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hue

(4,949 posts)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:25 PM Jun 2012

Romney uses healthcare ruling to motivate voters against Obama

Source: Chicago Tribune

In brief remarks two hours after the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s healthcare reform law, Mitt Romney said he disagreed with the court’s decision and used it as a call to arms for Republicans in November.

“This is a time of choice for the American people,” said a solemn Romney, who stood on the ninth-floor balcony of a Washington, D.C. office building. Behind him loomed the Capitol ’s west front, where the presumptive GOP nominee would take the oath of office if he wins the presidential election. “Our mission is clear. If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we are going to have to replace President Obama. My mission is to make sure we do exactly that.”

Affixed to his podium was a sign proclaiming “Repeal and Replace Obamacare.”

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-pn-romney-uses-healthcare-ruling-to-motivate-voters-against-obama-20120628,0,2175983.story?track=rss

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Romney uses healthcare ruling to motivate voters against Obama (Original Post) hue Jun 2012 OP
and what pray tell dear Willard evilhime Jun 2012 #1
Before he flip flopped for the 1000th time, he said MA RomneyCare was the "national model". In other RBInMaine Jun 2012 #7
then that means mittiot disagrees with his own healthcare law SemperEadem Jun 2012 #2
And Obama and the Dems are gonna shove it right up The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2012 #3
Mitt is not going to want to talk about this much. And every time he does, every DEM will remind JoePhilly Jun 2012 #8
Andy Borowitz eaglesfanintn Jun 2012 #4
Boehner "If we are forced to have healthcare, it's only a matter of time before we have education." azurnoir Jun 2012 #15
The only proper response is, Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2012 #5
a person... BigThrill Jun 2012 #6
Yep. savalez Jun 2012 #17
Not going to be hearing, "he passed an unconstitutional health care law." ieoeja Jun 2012 #20
poor mittens..... madrchsod Jun 2012 #9
Romney was for health care reform Mz Pip Jun 2012 #10
I cannot WAIT til the debates. nolabear Jun 2012 #11
“This is a time of choice for the American people" The Last Democrat Jun 2012 #12
What a shock primavera Jun 2012 #13
You bet damnedifIknow Jun 2012 #14
Romney and his statements are an epic FAIL. hue Jun 2012 #16
as soon as more people begin to see that Obamacare is actually a pretty good thing Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #18
re:Romney uses healthcare ruling to motivate voters against Obama allan01 Jun 2012 #19
"Do you want to vote for the man with the original idea or the man who copied my idea?" Roland99 Jun 2012 #21
Gotta keep pushing... dtom67 Jun 2012 #22
Rom-Com & Company have NOTHING to run on-that's what they katty Jun 2012 #23
YEAH! Let insurance companies discriminate based on pre-existing conditions! Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #24
But Mitt how can your stacked deck pro citizens united court be wrong? cstanleytech Jun 2012 #25
Heh heh.. HIS MISSION clang1 Jun 2012 #26
Romney knows he is going to lose. Desperation sets in as he lashes out SkatmanRoth Jun 2012 #27
The baseball glove will not win BamaFanLee Jun 2012 #28
Romney Against Romneycare! That's A Winner! TomCADem Jun 2012 #29

evilhime

(326 posts)
1. and what pray tell dear Willard
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:28 PM
Jun 2012

is your plan for replacement . . . what policies or ideas or concepts would you replace it with? Perhaps with what you implemented in MA??? <smh>

 

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)
7. Before he flip flopped for the 1000th time, he said MA RomneyCare was the "national model". In other
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:50 PM
Jun 2012

words, he has ALREADY endorsed the affordable care act which is, indeed, modeled largely after RomneyCare.

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
2. then that means mittiot disagrees with his own healthcare law
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:30 PM
Jun 2012

since ACA mirrors romney-fuck-you-up-when-you're-sick.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,042 posts)
3. And Obama and the Dems are gonna shove it right up
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:31 PM
Jun 2012

his platinum-lined patoot - they have already been gleefully pointing out that Mittens basically invented the ACA.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
8. Mitt is not going to want to talk about this much. And every time he does, every DEM will remind
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:53 PM
Jun 2012

votes that MITT had the mandate in his law long before Obama did.

eaglesfanintn

(82 posts)
4. Andy Borowitz
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:35 PM
Jun 2012

Love his emails. Here's the one about the ruling:
Romney Blasts Supreme Court, Calling Healthcare Act 'Worst Idea I Ever Had'
Vows to Repeal Own Law

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – Just minutes after the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney slammed the Court, calling the law “the worst idea I ever had.”

“I vow to repeal this law on my first day in office,” he told a crowd at a campaign rally. “Until then, I will work tirelessly to make people forget that I used to totally love it.”

At the White House, President Obama greeted the news of the Court’s decision in muted fashion: “I haven’t been this pumped since I smoked bin Laden.”

