Yes, we’re up to three asterisks now. We already knew Obama illegally used the IRS to suppress the Tea Party during the 2012 election, and that he flat-out lied about being able to keep your doctor or insurance (who thinks Obama would have won re-election if Obamacare took effect in 2012? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?), now it turns out that, yes, FOIAs reveal proof the lies about Benghazi were wholly politically driven, intended to shelter the President from the obvious criticism that his Libya policy was ceding large portions of the country to Al Qaeda (who are now reportedly enjoying the military base American taxpayers so kindly built for them).
No doubt this will shock the 24% of Americans who think Obama’s doing a great job, but it’s unlikely they’re capable of processing the information anyway. Fortunately most Americans are a bit more on the ball so it looks like the damage he can do will be limited by increased GOP Congressional majorities.
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thanks for not being concerned about the over 4000 americans sent to their deaths in iraq or the over 1000 dead in katrina or the 3000 dead on 9-11 Oh! thats right the black wasn’t president then ;but he was when al quada killed for americans in benghazi!
The Republicans have no intention of repealing Obamacare.
The Republicans are selling us out on immigration reform.
The Republicans oppose most spending cuts.
The Republicans attack conservatives as aggressively as Democrats attack conservatives.
Why should we be voting for Republicans?
I am not convinced Romney could have won in 2012 even without the lies about Obamacare.
Even with a President*** as malignant, incompetent, and openly, gleefully corrupt as Obama, it isn’t enough for an opposing party to say “well, this guy isn’t Obama.”
Obama was running against the man who forced socialized medicine down the throats of Massachusetts residents, and Obama even copied the Massachusetts plan. Romney tried to say “This afternoon I’m against dependency on government programs and this Constitutionally dubious government takeover of the health care industry,” but no one bought it and I don’t think even he could keep a straight face as he said the words.
Just as Romney tried to say he wasn’t rabidly opposed to the Second Amendment, despite being on record in Massachusetts using the bully pulpit of the Governor’s office to inveigh against people who own “assault weapons” (this is a nebulous term; it seems to mean “anything designed after 1875”) and signing into law an “assault weapons” ban even more onerous than the one the Clintons gave the rest of us in 1994. No one was buying what he was trying to sell. I, like a lot of Americans, refused to hold my nose and vote for Romney. I, like a lot of Americans, stayed home on Election Day and cleaned my guns. I’m not going to vote for the lesser of two evils any more. If the GOP wants my vote they’re going to have to do a lot better than Romney, McCain, Dole, or any member of the Bush family.
It’s pretty likely Obamacare will be substantially repealed. The most plausible scenario is they keep the Medicare expansion and basically trash the rest.
“…the damage he can do will be limited by increased GOP Congressional majorities.”
“It’s pretty likely Obamacare will be substantially repealed.”
Dave, I’m having a hard time trying to decide who’s the bigger troll you or cap’n arizona
I guess you don’t read a lot of polls, guy. Did you not see the links?
Six times more people believe Obamacare is increasing costs than decreasing them — and that was before the horrible Q1 numbers. Outright repeal has had plurality support in numerous polls. Support for substantial repeal is around 60-70%. To say that the GOP isn’t going to substantially repeal PPACA if they take the White House and Senate is pretty ridiculous.
Dave,
You are confusing voter support with what politicians will do. There is some overlap. But I wouldn’t say there was a lot.
Dave, the Republican politicians are already saying that repeal is not going to happen.
Maybe you forgot the kind of scum you’re dealing with here.
Those same Republicans already repealed Obamacare several times.
If the GOP takes the White House in 2016 they will absolutely repeal the majority of PPACA. Voters are demanding it.
Keep in mind, it’s very unlikely Obamacare will be more popular in 2016 than it is now, they backloaded a lot of the pain and the insurance death spiral is just getting started — the Q1 HC spending numbers suggest the premium spike is going to be awful. And Obama has already effectively repealed significant portions of the law for 2014.
The Obama admin may be terrible at policy but they’re great at politics, if they thought Obamacare would be popular they would have implemented all of it in 2012 and President Romney would be replacing it today.
So much for that meme.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/27/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers_n_5222163.html
UPDATE — 4/28, 4:23 p.m. ET: A spokesman for McMorris Rodgers disputed the story in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Monday.
“The headline is not an accurate or representative portrayal of what the congresswoman said in the interview, what her voting record reflects, or what she believes. She will continue fighting to repeal Obamacare at every opportunity moving forward and replace it with patient-centered reforms,” McMorris Rodgers spokesman Nate Hodson said.
If the GOP takes the White House in 2016 they will absolutely repeal the majority of PPACA. Voters are demanding it.
Voters have been demanding that the Republicans knock it off with the amnesty deals, too, yet the Republicans keep coming back to it.