Karl Rove surrenders to ObamaCare

[applegrove]

Karl Rove surrenders to ObamaCare

By Brent Budowsky, columnist, The Hill

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/241457-karl-rove-surrenders-to-obamacare

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It is with great pleasure that I rise in praise of Karl Rove, who now largely agrees with me that Republicans should place into the dustbin their bogus proposal to repeal ObamaCare.

In my recent column in The Hill, "The 'Clinton Cash' con," I suggested that the new book by Peter Schweizer proves absolutely nothing on the matter of whether Hillary Clinton committed any wrongdoing, and it is a con to suggest or imply otherwise. I add today a discussion of another con game by Republicans, the suggestion that they will repeal ObamaCare, which they know they will not do, but pretend they will to give red meat to the right-wing base; a promise they know they will not keep.

And now comes Rove, on the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal and the other places he inhabits, telling Republicans (correctly) that their pledge to repeal ObamaCare is a bad and politically stupid idea. Rove's acknowledges (correctly) that it will not be repealed, and warns Republicans (correctly) they could pay a heavy price with voters if the Supreme Court overturns ObamaCare and Republicans have to face endless news stories about the bad things that happen to Americans if ObamaCare is overturned or repealed and Republicans have nothing to offer instead (which they don't).

I believe Chief Justice John Roberts and a Supreme Court majority will uphold ObamaCare in its upcoming and monumental decision. I believe the court will agree with me that the legislative intent of the law is clear, that all exchanges should receive subsidies, and that they will agree with me that the havoc to healthcare and the painful damage to Americans from a decision against ObamaCare, or repeal of ObamaCare, would be a disaster.




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[okaawhatever]

1. I thought maybe Rove was going to admit that the ACA was actually a pretty good deal & is going

to save the taxpayers money. A girl can dream....

[tularetom]

2. Personally I would be happy if Obamacare were repealed

and replaced with a single payer program.

Or at the very least, a public option.

[Javaman]

3. in other words...

rover probably signed up for it.

in repuke lands, things are only bad when it happens to them.

and conversely, things are only good when it happens to them.

fuck the rest of us.

[applegrove]

4. You captured the narcissism perfectly. Make it into a GIF and I'm sure it will go viral.

[Eleanors38]

5. What I was thinking. He's cruzin'.

[Hiraeth]

6. That was my first thought, too.