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How Donald Trump helped Democrats pass Obamacare
Washington Post ^ | June 22, 2015 | Marc A. Thiessen

Posted on 02/04/2016 8:15:40 PM PST by GodGunsGuts

In the announcement speech for his presidential campaign, Donald Trump railed against Obamacare. "We have a disaster called the big lie: Obamacare," Trump declared. "I would repeal and replace the big lie, Obamacare."

Well, that sounds like something a Republican candidate would say. But there is one problem: Trump helped finance the Democratic takeover of Congress in 2006 - which put in place the liberal majority that passed Obamacare over the objections of congressional Republicans. And he continued to support a Democratic Senate majority after Obamacare...

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Donald Trump is obviously not the man we need in the White House to overturn Obamacare.

Vote for Ted Cruz 2016!

1 posted on 02/04/2016 8:15:40 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Desperate attempt to try to turn his words on him when it never happened. Pathetic. Useless story that will die in the next 5 minutes.


2 posted on 02/04/2016 8:18:26 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: GodGunsGuts

Articles like exude desperation.


3 posted on 02/04/2016 8:20:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

The last thing the far left wants is someone like Trump.


4 posted on 02/04/2016 8:21:26 PM PST by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Marc A. Thiessen is a Murdoch/Megyn shill. Obamacare was permitted by the spineless Republican leadership in 2010. 2006? Give me a break.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 8:23:39 PM PST by map
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To: GodGunsGuts

You are absolutely relentless GGG.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 8:23:54 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

spineless republicans gave us obamacare....... passed without a senate vote, and without a fight...... they all must be making money on it


7 posted on 02/04/2016 8:24:20 PM PST by changeitback440
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Desperate attempt to try to turn his words on him when it never happened. Pathetic.

That is what we are up against. These cruz people and cruz himself are the most dishonest I have ever encountered in 55 years. And after having endured clinton, gore and obumber, that's saying something.
8 posted on 02/04/2016 8:24:20 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Nothing about this pattern of contributions troubles you at all, considering it is a veritable rogues gallery of the worst rats from the past decade? You can only whistle past the graveyard so long.

Kush

9 posted on 02/04/2016 8:24:25 PM PST by Kush (Insert your own witty, patriotic, or sarcastic remark here.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Have you been paying attention to your little FReeper Caucus graph lately? LOL!


10 posted on 02/04/2016 8:24:30 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Didn’t Cruz cast the deciding vote on Robert’s confirmation ? We know what Roberts gave us ...go back under the rock from which you slithered


11 posted on 02/04/2016 8:25:15 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Trump is the only one who will secure our borders . Vote Trump)
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To: stubernx98

Yes, socialism is the opposite of capitalism. Trump is a capitalist and Cruz just talks for a living, as a lawyer (albeit a good one) and a politician.


12 posted on 02/04/2016 8:25:18 PM PST by Vic S
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To: GodGunsGuts

Obamacare happened because of Bill Kristol and the neocons unelectable policies.

Santorum/ Team Rubio helped Arlen Specter.


13 posted on 02/04/2016 8:26:13 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal (Savage BLASTS Megyn Kelly, Fox News Over Treatment Of Trump)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Yes, and I’m not sure why you’re so gleeful, to be honest.


14 posted on 02/04/2016 8:26:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: GodGunsGuts
TRUMP: As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here.

Um, no. Single-payer does not work.

Trump: Single-Payer Health Care 'Could Have Worked In A Different Age'

15 posted on 02/04/2016 8:27:14 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Thiessen is solid GOPe. He will try to kill Trump and then Cruz. The GOPe wants to take them both out.

Don’t feed the GOPe because they will eat you in the end.


16 posted on 02/04/2016 8:28:02 PM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

but it will get reposted about 10000x times


17 posted on 02/04/2016 8:28:09 PM PST by arl295
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To: JoSixChip
Just curious, what exactly is dishonest about pointing out a persons history of donations? Used to be around here, if you so much as even smiled at a rat, you were suspect. Now, throw half a million dollars into their war chests, and you're A-Ok. Strange days indeed...

Kush

18 posted on 02/04/2016 8:28:20 PM PST by Kush (Insert your own witty, patriotic, or sarcastic remark here.)
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Roberts was nominated and confirmed
years before Ted Cruz joined the senate. Yours is typical of Donald Trump’s “vetted” talking points.


19 posted on 02/04/2016 8:28:55 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Kush

Kush-Im respectfully not attacking but I have to get real here...
No they dont matter to me AT ALL.He was a business man with real estate interests in New York , a known dem stronghold.

If you have millions invested in New York, You are going to have to play the game and bribe them.

Fact of life.

You mouth off about conservative ideals...guess what...every two bit city worker is gonna check regulations, deny permits, deny operating licenses.

Its a a fact of life, if you have a business in a dem area...you pay bribery.

That even explains the photo with Bill and Hill as I would have done the same thing...invite them to my wedding to grab a photo to hang in the office so when the city tax collector comes in , he sees very well....Im a friend of his criminal boss.

It happens very frequent at that level.

No Im not in the least bit bothered by his donations because I understand them all too well.


20 posted on 02/04/2016 8:31:31 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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