Day: March 10, 2011

One Reason Romney Is A Dud

Daily Agitator

Although it is NOT official, Romney will be running for the GOP nomination for the 2012 election……but as with everything about this guy……the many contradictions and he is , so far, the front runner…..let’s pick a subject….health care comes to mind….why?  His health care plan when he was governor of Massachusetts……funny how it looks a lot like the dreadful Dem “Obamacare”…….

Take a look at a few of his flips……..

Back in 2006, as a Republican governor in a deep blue state, Mitt Romney signed into law a health care plan that would insure almost every resident of Massachusetts. At the time, it was praised by supporters of health care reform as a landmark achievement for the then-governor. The lynchpin of “Romneycare” was an insurance mandate that required the people of Massachusetts to get health insurance.”I think there are a number of features in the Massachusetts plan that could inform Washington on ways to improve health care for all Americans,” Romney told CNN. “The fact that we were able to get people insured without a government option is a model I think they can learn from.”

OK, five years ago Mitt-care would have been a good example for the nation….and then we have this said by Romney….

Well, it’s filled with so many defects it’s hard to know where exactly to begin. I’d say from a process standpoint the idea of rushing through a piece of legislation which will define the health care system for this country is a very bad idea. The right approach is one which includes extensive analysis, evaluation of systems that have been implemented in other countries and in other states, a bipartisan effort which includes different perspectives and views, the inputs of physicians, patients, advocacy groups, hospitals, business, and labor. This should be a very inclusive and extensive process, and President Obama, out of an apparent desire to score a victory, is not willing to give health care the deliberative process it deserves.

His justification of this flip is that tired old GOP tactic of state’s rights….Romney is suffering from the same disease as McCain had back ’08…..ideas are only good if they are his ideas….others just don’t get it….

Romney is just getting out ahead of the criticism before he has some serious contenders….this way he has addressed the issue and is trying to lessen any impact that would be coming his way from other GOPers……

But his biggest WTF moment was when he said……

“The nation already has over a thousand private insurance companies, many of the largest of which are not for profit, so his excuse for forming the public government option –that it’s necessary to give people choices — is obviously fallacious.”

1000’s of insurance companies,  many are not for profit……(pause here for some genuine surprise at a completely stupid statement)…..Romney is turning into the typical GOP candidate…..full of crap and lies…..how much is he getting from the insurance industry?  That would explain such a bogus and unthoughtful  response…..keep the donors happy and you will get your just rewards…..you think you have it bad now…then vote for this guy and learn the REAL meaning of misery!

GOP Spot-light Chasers

Time grows near!  Under normal conditions we would be talking about the field as it was developing but  the 2012 election is fast approaching and so far NOT a single Repub has declared that he/she will run for the GOP nomination….why?What are all these bravely talking and condemning people afraid of that they have to wait….and wait….and wait?

This occurrence has NOT been lost on conserv reporters and journalist and one of the most conserv writers, George Will has made an interesting observation…..

George Will argues that credible Republican presidential candidates will be hurt by “a process cluttered with careless, delusional, egomaniacal, spotlight-chasing candidates to whom the sensible American majority would never entrust a lemonade stand, much less nuclear weapons.”

“If pessimism is not creeping on little cat’s feet into Republicans’ thinking about their 2012 presidential prospects, that is another reason for pessimism. This is because it indicates they do not understand that sensible Americans, who pay scant attention to presidential politics at this point in the electoral cycle, must nevertheless be detecting vibrations of weirdness emanating from people associated with the party.”

The ones seeking the spotlight more than others, Palin, Newt and Trump, keep teasing the people and the media about their possible run…..but that is all that it is…a tease…..Palin is not smart enough…..Newt has too much baggage and Trump is too weird…and then there is Huckabee…..maybe a possibility but for one thing….he cannot raise enough cash to win……

And then there are those just riding the media gravy train…..Pawlenty, Romney and Daniels…..they may be serious about the nomination but are being way too cautious…..and then there is that dude, Huntsman…..who?  Exactly, he needs to hurry up and start a campaign of name recognition or he will be another also ran…..

All in all about the only two that I would give a shot at the nomination is Pawlenty and Romney……of those two Romney looks the best shot….but then he has a religious problem that could hamper his bid…that brings us back to Pawlenty….snooze…this man will say whatever it takes to win his recognition and that could be a problem for the traditional Repubs…..so where does that leave the GOP field for 2012?

Up the proverbial creek without a paddle!  If you are a conserv then you are probably worried about the choice that will be made…..you should be!  You guys have NOTHING in the way of a winner at this juncture of the political saga……