Mitt Romney Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Uninsured Sick People

[babylonsister]

Mitt Romney Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Uninsured Sick People

BELMONT, MA—Though Mitt Romney is considered to be a frontrunner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, the national spotlight has forced him to repeatedly confront a major skeleton in his political closet: that as governor of Massachusetts he once tried to help poor, uninsured sick people.

Romney, who signed the state's 2006 health care reform act, has said he "deeply regrets" giving people in poor physical and mental health the opportunity to seek medical attention, admitting that helping very sick people get better remains a dark cloud hovering over his political career, and his biggest obstacle to becoming president of the United States of America.

"Every day I am haunted by the fact that I gave impoverished Massachusetts citizens a chance to receive health care," Romney told reporters Wednesday, adding that he feels ashamed whenever he looks back at how he forged bipartisan support to help uninsured Americans afford medicine to cure their illnesses. "I'm only human, and I've made mistakes. None bigger, of course, than helping cancer patients receive chemotherapy treatments and making sure that those suffering from pediatric AIDS could obtain medications, but that's my cross to bear."

"My hope is that Republican voters will one day forgive me for making it easier for sick people—especially low-income sick people—to go to the hospital and see a doctor," Romney added. "It was wrong, and I'm sorry."

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http://www.theonion.com/articles/mitt-romney-haunted-by-past-of-trying-to-help-unin,20097/

[The Magistrate]

1. Once Again, Ma'am, the Onion Scoops the Pack!

Best damn journalism in the U.S. of A....

[babylonsister]

2. Well hello, The Magistrate!

Long time, no see! :hi: Yep, the Onion is great; bet those writers have loads of fun with this stuff.

[Kurovski]

3. Ya beat me to it!

K&R

"I like Michele Bachmann now," Tolbert added. "Because what this country needs is a president who doesn't give a fuck about helping people."

[babylonsister]

4. That's pretty much what this is boiling down to, isn't it.

:hi:

[Kurovski]

8. Yayus, mayum.

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

5. My guess is that Romney won't win Arizona in the primary--

for that very reason (even with the strongly Mormon population we have here).

The Onion--it just doesn't get better than them.

[Bake]

6. Better journalism from The Onion than the mainstream press!

:rofl:

Bake

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I kept thinking: This HAS to be a joke, this HAS to be a joke!

And whaddya know!

The Onion!

They do it better than anyone.

Recommended.

:rofl:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. At first I patted myself on the back for spotting this Onion article....

The I reflected on how many times I was duped in to thinking REAL headlines were Onion spoofs. The joke's on us.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

9. This is FANTASTIC!

..... only because it's true (sadly).



K&R

[Kurovski]

10. Kick

:kick:

[kenny blankenship]

11. He can at least say that he gave the ppl of Massachusetts the most expensive health care in the USA

That should count for something with the GOP? Of course, soon that won't matter since we'll all be living and paying his plan.

[area51]

14. +1 n/t

[Obamanaut]

12. . nt