To summarize the author: Mitt Romney sucks, he has always sucked and I said as much more than once and I still believe that but he didn’t suck as bad as the rest of our potential republican candidates (who were actually conservatives) and now, despite all that, I think he is going to somehow be transformed into the savior of conservatism and America so let’s all get behind the least suckiest least conservative candidate the GOP could ram down our throats and throw that negro out of the whitehouse. Together.
Have you on has anyone else actually bothered to check out Romney’s platform on healthcare?
He’s essentially promising Romneycare for all—or Obamacare just implemented at the state level. So when he talks about repeal and replace, he’s talking about something very different than what we want. (Romneycare has now officially moved to price controls, as the cost increases were so bad they were seen to outweigh for now the shortages and difficulties in getting a doctor’s appointment.)
Look at this from Romney’s own campaign website. What a platform! (Oh, and for anyone who doesn’t know, exchanges in Obamacare and Romneycare aren’t regular, free markets—they are state imposed micromanagement of every aspect of so-called health ‘insurance’:
-Limit federal standards and requirements on both private insurance and Medicaid coverage
-Ensure flexibility to help the uninsured, including public-private partnerships, exchanges, and subsidies
-Ensure flexibility to help the chronically ill, including high-risk pools, reinsurance, and risk adjustment
-Offer innovation grants to explore non-litigation alternatives to dispute resolution
The GOP didnt ram Romney down anyone’s throat. If you recall the many other candidates were power hungry and too busy splitting the vote to care what happened down the line. Face it, Mitt won. He wasnt the first choice, but he won. So what is “staying home” or “voting Virgil Goode or Ross Perot or Mickey Mouse” or “write in” going to prove? Who will care?