Mitt Romney: Getting called the "grandfather of Obamacare" is a "compliment"

[Lief 🗽]

He just said so on Univision.

this guy...

[Landslide Lyndon]

He is losing it.

[Person Man]

He's worse than Biden...

[Simfan34]

I'm confused. And reading the Times, I think they're confused too.

[Yank2133]

I am starting to think Romney is trolling Republicans.

[Maxwell]

I think Mittbot has some bugs.

[Wisconsin+17]

Man, Bozo the clown trying to save his campaign by going full Obama? Really?

[Maxwell]

Man, Bozo the clown trying to save his campaign by going full Obama? Really?

He thought he could beat Ted Kennedy by BECOMING Ted Kennedy back in '94, and he's the senator from Massachusetts, right?

[NVGonzalez]

Ay Dios mio Romney. Que idiota eres!

[Likely Voter]

Didnt Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh call for Romney to fire one of his people for saying something like this back in August?

[Mister Twister]

I don't see what's so bad about becoming Barack Obama. If voters have the choice between two guys with exactly the same positions, won't they go for the white guy over the black guy? Not a bad strategy for Mitt Romney

[Indy Texas]

If this is reflective of what his strategy from now until the election is going to be, he's going to need a neck brace by the time he's done reconciling all of the iterations of himself.

"I'm Mitt Romney. I was for Obamacare before I was against it before I was for it again but in a slightly different way. And I really, really wish I were Latino right about now."

[Sbane]

Pandering to Latinos who support Obamacare but are disappointed with the economy? Oh Mittens....For a while I didn't want him to become President because I thought he wouldn't provide the non-stop entertainment like the Bush administration did (while being wrong on the issues), but I was wrong. If Romney wins somehow, it's going to be an amusing 4 years until Hillary takes over.

[King]

Politico, please explain.

[Politico]

Politico, please explain.

Romney supports Romneycare in his state, not at the federal level. Romney is proud of his achievement in Massachusetts because it is what Massachusetts wanted. What Massachusetts wants, and what Massachusetts can afford, is not necessarily what 49 other states want, let alone can afford. Romney realizes this and respects this fact, unlike Obama. On day one, Romney will grant waivers to the states via executive order. States will be free to choose whether or not to have the individual mandate.

Romney believes in state diversity, not Obama's federal conformity. Romney believes the states control Washington whereas Obama believes Washington controls the states. Romney favors decentralized government whereas Obama favors Big Government. Romney wants an America of opportunities, freedom and personal responsibility. Obama wants more and more government until we are without opportunities, without freedom and without responsibility.

Good night, and good luck.

[mondale84]

Politico, please explain.

Romney supports Romneycare in his state, not at the federal level. Romney is proud of his achievement in Massachusetts because it is what Massachusetts wanted. What Massachusetts wants, and what Massachusetts can afford, is not necessarily what 49 other states want, let alone can afford. Romney realizes this and respects this fact, unlike Obama. On day one, Romney will grant waivers to the states via executive order. States will be free to choose whether or not to have the individual mandate.

Romney believes in state diversity, not Obama's federal conformity. Romney believes the states control Washington whereas Obama believes Washington controls the states. Romney favors decentralized government whereas Obama favors Big Government. Romney wants an America of opportunities, freedom and personal responsibility. Obama wants more and more government until we are without opportunities, without freedom and without responsibility.

Good night, and good luck.

No one cares about states' rights except for racist southerners...

[Tender Branson]

He really wants to lose ...

[All Along The Watchtower]

Overcompensating for the 47% gaffe?

[Mister Twister]

He really wants to lose ...

Yep. Not only are Democrats more fired up than ever to defeat this guy, Romney is now pissing off his base (which was already uneasy about him)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Romney believes in state diversity, not Obama's federal conformity.

Which of course is why Romney supports the granting of waivers to some of the technical requirements of the TANF program that have been requested by both Republican and Democratic governors.  He'd never stoop to calling it a gutting of the work requirement, would he?

Sigh.

The sad truth is that like most politicians of both parties, Romney is in favor of federalism only when it suits his other political interests.  He is no true federalist with a honest belief in there being some things best left to the States and others to the Nation.

[King]

You know that Republicans have hit hard times when Ernest is coming off as a Dem hack these days.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

You know that Republicans have hit hard times when Ernest is coming off as a Dem hack these days.

And I'm not happy about it.  I never did care for Romney, but I hoped I'd be able to support him after he won the nomination because our country needs a period of undivided government so it could get things done and I thought the only chance of that this election cycle was with the Republicans.  But try as I might, I could not come to support the bot.  And at this point, it's likelier we'll end up with a Democratic House, Senate, and White House than having the Republicans in charge of all three.

[Badger]

Politico, please explain.

Romney supports Romneycare in his state, not at the federal level. Romney is proud of his achievement in Massachusetts because it is what Massachusetts wanted. What Massachusetts wants, and what Massachusetts can afford, is not necessarily what 49 other states want, let alone can afford. Romney realizes this and respects this fact, unlike Obama. On day one, Romney will grant waivers to the states via executive order. States will be free to choose whether or not to have the individual mandate.

Romney believes in state diversity, not Obama's federal conformity. Romney believes the states control Washington whereas Obama believes Washington controls the states. Romney favors decentralized government whereas Obama favors Big Government. Romney wants an America of opportunities, freedom and personal responsibility. Obama wants more and more government until we are without opportunities, without freedom and without responsibility.

Good night, and good luck.

So hje supports central planned socialized medicine that takes away freedom, but only imposed by state governments rather than the feds. Got it.

[Adam Griffin]

Did anybody find the part immediately following this statement interesting?

"The President says I'm the grandfather of Obamacare. I don't think he meant that as a compliment but I'll take it. This was during my primary, we thought it might not be helpful. *laugh*"

Talk about Etch-a-Sketch.

[Politico]

Politico, please explain.

Romney supports Romneycare in his state, not at the federal level. Romney is proud of his achievement in Massachusetts because it is what Massachusetts wanted. What Massachusetts wants, and what Massachusetts can afford, is not necessarily what 49 other states want, let alone can afford. Romney realizes this and respects this fact, unlike Obama. On day one, Romney will grant waivers to the states via executive order. States will be free to choose whether or not to have the individual mandate.

Romney believes in state diversity, not Obama's federal conformity. Romney believes the states control Washington whereas Obama believes Washington controls the states. Romney favors decentralized government whereas Obama favors Big Government. Romney wants an America of opportunities, freedom and personal responsibility. Obama wants more and more government until we are without opportunities, without freedom and without responsibility.

Good night, and good luck.

So hje supports central planned socialized medicine that takes away freedom, but only imposed by state governments rather than the feds. Got it.

We both know that Massachusetts is about the only place where it plays. It helps kids and poor students, and people in Massachusetts like it, so there is no real harm. A veto by Governor Romney would have been overridden, so Romney got the initial proposal reformed in such a way that taxes would not need to be raised to pay for it. You should at least give him some credit for that.