Farewell, Mitt.
As they cast the 216th vote last night, Nancy Pelosi and her minions also smashed Mitt Romney’s presidential ambitions. There is literally no substantial difference between Obamacare and Romneycare. The fundamentals are exactly the same: an individual mandate is placed upon all citizens to purchase health insurance, with subsidies handed out to those in [...]
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Alex Knepper | March 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Is this an AP article or a White House press release?:
WASHINGTON – Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.
The House argued its way through a thicket of [...]
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Alex Knepper | March 22, 2010 | Posted in
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The open secret is this: Nobody likes this health care bill. Nancy Pelosi doesn’t. House progressives don’t. The Senate doesn’t. The American people certainly don’t. The bill is being rammed down our throats because to not pass something — anything — would be politically disastrous for Obama, rendering the first half of his term a [...]
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Alex Knepper | March 20, 2010 | Posted in
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It’s the meme that just won’t die: “Nobody should have to die because they don’t have health insurance.” Yesterday, a New Jersey paper repeated the idea: “Living without health insurance is a risk no one should have to take — and it affects all of us.” It’s an echo of the “viral” Facebook [...]
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Alex Knepper | March 19, 2010 | Posted in
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