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Mitt Romney offered a rather surprising admission on Sunday's Meet the Press: Maybe parts of Obamacare aren't so bad after all.
"Of course there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I'm going to put in place," said the Republican presidential nominee, who has repeatedly and aggressively vowed to repeal the president's healthcare plan while campaigning.
Romney vowed to uphold two popular pillars of the plan, including making sure those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage and allowing young Americans to stay on their parents' health insurance.
"I say we’re going to replace Obamacare. And I’m replacing it with my own plan," Romney said. "And even in Massachusetts when I was governor, our plan there deals with pre-existing conditions and with young people." Romney also praised former President Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention last week in Charlotte, implying that the former president delivered a better address than President Obama.
"I think he really did elevate the Democrat convention in a lot of ways," Romney said. "And frankly the contrast may not have been as attractive as Barack Obama might have preferred if he were choosing who'd go before him and who'd go after him."
Romney also defended his decision to not acknowledge the war in Afghanistan during his convention speech. The U.S. troops, he said, "know my commitment."
He pointed to remarks he gave the day before his convention while addressing to the American Legion. "I have some differences on policy with the president. I happen to think those are more important than what word I mention in each speech," he said.
During the interview, Romney also commented on Clint Eastwood's eyebrow raising address at the RNC, in which the 82-year-old actor conversed with an empty chair that was meant to represent President Obama.
He said the speech made him laugh and was "a great thrill."
“You don't expect to have a guy like Clint Eastwood get up and, you know, read some speech off a teleprompter like a politician,” Romney said. “You expect him to speak from the heart, and that's exactly what he did.”
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There is a difference between "speaking from the heart" and pretending that the President of the United States has told you to go "f*ck yourself." Clint's speech was a low light in Republican campaign that has been actively searching for ways to reach new lows.
Another case of flip-flop. Plus, if the parts mention are retained without cost controls, it's another unfunded bill by R's. So up again goes health costs and the debt.
Romney want's to invest in the Military and possibly deploy more troops.Then god forbid they get injured based of the healthcare system he wants to implement. Don't even get started on women's issues. I wonder what it must be like for Ryan's wife who comes form a Democratic family to support such drastic changes.
He's also said he'd repeal Obamacare on day 1. In years past, however, he defended his own implementation of the individual mandate. () At the present, his position on many matters is a collection of contradictory statements. He plans to give big tax cuts, but he plans to cut the deficit. He plans to restore the 700+bn to medicare, but he plans to turn medicare into a voucher system. He plans to keep military spending high, but he does not say how he will pay for that. He plans to close tax loopholes, but won't discuss which ones (although we know that he uses many loopholes himself). He thinks that all will be wonderful after he's elected because business will be "confident" in his leadership. What leadership? He's piloting around in circles in this campaign. He may be great at running a private equity business, but he shows little expertise for the business of politics.
What a flippin phony, Romneycare IS Obamacares.
It's okay for him not to mention the troops because they know his committment, and despite that the Democrats make many references to God and faith and we know our committment iot's different We have to have God on our Platrform and they xcan skip mentioning the troops because it is there way or the highway.......Democrats I agree we need to show them our steel spines and put them in ther place...being nice is not working so until they meet us half way tell them not to let the door hit them in the A!
Would you buy a used car from this man?
teabaggers are about to go through the roof.
Absolutly! I would love to be a fly, on the wall, when Romney goes through his "explanations" to various members of the Far Right!! I would "bet" $10,000 that he will demand assurances that there are no recording devices within ten miles.
The GOP has ceased to be a viable political party and has become more identifiable as a basic hate group. Anyone who can't see that Romney Hood's plan is EXACTLY GWB's 8 yr debacle is blind due to ideological bias & BIGOTRY mainly. There are those in this country who would rather see this country AND it's citizens go under just to spite POTUS. That kind of hatred only God can remove. Some think that just because they voted Republican, poverty from their policies will pass them by. The Angel of Economic Death knows NO political boundaries..REPUBLICAN voters, YOUR job will be lost too, YOUR home may be lost too, YOUR child will lose his/her healthcare or have NO way to go to college, YOUR mom or dad would see reductions in their Medicare & Social Security. Romney/Ryan won't give details on their economic plan because they know voters will IMMEDIATELY recognize it for what it REALLY is...GEORGE W. BUSH ALL OVER AGAIN..ONLY WORSE. So the ducking & doging, bobbing & weaving, running & hiding from it will continue til the media gets the guts to tell Romney Hood/Ryan, "Tell The Truth Or Get Off My Show". A LYING Politician should get NO AIRTIME WHATSOEVER! The Romney Hood/Ryan ticket was bought off a long time ago by the likes of the COKE BOTHERS.. Allthe Dems need to do is ACTUALLY put the Romney/Ryan udget & the Bush/Cheney budget side by side on paper & show it to the American people in ads. They are THE SAME. Then show the contrasts on paper between The American Jobs Act & Romney Hood/Ryan budget
The more you let this guy speaks, the more he will reveal himself. The Democrats should just stop campaigning and let the Republicans talk their way out of this election.
