Pic Of The Moment: Newt Gingrich: Republican Party Has No Alternative To Obamacare

[EarlG]

Newt Gingrich: Republicans Rip Obamacare, but Have 'Zero Answer' for Alternatives

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[tk2kewl]

1. .

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. Fucking asshole hypocrite STARTED it with his "Word List"....

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm

This catapulted a whole new crop of morans into the House and Senate who didn't know how to govern but knew how to win elections with negative campaigns. Over time they moved up the ranks until they became leaders in the party.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Don't forget the Contract on America.

It encouraged group think and cut down on creative, independent new ideas.

[wordpix]

43. the Contract was all aimed at public land grabs & free dumping for corporate polluters

"Deregulate" means "allow us to dump whatever we want in the public's common air, land and water. And we will also take over public lands."

[gtar100]

6. Yea, I suspect his motive to say these things has more to do with getting repugs elected

and not so much a heartfelt concern for people in need of healthcare.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. He doesn't CARE about "ordinary people" and considers them to be easily led sheep.

[JVS]

30. His motive for saying these things is to remind the other players in the Republican party that...

they need someone who is intellectually capable of formulating alternative policies instead of just filibustering or refusing to bring things to the floor of the house. Newt might be a piece of shit, but as the Contract on America demonstrates he is a piece of shit capable of formulating a legislative agenda.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

23. +1...

... you beat me to the punch! The, "Gingerich Revolution", of 1994, that hate for Clinton fueled, self interest first and statesmanship last credo is what brought us well on our way to this dysfunctional Congress we have today. Yep. Good call, Spitfire of ATJ!

[calimary]

28. Sweet God in Heaven - that fucker gingrich STARTED all this. It all traces back to him!

I remember his smug, arrogant, swaggering boast - "I'M a BACK-BENCH BOMB-THROWER!!!" Damn near broke both his arms patting himself on the back.

Whatsa matter, newty? You wanna make nice now?

And he couldn't even get a full sentence out purportedly decrying this bad behavior in others (of course, NOT including himself) by pairing the term "Obama administration" with - I think the word he used was - "disastrous" or some such adjective. STILL throwin' mud, aren't you, asshole? You just can't help yourself, can you? Only problems are, you were widely-credited with your own party's deterioration, AND you had your own girl on the side for whom you actually threw over a perfectly good and loyal wife (you did that a couple of times, actually) WHILE you were trying to impeach Bill Clinton for the whole Monica smear. And far too many people remember all that. We keep score, too. And by now, you're not as capable of fooling as many people. A LOT more people understand you and who and what you are, and know the truth than back in your heyday.

Miserable bastard. Doesn't even know enough to go away.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. The Pigman used to talk about Newt like he was already the President....

He had it all worked out.

Clinton removed from office over Monica.

Gore removed from office over Iced Tea.

Newt being raised up to the office on an ivory column with a star spangled sky behind him.

Everybody could tell Newt was listening to that crap too.

...and believing it.

That became very evident when Clinton had Newt sit in the back of Air Force One and for revenge Newt shut down the government.

[DeSwiss]

3. A Republican Speaks Truth!

- Miracles do happen.

K&R

[DissidentVoice]

5. They don't have any because they don't WANT any!

They have never had any ideas about universal coverage...because they don't give a shit.

They at least paid lip service back when the health care battle with President Clinton was going on...what Bob Dole proposed was almost identical to the ACA, but of course they don't acknowledge that now.

There is such a pervasive mentality that "health care is a privilege, not a right," and the maddening false argument of "it's not in the Constitution" in the Republican Party that they will do all they can to block universal health care.

Of course, there are still their brilliant ideas about "tort reform" and "buying across state lines."

[Blue Idaho]

7. Typical Newt

Give him 24 hours and he'll be arguing for an exact opposit set of facts.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. I would love to buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth.

[blackspade]

8. this asshole went way off the rails didn't he?

