Gingrich‘s ’06 Memos Praised Romney’s Health Care Plan: ‘The Most Interesting Effort’
- Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:32am by
Billy Hallowell
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Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich doesn’t have much love for the health care law that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney enacted back in 2006. But has he always been so adamantly opposed to the law?
“Your plan essentially is one more big-government, bureaucratic, high-cost system,” Gingrich told Romney during a debate this past October in Las Vegas. Gingrich went on to claim that Romney’s approach was “from the top down” — something Gingrich now opposes.
While this quote, among others, highlights the former House Speaker’s attempt to backtrack on his past support for a federal health insurance mandate, according to the Wall Street Journal, Gingrich actually voiced support for Romney’s law back in 2006.
After the measure was passed, Gingrich’s former consulting company, the Center for Health Transformation, published a 2006 newsletter that read, ”The health bill that Governor Romney signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the American health system.”
But that’s not all. The two-page analysis (called “Newt Notes”), which was found online by the Journal, continues, “We agree entirely with Governor Romney and Massachusetts legislators that our goal should be 100 percent insurance coverage for all Americans.”
Here’s a portion of the newsletter (read the entire document here):
While the Romney camp has declined to comment on this newfound development, R.C. Hammond, a Gingrich spokesperson, is dismissing the find and claiming that the newsletter also critiques the law. “Being critical…isn’t endorsing it,” Hammond said, while going on to say that Gingrich didn’t write the published essay. The Journal continues, detailing some of the hesitations that the newsletter did originally highlight:
The Newt Notes essay backed the Massachusetts law’s requirement that most residents carry insurance or pay a fee, which is at the center of President Obama‘s health law and next year’s Supreme Court case over whether the federal requirement violates the Constitution. [...]
At the same time, the essay cautioned that some piece of the Massachusetts plan may not work. It warned that the state has an “exhaustive” list of health-coverage requirements that prohibit insurers from offering basic plans with high deductibles. It predicted that state residents earning little more than $30,000 a year– the threshold for an individual to qualify for subsidized coverage– would be “in jeopardy of being priced out of the system.” Instead, the newsletter said, “we propose that a more realistic approach might be to limit the mandate to those individuals earning upward of $54,000 per year.”
While these hesitations were surely presented, a follow-up newsletter in August 2006 called Romney’s plan, ”the most interesting effort to solve the uninsured problem in America today.“ It apparently also offered praise for ”a Republican governor working with a Democratic state legislature to find a bipartisan reform that is based on market-oriented principles.”
If this, indeed, checks out as a “flip-flop,” it will follow a series of alleged changes of heart that critics have held against Gingrich. From the individual mandate to climate change, the presidential candidate has had some noteworthy evolutions of ideological thought.
Read more about the uncovered newsletters here.
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Comments (179)
jsciai
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:07amHey all you Paulbots out there. You are really showing you true colors when you slam Newt on this new info yet forgive the high and mighty dr Paul for the racist and divisive rants in his newsletter that occurred over years. Hey, i’m not for either one of them but you have got to be consistent if you want credibility. Also, I’d vote for either or both of them over Obummer, though I have a different preferred candidate. ‘ just sayin’!
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:05pmWhen Jackie Gingrich and her daughters moved from their other home in Fairfax, Virginia, back to their house in Carrollton, Georgia, there were “no lights, no heat, no water, no food in the home,” former Gingrich friend and academic colleague Carter said.
Carter, who helped collect donations for the family, said Gingrich “wouldn’t give them a dime” in the first months of the separation.
“We had a food drive at First Baptist Church,” Carter said. “The deacons went down and stocked her pantry.”
Johnson, the former state legislator who was in Gingrich’s Sunday school class, said when the church’s minister asked him to donate money, he gave $100 to the fund.
A judge ordered Gingrich to appear in court a week after his wife filed her complaint. The result was a ruling that he bring the utility bills up to date and begin paying his wife $700 a month in temporary support until the case was settled.
