2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOK. This is Dynamite. Signing Romneycare, Mitt introduced his "collaborator and friend" Ted Kennedy
to the dais. Mitt lauded Teddy's role in securing Federal Funding. "His work was absolutely essential".
Romney-Kennedy Health Care Bill Signing
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Republican heads exploding left and right.
Love it.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)Mandates are a good thing and there's still a small but loud minority here who bash them as bad.
denem
(11,045 posts)Yes, I agree. If Romneycare was indefensible, Ted would not have been standing there.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)...think that they got a big corporate monopoly going but Teddy knows that mandates lead to social responsibility.
I can just read Ted's mind right there, "LOL! Look at this idiot. Doesn't he realize this mandate is going to help kill the insurance hegemony?"
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)....God, I miss him so much!
Botany
(70,291 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Republican politicians still have not figured out that the internet and Youtube exist. They still think they can lie and talk out of both sides of their mouths and no one will be able to figure it out.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,217 posts)BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)It would sure as hell cause a lot of Republican voters to re-consider voting for Romney!
denem
(11,045 posts)He could have said colleague, but that's Mitt for ya.