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Schumer: Democrats Should Not Have Pursued Obamacare
Weekly Standard ^ | November 25, 2014 | Michael Warren

Posted on 11/25/2014 9:13:30 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York said Tuesday that he and his fellow Democrats made a mistake in pursuing health care legislation that eventually became Obamacare. Bloomberg Politics's Kathleen Hunter has the story:

“Unfortunately, Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them” in electing Obama and a Democratic Congress in 2008 amid a national recession, Schumer of New York said in a speech in Washington. “We took their mandate and put all our focus on the wrong problem -- health care reform.”

Democrats should have addressed issues aiding the middle class to build confidence among voters before turning to the health-care system overhaul, Schumer said. He spoke at the National Press Club to analyze the results of this month’s election, when Republicans took control of the Senate and increased their majority in the House of Representatives.

Schumer also said Democrats should "embrace government" in order to win future elections. Watch the whole speech here, courtesy of C-SPAN.


TOPICS: Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; abortion; chuckschumer; deathpanels; demsobamacare; newyork; obamacare; schmuckschemer; schumer; upchuckschumer; zerocare
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To: PJ-Comix

Not impressed. Chuckie up for re-election in 2016.

Here is the list:
Michael Bennet (Colorado)
Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
Barbara Boxer (California)
Patrick Leahy (Vermont)
Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
Patty Murray (Washington)
Harry Reid (Nevada)
Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Charles Schumer (New York)
Ron Wyden (Oregon)

We need to keep count of the backtrackers.


81 posted on 11/25/2014 10:47:48 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: PJ-Comix

..and Hitler shouldnt have invaded USSR..

In case you needed some more obvious stuff..


82 posted on 11/25/2014 10:59:41 AM PST by CharleysPride (non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere)
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To: headstamp 2
"Yeah, “embrace government”. That’s the ticket."

Evidently you've totally forgotten that Nancy Pelosi once told us we had to "embrace the suck!"

83 posted on 11/25/2014 11:40:23 AM PST by SierraWasp (Put a plastic shopping bag over the Governor's bald head!!! I signed the petition to overturn this!!)
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To: PJ-Comix

He didn’t admit ObamaCare was a mistake, he simply admitted they should have done other things first.... don’t confuse what he said with the headline the editor wrote.

All he said is they focused on it at the wrong time... not that they did the wrong thing. He won’t change his vote.


84 posted on 11/25/2014 12:17:12 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: PJ-Comix

Schmucky, I’m so glad you said it was a mistake. However, you had no mandate. You barely had a majority, and only for 2 years.
You and your fellow commie-rats did the best you could to destroy America. America is reacting, slowly.


85 posted on 11/25/2014 1:13:45 PM PST by vpintheak (Keep calm and Rain Steel!)
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To: vpintheak

It takes sheep a long time to register that their shepherd willing set the wolves on them... so they voted in a different shepherd.

Now we have to wake them up to Ted Cruz.


86 posted on 11/25/2014 1:19:41 PM PST by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Well, Chuck, if you believe that, then get 14 of your senators to vote against, and get enough to override a veto by obama, and correct the mess you created. Repeal it, if you really mean it. You already have 54 votes as of Jan 6, 2015. Now get the few other votes you need and override this steaming pile you created with democrats votes ONLY. Until you do that you are just a liar who is afraid of losing his job.


87 posted on 11/25/2014 2:38:09 PM PST by Texas Songwriter (w)
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To: Slyfox
Donna Brazile also went to the White House to tell Obama that he needs to fix his mistakes, that the democrats are hurting. It is apparent that the dems are toast. Please pass the jelly.

Is Whine Jelly ok?


88 posted on 11/25/2014 2:41:03 PM PST by Liz
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To: PJ-Comix
Schumer also said Democrats should "embrace government" in order to win future elections.

He's still barking up the wrong tree without a paddle.

89 posted on 11/25/2014 2:42:01 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: PJ-Comix

To Chuckie: Ya think??


90 posted on 11/25/2014 2:49:45 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: ontap
Polls must really be worse than we though for the Schmuck to be saying this!!! <<

YUP!.......That was his pretend “come to Jesus moment”...I think he wants to run for president...lol...the smuck....but at least you heard it here 1st!!

91 posted on 11/25/2014 7:43:54 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: PJ-Comix

Schumer sucked when he was a representative, and he has sucked while being a senator. He is one opportunistic sucker, nothing more.


92 posted on 11/25/2014 7:48:16 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Liz
Is Whine Jelly ok?

Sure, can I pass you a dab of Marionberry?


93 posted on 11/25/2014 10:00:40 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Slyfox

Mmmmmmmm....I'm in seventh heaven....toast/jam---

.....and Schumer and the Grubercrats whining in political hell.

Nice.

94 posted on 11/26/2014 2:15:49 AM PST by Liz
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To: PJ-Comix
I see that Schumer is laying the groundwork to run for the presidency.
He was their best candidate all along.
95 posted on 11/26/2014 9:36:12 AM PST by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: PJ-Comix
These RATS are so well coordinated you gotta figure this Schumer-comment is another "squirrel!" to HIDE SOME BIGGER SH*T THEY'RE DOING. They had that freaking secret Dinner {Rats-Only invited} at WH last week.


96 posted on 11/26/2014 1:10:20 PM PST by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: PJ-Comix
If can rally a few Dims to vote to over-ride Obama on the Obamacare repeal, why not give him a chance? He's a schmuck, so a couple questions.

1. What's in it for him? You know he wants something. Possibly he wants another opportunity to shake down insurers, drug companies, hospital corporations, and the AMA?
2. At what point in the process will he stab conservatives in the back? It's coming. After all, he's a schmuck.

97 posted on 11/27/2014 8:30:35 AM PST by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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