More about Gingrich lies, etc. with new divorce papers revealed:
Report Post »http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/26/politics/gingrich-divorce-file/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+rss/cnn_topstories+%28RSS:+Top+Stories%29
AvengerK
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:12pmwhat a shock VEROCHIK…Gingrich had a messy divorce? Gosh…how despicable.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:17pmVery Simply…A VOTE FOR RON PAUL IS A VOTE FOR OBAMA’S RE-ELECTION. If you want four more years of Obama, vote for Ron Paul.
Report Post »bpitas
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:43pmHey Avengerk – in a head to head contest against Obama, Ron Paul beats Romney by 7 points and Gingrich by 10 points, so a vote for Romney or Gingrich is a vote for Obama. Nice try though!
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:13pmAvengerK
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:12pm
what a shock VEROCHIK…Gingrich had a messy divorce? Gosh…how despicable.
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Report Post »No, Gingrich and his daughter LIED (again) ….but you’re right….what else is new?
scheduler
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:22pmGo Ron Paul!
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:28pmya the Paulist are strange “trolls” (that what they like to call us.. the same as liberals like to call us, do you see a trend?)
Dont get me wrong i dont support newt, but also dont support paul…
..i just dont get attacked so much as i do with paulies..
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:31pmThere is always two sides to every story, i don‘t suppose we’ll hear anything about how the x-wives handled Newt’s money while they were married! They could have been great money managers, don’t know, I doubt if we ever hear that side! Many women will bankrupt a husband making good money!
Report Post »AhLeahIris
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:36pmIf you think this is anything but an operation by the GOP establishment, look around you, right here on this site, and the stories you’ve seen, and think about it: http://wp.me/p1HGwx-1NX
Report Post »lucitee
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 6:29pmHOW in the HE!! can someone say “he supports the Romney health care when what he DID say was that he agreed with Mitt that ALL citizens should have insurance coverage! That is NOT an endorsement you looney left IDIOTS! Didn’t “OH-MY-O” say FIRMLY on national TV that he WOULD make sure that EVERY AMERICAN would have affordable Health care! He did not follow through with ANY of his “skim milk” promises! NO OTHER Candidate has more knowledge of our economy, understanding of our Foreign affairs, has the courage and dedication to act in OUR BEHALF than Newt Gingrich! Do I like him as a person? Moot point! His past records SHOW his capabilities and I sincerely HOPE that Conservatives “READ and HEED” his message! Anyone ELSE will be like a three-legged Kentucky Derby entrant! Three “legs” may get him on the “TRACK” but it takes FOUR to RUN fast enough to WIN the RACE!
Report Post »KYHighlander
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:33pmNewt has already explained this as the way they intended to defeat HillaryCare, after it was shot down the Heritage foundation did a study and all of them changed their minds on individual mandates. Changing ones mind after having gained more research is not a flip flop.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:38amI am not a newt fan at all because I don’t like homegrown terrorists but this article seems to take some of his words out of context a little bit, the blaze shouldn’t twist the words of any canidate regardless of who they are. Just because most of us support the only true conservative/constitutionalist among them ( Ron Paul) doesn’t make me happy to see hack journalism on anyone. It’s almost ss if they are trying to make up from that disaster of a story they had to change three times yesterday. They read thes comments, They know we are getting tired of their misleading headlines and stories, They remind me of the supermarket tabloids when your standing in line “ BOY TURNS INTO HALF SNAKE”!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:45amEXACTLY! The headline is misleading. Gingrich is saying that the idea to get people to pay for the coverage they can afford is a good one, however he points out that Romneycare doesn’t function in an acceptable way. The essence of Gingrich’s memo is to praise the examination of alternatives but be mindful of the details. Gingrich has been taken entirely out of context.
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:51amAnd the Tea Party supports this clown? Gimme a freakin break. I‘m a member of the Tea Party and there is no way in Hades I’m voting for Gingrich or Romney. Totally wrong for America. Ron Paul all the way – RP is a conservative – not a neo-conservative.
