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Earnest to Cruz: Remember What Happened the Last Time GOP Ran Against Obamacare (Video)
mediaite ^ | 3-23-2015 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 03/23/2015 1:01:15 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest responded today to Ted Cruz‘s strong pledge in his presidential announcement this morning to repeal Obamacare once he gets into office.

In his list of things he asked the audience to imagine, Cruz said, “Imagine a new president signing legislation repealing every word of Obamacare.”

When asked about this today, Earnest said, “There was a presidential candidate who ran in 2012 promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and that campaign pledge didn’t work out very well for him.”


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; 2012election; cruz2016; cruzannounces; cruzspeech; joshearnest; obamacare
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1 posted on 03/23/2015 1:01:15 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Ummm...we took over both the house and senate in overwhelming numbers?


2 posted on 03/23/2015 1:02:10 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Citizen Zed

It was a monumental butt-thrashing, as I recall.


3 posted on 03/23/2015 1:02:54 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Citizen Zed

I guess Earnest is just going to keep harfing on the same subject.....


4 posted on 03/23/2015 1:02:56 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Citizen Zed

Yeah, cause that pledge was what cost him the election.

Right, yes. Only that.

Blithering buffoon.


5 posted on 03/23/2015 1:04:25 PM PDT by TheZMan (Buy more ammo.)
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To: Citizen Zed

“There was a presidential candidate who ran in 2012 promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and that campaign pledge didn’t work out very well for him.?

You mean the guy who put Romneycare into production?


6 posted on 03/23/2015 1:05:30 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“There was a presidential candidate who ran in 2012 promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and that campaign pledge didn’t work out very well for him.? “

Everyone here was doubtful that if Romney won that he would actually go through it....


7 posted on 03/23/2015 1:07:44 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: GraceG

Yeah...that’s because that candidate was a lying sack of...


8 posted on 03/23/2015 1:08:31 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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Ummm...we took over both the house and senate in overwhelming numbers?

Along with a majority of the state legislatures.

9 posted on 03/23/2015 1:08:36 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Citizen Zed

The left will always let you know who they fear.

They didn’t fear McCain or Romney.


10 posted on 03/23/2015 1:09:09 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Huh?? There was never any opposition the Obama agenda. The Romney campaign wilted and died after the first debate. Even candy crowley was never called out on her shameless lies.

We the People are ready to make things happen.


11 posted on 03/23/2015 1:10:37 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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if he's talking about 2012, we lost because we ran the only freaking guy in the entire party that couldn't run against ACA because he helped invent the individual mandate.

not to mention that he sucked as a candidate, and was wrong on all the salient issues of the day just a few years before he changed his mind so he could run for president.

12 posted on 03/23/2015 1:11:26 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Billthedrill

Didn’t seem to hurt in 2010 (we took back the house).

Didn’t seem to hurt in 2012 (we took more seats in house, got some fresh conservative blood in the Senate (Cruz and Lee) and we only lost POTUS because Romney was a wishy washy mess).

Didn’t seem to hurt in 2014 (we remained in control of the house and re-took the Senate)


13 posted on 03/23/2015 1:12:39 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Citizen Zed

This is what happened the last time the GOP ran against Obamacare.

14 posted on 03/23/2015 1:12:52 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Citizen Zed

But it’s a brand new day, Josh.


15 posted on 03/23/2015 1:13:40 PM PDT by debrawiest (Because a sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free.)
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I remember well, Josh. Liberals were defeated in droves and left stacked beside the road like cordwood.

I wish Republicans remembered what happened the last time they ran against Obamacare.


16 posted on 03/23/2015 1:14:03 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way.)
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To: Citizen Zed

When asked about this today, Earnest said, “There was a presidential candidate who ran in 2012 promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and that campaign pledge didn’t work out very well for him.”

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In 2012 we didn’t know the full scope of how big a fraude FUBOCare would be. We knew it was a lie built on deceit, but now we know completely how big a pile of Obama ObamaCare really is.


17 posted on 03/23/2015 1:16:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: Citizen Zed

... Wow, I love how considerate the White House is to advise Republicans how to run their campaigns. Perhaps they’ll extend the courtesy to Hillary to remind her what happened the last time a woman ran for president?


18 posted on 03/23/2015 1:18:07 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Romney did not attack Obamacare the way Cruz will be able to do. Romney had the anchor of Romneycare tied around his neck.


19 posted on 03/23/2015 1:19:13 PM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Citizen Zed

If Romney had come out strong against Obamacare, he would have won in a landslide.


20 posted on 03/23/2015 1:21:43 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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