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So, who are the FReeper winners in this contest?

As I felt like wasting a lot of time, I did some (read: way WAY too much) clicking around…..

As it turns out, Cicero was right: socialized health care in the US is often labeled by those fighting hardest for that particular implementation: hence the preceding "Hillary-Care", "RomneyCare", etc.

The first references to ObamaCare started appearing when Zero made his call for "Universal Health Care" in a speech to "Families USA" on 1/25/07, when his campaign was supposedly in "exploratory mode".

The first use of "Hussein Care" was:
    "When can we start referring to his proposal as "Hussein Care"? "
    in the thread:
   Obama calls for universal health care within six years (and Hillary too)
    by PBRSTREETGANG on 1/26/07, 11 AM;

The first use of "Obama Care" was:
    "If obama-care mirrors the earlier hillary-care, the government will decide doctor's specialties."
    in the thread:
   "Obama Calls for Universal Health Care"
    by Jacquerie on 1/29/07, 5 AM;

What's fascinating about going back into these threads and searching around is just HOW different the world was back then! In early 2007,

the economy seemed to be doing OK, and unemployment seemed low;
The Dems just made a lot of inroads into Congress, but that was due to "scandal" thanks to dumb GOP reprobates, aided by a hyping MSM;
The dems and libs had not had their chance yet to do the damage they would do, with W's absent complicity;
Most were worried about Zero's views on Iraq and his suave ways with the press, not his health-care push.
The war was very much more on everyones minds.

Oh, how the world would change….

Using your evidence, the original concept award would go to PBRSTREETGANG.

Somewhere today at FR, someone is making a comment that foreshadows a disaster we won’t hear about until 2019.

HusseinCare...because anyone *who's sane* won't accept it.

And, because the MSM/0 handlers don't like us to use his middle name.

Well whaddaya know!