Report Post »ConservativeCharlie
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:56amHopefully Primary voters by some miracle can agree on a candidate that is not these two. Happy New Years Blazers. Here is a song for conservatives, tea partiers, and libertarians for new years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BWD9GWHGiI
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:38amNewt Gingrich is probably one of the most INTELLIGENT CON MEN, THIEF, LIAR, MANIPULATOR,
Report Post »ADULTERER and GOVERNMENT MADE MILLIONAIR ever to run for office. Gingrich has proven he can NOT be trusted, PERIOD. Gingrich is a SOCIALIST/PROGRESSIVE just like Pelose and Hillary Clinton. He should be imprisoned for all he has done against America. Obama has more truth in him than Gingrich does and Obama is our WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
BORNINTOAWORLDATWAR
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:03pmG.W. Dobbs – You my friend are an i d i o t. And if the worst president in history is re-elected it is people like you who will have helped it happen. Obama wasn’t the messiah that 50% of America thought he was and neither is Ron Paul, so give us a break.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:04pmand what was your response about mormons, TSMUF?
if you dont like Beck, what the hell are you doing on his website?
… what are your feelings about “some people” are like fish, just good enough to be used a bait for other fish? Alittle Margret Sanger of you…
VOTE FOR BACHMANN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »AmericanOpinions.com
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:29amDamming evidence of Newt’s propensity for I.F.O.L. (Isolated Fits Of Liberalism), but will this nail secure his coffin? Polling data says no. Members like Newt’s overall legislative and policy package even though they find his I.F.O.L.’s disturbing. They give him a pass because against his Republican opponents, his depth of knowledge/experience can’t be matched. He still polls neck & neck with Romney & Paul, but when members are asked which of these three can edge Obama in policy & economics, they trend towards Gingrich. Paul’s Marshall Plan approach kills him, except with true isolationists. This is not an endorsement of Gingrich. A Gingrich Presidency without a the needed checks of a conservative (Constitutional) Congress is more of what we have now less the embarrassment. This is what members are polling. Come see for yourself and join in the fun. Happy New Year!
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:40amWhat polls are you reading? newt is done! This race is about Ron Paul and Romneycon.
Report Post »Welfare-Warfare State
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:40pmGingrich’s rhetoric and deeds are not “isolated incidents.” There is a clear pattern. He is a Rockefeller Republican. He favors government central planning.
When he thought the country was moving to the right, he tried to get at the head of it with the Contract with America–so far so good. The problem came when he abandoned that effort. Those from the class of ‘94 who were serious about passing legislation were later abandoned by Gingrich. He called them “extremists” and “cannibals.” Do a Google search. The sordid history is all there. Do some of you not remember, or are you just unaware?
Someone said that a vote for Dr. Paul was a vote for Obama because “he can’t win.” They told me he couldn’t win Iowa too, but it looks like that is probably going to happen.
The truth is that establishment Republican drones can win (I think anyone will beat Obama because high inflation is coming by summer given the growth in the money supply over the last year–that FED funny money is finally being released into the economy by Fed. Reserve member banks). That’s just the problem though. Perry, Gingrich, Romney, Bachmann, et al will not change the government’s Wilsonian foreign policy. They will not change our doomed, centrally planned monetary system. They ignore the Constitution’s instructions on gold/silver monies. They offer no real cuts in the trillions.
If the above get into office, you get a statist with an R behind his/her name instead of a D.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:29pmYou’re right — the race is between Paul and Romney — plenty of Paul and Gingrich bashing around the Blaze. Where is the Romney-bashing? None in media and none here. Romney gets a free ride to the Whitehouse, being pushed by Fox News.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:31pmYAA
Truth Shall Make U Free agrees with me that Newt is finished. He also wanted me to let everyone know that he is now voting for Bachmann.
-Signed
Dr. Paulie
Report Post »dbonnie24
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:21pmIt‘s amazing how on Glenn Beck’s website the only thing you read is anti Newt Gingrich. Beck wants you to vote how HE wants you to vote. Newt has past indescressions, but we are looking for someone who has the genius to start pulling our country out of the Socialist/Communist/Marxist directions we’ve gone into in the recent past. If some of you really think Paul can bring us back from the brink “WAKE UP.” He’s a nice man who cares for his country but is beginning to show signs of demntia and is not capable of defeating Odummster. Romney is a “RINO” at best. He will continue to steer us into Socialism only at a slower pace.
