[BarnacleCenturion]

“heavy fines that hit employers and the self-employed for not knuckling under to the Massachusetts plan, “free choice” is a fantasy and a LIE”

That wasn’t part of the original plan and he vetoed the employer fines when they were proposed by the dims. Not sure if facts matter though. The NRA crowd who welcomed him must obviously be misguided.

[ansel12]

Not sure if facts matter though.

Barney with all of the BS that you have tried to spread here at FR since you signed up to promote Romney, you have zero credibility.

[Finny]

I was hoping one of you Romney supporters would do what I predicted, and point out that the lousy parts of Romney's bill weren't "part of the original plan." Thank you, Barnie, nice that it was YOU -- a proven liar on Free Republic with regard to Romney (you have written on this forum the blatant, provable falsehoods that Romney was "supported" and "endorsed" by Rush and Michael Reagan and that Rush "said he voted for Romney in the primaries on his show"; you've also stated REPEATEDLY, and never proved nor attempted to prove, that posters and flyers of Romney's appeals to the homosexual faction during his Mass gov. run were forgeries) ....

Anyway, I was hoping one of you guys would make that argument that the only reason Romney's Mass health insurance mandate is a failure is because they didn't implement it the way Romney wanted. The minute government presumes to interfere and meddle, punishing with fines and fees and invading all kinds of privacies by trying to take control of personal, business, and private decisions such as health care and insurance and the relationships regarding them between employee, employer, ensurer, and doctor, it is guaranteed that the consequences will be negative and loss of individual freedom, choice, and responsibility will follow.

The only way Romney could have prevented this from happening was to FIGHT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A BILL IN THE FIRST PLACE, which would have been the conservative thing to do and would have promoted individual liberty and free enterprise. But Romney was (and still is) arrogant enough to think that he could come up with just the right "conservative" version, and of course it failed because it was oxymoronic to conservatism.

As for the folks at the NRA welcoming Romney (I think in an earlier post you said they welcomed Romney warmly or enthusiastically) -- well, you're the kind of guy who willfully misinterprets Rush Limbaugh and Michael Reagan's very lukewarm words about Romney as "support" and endorsement," so I know that all the NRA folks had to do was for half the folks in the audience to clap politely (the way the audience responded to Mitt's CPAC speech, in fact), and you'd call it a standing ovation.

[Leisler]

Dems “plan”. Mitt’s “plan”.

The fundamental bat is government plan. Dem’s, Mitt, is just variations on the theme, of which Mitt supports 100%, ie, non individual liberties.