Tuesday, January 18, 2011

It's time to move on from 'blood libels'


Enough talk about 'blood libels' and 'picking scabs.' Those who wish to divert attention from the issues will continue to attempt to perpetuate these so called "controversies," but It's time to focus on the records and policy positions of the potential candidates. With the vote for the repeal of ObamaCare nearing, and the GOP primary season only months away, expect more articles like this one by Holly Robichaud, writing for today's edition of the Boston Herald.
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Next month, conservatives will gather for the CPAC conference, which acts as the 2012GOP presidential debut.

And because Romneycare served as the model for Obamacare, I can predict there won’t be much love for Mitt other than the people he pays to support him in the straw poll.

As the presidential election heats up, Romney will feel the heat as Romneycare is dissected like a bug. He will have to answer questions about increased government bureaucracy, penalty increases for not complying with the mandate, ridiculous fines on businesses when employees get their health insurance from a spouse, escalating premium costs and overall budget-busting costs.

An interesting fact that Mitt won’t publicize: in FY10, Romneycare exceeded $1.7 billion, and it only survived due to an influx of $874 million, 50 percent of the costs, from the federal government.

Republican primary voters are not going to accept any political spin that the program spiraled out of control after our one-term governor gave up the Corner Office, especially when he featured Romneycare as a solution during his 2008 presidential campaign.

On Dec. 2, 2007, he told the Des Moines Register “you have to buy a policy” and “premiums came down and became more affordable for a lot of our citizens.” Contrary to Romney’s claims, Massachusetts ranks first in the nation for most costly insurance rates.

Unfortunately for Mitt, Romneycare is going to plague him in the primary. Republicans will not support the author of Obamacare for states.
Read the entire article HERE (Obamacare sure to trip up Barack, Mitt)

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ouch! Bringing up RomneyCare is just mean, RW.

Perhaps the other candidates along with most conservatives will let the author of it slide by.

illinoisguy said...

"An interesting fact that Mitt won’t publicize: in FY10, Romneycare exceeded $1.7 billion, and it only survived due to an influx of $874 million, 50 percent of the costs, from the federal government."

Why can not people be more honest on here, or at minimum learn the facts before presenting what you want to put out?

That money was already flowing from the federal government,just like it does in all other states as well. If it increased at all, it only did so by the same formula as was existing prior to Mass. care. They used to used the money to help the poor pay, as well as the free loaders. Instead, they used the money to ensure everyone had the opportunity to have insurance and be responsible for their own bills. ONLY SOCIALISTS believe that the taxpayers should have been paying for the freeloaders. That may sound harsh, but that's the way it is. I'm 65 years old, and 20 years ago nobody would have attempted to dispute that mandating those who can pay for it must do so is MUCH more conservative than having tax payers pay for those who could buy their own insurance.

Anonymous said...

"there won’t be much love for Mitt other than the people he pays to support him in the straw poll."

From that point I was skeptical of the honesty of her points.

Zaloom

Anonymous said...

Another interesting fact. Arkansas did not address it's problem with the need for it's folks to have affordable medicine and medical care while Huckabee was gov.

( Zing. )

OhioJOE said...

"ONLY SOCIALISTS believe that the taxpayers should have been paying for the freeloaders." If MA tax payers are no longer paying for freeloaders, where is the tax savings? BTW, thank you MA for giving us ObamaCare.

Anonymous said...

David Brody makes the shrewd point that there are really only two presidential primaries in the GOP: The evangelical primary and the business primary. After Sarah Palin’s interview with Sean Hannity last night, I think we can now call Mike Huckabee the presumptive winner of the evangelical primary.

How often did Sarah Palin express in that interview some variant of the phrase, “it’s not about me?” How often did she describe herself as “respectful”? Often enough, in both cases, as to suggest that she and her handlers have finally woken up to the harm done to Palin’s public image by Palin’s previous video outing.

Unfortunately for Palin, that harm cannot be undone by softball interviews and angry protestations. Her base is melting away. It remains substantial, but less substantial with every passing month.

Suppose you are a faith & family voter: strongly socially conservative, strongly opposed to Barack Obama. By now you have thoroughly absorbed the idea that Palin is electorally radioactive. Quietly, you may also have your own reservations about Palin’s character, temperament and judgment. If you didn’t have an alternative, you might have to stick to her. But you do have an alternative: in fact it’s your own first choice from 2008. Easy call, yes?

http://www.frumforum.com/the-palin-interview

Doug NYC GOP said...

