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Republicans Plan for The Uninsured? – Providing Insurance To You Is “Not The Issue”

Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared in friendly territory on Fox News Sunday and explained the Republican Insurance System to the American people. Their system boils down to – You don’t have health insurance? Tough! That is not the issue.

No kidding. McConnell was asked by Fox host Chris Wallace to explain what Republicans are planning to do with the 30 million uninsured Americans if they succeed in repealing President Obama’s health care law. After failing to answer the questions on different occasions, McConnell settled on saying that providing insurance to these people was not the issue.

You don’t believe me? See video below.

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Immigration Immigration Reform Mitt Romney Politics

Before The Words Fell From Romney’s Lips, His Campaign Confirmed He Was Lying

In Mitt Romney‘s never ending chameleon performance on issues facing Americans, Talking Points Memo highlights another obvious change or flip flop by the leader of the Republican party, (and I use that word as loosely as possible… after all, we are talking about Mitt Romney).

Speaking to Newsmax about immigration on Friday, Chameleon, I mean… Romney said this:

“For those that are here as the children of those who came here illegally, I want to make sure they have a permanent answer to what their status will be,” Romney said in the interview, “and I’ve indicated in my view that those who serve in the military and have advanced degrees would certainly qualify for that kind of permanent status.”

But before the words fell from Romney’s lips, his campaign put out a statement confirming that Romney didn’t know what he was talking about. In the campaign’s statement, Romney “misspoke.”

Said the statement to TPM: “The Governor was referring to his long held position that young illegal immigrants brought here as children who serve in the military should be able to obtain legal permanent residence and that we should staple a green card to the diploma of every eligible student visa holder who graduates from one of our universities with an advanced degree in math, science, or engineering,” Williams said. “He simply misspoke in this interview.”

Or as we like to call it, lying!

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Christian Republicans Believe In Caring For The Sick, But They’re Against ObamaCare?

“It is the view that Christians should vote their values, and this means we should legislate moral evils into oblivion. Thus if we believe life begins at conception, we should vote against abortion! If we believe marriage is between one woman and one man, we should vote against gay marriage! And if we believe in caring for the sick and the poor, we should vote against “Obamacare!” … Wait a minute!”

That is a quote from David J. Dunn, an Orthodox lay theologian who is questioning the apparent hypocrisy being demonstrated by the Christian Republicans in this country. Mr. Dunn wrote a piece in The Huffington Post highlighting three moral issues Christian Republicans base their votes on – Abortions, Gay Marriage and Health care.

“Do you see the political hypocrisy?” Mr. Dunn asks. “The Christian Right votes for candidates who are anti-abortion and anti-gay (at least on paper) because it believes we must pass laws to protect marriage and protect life (at least embryonic life), but it is unwilling to apply the same principle to “Obamacare.” Infants in the womb have a right to life, but apparently adults do not have a right to life-saving medical care.”

He continues;

Opponents of the individual mandate argue that the state cannot force citizens to buy health insurance. That is a violation of our individual rights. But conservative Christians are willing to consider subjecting women to transvaginal ultrasounds before undergoing an abortion. Taxing people without insurance is intrusive, but apparently shoving something up one’s body is not.

Mr. Dunn brought his piece to a rather eye-opening conclusion: “In the Bible, Cain grew jealous of his brother Abel and killed him. This was the first murder. When God asked Cain where Abel was, he feigned ignorance and replied, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Gen. 4:9). Christians who oppose the Affordable Care Act are not murdering Abel, but they are willing to let him die, lest the taxes of others be raised! Apparently Abel must suffer to death so that our individual rights are preserved.”

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Weekly Presidential Address: President Thanks Colorado Firefighters

President Obama toured the devastation in Colorado and delivered his weekly address from the fire-plagued Colorado Springs. Mr. Obama thanked the firefighters for their hard work in trying to bring the fires under control.

Firefighters are working 18 hours a day, around the clock, trying to make sure that they get this blaze under control.  We’ve got volunteers who are out here who are making sure that these firefighters have the food and the water and all the resources that they need.  And we’ve been engaging in some unprecedented coordination between federal, state, and local communities to try to bring this fire under control.

And one of the things I’ve done here, in addition to saying thank you to these firefighters, is to let them know that all of America has their back.  One of the things that happens, whether it’s a fire here in Colorado, or a tornado in Alabama or Missouri, or a flood or a hurricane in Florida, one of the things that happens here in America is when we see our fellow citizens in trouble and having difficulty, we come together as one American family, as one community.  And you see that spirit and you see that strength here in Colorado Springs, where people are working together, promising each other to rebuild.  We’ve got to make sure that we are there with them every step of the way, even after this fire is put out.

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ObamaCare Politics

Mr. President, This Is A Big F*ing Deal – Part 2

As Donald Trump would say, what the Supreme Court did Thursday in upholding President Obama’s Affordable Healthcare Act is “HUGE!”

Even Mitt Romney realized the magnitude of what would happen if ObamaCare was declared constitutional. On the days leading up to the Court’s decision, Mitt Romney was heard at various campaign events saying, “if this law is unconstitutional, that would prove that Obama wasted his presidency.”

Needless to say, the Supreme Court – whose main task is to interpret laws in accordance with the Constitution of the United States – disagreed with Mitt Romney wholeheartedly.

