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The Wall Street Journal Absolutely Shreds Mitt Romney
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RebBiker
Sep 10, 2012, 5:56:20 PM9/10/12
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http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-mandate-health-care-obamacare-2012-7
The Wall Street Journal editorial board tore into Mitt Romney this
morning, hammering his campaign for muddling its message on whether or
not the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is a tax.
The scathing op-ed painted Romney as the 2012 version of John Kerry,
who failed in his 2004 presidential run from the Democratic ticket.
And it questioned whether the "tax confusion" will be a "turning
point" in Romney's campaign. Here's the opening paragraph:
If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will
have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising
taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible
silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts's ObamaCare salvage
operation�that the mandate to buy insurance or pay a penalty is really
a tax�into a second political defeat.
On Monday, top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC that the
mandate was not a tax. Then on Wednesday, Romney changed positions
himself and aligned more with the Republican Party stance, telling CBS
that the mandate is, in fact, a tax.
Much of the Romney campaign's muddling of its message comes from
walking a fine line over the health care reform that Romney passed as
the governor of Massachusetts. That bill included the individual
mandate, and it imposed an even higher "tax" or "penalty" than the one
in Obama's healthcare law.
But the conservative op-ed section of the Wall Street Journal wrote
that Romney is only adding to the confusion and wasting a potentially
"historic opportunity."
The Romney campaign thinks it can play it safe and coast to the White
House by saying the economy stinks and it's Mr. Obama's fault. We're
on its email list and the main daily message from the campaign is that
"Obama isn't working." Thanks, guys, but Americans already know that.
What they want to hear from the challenger is some understanding of
why the President's policies aren't working and how Mr. Romney's
policies will do better.
The editorial closes with a jab at the Romney campaign's overall
message, comparing it to that of Kerry's losing effort in 2004.
Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-mandate-health-care-obamacare-2012-7#ixzz2630UFtAW
The Wall Street Journal editorial board tore into Mitt Romney this
morning, hammering his campaign for muddling its message on whether or
not the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is a tax.
The scathing op-ed painted Romney as the 2012 version of John Kerry,
who failed in his 2004 presidential run from the Democratic ticket.
And it questioned whether the "tax confusion" will be a "turning
point" in Romney's campaign. Here's the opening paragraph:
If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will
have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising
taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible
silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts's ObamaCare salvage
operation�that the mandate to buy insurance or pay a penalty is really
a tax�into a second political defeat.
On Monday, top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC that the
mandate was not a tax. Then on Wednesday, Romney changed positions
himself and aligned more with the Republican Party stance, telling CBS
that the mandate is, in fact, a tax.
Much of the Romney campaign's muddling of its message comes from
walking a fine line over the health care reform that Romney passed as
the governor of Massachusetts. That bill included the individual
mandate, and it imposed an even higher "tax" or "penalty" than the one
in Obama's healthcare law.
But the conservative op-ed section of the Wall Street Journal wrote
that Romney is only adding to the confusion and wasting a potentially
"historic opportunity."
The Romney campaign thinks it can play it safe and coast to the White
House by saying the economy stinks and it's Mr. Obama's fault. We're
on its email list and the main daily message from the campaign is that
"Obama isn't working." Thanks, guys, but Americans already know that.
What they want to hear from the challenger is some understanding of
why the President's policies aren't working and how Mr. Romney's
policies will do better.
The editorial closes with a jab at the Romney campaign's overall
message, comparing it to that of Kerry's losing effort in 2004.
Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-mandate-health-care-obamacare-2012-7#ixzz2630UFtAW
Hell Stomper
Sep 9, 2012, 6:44:00 PM9/9/12
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On Sep 9, 5:57 pm, "RebBiker" <em...@here.net> wrote:
> http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-ma...
> Read more:http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-ma...
The Kerry campaign comparison nails it IMO. The parallels are
striking if you think about it.
Kerry had huge support and Bush was hugely unpopular in many circles
because of Iraq.
I seem to remember that some outlets even called the election for
Kerry, then it was like, "Oh, wait a minute... Nope, sorry. better
luck next time."
> http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-ma...
The Kerry campaign comparison nails it IMO. The parallels are
striking if you think about it.
Kerry had huge support and Bush was hugely unpopular in many circles
because of Iraq.
I seem to remember that some outlets even called the election for
Kerry, then it was like, "Oh, wait a minute... Nope, sorry. better
luck next time."
Christopher Helms
Sep 9, 2012, 6:55:08 PM9/9/12
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On Sep 9, 4:57 pm, "RebBiker" <em...@here.net> wrote:
> http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-ma...
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-romney-mitt-tax-ma...
>
> The Wall Street Journal editorial board tore into Mitt Romney this
> morning, hammering his campaign for muddling its message on whether or
> not the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is a tax.
>
> The scathing op-ed painted Romney as the 2012 version of John Kerry,
> who failed in his 2004 presidential run from the Democratic ticket.
> And it questioned whether the "tax confusion" will be a "turning
> point" in Romney's campaign. Here's the opening paragraph:
>
> If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will
> have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising
> taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible
> silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts's ObamaCare salvage
> operation—that the mandate to buy insurance or pay a penalty is really
> a tax—into a second political defeat.
>
> On Monday, top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC that the
> mandate was not a tax. Then on Wednesday, Romney changed positions
> himself and aligned more with the Republican Party stance, telling CBS
> that the mandate is, in fact, a tax.
Romney flip flops on everything. He spins around like a weathervane in
> morning, hammering his campaign for muddling its message on whether or
> not the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is a tax.
>
> The scathing op-ed painted Romney as the 2012 version of John Kerry,
> who failed in his 2004 presidential run from the Democratic ticket.
> And it questioned whether the "tax confusion" will be a "turning
> point" in Romney's campaign. Here's the opening paragraph:
>
> If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will
> have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising
> taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible
> silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts's ObamaCare salvage
> operation—that the mandate to buy insurance or pay a penalty is really
> a tax—into a second political defeat.
>
> On Monday, top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC that the
> mandate was not a tax. Then on Wednesday, Romney changed positions
> himself and aligned more with the Republican Party stance, telling CBS
> that the mandate is, in fact, a tax.
a windstorm. What's so different about him flipping on whether it's a
tax or not? It would be notable if he took a goddamn position and
stayed with it. That would be almost unprecedented for him.
FirstPost
Sep 9, 2012, 7:12:36 PM9/9/12
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then better to just leave Obama in office for another 4 years yes?
Joe Dixon
Sep 10, 2012, 2:46:08 AM9/10/12
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:56:20 -0500, RebBiker wrote:
> If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will
> have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising
> taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible
> silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts's ObamaCare salvage
> operation that the mandate to buy insurance or pay a penalty is really
a
> taxinto a second political defeat.
> If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will
> have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising
> taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible
> silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts's ObamaCare salvage
> operation that the mandate to buy insurance or pay a penalty is really
a
The mandate to buy insurance is not a tax. The penalty for not buying
health insurance is the income tax.
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wy
Sep 10, 2012, 2:36:02 PM9/10/12
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what you've already got? Why, that's not moving ... forward.
Eddie Haskell
Sep 10, 2012, 5:32:54 PM9/10/12
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backward and will continue to do so if elected and you fucking know it.
There's no point in arguing with them, folks. There all liars. Every one of
them.
-Eddie Haskell
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