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zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)

22. 2010

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 03:28 PM

Mar 2012

And it only took a couple of republican votes to do it. They got the democrats to pass the rest.

There Heritage Foundation actually had to tell its people NOT to comment on the legislation for fear of undermining everything they had been advocating for years.

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Excellent point for anybody that's been paying attention. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #1

Hardly zipplewrath Mar 2012 #2

Santorum is claiming it is "socialized medicine" emulatorloo Mar 2012 #3

Hardly zipplewrath Mar 2012 #5

That's what activists are for. Pressure for "positive" direction emulatorloo Mar 2012 #9

We get behind them, Obama campaigns for the other guy zipplewrath Mar 2012 #10

Some updates on the Republican Front emulatorloo Mar 2012 #12

What's to replace, they got everything they wanted. zipplewrath Mar 2012 #14

Please come in from Kool-Aid land Doctor_J Mar 2012 #29

Some updates on the Republican Front emulatorloo Mar 2012 #13

And Lincoln? And Specter? zipplewrath Mar 2012 #15

Self-delete. I am done. emulatorloo Mar 2012 #18

What insult zipplewrath Mar 2012 #23

Obama is clearly a very moderate Dem lark Mar 2012 #25

More of the same zipplewrath Mar 2012 #26

So the Dems are campaigning on the ACA by saying it's just like Ryan's debacle? Doctor_J Mar 2012 #28

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #32

Obamacare is BobDoleCare from 1994. CanOfWhoopAss Mar 2012 #4

Yup zipplewrath Mar 2012 #6

Not as simple as that. Liebermann and Snowe did the dirty work for McConnell emulatorloo Mar 2012 #8

I want a change in direction zipplewrath Mar 2012 #11

"Instead we head TOWARDS the GOP plans for health care." emulatorloo Mar 2012 #16

No one is asking for that zipplewrath Mar 2012 #17

You know the history of the public option. Senator Aetna killed it. emulatorloo Mar 2012 #19

And is he responsible for the rest? zipplewrath Mar 2012 #21

So what year exactly did Republicans enact BobDole Care? emulatorloo Mar 2012 #7

The Republican plan was no mere head fake, it was developed carefully by the Heritage Foundation Dragonfli Mar 2012 #20

2010 zipplewrath Mar 2012 #22

Actually, the idea of a private mandate with subsidies for the very poorest goes back to Nixon. Selatius Mar 2012 #31

Wow, Claire's stepping up to the plate, next she should put a MEDICARE-E bill up for vote Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #24

You forgot the sarcasm tag Doctor_J Mar 2012 #27

Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) asfghjkyu Mar 2012 #30