But if we are to apply Romney’s logic to this, wouldn’t it mean that the President’s first term was not wasted but turned out to be a tremendous success? Wouldn’t it then mean that President Obama has done his job in accordance to the Constitution – approved and validated by the highest Court in the land – and furthermore, if we apply Romney’s logic to this situation, wouldn’t it mean that Romney, with his everlasting calls to repeal ObamaCare, is going against a Supreme Court that called the law constitutional, thus, is he not going against the United States Constitution?

When President signed the Affordable Health Care Act into law in 2010, Vice President Biden was overheard whispering in the President’s ear, “Mr President, this is a big f*cking deal.” With the Supreme validating the constitutionality of the law on Thursday, consider this a big f*cking deal… part 2!

And by the way, why exactly are Republicans pushing Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate? The  man is apparently against the Constitution of the United States.

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Supreme Court Says ObamaCare Is Good

The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion that gives Obama a major election-year victory.

Basically, a bare majority of the justices said that the individual mandate — the requirement that most Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine — is constitutional as a tax.

“Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion that reflected a 5-4 vote on on the question.

Roberts — a conservative appointed by President George W. Bush — provided a key vote to preserve the landmark health care law, which figures to be a major issue in Obama’s re-election bid against Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

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Mitt Romney Politics

Mitt Romney – I Am Very Pleased With The Individual Mandate – Video

A Conservative website is highlighting Mitt Romney, in video from a March 2006 press conference unearthed by American Bridge, delivering a ringing endorsement of the individual mandate … and claiming credit for having proposed it in the first place.

With regards to the mandate, the individual responsibility program which I proposed, I was very pleased to see that the compromise from the two houses includes the personal responsibility principle, that is essential for bringing health care costs down for everyone, and for getting everybody the health insurance they deserve and need. So I was very pleased with that development.

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Breaking News: There Is No Individual Mandate In The Health Care Law

The Supreme Court is about to deliver their decision on whether President Obama’s Health Care Law, also called ObamaCare, is Constitutional. Republicans have accused Democrats and the President of forcing Americans to purchase a product through what they said was an “individual mandate.” This mandate they claimed, was unconstitutional and they fought the law through the lower courts all the way to the Supreme Court.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court will deliver its decision. But will the Health Care Law be invalidated by the Supreme Court if an individual mandate does not exist?

Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC’s The Last Word explains;

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Mitt Romney Thinks Explaining Outsourcing/Off-Shoring Makes Everything Okay

Apparently, there is a difference between “off-shoring” and “outsourcing” jobs, and Mitt Romney thinks knowing the difference makes everything all right – especially if you are a victim of having your job outsourced or off-shored.

Mitt Romney was recently referred to as a “pioneer” in sending American jobs overseas. His advisors tried to ease any anxiety Americans may have felt hearing about Romney’s early resume by explaining the difference. But something tells me that explanation didn’t go over too well.

The President spoke to an audience at one of his campaign stops and mentioned the Romney outsourcing/off-shoring episode.

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Mitt Romney Politics

Poll Shows Mormons Excited About Mitt Romney’s Lies… sorry… Candidacy

Most Mormons in Utah believe that Mitt Romney’s rise to become the likely GOP presidential nominee is a good thing for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But many do not trust the media to cover the church fairly, according to a new poll released Monday (June 25).

The study, conducted by Key Research and Brigham Young University’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, is believed to be the first to gauge Mormons’ reaction to Romney’s barrier-breaking achievement. He is the first Mormon to clinch the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party.

More than eight in 10 Utah Mormons said they are “very excited” or “somewhat excited” about Romney’s feat. Nearly as many (77 percent) said his nomination is a good thing for the LDS church; just 2 percent told pollsters it was a negative development.

Utah Mormons do not differ in many respects from Mormons in other states, according to studies conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

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Sarah Palin Is Bringing Back The “Death Panels” Lie

The attention grabbing Sarah Palin is at it again. And this time, she has decided to bring back one of the many lies she created. A lie that was debunked by fact-checkers and even won the lie of the year award the year Palin invented it.

Sarah Palin is bringing back the Death Panels lie.

Palin took to her Facebook page and wrote;

“Though I was called a liar for calling it like it is, many of these accusers finally saw that Obamacare did in fact create a panel of faceless bureaucrats who have the power to make life and death decisions about health care funding.”

What do you expect. For a moment if felt like the rest of the world had moved on and left Sarah Palin behind. But it was too good to be true. Unable to find a reputable news channel (Fox is not news, and Fox is not reputable) that will give her the time of day, Palin has decided to resurrect an issue that was put to rest almost three years ago. With the Supreme Court expected to deliver its decision on Health Care this Thursday, Palin chose this time to blabb her nonsense with the expectation that her name would once again be mentioned.

I’ll say it one more time…Sarah Palin. There! I hope you’re happy. Now please go away!

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Once an Obama Critic, Former New York Mayor Wants Obama Re-Elected

Ed Koch, the mercurial former New York mayor and Jewish community figure who was helpful to George W. Bush in places like Florida in the 2004 presidential race, sees “change” by President Obama, who he was slow to support, on the subject of Israel.

“Going to foreign affairs and Israel in particular, where I am very concerned that I think Israel is in great danger, where I thought the president was not giving enough attention,” Koch told WABC radio’s Aaron Klein. “He’s changed. And I believe I had something to do with the change.”

He added, “I think Obama has done a terrific job in the last six months in support of Israel. And I want to praise him and I want to reelect him.”

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