Dissenters in the 5-4 decision included Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote, “The only medical procedures the government should pay for are forced transvaginal ultrasounds and exorcisms.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also had harsh words for the healthcare law, telling reporters, “Under Obamacare, you will be forced to marry a gay doctor.”

But perhaps the most negative appraisal came from Speaker of the House John Boehner: "This is a dark day for America. If we are forced to have healthcare, it's only a matter of time before we have education."

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
15. Boehner "If we are forced to have healthcare, it's only a matter of time before we have education."
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:29 PM
Jun 2012

apparently the words "free and compulsory" education are foreign to him?

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
5. The only proper response is,
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:38 PM
Jun 2012

"So, Mitt, this insurance mandate-- are you saying that you're rejecting a plan that is based on your own Massachusetts plan?"

BigThrill

(15 posts)
6. a person...
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:47 PM
Jun 2012

A person would have to be kidding himself/herself if they didnt think this was a body blow that sucked the air right out of the conservatives. Just think of the result if it had been struck down, they would be emboldened and doing summersaults. This in no way helps them to motivate anything. They may try and talk like it does, but everyone knows better.

savalez

(3,517 posts)
17. Yep.
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:43 PM
Jun 2012

Not matter which way this went the Repukes would find something to cry about and use to scare their feeble constituents.

 

ieoeja

(9,748 posts)
20. Not going to be hearing, "he passed an unconstitutional health care law."
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 05:20 PM
Jun 2012

Actually, that was stupid of me. Of course, I am going to continue hearing that. Not as often. But we are not dealing with the reality based community here. At least it will be fun correcting them every time they say that now.


Mz Pip

(27,467 posts)
10. Romney was for health care reform
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:11 PM
Jun 2012

before he was against it.

He's going to have a hard time with this one.

nolabear

(42,009 posts)
11. I cannot WAIT til the debates.
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:17 PM
Jun 2012

A yogi couldn't tie himself into more intricate knots. And Obama's going to ride him like a two dollar mule.

primavera

(5,191 posts)
13. What a shock
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:27 PM
Jun 2012

Mittens uses the shit smears on his toilet paper to rile up voters against Obama, why should healthcare be any different?

hue

(4,949 posts)
16. Romney and his statements are an epic FAIL.
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:36 PM
Jun 2012

Affordable Healthcare was modeled after Romney's Mass. Healthcare.
That fact that he/Romney has turned tail on this is a clear demonstration that he is controlled by the 1%.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
18. as soon as more people begin to see that Obamacare is actually a pretty good thing
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 05:00 PM
Jun 2012

Romney will start taking credit for what he did in MA,
touting the praise of the SC justice Ginsburg.

edit to add

allan01

(1,950 posts)
19. re:Romney uses healthcare ruling to motivate voters against Obama
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 05:02 PM
Jun 2012

looks at romney and asks , how does your vowing to reepal obama care help create jobs?

dtom67

(634 posts)
22. Gotta keep pushing...
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 05:22 PM
Jun 2012

We should still keep pushing for single payer. I keep thinking that Karl Rove just tricked a million democrats into cheering for an essentially right-wing version of universal health care. Besides, if we are gonna have to go through crap like this all the time, we might as well try to get what we want.
And if we do win in Congress in November, the first Democrat who mentions the word bipartisan gets shipped to Guantanamo.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
24. YEAH! Let insurance companies discriminate based on pre-existing conditions!
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 05:26 PM
Jun 2012

Let them bring back lifetime maximums!

Let them cancel people's policies when they get cancer!

Don't make them insure kids on their parents' policies to age 26!

Stop these outrages! Go Romney!

 

clang1

(884 posts)
26. Heh heh.. HIS MISSION
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 07:08 PM
Jun 2012

is to help destroy America. One piece at a time. And to take more than one piece at a time when they are allowed to do so.
We can't let them win the election, or take the election. What do they do NOW? I just see wolves in this.

America is just slowly being dismantled, I hope people see this. It is being turned into Neo-America before your very own eyes, and mine.
Well, some see what Neo-America is... I don't want it.















Meanwhile....The Progression continues....

SkatmanRoth

(843 posts)
27. Romney knows he is going to lose. Desperation sets in as he lashes out
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 08:03 PM
Jun 2012

Romney is consumed by his impotence in the face of a superior politician backed up with a superior philosophy.

I just hope Mitt will lose gracefully without a complete breakdown.

 

BamaFanLee

(64 posts)
28. The baseball glove will not win
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 08:12 PM
Jun 2012

President Obama was going to win by double digit percentage points before this. Now he will win by more. He doesn't get it. There is a reason why we elected Barak Obama. There is a reason why we have a majority in the Senate. There is a reason why we will take back the house. We tried it Bush's way and it didn't work. Time to do things our way now.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
29. Romney Against Romneycare! That's A Winner!
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 02:29 AM
Jun 2012

Even better is the fact that most people support most of the Act's provisions. They just don't like the perjorative Obamacare.

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