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« on: November 05, 2010, 10:04:54 PM »

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There's no real specificity there on Medicare, but "turn Medicaid into block grants to the states" could end up being the standard GOP line in this presidential election cycle.  The fact that he's willing to go there on (modest) means testing of Social Security is interesting though.  I wonder if any non-Ron Paul, non-Gary Johnson candidates will go for something similar or not.
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2010, 10:06:38 PM »

Sounds like Republican boilerplate to me.  I doubt he's serious about it.

(Is Romney serious about anything?)
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2010, 10:08:44 PM »

Morden loves posting articles from Romney that nobody cares about or reads.

That was one of the worst articles I've read this year from Romney.
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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2010, 12:18:13 AM »


I doubt it. He just wants to avenge his dad.
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2010, 05:58:41 AM »

He's wrong about health care (no surprise there of course). Health care should not be treated like a consumer market; that leads to higher prices. It needs to be very, very tightly and preferably centrally regulated, just like a public utility, if we want to keep costs down. This is why health care in countries like Japan is so cheap. Such central regulation has been tried in Maryland as well and has resulted in prices staying more or less constant while they exploded across the rest of the country.
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2010, 07:27:21 AM »

His reform for Medicare sounds like nice language that cover making costs worse. Revisiting health care reform--which has nothing do with it, unless he wants to restore spending to Medicare that was otherwise going to making it deficit-neutral--and giving people choices, which in the last Republican Congress, meant spending more on subsidies to private insurance companies to prove they could compete with government Medicare. Although maybe he means something different with the latter, I don't know. Meanwhile, cut Medicaid, because the poor don't vote and it means no tough choices about the people who do vote Republican.

What's sad is that this is probably more than Boehner would do.
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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2010, 11:02:32 AM »

Romney is so 2008.  Sorry Mittbots, but he couldn't beat McCain.  That means he can't beat Obama unless economic catastrophe strikes.
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2010, 02:33:23 PM »

Romney is so 2008.  Sorry Mittbots, but he couldn't beat McCain.  That means he can't beat Obama unless economic catastrophe strikes.
Yes he can. Yes we can!
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2010, 02:37:22 PM »

Romney is so 2008.  Sorry Mittbots, but he couldn't beat McCain.  That means he can't beat Obama unless economic catastrophe strikes.
Yes he can. Yes we can!

Hell no you can't. Obama can easily paint him as an elitist (after all, he is the multimillionaire son of a 1960's Republican mascot). Besides, his record in Massachusetts will prevent him from going anywhere unless he loses the nomination again and gets a Cabinet appointment.
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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2010, 02:40:39 PM »

Morden loves posting articles from Romney that nobody cares about or reads.

That was one of the worst articles I've read this year from Romney.
Remind me why I should care.
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« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2010, 02:41:37 PM »

Romney is so 2008.  Sorry Mittbots, but he couldn't beat McCain.  That means he can't beat Obama unless economic catastrophe strikes.
Yes he can. Yes we can!

Hell no you can't. Obama can easily paint him as an elitist (after all, he is the multimillionaire son of a 1960's Republican mascot). Besides, his record in Massachusetts will prevent him from going anywhere unless he loses the nomination again and gets a Cabinet appointment.

Thank God. Willard has no chance whatsoever. Even if Romney were to steal the nomination, the tea party would mount its own candidacy. Mitt would finish in third.
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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2010, 02:45:43 PM »

The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.
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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2010, 02:48:23 PM »

The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.

This is the Republican nomination that we're talking about.
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2010, 12:03:29 PM »

The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.

This is the Republican nomination that we're talking about.

I'm in favor of legalizing marijuana across the board, but I wouldn't label someone who's anti-legalization as "evil".
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2010, 01:34:17 PM »

Romney is so 2008.  Sorry Mittbots, but he couldn't beat McCain.  That means he can't beat Obama unless economic catastrophe strikes.

Just like Reagan was sooo '68 or '76? Or McCain was so 2000?

And in case you haven't noticed, we are in a recession...
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« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2010, 01:45:34 PM »

Thank God. Willard has no chance whatsoever. Even if Romney were to steal the nomination, the tea party would mount its own candidacy. Mitt would finish in third.

Mitt Romney is a true Tea Party puppet.
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« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2010, 06:36:28 PM »

Nothing that surprising really.
The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.

This is the Republican nomination that we're talking about.

I'm in favor of legalizing marijuana across the board, but I wouldn't label someone who's anti-legalization as "evil".

The GOP will not nominate anyone who is pro-legalization anytime in the near future.
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« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2010, 06:42:21 PM »

The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.

This is the Republican nomination that we're talking about.

I'm in favor of legalizing marijuana across the board, but I wouldn't label someone who's anti-legalization as "evil".

Being against medical marijuana is evil and goes directly against this whole Republican notion of being able to chose your treatments, doctors, and insurance plan. Not that I expect consistency from this group of people but come on, it's not the 1950s anymore.
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« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2010, 09:53:10 PM »
« Edited: November 07, 2010, 09:55:01 PM by Never forget a Republican freed the slaves »

The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.

The fact that people are serously discussing electing a kind, competent, extremely intelligent, compassionate, caring, gifted individual like Romney as President deeply impresses me.  
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« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2010, 09:54:31 PM »

sorry pal but nobody is seriously discussing it.
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« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2010, 09:56:06 PM »
« Edited: November 07, 2010, 11:25:56 PM by Never forget a Republican freed the slaves »

sorry pal but nobody is seriously discussing it.

Sorry pal, but that's why he's running ahead of Obama in some polls.
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« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2010, 10:52:54 PM »

The fact that people are seriously discussing electing an evil, incompetent, moronic sociopath like Romney as president deeply disturbs me.

This is the Republican nomination that we're talking about.

Yes, why should Democrats have all the fun?
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« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2010, 11:21:33 PM »

Romney is so 2008.  Sorry Mittbots, but he couldn't beat McCain.  That means he can't beat Obama unless economic catastrophe strikes.

Just like Reagan was sooo '68 or '76? Or McCain was so 2000?

And in case you haven't noticed, we are in a recession...

Actually... no

The US hasn't been in a recessionary period since June 2009...

Sluggish growth, is still growth.
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