[JHB]

40. He's the guy who said "Rails? Where we're going we don't need rails!" n/t

[Auggie]

9. There IS a GOP alternative to Obamacare ... it's called "survival of the richest."

[SunSeeker]

56. Nah. It's called Don't Get Sick, But If You Do, Die Quickly.

(One of my favorite Alan Grayson quotes.)

[stillwaiting]

10. It's pathetic that so many people on the right seem content in simply bashing.

In my personal life, the right wing Tea Party types bitch and moan about everything, but when I ask them for solutions to the problems they bitch about they have nothing. Absolutely nothing. Well, some of them say "the free market will figure it out". You know if we just get rid of all of those damn regulations. <---- That opinion is tragically misinformed. I never can get them to reconcile how we supposedly have too much regulation, but we also have regulatory capture wherein big business owns our regulatory agencies via the revolving door. They all believe both of these things simultaneously.

They are simply brainwashed, hateful sheep.

[Scootaloo]

11. So the guy who started it is blaming the rest of the party.

I would call him a hypocrite, but I don't give a shit. So long as Reoublicans are biting hteir own balls, I'm fine with it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Oh, the irony....

Newt was one of the prime instigators of all the negative shit the GOPers got up to during the Clinton administration, and now it's come back to bite them on the ass.

Newt, your karma just ran over your dogma.

[jjewell]

18. "your karma just ran over your dogma..."

That was simply beautiful.

Well played Velveteen Ocelot.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. It's not original, but thanks!

[caledesi]

53. The analogy is so clever (last line)! nt

[jmowreader]

13. That Newt is against Obamacare is very telling

Newt was one of the main guys who developed the dual mandate that both Romney and Obama revolve their health plans around.

It's not that there's a mandate in there. I believe that when Romney signed his health plan the Republicans were celebrating because moochers would no longer be able to dump their doctor bills on hard working responsible people. (That Mass is full of Democrats also encouraged them because, y'know, we libruls spend all our money on donations to the Communist Party, pounds of weed and weekly abortions, correct?)

It is that a Democrat's signature is at the bottom of this. I swear on The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that if Barack Obama were to sign a bill that says meat tastes good and hunting is fun Ted Nugent would become a PETA-supporting vegan.

[Initech]

14. You get a colony on the moon! And so do you and you...

EVERYBODY GETS A COLONY ON THE MOON!!!!

[rhett o rick]

15. The Powers To Be are not going to like what he has to say.

What has happened to the Republican Party was by design. Instead of two healthy political parties fighting it out and coming to honest bipartisan solutions, we only have one party that makes the least bit of sense. Much easier for the PTB to control. Most Republicans are too stupid to recognize that they are being used. The Newt might be spilling the beans.

By having only one viable party that's center-right, it shuts out the left which is exactly what the PTB want.

[Isoldeblue]

16. I wish someone would fly him to the moon

and leave him the f**k there. The fact that there is no media there will drive Newt nuts without getting any attention................

[MountainMama]

21. Wow!

Newt Gingrich: Unlikely Voice of Reason!

[JHB]

39. Yes, it's unlikely that he's a voice of reason. Much more probable that...

...he's the voice of backers of the "those Tea Party nuts are going to cost us money" persuasion.

[KansDem]

57. And when Newt sounds reasonable...

You know the GOP is in trouble!

[DFW]

22. Literally speaking, Gingrich is exactly right

The Republican Party has "NO" as an alternative to just about everything!

[Cha]

24. Because they're braindead and can only utter these words..

"Repeal Obamacare "

[SummerSnow]

33. You know what's a funny anagram for ' repeal obamacare'?

A MACABRE PAROLEE



That's what the rethugs are.

[Cha]

42. Funny.

[calimary]

48. WOW!

That's the Discovery of the Day!

A MACABRE PAROLEE !!

[tofuandbeer]

25. Hypocrite. He started the ball rolling on this GOP attack.

He's vying for 2016, that's all.

[Enthusiast]

26. Gingrich said Obama was an anti-colonialist.

Hey, Newt, duh.

