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When Rick Perry Praised HillaryCare (1993)
The Atlantic ^
| Conor Friedersdorf
Posted on 09/03/2011 4:15:57 PM PDT by Tempest
So what does a complete review of Perry's record reveal? As it turns out, he sent a letter during his tenure as Texas Agricultural Commissioner that praised Hillary Clinton's 1993 health care reform efforts. "I think your efforts in trying to reform the nation's health care system are most commendable," he wrote. "I would like to request that the task force give particular consideration to the needs of the nation's farmers... Rural populations have a high proportion of uninsured people, rising health care costs, and often experience lack of services." He concluded by noting, "your efforts are worthy, and I hope you will remember this constituency as the task force progresses. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any assistance."
Dan Amira at New York magazine dismisses the story and mocks the Daily Caller for publishing it. "He didn't even say anything about the substance of Clinton's health-care reform plan," Amira writes, "just that it was 'commendable' to try to reform the system in some way, which is hardly controversial."
I disagree.
Clinton's efforts were widely criticized by Republicans at the time, and the substance of her reforms obviously constituted a substantial federal intervention into health care, the very thing Perry now claims is obviously unconstitutional and ruinous to liberty. (And yes, Clinton's plan did call for both an employer mandate to provide health care and an individual mandate to be covered.)
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: perry; perry4hillarycare; perrycare; ricardo; rino; rinofreeamerica; rinoperry; rinorick; rinos4hillarycare; romneycare; sellout
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To: CGalen
This is not good for Perry.Moochelle...is that you?
To: rjeffries
because he has nice hair.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:33:50 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(Rick Perry is a solid conservative, if you consider Jello to be solid.)
To: RoosterRedux
Sorry ,give it up on the Palin lover crap, little perrito.
This is about ISSUES...and Ricardo stinks on the issues that are critical to resolving the gigantic problems in this country...
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:33:53 PM PDT
by
Fred
('Just cus I said it, don't mean I meant it'....Rumor has it)
To: Fred
Perry was for universal healthcare (aka, Hillary’s socialized medicine) before he was against it (Obamacare).
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:34:30 PM PDT
by
South40
(Perry: There is a path to citizenship for ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served THEIR country)
To: Fred
This is about ISSUES...and Ricardo stinks on the issues that are critical to resolving the gigantic problems in this country...Oh Noes...this little perrito bows to your superior knowledge of such critical issues.
You vote for Obama (or stay home...same thing), I'll vote for Perry to win!
To: cripplecreek
WOOOAAAHHHHH When was that letter written. I'd really like to know the context.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:36:52 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(Rick Perry is a solid conservative, if you consider Jello to be solid.)
To: Tempest
Ricardo Perry is also an open-border RINO who spoke at a LaRaza convention. But the Perrybots don't care.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:37:08 PM PDT
by
Falcon28
Comment #28 Removed by Moderator
To: Mr Ramsbotham
It’s now apparent that Rick Perry has a history of supporting or imposing government health care mandates.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:38:01 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(Rick Perry is a solid conservative, if you consider Jello to be solid.)
To: Fred
We allocated an additional $4 billion to the Medicaid program, and more than $900 million to the Childrens Health Insurance Program. I urged legislators to pass a telemedicine pilot program that will enable, through technology, a sick border resident of limited financial means to receive care from a specialist hundreds of miles away. But the effort to combat disease and illness requires greater cooperative efforts between our two nations. It is a simple truth that disease knows no boundaries. An outbreak of drug-resistant tuberculosis, for example, endangers citizens of both our nations.
Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. Thats why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.
Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks to the Border Summit
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:38:01 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: Tempest
Stuff just keeps bubbling up. He really needs to explain his past record :(
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:38:22 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
To: Jean S
I am sick of Tempest attacking Perry.
Me too. There is no candidate including Obama with a more extensive record in this campaign than Perry. Nobody. He has to find a letter from 1993?
How about tempest talks with some doctors in Texas to find out why healthcare is so much better in Texas. I am sure it has nothing to do with the Governor... afterall, there was that horrid letter in 1993 he wrote to Hillary.
Pathetic.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:38:51 PM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Keep the dope, we'll make the change in 2012!)
To: Falcon28
Ricardo signs Halal law:
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:39:33 PM PDT
by
Falcon28
To: Fred
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:40:09 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(Rick Perry is a solid conservative, if you consider Jello to be solid.)
To: Falcon28
Ricardo and Acorn:
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:40:24 PM PDT
by
Falcon28
To: South40
That same mentality is why he took billions in stimulus money after trying to convince everyone he was opposed to it.And just where do you think that money came from...the IRS fairy?
To: RoosterRedux
Ole saw, if it is not Palin then it is Obama....I am not a big sissy like you and I know that our conservatives can and will beat Obama....
Why not run over to the dems and rollover and expose your throat like a good rino...
Yawn on the Obama Palin Obama Palin Obama Palin....
Now who is next...mister I am afraid of my own shadow???
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:41:25 PM PDT
by
Fred
('Just cus I said it, don't mean I meant it'....Rumor has it)
To: Tempest
After thot, I hated Hillarycare and was very busy lobbying against it in 1990s. I know it was a long time ago, but how in the world could a conservative EVER have supported Nationaol Healthcare in any way??? Even way back when there used to be conservative Blue Dog Dems, they opposed it.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:41:48 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
To: Tempest
Even worse, he's responsible for the flash mobs in Chicago and Philadelphia. And I have a letter to prove it.
He's even in one of the videos...he's the large cowboy stealing the big bag of Cheetos cheese snacks.
Got on boots with a pistol strapped to his hip.
To: cripplecreek
Ok, so Perry wants to be ruler of the universe...Clue, he has to make it thru the primaries first..
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:43:26 PM PDT
by
Fred
('Just cus I said it, don't mean I meant it'....Rumor has it)
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