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i see boehner sent it fred—if you like your light bulb, you can keep your light bulb—upton to work the d.c. echo chamber.
Lord, please save us from these quislings.
What is so difficult for the Republican party to understand that this is the Democrats Tar Baby and to keep their hand off of it!
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don’t mess around with Rush
While Barry wanted to be a miracle worker and lower the seas and heal the planet, Upton wants to re-animate a mummy. There is no way to re-issue polices to the people who have been canceled. Fred “Dim-Bulb” Upton is/was wasting his time on a fell-good move that is a fool’s errand.
Lol sorry Upton He’s smarter than you and he don’t lie for a living !
If the Republicans (I was one once but am hard core Libertarian now) had any sense, they should announce they will assist President Obama in the full implementation of Obama Care to be finalized within 6 months for everyone.
They should insist the Obamacare include Congress, Labor Unions, government workers, and retired government workers. I would exclude the military as they have been screwed over enough by Obama.
In effect this would mean the cancellation of about 100 million policies in the private sector. This would ensure the total destruction of Obama and the Democrat Party.
If you have noticed the administration is very open to delaying Obamacare but not repealing Obamacare. This means they are still intent on destroying those 100 million polices after the 2014 Congressional elections.
If Obama does not agree to this, go home and do not pass, approve or even consider an extension on the debt limit.
Obama knows how to play hardball. It is time the wimp party, also known as the Republican Party, grow a set of balls.
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Make sure John McCain get back on his meds. Otherwise, he and the other RINOS will again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Leni
If you can’t find a 100 watt lightbulb, blame Upton.
He’s the buffoon who wrote the law to ban incandescents.
Yay, the bill accomplished nothing, gave 39 Democrats cost-free cover to now say they voted to keep Obama’s promise, and if the bill had passed, we would have delayed lots of bad effects of Obamacare until after the election. Unbelievably stupid move.
Upton, you RINO idiot, don’t try to take on Rush.
Not surprising that Upton acts this way. After all, he pretty much lets that alien-looking Waxman run his committee.
A congressman lecturing a citizen...epic stupid. Upton reminds me of Obama lecturing Republicans to not listen to Limbaugh.
Do any of us really think that this “dumb $h!t Law” Upton and his idiot friends passed is going to do anything to fix the problem of people loosing “the plans they liked?”
Actually, for me Obamacare, in a perverse way, has allowed me to exit the Medicare Advantage Policy I’ve had for eight years, and move to a Medigap Policy. From what I am reading, Obamacare is going to choke Medicare Advantage to death, and absent the cancellation of my existing MA policy, the Medicare Law precludes me moving to Medigap. People who are on Medicare Advantage, are in for a rough ride if Obamacare isn’t repealed, because Obamacare is cutting the funding for MA to the point where doctors won’t see you.
Upton is the evil monster who funded Obamacare back in 2010 .
I recall this DC lobbyist troll was doing the K street lobbyist bidding by funding it.
He also gave us those vile light bulbs thanks to him being owned by the GE lobbyist moneyman.
Why should anyone need to “check in” with the guy responsible for banning Edison’s light bulb?
I realized years ago the Hewitt was a GOPe water carrier.
Full repeal will get those who have had their plans canceled back into their plans just as much as a one year extension, and it will last more than a year.
For some reason, the GOPe has a vested interest in NOT repealing Obamacare. They've got the momentum to push for repeal, and they keep talking delay.
UPTON: Well, a couple of things, and you know, it would have been nice if he had maybe checked in with us and gotten information.
Rush to get information from you? Rush is an information powerhouse and more than that he has brilliant insight whereas you Upton are blind, shallow and impotent.
UPTON: We had a lot of groups, Club for Growth and others endorse our bill.
And all will walk off the cliff together. The Club for Growth is a loose organization united by broad conservative principles but with no strategic thinking other that to react to events and to 'score' legislators according to a flawed application of conservative principles. For example, the Club for Growth scored Rubio highly as a conservative while ignoring that his singular progressive stance on immigration reform would doom the republican party for generations to come.
To be more graphic, the Club for Growth is more interested in counting the ribbons and medals that adorn the flag ranks rather than illuminating who has the 'right stuff' to win wars.
As conservatives we are not interested in drawing attention to our lapel pins. We are interested in defeating the Left and their progressive movement. Delaying Obamacare allows it to live to fight another day, and as the President has shown he will spend and do whatever it takes to push his brand of progressive politics down out throats.
A couple of things — first of all, what do you say to those millions of people that are all of a sudden out of luck come January 1? That’s not what we ought to be doing. We ought to be thinking about those people.
What nonsense. You don't comfort a rape victim by telling them their rapist won't be allowed to have contact with them for a year. You indict and convict the rapist and put them in prison. Then you promote self-defense education.
The other thing is I’m just looking at the headlines today, Hugh. And in The Wall Street Journal, I mean, these are headlines that are like war is over. ‘Obama Retreats On Health Rules,’ left to right, right underneath the banner. New York Times: ‘In A Reversal, Obama Moves To Avert The Cancellation Of Health Policies,’ and it’s got a pretty sour face in his picture right underneath it, right underneath the banner. USA Today: ‘Health Law Shakes Presidency,’ left to right. Washington Times: Same picture of the president, ‘The Obamacare Retreat.’ Washington Post: Picture of a — not very flattering pictures of the president, ‘Obama Offers a Insurance Fix,’ ‘And you know, that’s on me. I mean, we fumbled the rollout on this health care law.’
This news is 'on Obama' because of Ted Cruz and Mike Lee. If not for them, this news would be on the likes of you Upton!
So now that Cruz and Lee have successfully cornered the President and held him accountable for the real and life threatening damage he is causing Americans, you want to call a time out and let him off?
UPTON: We’ve done in a week’s time what a shutdown and everything else, where we didn’t have the numbers, let’s face it, to try and reverse the fix that we’re in.
Say what? Upton you are delusional and in this context dangerous. The partial shutdown allowed for all this criticism to be placed on Obama! It certainly wasn't due to your attempt to preserve Obamacare for later.
How about, Elections have consequences?
Allowing the sheeple to go through yet another election cycle completely ignorant of the pain, horror and destruction of ObamaCare serves nobody's interest -- except Obama's and the Democrats'.
Forward, Comrades! We've passed the bill, now let us see what is really in it, so that all can vote accordingly in November 2014!
What has Upton gained if those Millions of people are just as screwed in January 2015 instead of January 2014? If we strike when the iron is hot, we can get rid of this monstrosity. But if we let Obama delay and adjust, we’ll be stuck with it forever.
I think that Fred Upton is all for government control, as long as he is the one doing the controlling. We need politicians who are willing to decrease their own power and prestige. Fred Upton is not one of those.