Posted on 11/17/2011 3:56:42 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Don’t expect Mitt Romney to backtrack on his Massachusetts health-care plan at any point this election cycle.
“I am sure there are many people who have calculated, and perhaps correctly, that the healthcare plan I put in place in Massachusetts is not good for me politically, and if I want to encourage my political future, I should say it was a mistake and walk away from it,” Romney told Fox Business Network host Neil Cavuto in an interview set to air later tonight.
“You have seen a lot of candidates look at their biggest vulnerability, call it a mistake, and ask for forgiveness,” Romney continued. “In my case that wouldn’t be honest.”
He affirmed that he believes the health-care program was the “right thing” for Massachusetts then, although he conceded that it hasn’t “worked perfectly.”
“If it hurts me politically, it’s a consequence of the truth,” Romney added. “I am not going to walk away from that. It’s right for states to come up with their own solutions. I doubt other people are going try and follow the one we put together. Maybe learn from our experience. Maybe come up with something better. But the wrong course is to have the federal government impose its will on the entire nation.”
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“If a state wants an Obamacare-style health care system, that should be the choice of that state and its voters.”
Yeah! Individual liberty be damned!
I just recalled the 4th item. He was originally for murdering unborn babies, but changed his mind over time. So, even as a pro-life candidate today, he did not have the instinct that life should be protected. So, to summarize:
1. Disregards individual liberty
2. Supports Crony Capitalism
3. Labels himself conservative
4. Does not instinctively protect life
OK, gotcha mitty boy!
FUMR is spot on!
So, let’s reframe your logic. Our troops are going to get attacked by terrorists in the middle east, so they should join the terrorist organizations to try and make the terrorists nicer.
The Dems are an enemy of individual liberty and should be treated accordingly.
What am I going to do, attack my neighbors because they are misled by the Democrats or might actually have a differnt point of view? That’s just not serious.
If your neighbor is running at you with a knife, you shouldn’t tell me that they are just nice people. They want to steal your property and enslave you. They are the enemy!
You’re creating your own reality here... no one is running at me with a knife, stealing my property or enslaving me. Find another enemy ‘cuz it ain’t me.
The health care mandate will require that you spend your money on a product, hence it is theft of your earnings and the bonus is that it is government taking possession of your physical being. So, they do want to steal your property and enslave you.
I will not accept the “Mitt was just forced to work with the Dem’s in his legislature” nonsense. He is no better than any of the Collaborators that I am learning about on the Military Channel this month.
I don’t care what you accept and don’t accept and I’m not shilling for any candidate. I’m for ABO and I’ll vote for the winner of the GOP primary.
Then I hope that you work hard in the primaries to ensure that we have a candidate that will get my vote.
My responsibility is to vote for the candidate who I think will cause the least damage. I don't have any responsibility to convince you of anything or supply you with a candidate you like. I vote because either the Democrat or the Republican will win and it is ALWAYS the lesser of two evils. I do not vote to stroke my own principles or to try to make myself feel good. It's not about me.
In other words:
“If you vote for me after that admission, then you deserve me. I’m running for the GOP nomination because if I win, then Obama wins, because on the largest single issue of the next 100 years, we agree completely.”
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