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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 04:53 PM
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Gingrich: If Health Care Reform Passes, We'll Repeal It
Appearing on Hannity Monday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich promised that if health care reform passes, Republicans will make repealing it a major campaign issue in 2010 and 2012.

"Let me make a straightforward promise. These bills can't be implemented before 2013. If they pass a bill which is a disaster, the number one campaign issue in 2010 and 2012 is going to be repeal the bill," he said.

"We repealed the catastrophic health legislation that was a disaster. We can repeal this monstrosity. If they're determined to put something bad in the country, the country can rise up, defeat the people who do it and repeal it," he went on.


Video at the Link: http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/gingrich-if-health-care-reform-passes-well-repeal-it.php?ref=fpb

Holy crap - nothing has even passed yet! What a douchebag!!
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 04:56 PM
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1. How you gonna know if it's a disaster in 2010
if it isn't in place until 2013? Newtie? Asshole.
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:11 PM
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11. They won't. That isn't the point.
They will gin up the fear machine and because it isn't in place yet, it will be he-said/she-said for the next 3 years and 2 freaking election cycles.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 09:38 AM
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34. Always about "he's gunna".
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:12 PM
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13. We know it's a disaster in 2009
Because these bills are being written by industry lobbyists. Congressmen don't even know what's in them.
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:40 PM
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24. I suspect that someone would have read it by 2010
All the details will come out. Although that's not a given. John Conyers didn't help matters any with his little diatribe.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 09:39 AM
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35. I'd like to see them campaign on that. nt
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 04:56 PM
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2. Newt's on my dance card.
Dancin' in the street with sheer joy when he kicks the bucket.
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Cobalt-60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:14 PM
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18. I'd like to do a nice Saber dance with him
I could carve off 100 pounds of lard before he hit the ground.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 04:56 PM
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3. That fucker should have been taken out a long time ago.
We are at war.

We just keep losing track of who the enemy is.

There's one now; Fire!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 04:59 PM
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4. Newt, the next time you sleep around, I hope you get herpes.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:12 PM
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14. Do Scraggly Feral Dogs Carry Herpes???
Or is it goats, I forget?

:shrug:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:12 PM
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16. How do you know he hasn't already?
Edited on Tue Oct-20-09 05:13 PM by KamaAina
Or maybe one of the other STDs that affects the brain. :eyes:

edit: caps
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:01 PM
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5. You fuckers said that about Social Security and Medicare, too, Newt.
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busybl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:02 PM
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6. he's assuming he'll be around.
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Blue State Blues Donating Member (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:03 PM
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7. Gingrich makes the best argument for putting it into effect NOW
And the simplest way to do that is enable a phased, optional buy-in to Medicare.
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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:11 PM
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12. Do you know why we have to wait until 2013? That seems crazy
to me.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:13 PM
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17. Disappointment postponement
It's so you get to think the bill is what you want it to be for a few years, and Obama can get re-elected on your illusions, then when it comes into practice and you find out you're not getting anything close to what you thought you were getting, it's too late to throw the bums out.
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:06 PM
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8. Psst, someone tell Newt that he is not the Speaker (or even a congressman) anymore.
He is delusional.
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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:07 PM
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9. Gingrich went on to say that repealing healthcare will be easier than repealing my ex-wife.
Honey, just like your insurance company, if you get sick, I'm going to drop you. Hell, even if you get old, I'll drop you.

Later that night Faux news begged the Obama administration to please say that we're a real news organization.... but, that too got repealed.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:07 PM
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10. Who? Hoot Chipwich?
Didn't he used to be someone? And how would a minority party "repeal" anything? You had your shot, you blew it. Time for America to be run for the citizens, not the scammers.
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:12 PM
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15. The Insurance Cartel will throw so much money at this the next 3 years that.
we will look back fondly to the piggy bank of 2009 Bankseter bonuses.
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Engineer4Obama Donating Member (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:16 PM
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19. Mr. Gingrich allow me to be the first one to tell you
You don't have the votes.

ah that felt good
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BrotherLove Donating Member (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:18 PM
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20. Didn't they listen to Sarah Palin? Once it passes there is .....
nothing they will be able to do from the FEMA Death camps. The real fight will be for who gets to be on his camps death panel. :-)
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:28 PM
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21. Awesome! Run against it like you tried running against Social Security! (nt)
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:28 PM
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22. Time to RICO the GOP

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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:33 PM
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23. That's not an idle threat; Gingrich is plenty pissy and disruptive enough to try it
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:43 PM
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25. He's trying to elbow Limbaugh out of the way and
Edited on Tue Oct-20-09 05:44 PM by lunatica
establish himself as the leader of the Republican party. He's sooooooo ugly! When I see this photo he reminds me of a lecherous creepy old man!
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mrbarber Donating Member (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:53 PM
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26. And why is he important again?
Oh well, they make Liz Cheney out to be some kind of expert, at least Newt has more credentials than being spawned by Darth Cheney.
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santamargarita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 05:54 PM
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27. We repealed Gingrich's sorry ass years ago
:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 06:03 PM
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28. Newt thinks he can bankroll his run for the presidency
The way I read this is he thinks public option will pass.

He's making the best of it by putting his hand out first to the insurance companies to bankroll his bid for the presidency.


Cher
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 06:13 PM
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29. so, we better pass a bill that people won't want repealed (not one of these fake public options)
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 06:31 PM
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30. he's always been a db. eom
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 06:32 PM
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31. I'm sure there are a lot of Democratic strategists drooling over the idea...
... of Republicans repealing people's health care. The more they talk about this after a bill is passed the better.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 06:39 PM
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32. No they won't, even if they win.
They would not even come close to having the votes needed to kill a Senate fillibuster, or override a veto in 2012. Either way, they won't have the votes even under their most optimistic scenarios.
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-21-09 04:47 AM
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33. The disaster will be that nobody will benefit from it at all until 2013.
That is enough to give the Repukes a talking point.
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