When the points of one discussion get too hard to argue, divert the argument.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"Another interesting fact. DID Arkansas address it's problem with the need for it's folks to have affordable medicine and medical care while Huckabee was gov?"




Welcome to ARKids First! ARKids First health insurance provides two coverage options for more than 70000 Arkansas children who otherwise might have gone without. ...

www.arkidsfirst.com/home.htm

Pablo said...

I have to second Mike's comment above. The moment the author started to accuse Romney of buying votes at CPAC, then I had to read the rest with caution.

But either way, welcome to the 2012 primary season. We are gong to hear this back and forth about Romneycare over and over.

marK said...

"I can predict there won’t be much love for Mitt other than the people he pays to support him in the straw poll."

Yup, That's when the writer lost me as well. If this is a sample of her "fact checking", then there really isn't much point in continuing, is there?

Pablo said...

Up to half of Americans under 65 have preexisting conditions, yet Republicans other than Mitt Romney have no credible solution for addressing this problem.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/17/AR2011011702842.html

illinoisguy said...

MA tax payers are no longer paying for freeloaders, where is the tax savings?

OJ, as has been old several hundred times now, they used that same money to help those who couldn't pay for all their insurance premiums. More people are covered now, because previous to this time, even though people could go to the emergency room, knowing that there would at least be a hastle involved with the bill, many chose not to. Therefore it was pretty much a wash. The last I heard, the program is still running a little under budget, in spite of the fact that health care is still running terribly high in all states.

"BTW, thank you MA for giving us ObamaCare."

I liked you a lot better before you became brain washed.

illinoisguy said...

Perhaps you would rather have Sarah Palin style health car? This was during the Palin governorship, albeit short:

State programs intended to help disabled and elderly Alaskans with daily life -- taking a bath, eating dinner, getting to the bathroom -- are so poorly managed, the state cannot assure the health and well-being of the people they are supposed to serve, a new federal review found.

The situation is so bad the federal government has forbidden the state to sign up new people until the state makes necessary improvements. No other state in the nation is under such a moratorium, according to a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

In the meantime, frail and vulnerable Alaskans who desperately need the help are struggling. One elderly woman is stuck in a nursing home, for lack of care at home. Another woman, suffering from chronic pain and fatigue, said she's so weak, she often can't even pop dinner into the microwave.

A particularly alarming finding concerns deaths of adults in the programs. In one 2 1/2 year stretch, 227 adults already getting services died while waiting for a nurse to reassess their needs. Another 27 died waiting for their initial assessment, to see if they qualified for help.

Can't you just imagine how she will handle this when a health care question comes here way? Wow, no other state in the union is facing this moratorium!!! 227 died while under this care awaiting a nurse's attention.

Anonymous said...

Pablo said...
"Up to half of Americans under 65 have preexisting conditions, yet Republicans other than Mitt Romney have no credible solution for addressing this problem."

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ObamaCare/RomneyCare solved that problem.. Romney must make that clear during the upcoming debates and we'll see how all the other candidates on the stage react. Should be interesting.

BOSMAN said...

HaHaHaHa!

RWN,

This is your retaliation for Rev posting the results of a NATIONAL POLL?

I wonder which is more news worthy?

Lets see,

"I can predict there won’t be much love for Mitt other than the people he pays to support him in the straw poll."

I'll bet a few Ron Paul supporters might agree.

Was that your target audience?

David said...

Robichaud sounds like a nut job.

ConMan said...

"Robichaud sounds like a nut job"

That makes her a perfect resource for the Palin camp.

Anonymous said...

She may have gone overboard with the buying of votes but the heart of the article does have some merit. If you think Romney will be able to skate through the primaries with MassCare on his shoulders then you guys will be disappointed.

jerseyrepublican

NoFoxStars said...

It may not be Romney but it's guaranteed not to be Palin. She has no path or plan to the nomination.

hamaca said...

"I can predict there won’t be much love for Mitt other than the people he pays to support him in the straw poll."

A "journalist" who makes a comment like that isn't worth paying attention to even if you can find some things that make sense--just not worth the time. I'd rather read someone who I may disagree with, but can learn from and trust to be consistently factual.

OhioJOE said...

"I liked you a lot better before you became brain washed." Among other things, my first goal is not to be liked.

OhioJOE said...

"This is your retaliation for Rev posting the results of a NATIONAL POLL?" Ah no, it was in retaliation for something else. But hey, I guess you missed that.