Report Post »Back to Glenn Beck, he’s nothing but an actor. He sells books, performs on stage, promotes FEAR instead of providing answers and help.
Name me one thing he‘s done that doesn’t make him more and more millions of dollars?
He’s only doing what true capitalists can do in a free country. There’s nothing wrong with what he does, except he portrays himself as caring and very religious, which he is NOT!!!
As a small example, I joined his GBTV and paid for a full year. After finding out what he really is about I attempted to cancel my subscription to GBTV. I was told I would be able to cancel when my year subscription ends. How’s that for a true Christian? He’s out to make money, and that’s fine, but don’t come off as holier than thou!!!!
Just my opinion, do your own research and make up your own mind.
Go-rin-no-sho
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 4:25pm@DBONNIE24
Report Post »Listen, the fact that you‘re shilling for Newt Gingrich still and canceled your subscription to GBTV just shows how you haven’t even listened to Glenn on Progressivism his entire radio career. The reason Mitt Romney is an awful candidate is because he has a “propensity to lie in front of a crowd” (Read: Saul Alinsky). Gingrich is an even worse offender because he spins everything he’s told into good news, to a point where he is in stark contrast to reality (he wouldn‘t even admit he was wrong in his advocation of GSE’s in Freddie Mac, in the most recent debate!). At least Mitt Romney renounces Progressivism; Gingrich champions it.
NOBALONEY
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:29amHow could either Gingrich or Romney legitimately debate Obama on Obamacare?
Report Post »investlite
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:59amIt’s really simple actually.
Obama: your law in mass. is what we modeled obamacare after.
Mitt: I know you think you’re king, but that’s not the case. See the 10th amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Obama: …line…
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:03amBecause the headline is misleading. Gingrich isn’t praising Romneycare in the memo. He’s praising the examination of alternatives, pointing out that the details of Romneycare prevent it from succeeding and stating that the system does need to be examined. Let’s make this very clear…EVERY GOP CANDIDATE WILL REPEAL OBAMACARE because the legislation is a monstrosity of cronyism and taxation. For instance…Obamacare bans the extension and building of new physician owned hospitals. Why? Because the AHA (American Hospital Association, Read: Heavily unionized and an Obama backer) wanted the competition taken out. So now we have thousands of jobs and patient choices thrown out because Obamacare’s cronyism mandated it. THIS is what Gingrich is against, this type of corrupt legislation. Wake up…Ron Paul is a re-election for Obama.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:52am@INVESTLITE Constitution? Obama’s been ruling by executive orders, and his Czars and EPA are carrying out his agenda. Today he’s asked for the debt limit to be raised again. Approaching 1,000 days without budget. Heil Obama!
Report Post »@AVENGERK Misleading headlines? Where have you been? The Obama administration and the Progressive Washington leadership have been misleading us for a very long time. Both you and @INVESTLITE are useful idiots.
AvengerK
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:11pmThat’s right NOBALONEY..vote for Ron Paul. No way Obama will get re-elected if Ron Paul runs against him right? Please….don’t insult my intelligence.
Report Post »Go-rin-no-sho
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 4:27pm@AVENGERK
Report Post »According to polls, Ron Paul projects better against Obama than Gingrich or Romney, simply because he picks up 77% of the Independent vote and 25% of the Democratic vote.
KTsayz
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:24amAnd in 2008 Newt said he’ll create what can only be described as a gestapo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4I3QoneI8&feature=youtu.be
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:43pmI disagree with your statement…I did not get that out of that video.
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:09amSomething you will never see here at the George Soros Funded Blaze
2008 Flashback: Michele Bachmann Gushes Over Newt Gingrich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8zz5myJ_hs&feature=player_embedded
Glenn Has an agenda….. The Truth is Romney is for State Mandated Socialized Medicine.