[Jamaal510]

27. Republicans

can be on the correct side of an issue for once, if they start supporting single-payer as an alternative to Obamacare. But, no. That's asking too much. Paying extra in taxes for guaranteed basic health care is pure evil and takes away our freedumb!

[YOHABLO]

29. "I'm being totally candid with you." Oh I guess that means he's being truthful, for a change.

[SummerSnow]

32. They whine bitch complain cry all the time about getting

rid of Obamacare.But they don't shit to replace it with. get the fuckouttahere.

[LongTomH]

34. Newtie, you helped create that culture, babe! Why are you complaining?

Hmmmm?

[Nanjing to Seoul]

35. Dr. Newtenstein created this monster, and now Dr. Newenstein is upset that he (and his ilk)

cannot control his monster.

I recall a saying about matches, playing and getting burned.

[marble falls]

36. You know you're pretty rank when Newt Gingrich gets to call you out.

[JHB]

38. Nahh. Newt always pushes the agenda his audience wants to hear...

...and that audience is not necessarily the one that's in front of him at the time.

[JHB]

37. "You built that"... Newt most of all.

He built a career on bomb-throwing to cater to voters who loooooved those negatives. He rose to Speakership by pledging to save the good people of Cobb County, Georgia from The People's Republic of Escape From New York. And and nothing fosters imitators like success.

They have negatives, viciousness, and zero answers because it's the party you made, Newt.

[muntrv]

41. Hey Newt! The repukes learned that from you, dickhead!

[SHRED]

44. What does Newt think Obama/Romneycare is?

It's a Heritage Foundation model he pushed in 1993. An CON answer to "Hillarycare".

[HumansAndResources]

45. Obamacare WAS their plan - from the 1990s - Counter-Proposal to "Hillarycare"

Of course they don't have another "alternative" - how can you do better than using armed govt thugs to FORCE the American people to hand "their money" to the stockholder-billionaires that OWN "our" (sic) Health Care / Insurance companies?

"Pay for my Yacht or the IRS will throw you in a cage." It doesn't get any better than that.

Oh, wait, yes it does. Pretending the plan the Rethugs themselves authored to enrich their paymasters is a "horrible commie agenda" is a "beyond amazing" demonstration of hypocrisy - but a darn effective way to get those on the Left with short-memories to think they "won".

[SHRED]

46. CONs should embrace Obamacare...

...it was their idea in 1993, a gift to insurance corporations, and contains no public option.

[brewens]

47. Allright you bastard! Who are you and what have you done with Newt? LOL n/t

[Kennah]

49. I dunno, but MIB is gonna fuck him up when they find out.

[Kennah]

50. Alright Nutty Newtie. Listen up, cause I got your back.

ObamaCare was a GOP idea. Yeah, it was RomneyCare, but it was ChafeeCare before that. Obama stole y'alls thunder, and there's only one way to even the score.

You have to lead the charge for Universal Healthcare and steal a Democratic idea from the Democratic Party.

They pull a knife. You pull a gun.
They send one of yours to the hospital. You send one of theirs to the morgue.
They steal a GOP idea. You OWN a Democratic idea.

THAT is the Chicago Way.

[Kablooie]

51. He's wrong. They have a clear alternative to Obamacare.

Go back to exactly as it was before.
That's a clearly defined alternative.

[Frustratedlady]

52. Hmmm. Newt running in 2016?

Sounds like he's trying to "stand out" of the Hate Obama crowd by pulling a reverse of his nasty self.

[Xyzse]

54. Interesting, it is right though.

There is no "positive" replacement to ACA that they would support.

A broken clock can be right twice a day.

[Ian_rd]

55. Well, the ACA was the old Republican alternative to Hillarycare in the 90s. But now the ACA is ...

... called Obamacare (eeek!) and they haven't come up with anything else.

[hueymahl]

58. Newt has always, been insightful, brilliant and articulate

Unfortunately he has also always been evil and manipulative. He has been given many gifts. A moral compass was not one.