Mitch McConnell does not want to campaign on repealing health reform

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Mitch McConnell does not want to campaign on repealing health reform

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has marshaled his party to not only oppose health reform in the Senate, but also to obstruct the legislative process all along the way in an attempt to kill the bill. Senate Republicans have delayed legislative proceedings, politicized and filibustered the Defense appropriations bill, and have lied consistently about health reform legislation. But this morning on ABC’s This Week, McConnell was asked repeatedly if he would campaign in future elections on a platform of repealing health reform, and place repealing the legislation at the top of his agenda. McConnell refused to answer, instead saying that he would merely attack the legislation:

TAPPER: Do you think that Republicans running for Senate in 2010 should run on a platform of vowing to repeal the healthcare reform bill should it become law and will that be one of your first items should you regain control of the Senate, repealing what you guys call Obamacare?

MCCONNELL: Well certainly it’s a big problem for them. <...>

TAPPER: Respectfully sir, you didn’t answer my question which is, will Republicans campaign on a platform of repealing the health care reform measure and will that be one of the first items in your agenda should you become the new Senate Majority Leader after the 2010 elections?

MCCONNELL: Well, I’m sorry I thought I did answer your question. It’s no question that this bill, if it were to become law, and frankly even if it doesn’t become law, will be a big, if not central issue, not only in the 2010 elections, but in the 2012 elections.

TAPPER: Alright, well I’ll take that as a yes they should campaign on repealing Obamacare.


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[FrenchieCat]

1. Why does a fucking journalist call it Obamacare.....

I didn't think that was his fucking job to name our fucking bill
before it is even signed.

What is the matter with this fucked media?

[DarthDem]

2. Enh . . .

Tapper is and always has been a tool who stakes out middle ground depending on whom he likes and dislikes - - but I don't really mind the silly label in this case. His larger point, which he made quite effectively, was pretty embarrassing for Cabbage Patch.

[gadjitfreek]

3. McConnell...what a mealymouth worm...

Just answer the question!!!!!!! If one of my students tried that, they would get a failing grade. I'd like to see this guy removed from office, lanced like the boil he is on the buttocks of our government.

[DFW]

4. Translation into English:

McConnell: "Well, if it becomes law, and a lot of people benefit and no one is worse off, then we'd look pretty stupid
if we campaigned on repealing it, wouldn't we? If we stop it before it can get passed, then we'll look like we stood up
to Obama, because no one will be the wiser. But if we start to look like we are taking away benefits from people who
currently have none, we'll look like the heartless assholes we are, and that might hurt our chances in the mid-terms."

"We'll just point out to the insurance companies in private that without us, they would have been far worse off, so they
can continue to pump tens of millions into our war chests, thank you very much."


Done with my handy Republican-English dictionary.