interview.
Most of what Trump said was just general terms, but I expect that this early in a campaign, and I don’t hold that against him.
As for his stake in the fight: the big players’ wealth isn’t threatened. Obama loves crony capitalism. Trump has donated large enough sums to the major players to show that he loves it, too.
So basically I get to hold my nose for Romney, or I get to hold my nose for Trump. Does that pretty much cover my options?
If you are going to ignore my main point, please don’t respond. Your last comment is off in the weeds where the nose-holders like to hang out. All roads lead to failure.
If it comes down to The Usurper, Romneycare or Trump, I’ll hold my nose for Trump. He’s eligible. Not sure that Romney is. When did his father, born in Mexico, become a citizen?
You ignored my main point by interpreting my concerns with Trump as being somehow an indictment of you for endorsing him. I never said that. I only said you had challenged us to learn more about him. Which I did.
Professor: “Well let me answer your question in two parts. First part: ”
Professor: “Why yes! Yes I do! I’m wearing them now! See?
Now the second part of your question:”
“That is a question that philosophers have been pondering for centuries. Etc…..”
It’s funny when Professor Irwin Corey does it but disingenuous and annoying in real discussions.
Here are the Trump interviews for anyone interested in watching and making up their own mind.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=donald+trump+human+events+jason+mattera&aq=f
Any conservative politician should realize after they are out of office, especially in dark blue state as Tax-it-chusettes the libs would run wild with any over reaching program such as health care.
Romney and Harry Reid both should know better being Mormon. The Mormon Church have the best welfare program going. The church will help and not just church members, but if you get help you will pay it back. You’ll be working on the welfare farms that grow the food or with the livestock they helped you with. You basically work for the help you get, no free loaders. I grew up in the church, I remember how it goes.
How foolish of me, I would say you do if you have integrity and moral values worth a salt.
that pretty much tells you about the people in the RNC.
In doing some historical research, I came across the following. I haven’t had time to read it completely, but I generated a PDF, did Optical Character Recognition on it, and searched to find the word “collective” (or variations of it) used 17 times, and the word “individual” (or variations of it) used 57 times.
The debate over collectivism vs. individual rights has been going on for a very long time….
The RNC would rather lose than let a conservative get nominated.
They are working against the citizens just as surely as the DNC is.
The voters don’t have to be manipulated into following their lead. If we could get them to turn off American Idol or Dancing with the Has-Beens, we might save the Republic.
Hey, nice work Republicans:
National Journal: “The specifics show that finding nearly $40 billion in cuts during the 2011 fiscal year required clever accounting and, for the White House, a willingness to concede on rhetoric to find gains on substance. For example, the final cuts in the deal are advertised as $38.5 billion less than was appropriated in 2010, but after removing rescissions, cuts to reserve funds and reductions in mandatory spending programs, discretionary spending will be reduced only by $14.7 billion.”
Obama wins again:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/12/budget_deal_actually_cut_less_than_15_billion.html
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and gay
And I pity
Any girl who isn’t me today
I feel charming
Oh so charming
It’s alarming how charming I feel
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I’m real
See the pretty girl in that mirror there?
Who can that attractive girl be?
May I have please have a show of hands as to how many Americans knew about RomneyCare vs Bill and HilaryCare in 1994?
……That’s what I thought. I rest my case.
Also, if the momentum was so great, why were there backroom deals and sweetheart deals to get those wonderful, benevolent democrats on board?
Ilovemycountry
Oh look everyone! The super-enlightened liberal has returned to tell us how stupid we are!
Last time, you said conservatives don’t like to read books. That’s kind of funny, because everytime I see a bestseller list or go into a book store, the best selling books are written by Glenn Beck, Dick Morris, Michele Malkin, Mark Levin & Sean Hannity.
I guess all those enlightened liberals sure have an interest in conservative literature, since the rest of us are too dumb to read.
Oh, I did see a dusty copy of Al Franken’s book at the library and one by Andrea Mitchell was on the dollar rack at Barnes and Noble.
Regarding your most recent comment:
If this is a win for Obama, why did Paul Krugman destroy him in the NY Times editorial section two days ago for being too lenient?
So, you’re one of those Don’t-call-me-a-chick chicks, eh?
And America dies…..
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Lots of good comments above on the poor republican primary system. Why should small New Hampshire and Iowa wag the dog? John McCain was already picked before we even voted in Texas. And many states still have an obscene Caucus system that gives special selection status to small groups of politicians–not to voters.
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Close all primaries to crossover and illegal alien voters. Hold all primaries on the same day. Eliminate the caucus system. Require registration to vote 1 month before the elections. Require valid photo ID–state driver’s license or passport–to vote at your polling place only. Except for active duty military personnel and citizens not in the U.S.A.–they can vote by absentee ballot. Use a computerized system to catch multiple voters–1 year in prison when caught.
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Our right to vote was paid for in blood by our ancestors. Protect it.
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John Bibb
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Amen, Brother!
West, Palin, Rubio, Ryan, DeMint, Cain, Bachmann, Issa, Jindal… all would have my vote in 2012. And then have Mark Levin as the head of the DOJ. Sigh – one can dream.
Rubio and Jindal may not be eligible for the same reason as The Usurper.
I like the rest of the list, though.
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HI CLASSIC_FILM–#70. I read Mark Levin’s LIBERTY AND TYRANNY book last year. I’m reading his older MEN IN BLACK book on our judiciary now. He has an excellent vision into what is wrong with our country and what needs to be done to fix the problems.
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I wouldn’t want to waste Mark by putting him in as the head of DOJ. I want to see him as a Supreme Court Justice some day. If his health holds up long enough for one of the real conservatives on your excellent list to become president–with a conservative House and Senate.
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John Bibb
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…and when, exactly, did this happen?
President Obama would have been able to provide quality, affordable health care for every American, Mexican, Guatemalan, El Salvadoran, Honduran, Indonesian, Kenyan, Brazilian, Nicaraguan, Peruvian, Bolivian, Venezuelan, Libyan, Egyptian, Tunisian, Morroccan, Algerian (if they aren’t all in France already) Ghanian, Nigerian, Ugandan, Rwandan, Botswanan, Angolan, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,