Posted on 08/04/2010 1:27:54 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Reid: Voters Like Health Law If They Understand It
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) responded today to a Missouri vote that Republicans call a rebuke to the sweeping new health law by saying voters like the legislation better the more they know more about it.
At issue is Proposition C, a measure on the Missouri ballot Tuesday that seeks to block the government from requiring individuals to buy health insurance, a pillar of President Barack Obama’s new health law. The state referendum is presumably overruled by the federal law, but its passage by a 71-29 margin is being widely cited by Republicans Wednesday as sign that voters reject the health law.
“Missouri sent a clear message to Democrats and the Obama administration that government-run healthcare is a gross overreach of the federal government that needs to be repealed and replaced,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said in a statement.
Reid noted that Tuesday’s turnout was low, at 23%. But his main argument was that people will like the law better the more they see its benefits.
“It’s very obvious that people have a lack of understanding of our health care reform bill,” Reid said. “The more people learn about this bill, the more they like it.” He noted that the health insurance “exchanges,” or marketplaces, will take three years to kick in.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Funny thing on yahoo this morning,
in their news section, there was an article with 0bama’s picture,
and when you clicked on the picture, it spun for a while,
then the word “fail” was all that was displayed.
Mind the wrap.
Hey Harry!
Anybody pretending to “understand it” is lying!
YOU don’t “understand it”!
Have you even READ it yet?
The man is seriously delusional. Has Sharron put up a commercial taking advantage of this definitively at odds with reality comment?
Reid noted that Tuesday’s turnout was low, at 23%. But his main argument was that people will like the law better the more they see its benefits.
Reminds me of the radio commerial where “you won’t ever have another auto repair bill again”...............
Keep dreaming Harry...keep dreaming, you arrogant fool.
Problem is... they don’t even understand it.
Then apparently over SEVENTY PERCENT of the voters in Missouri are terribly "uninformed", eh Harry?
I hope as many states as possible put up similar measures on their ballots for this year's elections!
that is either desperate, delusional, or dishonest -- or perhaps all three. and it came off as just a stupid, stupid thing to say.
My kid is 43 and he hates it
Like that politician-class grade school flunkout could understand anything beyond “Dick and Jane”.
Gimme a break.
Also from Reid: “Relax. Rape is just a way of meeting new people! It’s not like you’re still a virgin.” </sarc>
Fascism meets freedom.
>> “people hate the health care reform bill until they find out that their kids can stay on their health insurance until they are 26,
Hmm. Everyone I know with kids in their early 20’s hates it for that reason. They were hoping that their kids would grow up and become adults, but now Uncle Barak says that you get to be a child for a few more years. Now, the parents will have to be “mean and greedy” to kick their kids out of the nest.
Or read it........
But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.