Mitt Romney does the health-care straddle

Romney is Obama light.

The money quote from the article:

Kathleen Sebelius extolled ObamaCare’s “individual responsibility provision,” and insisted that it would be upheld on appeal.

That euphemism for mandating the purchase of health insurance — “individual responsibility provision” — may sound familiar to Massachusetts ears. It is essentially the same term Romney used in selling his own health-care overhaul, which also requires everyone to buy health coverage and penalizes those who don’t.

“It’s a personal responsibility principle,” Romney maintained, arguing over and over that an individual mandate was the only alternative to letting uninsured “free riders” show up at hospital emergency rooms and get medical care at public expense. In 2006, as he was gearing up for a presidential run, Romney called it “the Republican approach” to say: “Everybody should have insurance. They should pay what they can afford to pay. If they need help, we will be there to help them, but no more free ride.”

Calling RomneyCare “the Republican approach” didn’t make it so, of course.

Romney is Obama( light.)White??

I simply don’t trust Romney. He seems to much like a Rino.

Rommey flips as much as Kerry

must be in the MA water

Romney Gives Mass. Health Reform an 'A' (in July, 2009)

"The portrait depicts the governor seated at the front edge of his desk wearing his trademark business suit. Beside him is a small framed photo of his wife, Ann, and ... [wait for it] ... a copy of the health care reform law he called his greatest achievement.

It would take a flip of gigantic proportion to 'walk-back' this.

Go away Mite. And take Huck and Newt with you. We don’t need another president with a screwy name.

And the difference between Mitt and an expensive Call Girl is...

...thinking...

If we’re stupid enough to elect this blob of RINO jello, we get what we deserve.

Agreed.

Romney can claim he only screwed up a liberal state where-as Obama screwed up the entire country. Not a great argument.

Back in 2007-2008 many Republicans were talking like Romney-care was plus for him, to beat Hillary or Obama, now he wants us to forget it.

Myth Romney: “If you’re for it, then so am I. If you change your mind then I will too.”

In any sane world, Romney's further political career would be over on Romneycare alone. There is no defense of this turd of a bill.

Romney uses the same excuse with RomneyCARE's victims
that he used with his abuse of Seamus (they wanted to be abused).

"But the details of the event are more than unseemly — they may, in fact, be illegal.
Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone
from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel
or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the
animal carried thereon." An officer for the Massachusetts Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation
saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out." The officer,
Nadia Branca, declined to give a definitive opinion on whether Romney broke the law
but did note that it's against state law to have a dog in an open bed of a pick-up truck,
and "if the dog was being carried in a way that endangers it, that would be illegal."

"Dog on Roof? What Was It Like for Romney's Pooch?
Scientists Say Dog Likely Experienced Wind-Whipped, Uncomfortable Trip
"Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter,
in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack.
e'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog," read the article.
Jordan Kaplan, the owner of Petaholics, a dog walking service in New York City,
and a lifelong dog owner and dog lover, said Romney's actions were uncalled for.
....What Happens to a Dog on a Roof Traveling 50 MPH?"

"Romney's dog - This is a distinction Mitt Romney probably could do without, but he is surely
the first presidential candidate to be attacked for putting a dog with diarrhea
in a carrier and tying it to the top of a station wagon.
Romney's defense: Seamus liked it. "He scrambled up there every time we went on trips,"
the Republican said during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh. "He got in all by himself and enjoyed it."

"As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon,
keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble.
''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window,
payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours.
As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust,
Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station.
There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car,
then hopped back onto the highway."

"Story about dog on car roof comes back to bite Romney
Critics, jokesters make issue of tale
TIME.com's Swampland blog has been flooded with more than 200 comments
from readers complaining of animal cruelty"

Romney's bad behavior Exposed by Seamus

"Romney Loses Nomination Over Dog Abuse?
Romney was traveling that summer with his wife, five sons, and Seamus to his parent's cottage on Lake Huron.
But hours into the ride, Seamus apparently suffered diarrhea,
which ran down the back window of the car. Romney's sons, all under 13, howled in disgust.
Romney pulled off the road into a service station.
There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, and they drove on to Ontario.
.....David Kravitz wrote on BlueMassGroup, a liberal blog.
"It also strikes me as classic Romney: it solves a problem efficiently,
in a business-like manner, and with no regard whatsoever
for the suffering that the solution may cause."

lol Waiting for John Smith to run? Or Bob Jones?

I am sorry, but he slithers..just say no to Romney..fresh blood!!!

Did you get some indication I was supporting Romney?

lol Waiting for John Smith to run? Or Bob Jones?

Pick a name at random out of the phone book and he/she would be a better president than Obama or Romney.