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Top Democrat (Schumer) sets off intraparty fury after saying Obamacare passage was a ‘mistake’
Fusion ^ | 26 Nov 2014 | BRETT LOGIURATO

Posted on 11/26/2014 4:14:13 PM PST by shove_it

Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-New York) comments on Wednesday about Democrats’ misguided focus on health care in President Barack Obama’s first term prompted backlash from top Democrats and left-leaning groups, who accused him of being politically craven.

At a speech before the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday, Schumer said Democrats made a mistake by entering into a fight over health care after they passed the 2009 economic stimulus.

His reasoning: Democrats were targeting the uninsured, a population that he said makes up only about 5 percent of registered voters. Only about one-third of the uninsured, he said, are registered or eligible to vote...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: abortion; aca; chuckschumer; deathpanels; democratdissention; miserablefailure; newyork; obamacare; ratfight; ratrevolt; ratseatrats; schmuckschemer; schumer; upchuckschumer; zerocare
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To: shove_it

Maybe he’s planning a run at the presidency.


21 posted on 11/26/2014 4:33:40 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: shove_it

Apparently, Chuckie’s fat-cat Wall Street friends, whose donations have kept the Democrats from joining the Whigs as a former political party, have decided that they’re tired of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on futile efforts to get ObamaCare-supporting Democrats re-elected.

So, ObamaCare must go. How Chuckie goes about trying to destroy Obama’s signature legislative ‘’achievement’’ will be interesting to watch.


22 posted on 11/26/2014 4:38:43 PM PST by Bluestocking
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To: shove_it

“His reasoning: Democrats were targeting the uninsured, a population that he said makes up only about 5 percent of registered voters. Only about one-third of the uninsured, he said, are registered or eligible to vote... “

Always about politics, never about solving problems.


23 posted on 11/26/2014 4:42:40 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Bluestocking

Peel the onion by passing bipartisan piecemeal bills and keep shoving ‘em up the Bamster’s pitooty.


24 posted on 11/26/2014 4:43:53 PM PST by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: shove_it

Mistake? Making an error in arithmetic is a mistake. What Schumer and the whole coven of Democrats fully supported was unconstitutional and criminal.


25 posted on 11/26/2014 4:49:45 PM PST by paint_your_wagon
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To: shove_it

All Schmuckie cares about is the DemRat party. He doesn’t give a rat’s arse about the people harmed by 0bamaCare.


26 posted on 11/26/2014 4:54:50 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: shove_it

The Democrats crammed Obamacare down America’s throat. It’s not like there was a shortage of RINOs willing to compromise, but the Democrats chose to go it alone. Politically, this was a bad move. Had they cooperated with the minority and actually attempted to craft something that addressed the needs of the uninsured without screwing the rest of us, they might have done some good. Instead, they revealed themselves as big government statists unwilling to cooperate to reach solutions amenable to both the rule of law and the vast majority of Americans.


27 posted on 11/26/2014 4:55:54 PM PST by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: shove_it

Welcome to the Tea Party, Chuckie.


28 posted on 11/26/2014 4:57:33 PM PST by Rastus
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To: shove_it

He’s definitely up to something no good. All these things he is talking about are things he knew about at the time but supported OCare anyway. Something stinks about this sudden change of heart.


29 posted on 11/26/2014 4:59:23 PM PST by uncitizen (I weep for my country)
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To: shove_it

Schmuckie must have thought his media pals had buried all the videos of him pimping the Obamacare plan for Obama 5 years ago.


30 posted on 11/26/2014 5:00:05 PM PST by Iron Munro (Obama "I stand with the 2/3 who were too lazy, disinterested, stupid or dead to vote")
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To: Iron Munro

The schmuck, schmuckie, is a LIB/DIM and, therefore, a chronic liar. He continues to lie. No one should trust anything this criminal says about anything. Typical LIB/DIM.


31 posted on 11/26/2014 5:03:05 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: shove_it

Yup, self preservation.


32 posted on 11/26/2014 5:05:41 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: shove_it
He had no problem voting for it and forcing his colleagues to do the same.What does that say about Chuck?
33 posted on 11/26/2014 5:07:42 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: uncitizen

It was the Hagel firing, and knowing nobody will serve as Secretary of Defense under Obama. Chuck is pissed.


34 posted on 11/26/2014 5:08:57 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: shove_it
His reasoning: Democrats were targeting the uninsured, a population that he said makes up only about 5 percent of registered voters. Only about one-third of the uninsured, he said, are registered or eligible to vote...first Goober, then Schumer - revealing the inconvenient truth - in this case that the Democrat party is about power for itself, not what's best for the country - hope you're listening America....
35 posted on 11/26/2014 5:16:51 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: shove_it

Only small percentage of those pre-Obamacare uninsured are now insured under Obamacare.

Considering the $billions that have already been spent, it would have been less expensive for the FED to provide direct insurance to the uninsured and leave all other private insurance alone.
36 posted on 11/26/2014 5:28:32 PM PST by TomGuy ( n)
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To: shove_it

He might also be trying to provide preemptive cover for the Dem nominee in 2016 — make the economy the issue.

It worked for BJ Clinton with his ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’.


37 posted on 11/26/2014 5:33:40 PM PST by TomGuy ( n)
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38 posted on 11/26/2014 5:33:50 PM PST by RedMDer (I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
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To: shove_it

Chuckie is laying some groundwork for Hillary.


39 posted on 11/26/2014 5:59:01 PM PST by RRismyhero (Mr. Obama - You can keep your change.)
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To: batterycommander
Upchuck is up for re-election in 2016. He smells the fail of Odumbo’s policies, including odumcare, and wants to protect himself from the decline. I smell a turnaround in NY next time.

Bingo! He sees the writing on the wall. If I was running against this scumbag I'd not only slam him continuously on his deciding vote for Obamacare, I'd point out his historic disregard for the rule of law. Not only his support for the current lawless communist but his support for the last corrupt President. He got to vote 3 times on the Clinton impeachment. Once in committee, once for the House, and then finally in the Senate. He voted for lawlessness every time. My slogan would be "Good Things don't come from an evil man"

40 posted on 11/26/2014 5:59:40 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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