Report Post »NILAP
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:17amGlenn and Romney are 1 percenters as is Paul and Gingrich. You remove what causes ONLY 1 percenters to be able to run for President and NEVER 99 percenters then you will be removing the cancer that is destroying our Constitution.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:36pmYou Sir,
ARE NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!
go back to your van jones dad
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:48amPaul is to the right of Romney and Gingrich on every issue conservatives find unsettling about both candidates. But Paul does dissent from contemporary Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy. It is without question foreign policy that makes Paul “unelectable” in the eyes of the Republican establishment but Romney and Gingrich ultimately acceptable despite their countless big-government offenses.
Even the slightest hint that a Republican candidate could be wandering off the neocon reservation causes immediate alarm. During a Republican debate in June, Romney dared to say: “It’s time for us to bring our troops home as soon as we possibly can … our troops shouldn’t go off and try and fight a war of independence for another nation.”
Politico’s Ben Smith reported: “Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said her inbox was flooded Tuesday morning with emails calling Romney’s comments a ‘disaster.’”
“I’d thought of Romney as a mainstream Republican — supporting American strength and American leadership, but this doesn’t reflect that,” she said. “Romney has proven himself a little bit of a weathervane and I guess he senses that positioning himself in this place is good for his campaign — attempting to appease Ron Paul’s constituents without actually being Ron Paul.”
more http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/27/why-the-establishment-really-fears-ron-paul
Report Post »M13
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:52amSince Ron Paul wasn’t rich when he was elected to congress, how did he become a multi-millionair?
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:59amThank you M13. Everyone should get the book “Throw Them All Out”…it list names, dates, and places of the politicians benefiting from legislation and insider trading.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:05amFirst… just ignore the troll M13
Vechorik, Mitt‘s foreign policy advisor is a staunch warmongerer who worked on McCain’s 2008 campaign and we all know how well that went.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/26/thedc-interview-senior-romney-foreign-policy-adviser-ambassador-richard-williamson/
Between Mitt’s Romneycare and his bringing in a McCain guy, there’s no way he would beat Obambi.
Report Post »Only Ron Paul, whose message is our Constitution and restoration of our Republic, could flatten that usurper.
Gerrymanderer
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:09amWith all these BS RINOs (except Paul) squabbling over control – look at Obummer – he’s gaining points. Sorry RINOs but Obummer is going to win again. Nostradamus, over here, is expecting the worst for our country, unless us proud true American GOPer‘s can get a real GOPer TEA’r in!
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:19amI personally believe half of all the talk about Ron Pauls Constitutional stand on Foreign Policy is half designed to not only create irrational fear but to also distract from the central bank (Federal reserve)
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:24amRon Paul is completely Nuts , and im votin for him !!!
Report Post »M13
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:36amYes you can ignore me ,but answer the question how did Ron Paul become so rich? You Paulbots just will not answer.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:45am@ms13
Report Post »when your 76 and worked most of uour life as a Dr, And owned your own medical practice plus you invest most of it in gold and gold and the value of gold goes up it leaves you with some money…It’s called planning and saving for retirement. Something you should be working towards that is if your old enough to work.
M13
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:54amSo Ron got rich trading in gold? Right not one investment that would be against the law for you but not for him.Hahahahahahaahahahahah
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:09pmMost medical doctors are rich (by my standards). Dr. Paul invested wisely and he has never flipped on issues that can be tied to MONEY like Gingrich HAS.
Didn’t you see the article here about Dr. Paul’s investments?
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:11pm@ms13
Report Post »Are you really that ignorant or just pretending? Investing in gold is completly legal unlike insider training which is what pelosi and the rino’s have been doing. Your hahahahahahahahahahaha doesn’t addvanything to uour lack of knowledge on the subject, Do you realize YOU CAN use the same internet that you post ignorant statements on to research your supposed “questions”.
bpitas
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:10pm@M13 Are you seriously asking that question? Everyone know Ron Paul started a very successful medical practice when he got out of the air force. He did alot of reading on the topic of economics in his spare time, so decided to invest in precious metals. It’s very easy to build a fortune when you start with a medical practice, live conservatively, and invest wisely.
Report Post »BORNINTOAWORLDATWAR
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:11pmObama is the answer – yes sir, lets all bow at the alter.
