Electable, My Ass
Bill Quick

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There was a time when the loudest mouths in the Republican party recognized the disastrous reality of Romney’s refusal to walk away from Romneycare.  But that was then:

The Romney team expects that the distinction between a state individual mandate and a national one will be good enough to get through a primary against lesser-known opponents. He’ll just talk about other things, the reasoning goes, even though opposition to ObamaCare and the growth of the federal government has been the driving force behind the conservative movement for a couple of years. Most Republicans I speak with think Romney’s problem is insoluble. But a smart Republican insider cautioned me yesterday, “In a divided field you just never know.” I suppose. But still.

This is now, and we deserve to be angry.

Why the hell do you think I’ve been calling him Mittens Romneycare?

If he is the GOP nominee, Obamacare will be set in stone, no matter who wins. But it most likely won’t be Mr. Romneycare.

Bill Quick

About Bill Quick

I am a small-l libertarian with conservative leanings on most issues, except on many traditionally conservative social issues, where my stance would be regarded as hopelessly liberal by most social conservatives. My primary concern is to increase individual liberty as much as possible in the face of statist efforts to restrict it from both the right and the left. If I had to sum up my beliefs as concisely as possible, I would say, "Stay out of my wallet and my bedroom," "your liberty stops at my nose," and "don't tread on me." I will believe that things are taking a turn for the better in America when married gays are able to, and do, maintain large arsenals of automatic weapons, and tax collectors are, and do, not.
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2 Responses to Electable, My Ass

  1. SteveF says:

    Emperor Misha, over on Touch Me and I’ll Bite Your Hand Right Off got angry over the same thing. Though “angry” perhaps isn’t quite the right word. “Incandescently and obscenely furious” is closer.

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