Mitt Romney’s Illogical, Terrible Health-Care Address (He bombed! Why even bother running Mitt?)

NRO ^ | Thursday May 12, 2010

[Bigtigermike]

Mitt Romney just gave a more articulate defense of Obamacare than President Obama ever has. He continues to believe that the individual mandate is a good idea, despite the fact that the “free-rider” problem is a myth. His effort to make a distinction between Romneycare and Obamacare was not persuasive: If anything, he convincingly made the opposite case, that Romneycare and Obamacare are based on the same fundamental concept.

In recent months, Romney has claimed that Romneycare was a specific solution for the specific needs of Massachusetts. But in his remarks, he did not name one specific aspect of the Massachusetts health-care environment that is unique to that state. If there are no important differences between the Massachusetts health-care system and that of other states, why shouldn’t he believe that Romneycare should be the model for every other state?

[HapaxLegamenon]

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan: “No Herman Cain for President, Mittens for best friend.”

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Same here. I’m staying home if this @ss-clown is the GOP nominee.

[arrogantsob]

So says a man with no valid arguments.

[okie01]

I don’t care that he changed this and he changed that and I don’t care that it would have been far worse without his pressure and I don’t care that the Mass legislature would have over-ridden his veto.

Actually, it's worse. The Massachusetts leg didn't shove this puppy down Romney's throat -- it was his idea from the get go!

Sure, given the preponderant Dem majorities, Romney immediately lost control of the legislation -- but it was his idea in the first place!

So, one might justifiably conclude either:

1. Romney is, at bottom, a liberal collectivist.

2. Or a totally incompetent politician.

3. Both of the above.

[DManA]

The only tiny power we have is a veto power. We stay home the republican loses. The party elites have to be made to understand that. And we have to be willing to use that power.

[DManA]

So says a man who thinks there’s a difference between a republican radical socialist and a democrat radical socialist.

[Diogenesis]

You are not alone. Millions and millions will not vote for backstabber, and Obamaphile, Romney.

We will work against Romney and the GOP in that case.

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Romney for Obama in 2008

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

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The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

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"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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Romney for Obama in 2009

Chihuahua Romney - the Magic RINO:
"I also think it's important for us to nod to our pRes_ _ent when he's right,"
we are pleased with his plans to "finish the job" in Iraq and Afghanistan
I also applaud our pRes_ _ent
for standing up to the evil auto industry. "

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Romney for Obama in 2010

"Go Mitt. Go Mitt. Go Mitt"

"Rove is pushing Romney so aggressively
some folks are beginning to wonder what's going on,"
grumbled one veteran Republican strategist."

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"Rove has made no secret
of his support for Romney as McCain's VP. "

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Romney for Obama in 2011

Chihuahua Romney - the One and the Only "Magic RINO(TM)":

"Obama was born in the United States"

"Obama Doesn’t Need a Birth Certificate"

"The citizenship test has been passed"

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Milt Romney in 2007

Romney - the Magic RINO:
"I'm not running as the Republican view
or a continuation of Republican values.
That's not what brings me to the race.
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)

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"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn't make any sense at all.""
--  President Ronald Reagan

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism
or socialism on people has been by way of medicine..."
President Ronald Reagan

Romney-Imposed Gay Marriage (through Threats against Clerks)
And Romney Death Panels and ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE
Imposed by the carpetbagging, backstabbing “Milt” Willard Romney.

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm not even counting on the Republicans. I'm counting on myself. Because I KNOW the Stupid Party is going to f--k up in 2012, and nominate another squish who'll politely concede to Obama. No thanks.

We know who's the only person capable of taking down Obama, but the elites aren't having it and the people are sheep. So therefore, it's time to have a backup plan when the crap does hit the fan.

[DaxtonBrown]

Whaaaaat?? Mittster, the darling of NRO, has no clothes? This is totally unexpected!

[arrogantsob]

You calling Romney a “radical socialist” makes it true only in your fevered imagination. No one in the real world falls for such crap.

Or do you have evidence that MR was raised by anti-Americans, had his schooling paid for by foreign powers, and was raised to national prominence through the efforts of dedicated terrorists? If so, lets see it. If not, go fly a kite.

[DManA]

He outed himself today. Go be counted like a good little republican.

[Emperor Palpatine]

[Graybeard58]

I think Trump now has a better chance of being the nominee than Romney. And Trump has no chance at all.

Trump is Romney, without the mormon baggage.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Mitt
Huckster
Newt

[Graybeard58]

We will work against Romney and the GOP in that case.

Be sure to include me in that collective "we", as I'll never vote for the statist,/socialist/baby killing/lower than pond scum/ bastard. Never!

[Anti-Bubba182]

"Why even bother running Mitt?"

That is a good question. I hope he takes a hard look, concludes he can't win, and drops out. Romney would split the party fatally. There is a serious danger the GOP goes the way of the Whigs this election.

[Forty-Niner]

“If anything, he convincingly made the opposite case, that Romneycare and Obamacare are based on the same fundamental concept.”

And why shouldn’t they be? Both were written by fat Teddy Kennedy, who, from the grave, is still tormenting the nation.

[Forty-Niner]

“So says a man who thinks there’s a difference between a republican radical socialist and a democrat radical socialist.”

Someone that can write a statement like that has no business calling others naive, stupid, or anything else.

[DManA]

We all better hope the republican party can smell a loser before it’s too late.

[DManA]

We all better hope the republican party can smell a loser before it’s too late.