"I agree with his position on privatizing Social Security. But I do not support his position on everyone having insurance. No matter how he wants to do it, it is still a government mandate. It is not the government’s job to make sure I have health insurance. And I will not support candidates who believe otherwise. Newt is one of those candidates."You are entitled to your opinions, but that does not give you the right to misquote, misrepresent and deceive. Your post is no answer to mine. I don't agree with Mr. Newt on everything, but I respect him enough to defend him against such a blatant falsehood. Rather than posting an out-of-context quote from 1993 (I was mistaken saying it was 1995, as was Glenn Beck) representing it as something he said yesterday and condescending to all without a clue about the facts, try finding the truth:
Newt believes it is unconstitutional for the federal government to impose an individual mandate requiring citizens to buy health insurance.You may continue to disagree with what Newt says, that's your right, but your tagline implies that you are willing to change when confronted with facts. Whether you lied purposely, misheard the interview or simply failed to check the facts, everything you are saying about Newt's position on ObamaCare is WRONG. Got IT?
He is committed to the complete repeal of Obamacare and he supports the lawsuits of various state’s Attorneys General challenging its constitutionality.
In a free society you cannot tell citizens what they should buy and what those things should be.
Newt also believes individuals should be responsible to pay for the care that they receive.
Under the 10th Amendment, states should be free to design a system that works best to achieve that goal.
Newt answers your questions on ObamaCare:
Newt: "I am completely opposed to the Obamacare mandate on individuals. I fought it for two and half years at the Center for Health Transformation. You can see all the things we did to stop it at HealthTransformation.net. I am for the repeal of Obamacare and I am against any effort to impose a federal mandate on anyone because it is fundamentally wrong and I believe unconstitutional."
My apologies, I got it wrong. I was listening on the radio on the way to work and I had really believed that the quote was current. I made a huge error.
You say you know Newt. He was once my Rep, but I never met him. By knowing him, you are privy to information that I do not have. I hope what you say about him is true, but I cannot reconcile your characterization with what I have seen so far. He was quite clear two weeks ago in saying that he wanted to replace Obamacare with something else. I don't want it replaced. I want it gone.
I see this upcoming election as a remarkable opportunity to put the next Ronald Reagan in the White House. Yet are we really willing to settle for someone who couldn't even hold on to the Speaker job a dozen years ago with his own Party still in power? I am not happy with any of the candidates we have. But I sure as hell am not happy with some retread from the 90s who has never succeeded in an executive office.
Again, my apologies for getting it wrong. As for your other post, I can assure you that I am no troll. I just have a lot of passion and a lot of love for this country. And unless something conservatively radical is done, we will be relegated to standing around talking about how great America used to be as we continue to witness both political Parties selling us out. The lesser of two evils is still evil.