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Mitt Romney criticizes shutdown effort (oh, what a surprise!!)
politico.com ^ | 9/27/13 | Jose Delreal

Posted on 09/27/2013 4:39:34 PM PDT by cotton1706

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke out Friday against Congressional Republicans’ strategy to defund Obamacare, holding that it is not “effective.”

“We’re more effective tactically not to use a shutdown of some kind to pursue the … anti-Obamacare objective,” Romney told CNN. “I don’t think that will be as effective.”

Romney’s comments are scheduled to appear on Friday’s episode of CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper”.

(Also on POLITICO: Viewers guide to shutdown drama)

Both chambers of Congress must pass a continuing resolution, or CR, by Sept. 30 to keep the government from shutting down.

Earlier this week, the Republican-held House passed a CR that would defund the President’s signature health law, the Affordable Care Act, in an effort to force a vote on defunding Obamacare in the Senate. The strategy has resulted in divisions within the Republican Party, with one faction aggressively pursuing Obamacare defunding through the CR and others decrying the tactic as irresponsible.

On Friday, a version of the continuing resolution was passed in the Senate with the defunding language stripped, essentially putting the onus of a government shutdown back on the House and preventing interference with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

“I think there’s a better way of getting rid of Obamacare,” Romney said. “[D]elaying it by at least a year. That was Senator Manchin’s idea, the Democrats’ idea.”

“The other [option] would be potentially working hard to get Republicans elected to the House and Senate and they’d be able to do in a traditional way,” Romney said.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamacare; rino; romney; romneycare; sendintheclowns
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I can't stand Mitt Romney. I can't even stand seeing or hearing the name.

So I posted this just so we could all publicly deride him!!

So have at it!

1 posted on 09/27/2013 4:39:34 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Well, if a true conservative like Mitt is against it, I guess I’ll just change my mind.


2 posted on 09/27/2013 4:41:26 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: cotton1706

he agrees with democratCare in principle. He brought it to Mass.


3 posted on 09/27/2013 4:41:34 PM PDT by DManA
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To: cotton1706

Mitt, for the love of God, just shut up and go away.


4 posted on 09/27/2013 4:42:25 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: cotton1706

RINO cant get no love.


5 posted on 09/27/2013 4:42:31 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: cotton1706
A better strategery is to elect a RINO as POTUS.

Opps, that ship sailed and was sunk last November.

6 posted on 09/27/2013 4:43:12 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706


7 posted on 09/27/2013 4:43:12 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: cotton1706

If you want a winning strategy he’s the guy to ask.

Pray America is Waking Up


8 posted on 09/27/2013 4:44:11 PM PDT by bray (Coming soon: The Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: cotton1706

Kerry says, you can stop a tank with a crowbar but
it might be dangerous, better to just ask them to stop.


9 posted on 09/27/2013 4:46:12 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: cotton1706
Who's Mitt Romney? Is he that weird RINO dude that lost to Mc Maniac in 2008 and then he lost to a former Baskin Robbins scooper in 2012?

I think that clown oughta just go get himself another bottle and STFU

10 posted on 09/27/2013 4:46:29 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.)
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To: cotton1706

Ok, I’ll have at it. Lets take all these transgender males that want to be females, do the snip job and transplant those to the vacancy in Mitt’s anatomy.

I feel better now. Thanks for the invite.


11 posted on 09/27/2013 4:46:51 PM PDT by trubolotta
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To: Catmom

“Mitt, for the love of God, just shut up and go away.”

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And please take McCain and the rest of the liberal republicans with you.


12 posted on 09/27/2013 4:46:54 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: cotton1706

Make no mistake, the 2012 election was between a big government, anti liberty, dyed in the wool nanny statist - and Barack Obama.


13 posted on 09/27/2013 4:47:34 PM PDT by freedom462
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To: cotton1706

Kerry says, you can stop a tank with a crowbar but
it might be dangerous, better to just ask them to stop.


14 posted on 09/27/2013 4:48:00 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: cotton1706

Even if true, we need to keep in mind that every piece of crap published by the politico Nazis is designed to attack and depress conservatives.

We need to drill holes in the heads of every Politico writer to determine how much vacuum they carry and did they pay for the space?


15 posted on 09/27/2013 4:48:12 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: cotton1706

More Mush from Mitt


16 posted on 09/27/2013 4:48:19 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: cotton1706

No Republican proposed a shutdown Stupid RINO


17 posted on 09/27/2013 4:48:33 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: cotton1706

Just bugger off, Romney.


18 posted on 09/27/2013 4:48:48 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: cotton1706
“I think there’s a better way of getting rid of Obamacare,” Romney said. “[D]elaying it by at least a year. That was Senator Manchin’s idea, the Democrats’ idea.”

Romney likes the Democrat plan


19 posted on 09/27/2013 4:49:12 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: cotton1706

Mitt pokes his head out from behind the GOPe curtain...


20 posted on 09/27/2013 4:49:52 PM PDT by Third Person (Welcome to Gaymerica.)
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