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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Mon Aug 27, 2012, 01:42 PM Aug 2012

OOPS! RNC swag bag has Romney book with unaltered health care section

TAMPA — All credentialed media checking into the Republican National Convention are being given a swag bag featuring brochures and items from various sponsors such as sunglasses and a pocket fan. But the bag also contains a copy of the original hardcover version of Mitt Romney’s book No Apology, in which he suggested his approach to health care in Massachusetts could be accomplished in the rest of the country.

The allusion was later altered for the paperback version of the book, a change that became a contentious issue during the Republican primary.

On page 177 of the hardcover version of No Apology that’s being given out at the RNC, Romney describes his Massachusetts health care law, and writes: “We can accomplish the same thing for everyone in the country, and it can be done without letting government take over health care.”

This language was problematic, because it implied, contrary to what Romney has said elsewhere, that Romney thought his Massachusetts health care law could be a model for the nation. Such phrasing complicated his argument for why his law was different from President Obama’s national one.

more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/rnc-swag-bag-has-romney-book-with-unaltered-health-care-section/article/2506045#.UDuw3taPW8B

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OOPS! RNC swag bag has Romney book with unaltered health care section (Original Post) maddezmom Aug 2012 OP
"No Apology" - oh, except for that healthcare thing....and my whole Governorship... cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #1
Don't forget the dog because, you know, Romney did (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Aug 2012 #6
He's sorry about that. myrna minx Aug 2012 #2
Same as Gingrich, Palin, et al. Sell as many books even if you it means your campaign buys em. Scuba Aug 2012 #3
And the gaffes just keep on coming! rocktivity Aug 2012 #4
lol. barbtries Aug 2012 #5
Good thing his followers aren't much the fancy book-learnin' type Blue Owl Aug 2012 #7

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
1. "No Apology" - oh, except for that healthcare thing....and my whole Governorship...
Mon Aug 27, 2012, 01:46 PM
Aug 2012

and Bain Capital, right and the Olympics.....but besides all that stuff I offer No Apologies and based on my lifelong non-professional record I would be a great President.

hahahahahaha

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
3. Same as Gingrich, Palin, et al. Sell as many books even if you it means your campaign buys em.
Mon Aug 27, 2012, 01:46 PM
Aug 2012

Probably sitting on the shelf at a salvage store somewhere.

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