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Democrats will pay political price for Obamacare in 2014
Washington Examiner ^ | December 26, 2013 | Byron York

Posted on 12/27/2013 9:18:19 AM PST by honestabe010

As Democrats survey a troubled 2014 political landscape, it's easy to forget how optimistic they seemed less than a year ago.

"I would expect that Nancy Pelosi is going to be speaker again pretty soon," President Obama told cheering House Democrats at a party retreat last February.

In the rosy scenario that took hold in some Democratic circles, the party was positioned to recapture the House in 2014 and maintain control of the Senate, allowing Obama to defy the history of second-term presidential decline. Great successes and good years lay ahead.

Had Democrats forgotten Obamacare, the law they passed in 2010 that was scheduled to take effect in 2014? It almost seemed as if they had.

Obama and his allies put off the arrival of Obamacare until after the president faced re-election in 2012. His administration also delayed releasing key rules regarding the law until after the election for fear of angering voters. But now they can't put it off any longer. 2014 will be the year Democrats pay for Obamacare.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; elections; homocare; ifyouwantwitchdoctor; obama; obamacare
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To: Hostage

The notices will start going out in October with millions more preparing to lose their health insurance.


21 posted on 12/27/2013 9:44:33 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: honestabe010
2014 will be the year Democrats pay for Obamacare.

Not if Republicans don't make them.

22 posted on 12/27/2013 9:45:44 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Notices from who to whom?

Notices may go out from group insurance providers to employers. This doesn’t mean the notices will be handed down to employees before the election. The whole purpose of Obama changing the dates was so that it would avoid having an impact on the election.


23 posted on 12/27/2013 9:49:58 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: cuban leaf
You only get away with voter fraud if it is already fairly close.

Exactly...there are multiple examples of dems/libs stealing close elections on all levels for years..

My concern is they have gotten away with it so often and so blatantly without any penalty at all, they will now outright steal elections front in front of all, especially for the Senate, and fight in court to delay any GOP blowback... contesting the results...

I firmly believe 2012 was a dry run in certain areas to test the strategy...

How plausible is it that Obama got 100 % of the vote in certain black districts...not 100 % of the vote cast, but 100 % of all eligible voters...every single person in those districts voted !!! Highly unlikely...

But not a thing was questioned...

24 posted on 12/27/2013 9:50:56 AM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Popman

Cincinnatti, I believe. 26 precincts. Yeah. It’s why, even back in 2000 and W was elected I said that all that happened was that we put off the inevitable for another four years.

One pundit during the 2012 election said that if we had, back in the day, the same demographic we have today, Dukakis would have won.

That says it all. This is idiocracy and it’s best to learn to cope with the ways it WILL get worse.


25 posted on 12/27/2013 9:57:29 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Popman

Well, that RNC pledge to not investigate RAT vote fraud expired last year.. or this year...


26 posted on 12/27/2013 9:59:45 AM PST by txhurl
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To: cuban leaf

As I mentioned on another thread, we should remember there’s no reason conservatism can’t do to socialism what they’ve done to us.

Ideas are what transform a society, and it can take place in a single generation as Reagan warned. But don’t forget things can go in either direction.


27 posted on 12/27/2013 10:01:52 AM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

To butcher a quote form P. J. Oroarke,

“Ever wonder why americans choose the leaders they do? Well, have you ever read the books they read, watch the TV shows they watch, or the movies they watch? Hell, have you ever been to the mall and SEEN ‘EM?!”

Hence my comment about the demographic. I dumped TV in 1997. When exposed to it I fear for my country, not because the shows are bad, but because the shows are what this country wants.

And I’ve been to the mall and seen ‘em. I don’t respect them to make the right decision, ever again. Hence my “jew in early 30’s germany analogy.


28 posted on 12/27/2013 10:05:35 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: honestabe010

Yeah, I’ve heard this song before. I believe the year was 2012....


29 posted on 12/27/2013 10:10:49 AM PST by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Hostage

“Notices from who to whom?”

I think there will be enough people who die because of cancelled insurance policies through the first six months of 2014 that the people will be on a rampage to remove the democRATS from office. Dialysis, radiation and specialized treatments will be stopped due to cancelled and or unaffordable health insurance. Doctors will not accept new freeloaders (patients) from the growing medicaid crowd.

There will be such anger by the election that the masses will be hunting the rats in the streets with pitchforks!
(one can hope) I’d pay to see that on pay per view!


30 posted on 12/27/2013 10:14:41 AM PST by 9422WMR (: " Tolerance is the virtue of a man who has no convictions".)
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To: 9422WMR

No doubt people will die and are dying now. I pray for them.

But this part of the thread was discussing the impact of the employer mandate which is enormous compared to the individual mandate.

And I was pointing out that the impact of the employer mandate won’t be seen until after the election because Obama has recently changed the dates of implementation until after the election. And he did so for purely political purposes.


31 posted on 12/27/2013 10:40:29 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Tallguy

Next year they’re going to have all our healthcare records.


32 posted on 12/27/2013 11:28:39 AM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Rapscallion

Next year, they will have all our healthcare records in addition to our financial information.

If we want to take our country back legally, we have a major uphill fight through barbed wire and machine gun fire, over jagged icy rocks and mines with 100 lb bag of turds on our backs.


33 posted on 12/27/2013 11:31:32 AM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Hostage

The details of the employer health care plans will come out before the election. Ours comes out the last week of Oct. The details wills likely leak as rumors spread by frighten employees.


34 posted on 12/27/2013 11:36:33 AM PST by Plumres
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To: Hostage

I would guess that most employers will notify their employees as soon as they know.


35 posted on 12/27/2013 11:38:44 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: honestabe010

Will libtards ever pay for their destruction? Not in this lifetime, but, thankfully, we already know the outcome for the godless.


36 posted on 12/27/2013 11:38:52 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: reasonisfaith

The problem with that theory is that the godless reject hard work and personal responsibility.


37 posted on 12/27/2013 11:49:18 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Dqban22

Thanks for sharing that. It should be it’s own article though.


38 posted on 12/27/2013 11:51:04 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: cuban leaf

Hundreds of teens trash mall in wild flash mob
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3105841/posts

just wait till they can vote


39 posted on 12/27/2013 2:28:09 PM PST by TurboZamboni ("PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL".)
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To: honestabe010

- IF YOU WANT YOUR WITCH DOCTOR

- YOU CAN KEEP YOUR WITCH DOCTOR

- http://truenewsusa.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-nations-first-obamacare-clinic.html


40 posted on 12/27/2013 3:59:42 PM PST by devolve (- "He's (Obama) just 'too talented' to do what 'ordinary people' do." - "All this for a damn fag!" -)
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