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Romney cites his healthcare law as proof of his compassion
LA Times ^ | September 26, 2012 | Seema Mehta

Posted on 09/26/2012 7:23:28 PM PDT by conservativefreak

TOLEDO, Ohio — Mitt Romney, while campaigning in Ohio on Wednesday, highlighted the healthcare law that he passed while governor of Massachusetts as proof of his empathy for people.

“I think throughout this campaign as well, we talked about my record in Massachusetts, don't forget — I got everybody in my state insured,” Romney told NBC News in an interview before he headlined a rally here. “One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance. I don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record.”

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KEYWORDS: compassionatecon; romney; romneycare; stupidparty
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To: Louis Foxwell
The point that is often missed and never reported on by the Obamedia is that Romney stresses that the Mass HC plan was a state decision and that any other attempts to insure people through taxation should also be a state decision. In talking about that in Las Vegas he said that is why he supported states being able to opt out of Obama Care and it is also why he would move to kill it as a National law.

A point brought up in Ohio is that since the Supremes agreed with the Obama flip flop that said this was a tax and not a penalty, it is now illegal because taxes must originate in and be approved by congress. Obamacare was not sold as a tax in the legislative process.

21 posted on 09/26/2012 7:40:21 PM PDT by Baynative
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To: mylife

The people of mASS got what they wanted and deserved. Romney should say “they will be bankrupt at their own fault and he does not want that for the RED states. The BLUE states can eat each orher and go to Hell. The RED states can eat what they want even if Moochelle objects!” If Romney said that it would help him, but I think he will not.


22 posted on 09/26/2012 7:41:23 PM PDT by MtnClimber (I did not vote for Zero. Someone else did that.)
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To: mylife
Wow. I thought he would show he true colors but I thought he would wait until after the election. At least I more than warned FRiends around here what a fraud he was. I didn't think I would be proved right so soon. You ABO folks have gotten us into a big mess. Oh well. Hopefully November 7th we can start kicking Romney to the curb after the first term and put in Bachmann, Santorum, or a conservative. Enough of these mushy Republicans. It is embarrassing and sad to see FREEPER loving Romney especially when they know full well what a liberal he is. He is about 2 percent better than Obama.
23 posted on 09/26/2012 7:43:10 PM PDT by napscoordinator (GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
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To: South40

Our states are laboratory’s of freedom.
The Majority of liberal jackasses in Ma wanted it and the got it.
These are folks that gave Kennedy, Frank, and Kerry lifetime positions.

At the National level we have rejected this liberal crap, but Obama and Pelosi shoved it down our throat stifling the voice of the majority.

Romney did no such thing. He merely did what his constituents wanted.


24 posted on 09/26/2012 7:43:23 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

The people of mASS got what they wanted and deserved. Romney should say “they will be bankrupt at their own fault and he does not want that for the RED states. The BLUE states can eat each orher and go to Hell. The RED states can eat what they want even if Moochelle objects!” If Romney said that it would help him, but I think he will not.


25 posted on 09/26/2012 7:44:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber (I did not vote for Zero. Someone else did that.)
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To: napscoordinator

Stay home. Don’t vote.
Reelect Obama.
The national debt and the SCOTUS are of no concern /S


26 posted on 09/26/2012 7:45:18 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
Romney did no such thing. He merely did what his constituents wanted.

Actually, he did just that as there are many in that state who did not want it; that means they were robbed of their constitutional freedoms.

Obamacare and Romneycare are both wrong. They are wrong because the idea that government — at any level — can force a person to buy something against his or her will is not only a bad idea, it is repugnant to the foundational idea of our republic: that we all have a God-given right to liberty.

27 posted on 09/26/2012 7:46:16 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
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To: All

Weasel words from Obama and the LA times

Romney’s remarks on his healthcare law prompted a retort from the Obama camp.
“Mitt Romney is working overtime to rehabilitate his image after being caught writing off half of all Americans to a room of high-dollar donors. But his warm and fuzzy rhetoric doesn’t match up with his policies, principles or priorities,” Obama’s deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, said in a statement. “In fact, while Mitt Romney held up the Massachusetts healthcare law as evidence of his empathy for people, minutes later he promised to repeal Obamacare, which is modeled after his own law.”


28 posted on 09/26/2012 7:48:12 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: conservativefreak

Earlier this evening there were several threads with the main theme ... we should all vote (blindly) for Romney because he is different than Obama and would give us America back. All that apposed this logic were condemned for being un-American and other less appealing names.

I see but little difference between the two and therefore will not leave my warm and comfortable home to brave the cold just to vote for Obama lite.


29 posted on 09/26/2012 7:48:55 PM PDT by doc1019 (Turn Medina into a glass parking lot and all this crap will stop.)
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To: JediJones

More of your anti Romney BS that smells like Paul bot troll BS.

Show the link of this supposed AD or zip it.


30 posted on 09/26/2012 7:49:50 PM PDT by ncalburt (Axelrod Psych OPS has gone to 24/7 non stop - "The election is over " status until Nov)
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To: conservativefreak

I like Rush and I know he just really wants Obama out of office but Mitt Romney is a disaster. He can’t draw a sharp contrast because their isn’t one. I’m not a Newt fan either but if the GOP is going to lose they should at least lose with a candidate who would describe clearly who Obama is and listening to Newt I often think he would have done a better job throwing those types of verbal bombs. As it is Romney will lose calling Sheik Obama a “Nice Guy”.


31 posted on 09/26/2012 7:50:07 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: doc1019

Throwing the baby out with the bath water are we?


32 posted on 09/26/2012 7:50:44 PM PDT by Frapster (ugh)
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To: All

From a freeper earlier, “cant wait to start removing Romney from office in 2016”


33 posted on 09/26/2012 7:51:08 PM PDT by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: mylife

I am voting for Romney but if you guys keep picking these creeps, you really won’t tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans. You specifically are the type who would vote for Bloomburg if he had a Republican name after him. When does this nonsense stop????


34 posted on 09/26/2012 7:51:08 PM PDT by napscoordinator (GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
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To: South40

he has to get those votes somehow


35 posted on 09/26/2012 7:51:58 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: doc1019

Your a Fool and more than likely a TROLL !

I notice the lets stay home BS from the Axelrod astroturf team is out in full force.

ObAMA IS A MARXIST MUSLIM WHO HATES THIS COUNTRY AND WANTS TO DESTROY IT.

hOW DOES ROMNEY COME ANY WHERE NEAR THE HATE OBAMA HAS FOR THE USA.


36 posted on 09/26/2012 7:53:11 PM PDT by ncalburt (Axelrod Psych OPS has gone to 24/7 non stop - "The election is over " status until Nov)
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To: Frapster

Yep, when both the baby and the bathwater are dirty.


37 posted on 09/26/2012 7:53:57 PM PDT by doc1019 (Turn Medina into a glass parking lot and all this crap will stop.)
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To: ncalburt

Exactly - people need to exercise a little critical thinking.


38 posted on 09/26/2012 7:54:32 PM PDT by Frapster (ugh)
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To: conservativefreak

It’s not compassion when you’re spending OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY.


39 posted on 09/26/2012 7:55:00 PM PDT by 867V309
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To: South40

I get it 40, but the majority in MA wanted it, that is why I live in Texas.

What burns me is how Obama SHOVED his crap down Americas throat with chicanery and under handed BS and Pelosi flipped us of with her huge gavel and how they taunted Tea Party activists and then accused us of spitting on that jerk John Lewis from the CBC.

Can You imagine Romney doing that crap?


40 posted on 09/26/2012 7:55:14 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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