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Mitt’s backers: ‘RomneyCare’ overblown [DeMint defends Romney & his socialized medicine scheme]
The Hill ^
| March 17, 2011
| Michael O’Brien
Posted on 03/17/2011 7:31:53 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
Mitt Romney’s supporters on Capitol Hill are giving him political cover for the healthcare plan he signed into law as governor, even as his competitors for the GOP presidential nomination ramp up their attacks on “RomneyCare.”
Romney’s healthcare reform initiative in Massachusetts is viewed as one of his biggest political liabilities going into the Republican primary, due to its similarities to President Obama’s healthcare overhaul.
But leading conservatives, including supporters of Romney during his 2008 presidential run, argue that the Massachusetts plan isn’t a deal-breaker.
“One of the reasons I endorsed Romney [in 2008] is his attempts to make private health insurance available at affordable prices,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.), a GOP kingmaker.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; demint; demint4fascism; demint4socialism; dontpickonmilt; elections2012; miltromney; miltromneycare; mittromney; obamacare; pds; pissant; pissantback2dailykos; pissantbyebye; pissantzotted; pissnatback2dailykos; rino; romneycare; thankgodpissantsgone; zotmebaby; zots4romneybots
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To: EternalVigilance
Do we have any Michigians here to tell us firsthand what Romneycare is doing
and how bad it is?
81
posted on
03/17/2011 1:16:02 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: TribalPrincess2U
I mean Massachusett, not Michigan. Sorry
82
posted on
03/17/2011 1:17:44 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: americanophile
I wonder if the Senator is also waiting for Romney to repudiate his homosexualization of state government and the public schools, his unilateral imposition of sodomite fake marriage, his banning of guns, or his creation of $50 co-pay taxpayer-funded abortions.
83
posted on
03/17/2011 1:18:54 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: TribalPrincess2U
I know that we'll have at least three or four Massachusetts conservatives on our
America's Summit call tonight who could give you the lowdown on what's happening up there. I'm the moderator so I can make sure you get a chance to ask. Just speak up at any point and let me know.
84
posted on
03/17/2011 1:24:47 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: mstar
85
posted on
03/17/2011 1:29:05 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
To: EternalVigilance
Hmmm....quoting Reagan is a malicious lie? Saying I wasn't going to throw DeMint under the bus for one quote or one wrong statement was a malicious lie?
You can't mean what I said about you and your stupid third party, because that wasn't a lie, it was the stone cold truth.
86
posted on
03/17/2011 1:42:09 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Lakeshark
No, it was a groundless, malicious lie.
87
posted on
03/17/2011 2:01:25 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: EternalVigilance
So, you make no income from this third party of yours or from pimping this party, or writing for this party, or from associations with this party? Or do you just call it something else so you can claim you don't......
Give us all a break and just fess up.
88
posted on
03/17/2011 2:16:38 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Talks a very good game. Not a leader. Amen to that. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have DeMint in the Senate. But he's always struck me as a showboat who talks conservative values but hasn't really advanced a conservative agenda. He has to get in there and make something happen. Its easy to take positions; its harder to advance them.
89
posted on
03/17/2011 2:28:21 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("The time will come when Winter will ask you what you were doing all Summer" -- Henry Clay)
To: Lakeshark
Obviously you can’t understand that someone could advocate for conservative policies and candidates on principle. It’s beyond your realm of experience. How Republican of you.
90
posted on
03/17/2011 2:29:25 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: EternalVigilance
I noticed you dodged the question skippy.
Nice dodge, but it didn't work.
91
posted on
03/17/2011 2:32:08 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Lakeshark
None of our national political committees take donations. They’re all 100% volunteer, citizen-led.
Instead, we ask those who want to donate financially to give directly to principled candidates, or to front line conservative activists that they have thoroughly vetted and believe in and who are accountable to them.
If you’ve got a problem with that, it’s you with the problem, not me.
92
posted on
03/17/2011 2:34:34 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: EternalVigilance
You're still dodging, and not answering the question.
How Clintonian of you.
93
posted on
03/17/2011 2:37:00 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
Very telling that he was not interested in challenging for any of the Senate leadership positions.
94
posted on
03/17/2011 2:37:39 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(I am declaring 2011 the year of ME.)
To: Lakeshark
I’m not dodging anything. You’re just making stuff up. Malicious lies.
95
posted on
03/17/2011 2:39:50 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: EternalVigilance
Then answer the question, stop being Clintonian and be honest.
96
posted on
03/17/2011 2:43:15 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Lakeshark
I already did. Can’t you read?
97
posted on
03/17/2011 2:54:23 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: EternalVigilance
For all you DeMint fans, put THAT in your pipe and smoke it.
The GOP is a lost cause.
It's time to abandon ship and start building another party.
Yes, I DO understand what that means for the 2012 elections. But you have to start somewhere...and with "Republicans" like this, who needs Democrats?
98
posted on
03/17/2011 3:06:40 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
To: Mariner
I got there three years ago.
99
posted on
03/17/2011 3:14:34 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you have one foot in both camps, don't act surprised that you're taking fire from both directions)
To: EternalVigilance
Thank you. I’ll have to leave that up to you tho.
100
posted on
03/17/2011 3:47:04 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
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