Report Post »No Way Dude
Paul is the answer – he is the only one, we must elect him or I won’t vote.
Can you imagine a election with Obama vs Paul ? This would be proof that America is on it’s way to oblivion.
WTF
NILAP
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:47am1 Percenter Politicians – why Washington is corrupt. It has nothing to do with being Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative. Make it mandatory that no 1 percenter can run for government and if their assets put them in the 1 percent while in office they immediately will be removed from office.
Report Post »Let the 1 percenters create jobs, but let the 99 percenters with term limits serve in government
LibertyGoddess
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:58amThere is a small handful of politicians who did not make their money while in office. It is the ones who made millions while in a position of influence you should be willing to burn at the stake.
Report Post »Go-rin-no-sho
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:59amHah, you probably haven’t even done the math; REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH GRUMGRMGRMRGM GIMME CASH GRMGRMGRMGRM.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:49amPALIN (backwards) rules for radicals REALLY ?
Report Post »Are you OWS ?
where do you get 99% vs 1%
The actual %’s are
60% Conservative
20% Liberal
20% Moderate ( fence sitters & middle of the roaders)
I’m an Independent but definitely not Moderate
kimberlyjesus
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:36amI don’t need anybody telling me what I need. My healthcare provider is JESUS and GOD! You will rely on JESUS and GOD next year for your healthcare or you will die. You can through all your nonscense politics out the window you devils. Can’t wait to see your faces when this happens. Oh, and by the way go ahead and spend away for your elections in 2012. HA, HA, HA, there will be no elections in 2012!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:51amSocialized health care isn’t a new concept. Our government has been trying to implement it in one form or another for decades. In Gingrich’s opinion at the time this “was” interesting.
America has been trying to find ways to carry the in ept, the incompetent, the fat and the lazy, the stupid (no idiot left behind), the indolent, the invalids and a host of others on the backs of the successful, as though it should be that way, and it has been a fiscal disaster of epic proportion.
We now know this “IS NOT” the way to run an airline. Or a health care system. It can’t work. So, where does that leave us?
Report Post »CONNIPTION FITZ
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:35amGingrich said in one of the GOP debates that after they studied it, they changed their minds and said a health plan with individual mandates is “not constitutional.”
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:49amHe also said (as recently as May 2011) that it was in fact constitutional:
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“Gregory played a clip of Gingrich speaking during an appearance on Meet the Press in October 1993:
“I am for people, individuals — exactly like automobile insurance — individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance. And I am prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals, on a sliding scale, a government subsidy so we insure that everyone as individuals have health insurance.”
Gregory asked Gingrich if he would criticize GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney, whose “Romneycare” health program enacted during his time as Governor in Massachusetts mandated that all uninsured purchase health insurance.
Gingrich replied he would not make it an issue in the campaign and said he agreed with key aspects of Romneycare.”
Report Post »http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/gingrich-health-care-insurance/2011/05/15/id/396426
SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:24amNow that the media and Republican establishment has forced the party into a 2 man race between Romney and Gingrich,out comes the awaited info showing they are just like Obama or maybe worse.How about we say to hell with all of both of them and go back to the Beginning of the process…..Sarah Palin for President!
Report Post »Churchill
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:03amGingrich is done. His poll numbers are on the down. The race is now between Paul and Romney.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:08amSorry, but it’s too late for Sarah. Even Newtie missed out on being on Virginia’s ballot, and Missouri’s. She wouldn‘t be on any of the ’first states’ ballots. Of course, you can always write her in.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:19amI’m Voteing Sarah Palin in the primaries
Report Post »even if I have to write her in.
Sarah Palin the next George Washington
Does’nt want to be President
but will take the Job because Her Country
NEEDS HER.
Brokered Convention PLEASE
Rational Man
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:21amOh,…Way to go Blaze with another hit piece on the honorable Dr. Gingrich! It’s all lies and made up!! You should be asshamed of yourselves for posting this trash you liberal idiots. This is just another Mormon conspiracy against the finest man that ever lived. You communist pinko ****!! I bet your mother wears army boots too!! You will be sorry when the honorable Dr. Gingrich is president and he shuts you down for good. You neo-con, marxist, socialist, Mormons. Your so stupid you don’t even know that your just helping Dr. Gingrich. ha ha ha ha ha !!
