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“Now and then, the president says I’m the grandfather of Obamacare”
So far, so good — perfect, really. Then, immediately thereafter, he added:
“And I have experience in health care reform. Now and then, the president says I’m the grandfather of Obamacare. I don’t think he meant that as a compliment, but I’ll take it. This was during my primary. We thought it might not be helpful.”
Good grief. It’s still not helpful. Moreover (and this really should go without saying), he shouldn’t take it as a compliment.
This is a line that Romney needs to ditch in a hurry.
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Just say you will repeal it…than shut the heck up…
right2bright on September 20, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Head => Desk.
Repeat.
aunursa on September 20, 2012 at 2:25 PM
What a nothingburger.
strictnein on September 20, 2012 at 2:26 PM
“Hi. I’m Mitt Romney. I think they should name TARP after me. And maybe I will brand my campaign with the cool slogan Fast & Furious. This seems right.”
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nitzsche on September 20, 2012 at 2:26 PM
He said that you can call him the grandfather, but he’s still going to repeal it.
El_Terrible on September 20, 2012 at 2:27 PM
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
Mr. Wednesday Night on September 20, 2012 at 2:29 PM
I mean, we all knew about his ties to Obamacare, and we nominated him anyways. What did you expect?
El_Terrible on September 20, 2012 at 2:29 PM
He’s never apologized, he doesn’t regret anything he did in regards to health care.
El_Terrible on September 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Oy vey.
WisRich on September 20, 2012 at 2:33 PM
I’m moving to the Bizarro World. Feel free to join me.
Baerwulf on September 20, 2012 at 2:34 PM
You know that book Romney wrote, To Serve Conservatives?
It’s a COOK BOOK!
Mr. Wednesday Night on September 20, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Popcorn thread?
lester on September 20, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Okay. That’s funny.
WisRich on September 20, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Head => Desk is right.
Doesn’t anyone on his campaign have any sense at all???????????
REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL
FORGET the REPLACE
It seems as if every day the CBO is coming out with new and horrific numbers about how onerous and crushing ObamaCare will be on small businesses and taxpayers, not to mention the Death Panels.
Isn’t anyone on his campaign in touch with how voters think are ObamaCare????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is from Monday of this week:
INC on September 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM
No, troll. Hotairians know that there’s no chance in hell of Romney repealing Obamacare, but he won the GOP nomination. Unlike, childlike liberals, conservatives don’t expect to get everything they ask for and for life to be “fair”.
Romney’s still better than OBamao.
sauldalinsky on September 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM
I didn’t vote for him in the primaries. Blame this on the MittBots and the Republican machine who kept vouching for his conservatism despite all evidence to the contrary, and prattling about how electable he is.
INC on September 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM
That was for lester’s popcorn
sauldalinsky on September 20, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Is that why every single person in congress who crossed the aisle ever in their history of voting gets called a RINO and TP’d in primaries?
lester on September 20, 2012 at 3:17 PM
As if the democrat primaries aren’t exactly the same.
lorien1973 on September 20, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Truer words were likely never spoken. Even if you did not mean it that way.
astonerii on September 20, 2012 at 3:41 PM
‘Crossing the aisle’ is a euphemism for supporting the Dems in their perpetration of lies and big government.
That’s why.
Also, check out the actual Republican platform. If that’s the party standard, then they are, in fact, RIMOs.
INC on September 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM
I wish someone would shake the etch-a-sketch on this topic with him
Doctor Zhivago on September 20, 2012 at 4:06 PM
He also says that Obama and Pelosi’s mutation of his idea on a stage he would not support needs repealed and the few good things it bears looked at and reassessed and passed.
I know following a politician’s narrative is hard and all maybe you should practice on Icarus Obama?
harlekwin15 on September 20, 2012 at 4:11 PM
The part he liked was the mandate, pre-existing coverage which requires higher premiums and the mandate, the until 26 on yur parents insurance bill…
The part he did not like was the raiding of medicare to pay for it, which is weird, because he raided medicare/medicaid dollars to pay for Romneycare for a few years, and then went back to begging the fed for half a billion a year to keep it going…
So, he likes the parts we do not like. I at least do not like…
He is a hypocrit on the part he claims to not like, I assume because being against it is politically a winner for votes.
You wonder why I do not trust him?
astonerii on September 20, 2012 at 4:19 PM
We still have time to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, if we try hard enough.
ConservativeLA on September 20, 2012 at 4:21 PM
Unbelievable. This man is clueless.
besser tot als rot on September 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Hahahaha!
For those unfamiliar with the Twilight Zone reference…
Stoic Patriot on September 20, 2012 at 4:38 PM
I agree!
We need more Obama.
Bcs Gary Johnson can’t win, so Obama should be POTUS so he can appoint some more LAtinos & Lesbians to the SCOTUS.
Badger40 on September 20, 2012 at 5:28 PM