Understanding Romney: One size does not fit all

THE HILL ^ | - 01/22/10 | By Bernie Quigley

[restornu]

[GeronL]

I’m with Glenn on that one.

[dajeeps]

“One-size-fits-all-federalism might have been the perfect system then. But today for a country as full and rich and varied and alive as ours, the old system is a disaster. Romney was the first to catch on.”

Huge OUCH!

No one who has an idea that the constitution is outmoded and the founders are no longer relevant will EVER get my vote. He can pack his RINO rear back to Mass. and stay there.

[GOP_Lady]

Not a huge ouch. Here's why:

"That is just the point in Romney’s thinking about healthcare: What is good for one state and region is not necessarily good for others. Romney is in fact in the avant garde with this thinking, which has become the base camp of the states’-sovereignty movement."

My great State Senator is the sole sponsor of a bill that recognizes this about health care in my state.

[GOP_Lady]

Let me add to it:

"That is just the point in Romney’s thinking about healthcare: What is good for one state and region is not necessarily good for others. Romney is in fact in the avant garde with this thinking, which has become the base camp of the states’-sovereignty movement."

[NavVet]

If he’s hanging around with Romney and McCain, now I don’t trust him.

[Diogenesis]

FReepers, please note that the original WSJ article trashes Romney (sore loser, dictator, scene stealer).

“Mr. Romney's subsidized coverage is meanwhile doing what entitlements do: crowding
out private insurers, compounding the cost explosion, walking the state toward rationing.
So long as the former governor clings to these central points of his health plan, he's on
the wrong side of free-market policy and public opinion.

This isn't going away for Mr. Romney either, which is why he'd do better by writing off
his own plan as a mistake that Democrats have made worse, and replacing it with a
proposal that deregulates and reforms the private market to lower insurance costs
(thereby achieving greater coverage).”

[dajeeps]

I guess I jumped the gun. I don’t have a problem with states doing it themselves.

[GOP_Lady]

Here is the link to Kimberly Strassel's article in the WSJ mentioned in this article:

Massachusetts' Other GOP Winner

[GOP_Lady]

That’s just fine and very understandable.

No need to think you jumped the gun, because you didn’t.

I feel the same way as you do concerning nationalizing something like this for a country as large as ours.

[restornu]

Diogenesis you seem to be Bipolar

[Diogenesis]

UNDERSTANDING CHAMELEON ROMNEY

Look how every editorial cartoonist views the clown Romney. Every single one.

[restornu]

Because it’s kinda hard to figure out if you don’t have it written down)

1. Mitt Romney is EEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLL! (But his buddy Scott Brown, his ideological twin, is super-keen!)

2. John McCain is EEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLL! (But Sarah Palin and Scott Brown, who not only endorse McCain but are actively campaigning for him, are the hope and future of the GOP)

The above doublethink is VERY IMPORTANT to instill in your mind if you don’t want to lose it when reading FR.

[Diogenesis]

[Finny]

The guy is like a vampire; he knows how to speak with convincing sweet nothings, and simply will not die. I've been saying for years that Romney is BAD NEWS for the GOP and hence for the future of America. He needs to have a stake put through his political heart.

Romney is a big government politician. Look at every single solution he proposes for perceived problems -- every "solution" entails more, bigger government and less freedom for individual Americans. That he happens to be a Republican is bad, bad news.

Those who support Romney are supporting going to the same destination that Obama wants to take us, but on road marked with a different sign. Those who support Romney over a Liberal Democrat are choosing the Hindenberg instead of the Titanic.

[Tennessee Nana]

Romney’s closest aides flooded to Mr. Brown, bringing with them the savvy of his national operation.
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Well that so called “savvy” didnt do Sarah and the old guy any good..

Romney couldnt even conjure up enough “savvy” for himself...

[Diogenesis]

restornu, it is daffy to compare the Clown Romney
to real people like Sen. Brown and Gov. Palin.

Why? Because ONLY ROMNEY TANKED AN ENTIRE STATE'S ECONOMY.
Not Gov. Palin. Not Sen. Brown.

The brutal fact is, unrebutted by the Legion of RomneyBOTs
is that any trained monkey could have done better than
Mitt Romney, who got a "C" rating from CATO.
And that was BEFORE
Romney's Socialized medicine and Romney's coverup of the BIG-dig kicked in. .
Note that the record also shows that Romney also betrayed President Bush as Governor
(predicting what TeamROMNEY would do later in Election2008 to Gov. Palin, and every other GOP candidate).
Also, Romney was against the conservative tax cuts.

Here are the facts from CATO.

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MITT ROMNEY - THE PROVEN BAD GOVERNOR

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]

[Tennessee Nana]

There’s not enough Botox to put Humpty Dumpty Romney back together...

[Finny]

You know, resty, you ought to actually read Diogenesis' post #18. It's a lot smarter than shoving your fingers in your ears and yelling "na na na na na na na na," which is what it looks like you and every other die-hard Romney supporter is doing. You simply refuse to look at what your guy TRULY IS.

Open your eyes. Or you will be an enabler to this nation's downfall.