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by Vyan
Hollee Crap Dingle. I shit you NOT.
http://www.alan.com/2012/09/09/mitt-romney-flip-flops-on-health-care-again-within-six-hours-takes-back-what-he-said-this-morning
The "Marketplace will make available" that which there is "demand for"? Exactly when the Frack has that ever happened in the Insurance Market?
Just 6 hours after his Meet the Press Interview, where he claimed he would "Keep the Good Parts of ObamaCare" - GOP Presidential Nominee has managed to pull a Double Arabian Somersault to now argue what he said is not what he said.
Wow. I have no words. Truly.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/09/1129771/-Romney-Pulls-Double-Arabian-Takes-Back-ObamaCare-support
What??? After the DNC Convention, Mitt Romney Commits to Keeping Parts of Obamacare!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021305967
Updated to add:
By Judd Legum
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This morning on NBC, Mitt Romney said that there are a number of things that I like about Obamacare and suggested he would retain: 1. The gaurentee that insurance companies couldnt discriminate against people with pre-exisiting conditions, and 2. The provision that allows young adults to stay on their parents plan.
Watch it:
Just hours later, his campaign quietly told a conservative website that he actually opposes those provisions of Obamacare:
In reference to how Romney would deal with those with preexisting conditions and young adults who want to remain on their parents plans, a Romney aide responded that there had been no change in Romneys position and that in a competitive environment, the marketplace will make available plans that include coverage for what there is demand for. He was not proposing a federal mandate to require insurance plans to offer those particular features.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/09/09/817671/romney-says-he-supports-popular-obamacare-provisions-on-nbc-quietly-reverses-hours-later-on-conservative-website/
Mitt, you unscrupulous bastard!
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Seriously, I don't get what he is talking about anymore. It seems he changes positions in mid sentence now.
GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)kardonb
(777 posts)flip-flop-flippety-floppetty , etch-a-sketchetty .I think he can,t even remember what he said 5 min. ago .
And this nerd think he is fit to be president ? I think NOT !
malaise
(268,678 posts)Run these scumbags
Egnever
(21,506 posts)The problem is they dont feel like they can win saying what they believe so they will say anything no matter if it flies directly in the face of the beliefs they hold.
They have figured out that the american people for the most part have a short attention span. They can say anything they want this week in response to criticism and then backtrack with something else next week and a large portion of the electorate will only remember the part they wanted to believe.
I was shocked when i heard him say he wanted to keep the ban on pre existing conditions and other portions and wondered instantly well what part are you trying to get rid of?
Of course he immediately walked that back because it is the pre existing condition clause that forces the mandate. There is no way to keep that without keeping the mandate so he would have to explain how he would pull that off and like so many of his other supposed policies he wouldn't be able to.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)The right-wing nuts? The Teabaggers?
Bonhomme Richard
(8,997 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Bonhomme Richard
(8,997 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I don't care how much you covet the presidency, you don't flip flop willy nilly like this and expect people to accept it as the behavior of a sane person.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)my wife's pre-existing heart condition.
Asshole.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)and "I am pro-choice, my opponent is multiple choice."
ProSense
(116,464 posts)figure out all these prediction about the polls. What exactly are people expecting to change that will allow Romney to make gains: changing positions, continuing to lie and saying stupid shit in general?
kardonb
(777 posts)he changes his position more often than his "magic" underwear .
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Jon Stewart gasping for air.
schmice
(248 posts)D23MIURG23
(2,845 posts)Its like he doesn't even know what his positions are, and he just guesses randomly.