I didn’t really mean all that garbage. It’s just a “Parody of Paulistinians”.
(and I’m not a Gingrich guy)
Have a nice day, Blazers!!…………………………
Report Post »Gary S
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:39amBye troll ES&D. Have a nice day.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:50amRational, I think not.
Report Post »Sounds to me like you have a resentment or a few hundred. Remember Jesus said forgiveness is first an action then a request , as in “Forgive us AS we forgive others”.
A synopsis of you aggregate commentary shows forth that you are a republican shill from a think thank, likely a Neocon, warmongerer who profits from the shedding of innocence blood in wars of empire building. You know those silly things that the Founders spoke out against involving ourselves in? Founders, schmounders, who needs those stinkin founders, ey Neocon?
Crazy Times
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:34pmWE WILL, knowing all you liberal lovin commies are all suckin wind.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:21amGingrich and Romney are communists.
Do not trust these ultra wealthy criminals. They do not defend the Constitution or our Bill of Rights. They seek only to enrich themselves, their families, and their friends by feeding on the American people.
Those who serve in Congress should emerge with less wealth than when they entered. They should be sacrificing for the nation and serving the people. Congress in not a job opportunity it is holy obligation. Men like Romney and Gingrich have been playing Americans for fools long enough.
Report Post »investlite
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:16amWhen has romney disregarded the constitution? I’m just curious. I haven’t searched much into it, but I’ve not seen any evidence of this…
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:19amFACT: Romneycare is NOT obamacare. Romneycare is not a National takeover if healthcare. Romenycare is not a re-write of Federal dictates. Massachusetts can screw themselves anyway they want!
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:25amFACT: Romney care IS yhe backbone of obama care.
Report Post »FACT: The ONLY reason romney didn’t cram it down the throats of the other 49 states is because he was not president
FACT: Rewriting history on the blze gets you nowhere.
investlite
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:30amFACT: You are putting words and ideas into romneys mouth and mind.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:20pm@invest
Report Post »What words did I put in his mouth? Are you denying he FORCED romneycare on his state? If you do you’ll lose ALL credibility, If your taking issue with my statement that he would have forced it on the rest of the states, Can you give us proof he would not have? And statements he made against it AFTER WE THE PEOPLE rejected his and obamas idea don’t count.
chrisa0917
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:25pmAs a Massachusetts resident, I would like to say that there is no way that Romney forced “Romneycare” on the residents of the state….you have to remember that the state legislature in Massachusetts is overwhelmingly Democrat, and quite liberal at that. Just look at the record of our Republican senator, Scott Brown~he can hardly be called ultraconservative. Romney has admitted he had to make some concessions and would have liked to have seen some things done differently, but would not have gotten it past the legislature. As for Obamacare being the same as Romneycare, I think the biggest difference is that Obamacare will ultimately lead to government run socialized medicine, putting insurance companies out of business and forcing companies to discontinue offering self-insured private plans. There is no one-size fits all, and what works for one state may not work for others. The federal government, according to the constitution, is in place to protect our borders and our freedoms and MAINTAIN STATE SOVEREIGNTY. Nothing short of a repeal of Obamacare will do. Let each state figure out for itself what is best, and allow insurance companies to sell policies across state lines.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:11amThe illegal immigrants already get free health-care here in Arizona. If you don’t believe me, try to be seen by a doctor in an Arizona ER in less than 6 hours… you’ll be the only one in the waiting room speaking English.
Report Post »Geopatriot
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:36amMy friend it’s not just Arizona, it’s also California!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:46amI can get really fast service in my emergency room…I just put on my store bought green border patrol baseball cap and the place clears out in a few seconds…I love wearing it to walmart too…
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:03amillegals get all the Govt services in Texas …thanks to Perry and the other worthless sobs.
