John Kasich: Obamacare repeal was "a stupid promise" by GOP

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Source: CBS News

Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich is deriding his party's 2014 pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, as a "big joke" and a "stupid promise."

"You've been supporting conservative candidates," Kasich said Tuesday in comments on a Wisconsin radio talk show, first reported by BuzzFeed News. "They told you in 2014 that they were going to repeal Obamacare. Do you realize, that's just--that's a big joke?"

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Serving as Ohio's governor, Kasich expanded Medicaid coverage in the state under the Affordable Care Act -- to the anger of many Ohio Republicans. In 2013, as the Ohio legislature was considering Medicaid expansion, Kasich relied on an appeal to compassion and faith in making his case.

"Put yourself in somebody else's shoes. Put yourself in the shoes of a mother and a father of an adult child that is struggling...Understand that poverty is real," he told reporters. "When you die and get to the meeting with St. Peter, he's probably not going to ask you much about what you did about keeping government small. But he is going to ask you what you did for the poor. You better have a good answer."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kasich-obamacare-repeal-was-a-stupid-promise-by-gop-election-2016/

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Finally, one of them talking sense. Now let's take back the House and Senate and move on to Single Payer.

[geek tragedy]

1. yeah, the convention will totally pick him, NOT nt

[NV Whino]

2. Well, he just gained a couple of votes.

And alienated the rest of the party.

[ViseGrip]

3. There is a great non profite to contribute to for single payer

The PNHP - Physicians for a National Health Program

www.pnhp.org

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. A broken clock is right twice a day n/t

[wordpix]

5. at least I can respect Kasich, unlike the other clowns

I don't think he's talking sense about meeting St. Peter at death's door, though.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Respect? Kasich has a women problem ... or no problem if

... if they stay in the kitchen or go to Taylor Swift concerts or are pretty or ...

And he has lots of other crazy ideas and policies.

Respect Kasich? Nope.

[Sunlei]

6. I think he will be the LAST Republican Bottle of Beer on The Wall. They'll break him too.

100 bottles of beer on the wall - Are you that guy?

[Botany]

7. Too bad for Kasich the right wing has been selling the meme that Obamacare is the devil for years

BTW Kasich is not a moderate .... Kasich signs bill to defund Planned Parenthood

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/21/politics/john-kasich-planned-parenthood-bill/

[houston16revival]

8. 7 months to go

Kasich moves to the middle - beware a sheep in wolf's clothing
He's particularly dangerous to the environment and as someone who can
sound reasonable

Some combo Kasich, Cruz, Rubio are anointed in Cleveland - Ohio's in play
with Kasich, probably PA too

Trump runs as an independent, grabbing white Democrats

As a result HRC or Bernie can't make 270 electoral votes

US House and Ryan selects the President

Beware! It's not that far fetched

[Basic LA]

11. Good call.

Not far fetched at all. This is how it's shaping up.

[thesquanderer]

14. Yeah, pretty far-fetched

Some combo Kasich, Cruz, Rubio are anointed in Cleveland - Ohio's in play
with Kasich, probably PA too

Trump runs as an independent, grabbing white Democrats

As a result HRC or Bernie can't make 270 electoral votes

US House and Ryan selects the President

Highly unlikely. The Republican candidate and Trump would basically split the votes of those that would normally go to the Republican candidate. This would leave the Dem candidate as the likely biggest vote winner in most states. Whoever gets the most votes in a state gets all that state's electoral votes. So this would actually make it easier for the Dem candidate to get 270, not more difficult.

Best scenario for us IS that the Republican vote gets split.

[Gregorian]

9. It's almost as if he can sense what it's like to be human, yet still be a monster.

He's trying; he can almost see. Yet he'll be the first to bomb people. There's a cognitive dissonance among these weirdos.

[MariaThinks]

10. and yet, this sensible one still defunded planned parenthood in the state of Ohio.

[valerief]

12. I thought this was a DEMOCRATIC forum, not a Pro-Kasich forum! nt

[LibDemAlways]

15. Caught a little of a Kasich Town Hall last night. When asked

about jobs, he cut right to the R meme that corporations need tax breaks. This clown isn't even in sheep's clothing. He's a wolf -- period.

[one_voice]

16. Locking..

Doesn't meet SoP for LBN. Better suited for GD. Please re-post there

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