Let this guy speak and he will eventually reveal himself. He's not a very good politician so he slips up and tells the truth from time to time. The Democrats should just stop campaigning and let the Republicans talk themselves out of this election.
red rectangular box with a black screen and two white dials on the bottom.one to draw the picture the other to erase. Mitt's baby picture
mitt's baby picture:little rectangular box with red border,black screen, and two white dials at the bottom-one for drawing, the other for erasing
I do hope that this doesn't come as a surprise to anyone. After all Mitt's baby picture is a rectangular box with red border, a black screen, and two white knobs at the bottom, one for drawing and one for erasing. With Mitt the knob for erasing is a little worn
I find it hard to believe that he says all this stuff with a smile on his face always. He is the original Joker in Batman
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and the firemen were unable to keep him from continuing to speak. The
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Of course he likes parts of Obamacare. The part that he doesn't like is the fact that it is called Obamacare. After all it was originally his idea, why should Obama get all the credit?
Romney diminishes himself when he cannot avoid ANY opportunity in front of the cameras to criticize President Obama whether it revelant to the interview/conversation or not. Romney looks, sounds and reacts like pre-adolescent teen. He has to like some portions of "Obamacare" because some of it is already being used and with positive reaction for involved Americans, medicare for example.
Once he received and accepted the nomination Romney had the TeaBaggers all locked up. Those types, that are influenced by race and religion, would never vote for the re-election of the President. The former Governor's next move is to bring in the independents, the undecided and the moderate centrists in the Republican Party (like me). His strategy is to talk only about 1 thing - 'Obama has ruined the economy and I am going to create more jobs'.
Want him to explain how - he can't do that. Want to talk about foreign policy - he can't do it. Want to point out there is no way out of this economic mess in less than 10 to 15 years if we don't increase some spending and raise taxes too - he won't discuss it.
He is going to talk about one thing only and let his PAC"s produce deceitful, misleading and race baiting ads that tear down the president with inane arguments and dishonest representations and see if they can suppress enough legitimate voters in key electoral states to push the Romney Ryan ticket over the top. That is what we will be getting from Mitt Romney for the next 60 some days.
Anyone who can help with voter registration and obtaining proper identification in Ohio and Pennsylvania should be offering to do that. I am a middle aged white Republican who will be voting for the Presidents re-election. But if Democrats want the president to win they will need to do more than vote - they need to help make sure all citizens who want to exercise that right are able to do so.
Romney is as manipulative as they come...depending on his audience, he adjusts his message! From "I will repeal Obamacare on day one" to "I will replace Obamacare, but keep some good stuff"...is our electorate so uninformed or prejudiced that they can't recognize that they are being played by those rich enough to try to buy the election? At some point hospitals will just say no if you don't have insurance or cash to pay for care...or if they must admit you, then don't be surprised if they come after your assets. If you don't want universal healthcare care or even equal access to healthcare, then don't expect to get free care if you can't afford insurance under a voucher plan for Medicare or can't afford to buy insurance on the open market as the Republicans propose. Educate yourself...don't just listen to the politicians who vary their tales to the audience or the payers! oh...and healthcare isn't the only issue...get to know all of the issues and how they personally will affect you!! It is not one size fits all!!
YES! YES! YES! Very well said.It is frustrating to listen to people who buy into the lies,never fact checking.The right wingers are putting party before country consistently.Facts are facts.
Republicons on jobs.On one hand want to eliminate safety nets,yet campaigning on high unemployment.During the Bush tax cut,can't start enough war years,we bled around 70,000 jobs a month.One of the greatest causes of the high unemployment nos. may be tracked to the concerted effort by Repulicon governors to smash unions and cut public sector positions to bare minimum.
All these guys (Romney & Ryan) do is lie and then back-peddle. The follower's of the GOP are starting to remind me of Jim Jones who facilitated the 1978 mass suicide of 909 members of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. The GOP is making the Kool-Aid, the GOP'ers are blindly drinking it like they are in a trance, and then they all lay down and die. The GOP'ers are cutting their own throats and don't even realize it.
Speaking as someone who has family in the military, does this guy realize that they just want to hear someone say thank and be appreciative for their service to their country. This man is objectionable, he is cold and uncaring, peoples lives to him are #'s on a balance sheet.
If elected President Romney said he would repeal Obamacare not tweak it. This the the third time he has changed his position on healthcare. Today he said he didn't mention the troops in Afghanistan during the convention because he couldn't go down an entire "laundry list" of things to mention. A war we have been involved in for over 10 years that is still shedding the blood of American soldiers is not s laundry list. How this self-centered nitwit is even close to Obama in the polls is beyond me.
Romney and Ryan have no place for truth or courage in their campaign. These two nuckleheads only care about the rich and other men. I wonder how both of them feel about women? They both have wives and Ryan have a daughter and Romney have grand daughters and yet he is willing to force them to carry a child to full term that was a result of a rape and I pray that they never have to deal with that. I wonder if they will ever have the courage to stand up to the right wing of their party and say what they believe and run on that instead of only running on issues they are told the party believes in. Remember when Romney believed in pro-choice since a close family member died after having a back alley abortion when it was illegal yet today the right wing party said that they don't care even care about the life of a mother because they must carry a child to term no matter the reason.
When Tod Akin spoke about legitimate rape and Romney and Ryan took the President lead and said that rape is rape and in the case of incest and rape they would allow an abortion then one of Romney's spoke person came out and said that Romney and Ryan misspoke that they don't believe in an abortion not even in the case of incest and rape. I know that Romney is a flip flopper but that was the ultimate case of him being spineless and lack courage and he have no conviction. I cannot believe that anyone that is of sound mind would vote for Romney to become President of this country.