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Gingrich Backs Obamacare's Individual Mandate Requiring Health Insurance (Newt praises Romneycare)
NBC Meet the Press via Newsmax ^ | 2011-05-15 | Tim Collie

Posted on 05/15/2011 10:15:58 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that he strongly supports a federal mandate requiring citizens to buy health insurance – a position that has been rejected by many Republicans, including several who likely will be running against him for the Republican presidential nomination.

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Gingrich told host David Gregory that he continues to advocate for a plan he first called for in the early 1990s as a Congressman, which requires every uninsured citizen to purchase or acquire health insurance.

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Gregory asked Gingrich if he would criticize GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney, whose "Romneycare" health program enacted during his time as Governor in Massachusetts mandated that all uninsured purchase health insurance.

Gingrich replied he would not make it an issue in the campaign and said he agreed with key aspects of Romneycare.

"I agree that all of us have a responsibility to pay--help pay for health care," Gingrich said, adding, "I've said consistently we ought to have some requirement that you either have health insurance or you post a bond ..."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; fung; gingrich; newt; newt4obama; newt4romney; newtgingrich; obamacare; rino; romneycare; stenchofromney
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To: DangerZone
Who are you supporting, rabs?

As of right now, no one.

81 posted on 05/16/2011 6:23:43 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385

I stand corrected regarding RuPaul. My other critiques stand. You backed a guy in 2010 who compared the border fence to the Berlin Wall. You don’t get purity in political candidates. If you can get 80 percent you’re having a very good day.


82 posted on 05/16/2011 6:34:41 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: rabscuttle385; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; Gilbo_3; ...
RE :”I mean, seriously, the field of Republican candidates is so far nothing more than a sick joke, and unless a dark horse (and I’m not talking about Bachmann here) emerges, I think we’re looking at four more years of Obama, largely thanks to Republican incompetence and ineptitude.

I agree completely. Republicans do best when in the complete minority and can win just opposing bills.

A real Republican candidate would be working with House Republicans to propose and SELL bills that put Obama on the defensive, and split him from his base. No, the Ryan plan does the opposite, even he is running from it now. Republican candidates that repudiate 'house' (conservative) proposals are just the same old. They will just propose more spending.

83 posted on 05/16/2011 6:37:54 AM PDT by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: rabscuttle385

Newt is insane and is committing public sepuku.

Can we move on now and not post anymore newt stories?


84 posted on 05/16/2011 7:00:45 AM PDT by sergeantdave (The democrat party is a seditious organization that must be outlawed)
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To: rabscuttle385
So his thought is run to the left of Obama?

I saw another FReeper who said they thought he was better than this. When he "announced" on Hannity he sounded tough as nails, but after this he can go away.

I'll stick with Trump till they run an actual conservative.

Romney is a lib, Pawlenty is a lib, I like Cain he is an unknown though an I don't see him gaining anytime soon, Ron Paul - legalization??? = death to the nation.

And for the PAULestinians please watch 24 hours of the TV show "Intervention" and tell me if you can still support Mr. Legalization Ron Paul...

85 posted on 05/16/2011 9:42:46 AM PDT by Dengar01 (Go Bulls!!!)
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To: rabscuttle385

To take broad liberties with Winston Churchill’s quote...

When it comes to the Republican party, “Never have so many owed so little to a party with so much to work with.”

You’ve got a traitor at the helm, and you can’t find the gumption to appeal to your base enough to take him down? What the hell is going on here?

For years people have been saying the Republican party might just as well be a wing of the Democrat party, and low and behold the Republican presidential contenders for 2012 are proving them right.

Absolutely disgusting!

If anything, the Republican party seems convinced it must move even further Left to gain appeal. I’ve never been so disgusted with the Republican party. If they can’t pull their heads out enough to get their act together under a guy like this, of what use are they to us?

As Ronald Reagan said in reference to the Democrat party, “I didn’t leave it. It left me.”

As for the Republican party and me, ditto to the X.


86 posted on 05/16/2011 9:44:49 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Tell me you haven't asked yourself what mistake Obama made, that wound up causing Laden's death?)
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To: rabscuttle385
Palin shilled for McCain and has a dubious stance on amnesty.
When McCain picked Palin for VP, we were thrilled to have at least one good candidate on our ticket. But in hindsight, it's a shame that he offered her the position. When he offered it, she had to accept - and when she accepted, she had to support John McCain.
Had she not been tapped for VP, she could have stayed in the governorship of Alaska, and retained her high approval rating there. From there, she could have hit Iowa in 2011 like a thunderbolt from the blue.

87 posted on 05/16/2011 10:19:42 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (DRAFT PALIN)
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To: rabscuttle385

What is keeping you from supporting Bachmann?


88 posted on 05/16/2011 10:30:17 AM PDT by DangerZone
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To: DoughtyOne

It all makes sense once you realize the GOP leadership would rather see Zero reelected than have one of us horrible conservatives win.


89 posted on 05/16/2011 10:49:21 AM PDT by DangerZone
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To: DangerZone

I believe that to be true, and have for some time.


90 posted on 05/16/2011 10:52:06 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Tell me you haven't asked yourself what mistake Obama made, that wound up causing Laden's death?)
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To: sickoflibs; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; Gilbo_3; Liz
Newt Stumbles Out of the Gate


91 posted on 05/16/2011 12:24:29 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Good one. Next time find a horse with a 15 on his blanket. ;^)


92 posted on 05/16/2011 1:48:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Tell me you haven't asked yourself what mistake Obama made, that wound up causing Laden's death?)
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To: Sun
Newt ended his chances the same day he declared. Now that’s a first.

Newt just ended his run for the White House on the Republican ticket.

93 posted on 05/16/2011 3:39:43 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama is a fraud. The founders gave us the tool of impeachment for a reason.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; DoughtyOne

A bit young for senile dementia, but Newt made it happen ;-)


94 posted on 05/16/2011 3:41:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: DoughtyOne; stephenjohnbanker
Next time find a horse with a 15 on his blanket. ;^)

15 for May 15? !5 years ago?

95 posted on 05/16/2011 4:00:25 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Budget sins can be fixed. Amnesty is irreversible.)
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To: rabscuttle385
Well, so much for this guy bringing to a possible ticket his wise political acumen and knowledge based upon a lifetime of experience.

Way to go there Newt.

Keep going.

And going

Gone.

Good.

96 posted on 05/16/2011 4:04:48 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Good point. There is nobody worth a damn running right now. It is like they were hand picked by Obama’s inner circle.


97 posted on 05/16/2011 4:09:28 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: rabscuttle385

The picture with Newt and Pelosi on ads for Global warming is always fitting if I only knew how to post it.


98 posted on 05/16/2011 4:45:36 PM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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To: Rapscallion

So you’re thinking he would go 3rd party?


99 posted on 05/16/2011 9:34:59 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: rabscuttle385
Like his subject of expertise, he's HISTORY.

(Just D@mn, that Pelosi dame must've really been smokin' HAWT on that couch they shared.)

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Cheers!

100 posted on 05/16/2011 9:56:37 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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