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:10amI don’t like nationalized healthcare of any kind. However, I will be the first to admit that the current system of health insurance is broken and fleeces many Americans to the point of ra pe. Mitt was right to do something on a state level. Obama is constitutionally wrong to do anything on the federal level. We need to remember that when criticizing Mitt for trying to find a solution to a national pandemic. We have way too many people without proper healthcare because we gave the power to the insurance companies.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:24amI agree that the States should be the ones who experiment with this issue because something has to be done. According to the Constitution – the Federal Government ONLY has those powers enumerated by the Contitution. On the other hand, the States have all other powers except those RESTRICTED by the Constitution.
Report Post »Geopatriot
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:03amLet’s kick Newt again over an issue that has already been discussed this year. Responses to this issue have been on his webite “newt.org” for month’s. This is not news by any stretch. As Glenn would say “Do your own research”. For those of you that won’t do it for yourself; the decision to support the individual mandate, was to counter “Hillary Care” Yes Newt did support the individual mandate. He has also since said after further review, the idea of a national individual mandate is wrong. This was even brought up in the debates and was responded to by Newt. For those of you that choose to check out Newt.org, don’t stop with just the individual mandate portion. Look at Newt’s proposals in the 21st Century Contract With America. Nobody else has the ability to reach across the aisle and make things happen in Washington again!
Report Post »Tagudinian
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:18amYour talk matches your handle. I like it. Hats off to you.
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:12amNewt is a CFR globalist who was mentored by Alvin Toffler who said it was time for our Constitution to die. Look up Newt‘s interview with the World Future Society where he says we need a ’fundamental transformation’ of our government system.
Report Post »Try some real vetting, not just what the candidate wants you to know.
M13
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:51amKtsayz, how did Ron Paul become a multi -millionair? Answer the question,whats the matter you part of the Church of Perpetual Conspiracy? Ron is the Pope and Alex Jones is the Archbishop right?
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:08pm@Ktsayz…………Now this I can agree with you on…. The ties to Alvin Tolffer does not sit well with me at all….that‘s why I’m not voting for him…..He needs to explain hisself on this one…like right away!
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:00amMeet Gingrich’s mother who calls him “Newtie” and smokes as she reveals family secrets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtywk-lrjQE
Report Post »CONNIPTION FITZ
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:37amIt’s not his fault his mother, father and stepfather were bad parents.
He has learned to overcome his upbringing and repented of his own sins as well.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:29am@conniption
Report Post »If a child molester repented over his sins would you trust him watching your kids while you were gone shopping? Just because someone “ repents” does not mean they can be trusted.
Vechorik
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:26pmIt’s part of a PBS special….probably with an agenda, like everything else.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:00amTo attempt to make something happen for a group of people, upon suggestion is one thing. To take that failure as it was realized to be, and expand upon it for everyone regardless of what others think is beyond foolish.
Gingrich is officially done now. After that memo, he can forget about it.
Report Post »Fella
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:54amNothing to see here, move along, sheeple.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:00amOver the Christmas season Through conversation with friends, family and co workers it was agreed to unanimously; We need to vote out Obama and the Republican candidates stink. I could not find anybody who likes any of these guys. If we don’t get a viable candidate soon, we will have 4 more years of Obama.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:54amYou just make this stuff up; the politicians do it for us. This election season reads like a bad novel.
Report Post »I Love Freedom
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:50amWhat a liar. Typical progressive. Maybe when they scrubed the internet, they missed this part…LOL
Report Post »Go-rin-no-sho
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:47amIt’s funny because you get two entirely different flavors of flip-flop extravaganza with Romney and Gingrich… it’s not funny because one of them may be the nominee…
Report Post »LibzLie
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:40amNewt is a lying Chameleon, whatever color he needs to assume! Better than Obama, but he is not a good person. Power and Money!
Ugghhhhh!
Santorum, Bachman, Palin! We can only hope and Pray!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:48amYes…RINOLITE…We are toast because you think these candidates are any better…Not a Constitutionalist in the bunch, just a less agressive form of Romney and Newt. Wake up man.
Report Post »Bill-C
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:39amNow that’s a nasty newsletter that needs to be explained Newt!
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