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Romney Rhetoric Glosses Mass. Years
Boston Globe ^ | Lisa Wangsness

Posted on 08/22/2007 12:51:25 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion

Skips some facts on healthcare law

On the presidential campaign trail, Mitt Romney points to healthcare reform as his major achievement as Massachusetts governor, presenting the plan as an example of how he used conservative principles to provide affordable health insurance for all state residents without a government takeover.

But he does not mention aspects of the plan that may hold less appeal for his Republican audiences. For example, he decries "socialized medicine" and says the Massachusetts plan is "all a private initiative, a private-based, market-based healthcare" -- omitting the fact that the state and federal governments subsidize much of the overall cost and that a public board negotiated the benefits and prices that private insurers now offer.

He wows audiences by telling them that premiums for individuals dropped from $350 a month to $175 a month, without clarifying that those figures are for the lowest-cost plan available for 37-year-olds and without mentioning that for many people, especially the elderly, premiums can be several hundred dollars more.

And he sometimes downplays the role that Democrats on Beacon Hill had in putting together the final plan.

The Massachusetts healthcare law is exceedingly complicated, and it would be difficult for Romney to explain all the nuances in a town hall-style meeting, or in TV or radio advertisements...[click link below to read further glosses of the Romney record...]

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: romney; romneycare
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Reality doesn't quite match up to campaign claims of Romney - worth a read before you consider supporting Mitt. He certainly isn't telling the whole truth.
1 posted on 08/22/2007 12:51:27 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Another leftwing Globe article.

The more they hate him, the more that any conservative shouldn’t.


2 posted on 08/22/2007 12:52:36 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Is that all the Boston Glob prints any more? Anti-Romney hit pieces seem to be their stock-and-trade.


3 posted on 08/22/2007 12:52:42 PM PDT by TChris (Has anyone under Mitt Romney's leadership ever been worse off because he is Mormon?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Mitt is a lefty dressed up like a decent human being.


4 posted on 08/22/2007 12:53:26 PM PDT by Jaysun (It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Lisa Wangsness? Boy, if I were her, I’d go back to the name store and demand a refund.


5 posted on 08/22/2007 12:54:19 PM PDT by RexBeach ("Americans never quit." Douglas MacArthur)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Reminds me of the Dukakis “Massachusetts Miracle”, which lost it’s sheen long before he lost his bid for the Presidency.


6 posted on 08/22/2007 12:55:17 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: TChris

Is this the “Attack the Messenger Strategy” I’ve heard
so much about?

Is that because the facts don’t support Mitt? If you have
any, I’d like to see them.


7 posted on 08/22/2007 12:55:23 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: SteveMcKing

Ok ok Globe describes Mitt’s government subsidized health care and because the Globe does not like Mitt...conservatives should? huh?


8 posted on 08/22/2007 12:56:07 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: Jaysun

“Mitt is a lefty dressed up like a decent human being.”

It’s true that Mitt is more liberal than I’d like — just as President Bush is a good deal more liberal than I ‘d prefer. That said, when these leftist columnists take such great pains to warn conservatives about him, I suspect it’s because they fear him — and that speaks well of the man.


9 posted on 08/22/2007 1:00:40 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: SteveMcKing
The Mitt-worshipers can't stand the heat.

There can be no criticism of their annointed one.

They even refuse to read anything that might be critical of him.

They simply ignore the facts and attack the messenger.

10 posted on 08/22/2007 1:01:03 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Romney : "not really trying to define what is technically amnesty. I'll let the lawyers decide.")
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To: vetsvette

Any columnist that saw him in action in Mass. and reported on him for years can now compare his words with those actions.


11 posted on 08/22/2007 1:01:56 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: SteveMcKing

Is anything they printed not true, or is attacking people who tell th e truth about romney the only way to defend him?


12 posted on 08/22/2007 1:02:25 PM PDT by flashbunny (<--- Free Anti-Rino graphics! See Rudy the Rino get exposed as a liberal with his own words!)
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To: SteveMcKing

Never, ever believe anything you read in the Boston Globe; it’s owned by the NYTs, and EVERYTHING they print is to enhance the liberal DNC agenda.

The TIMES and GLOBE are nothing but mouthpieces for the far left.


13 posted on 08/22/2007 1:08:37 PM PDT by kjo
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Is this the “Attack the Messenger Strategy” I’ve heard so much about?

Are we, as FReepers, justified in dismissing hit pieces from ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN et al? I think we are, because they're obviously biased. For the same reasons, the Boston Glob is to be believed about as far as you can throw their building.

When the "messenger" distorts and spins facts to smear someone they don't like, they should absolutely be a target. Don't pretend the Glob is some neutral party simply passing along important facts.

14 posted on 08/22/2007 1:10:27 PM PDT by TChris (Has anyone under Mitt Romney's leadership ever been worse off because he is Mormon?)
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Yep. He ain’t my favorite. But he’s my favorite of the so called top-tier candidates. Mainly because he is whom the enemedia seems to hate the most.


15 posted on 08/22/2007 1:11:22 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Reality doesn't quite match up to campaign claims of Romney - worth a read before you consider supporting Mitt.

I ask again, when did the Boston Globe start reporting reality!?

He certainly isn't telling the whole truth.

Oh, and the Boston Globe is now reporting the truth!? Since when?

You've really got to examine your own position if you're constantly quoting from, defending, and consider truthful a leftist piece of trash like the Boston Globe.

16 posted on 08/22/2007 1:12:47 PM PDT by Spiff
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
But he does not mention aspects of the plan that may hold less appeal for his Republican audiences.

Lisa Wangsness and The Globe are so concerned over these Republicans being fooled by Romney, the last thing they would ever want is for a RINO to gain the GOP nomination. Thus the Globe is a veritable mill of anti-Romney hit pieces. Uh,huh.

Were Romney as liberal as the Globe (and the Globe's Freeper fans) purport, there would be nothing but Romney puff-pieces.

You can always depend on the MSM's ideological evaluation of a Republican candidate. As a bear does your food, the MSM can sniff out a RINO from a mile away. By glowing MSM coverage you will know RINO's. If the MSM's RINOdar identifies a conservative, then you'll get the daily hit piece such as leads this thread.

17 posted on 08/22/2007 1:13:04 PM PDT by Plutarch
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Ha ha ha ha! This is classic!

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The Mitt-worshipers can’t stand the heat.

There can be no criticism of their annointed one.

They even refuse to read anything that might be critical of him.

They simply ignore the facts and attack the messenger.

_________________________

Predictable as always!


18 posted on 08/22/2007 1:15:28 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Romney : "not really trying to define what is technically amnesty. I'll let the lawyers decide.")
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To: SteveMcKing
Another leftwing Globe article.

Then read the Wall Street Journal Article. Trying to force someone who cannot afford health insurance to pay $350 a month for it is not exactly a workable solution. But since the penalty is that the person loses a tax deduction, is just raising taxes on those that are already struggling.

Bad Medicine
19 posted on 08/22/2007 1:18:46 PM PDT by microgood
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Oven Mitt placemarker in stealth mode ... wouldn't want my presence here to attract the Momron apologetics Romney platoon
20 posted on 08/22/2007 1:20:49 PM PDT by MHGinTN (You've had life support. Promote life support for those in the womb.)
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