Limbaugh Unleashes on Romney‘s ’Poor’ & ‘Safety Net’ Comments…for a Different Reason
- Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:20pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is likely still kicking himself over his statement about the poor on CNN yesterday.
While he went on to clarify what he actually meant, it’s likely the soundbite (i.e. “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”) will come back to haunt him again before November. While many have been angry over what seemed to be a dismissive comment about helping those most in need, radio host Rush Limbaugh is frustrated for a different reason — Romney’s refusal to rail against entitlement programs as they currently stand.
“The safety net is one of the biggest cultural problems we’ve got! We had better be worried about it just like we had better get angry over Obamacare,” Limbaugh said on the air yesterday.
“Obamacare is worth getting mad about. Mitt said that it wasn’t. This biz, ‘I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there’? Right, the safety net is contributing to the destruction of their humanity and their futures!,” he continued.
In addition to having these qualms, Limbaugh also expressed his concern that the soundbite will become an electoral liability for Romney. In reflecting the sentiment that many have voiced in recent weeks, Limbaugh said that Romney “comes across as the prototypical rich Republican.” This, especially considering the current economic climate, could hurt Romney should he win the nomination.
Listen to the audio, below (courtesy of DailyRushbo):
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (137)
pizzacorner
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:38pmOh how the Glennbots are so eager to pick our nominee after winning 2 out of 4. Should be ashamed of yourselves to be going down the moderate road again. Obama is going to easily tie this idiots hands from saying anything, but hey keep listening to Glenn about Caliphate while in reality we don’t have a chance in hell with out a true conservative.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:18pmWhat Romney proved with his dumb statement is that he doesn’t have a clue regarding the powers vested in the Constitution.
There is NO allowance for providing for the “General welfare” as the phrase is being applied today.
Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.
Thomas Jefferson
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions.” -James Madison
“With respect to the two words “general welfare,” I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators”. — James Madison, letter to James Robertson
Would SOMEONE please explain these words to Romney?
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:43pmIts not a safety net, its a couch, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe , and a front porch….safety nets last three months….. Not three generations, this is now a way of life…..
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:06pmHere are some of the A-Bombs about to come down on Romney by the DNC/Meadia. Besides of course Romney Care wich is bad and known:
1*Romney is a John F. Karey robot elitest.
2*Romney is a Morman; they will explore this in the most disgusting ways imaginable.
3*Romney’s Grandfather and Father were born in Mexico in a Polymgamist Mormon compound.
All of the investigators that went to Wassilla are there now .
4*Birther alert—Romney’s dad ran for president of the United States and by all accounts (including Mitt) he was born in Mexico. Remember there is always a double standard.
5*Romney’s cousins including cousins with the Romney name still live in the Polygamist compound in Mexico. BTW they are being interviewed thoroughly now by the Wassilla crew. Yes, American women are going to love this. I am even going to be in trouble with my wife too. What did I do.
6*There is a new series reality show coming out on Polygamists this fall. What are the chances?
7*Romney has a Camen and Swiss bank account.
Guys, I really do not know if Romney is electable.
Report Post »MarsBarsTru7
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 6:19pmHey, I love Glenn Beck but I’ve been against Romney since the beginning. I’ve made my case repeatedly in the comments section on the glennbeck website. Romney is right up there with Gingrich and Huntsman as the worst of the candidates. Any of the others would have been better than any one of those three. I wish we could start all over again and eliminate those three right off the bat.
In other news – Craziness! Rush has been saying almost exactly what I’ve been saying lately. I think he may be stealing my material. ;-)
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 6:45pmI’m leaning with the comments of Detroit Paperboy. Socialism, that‘s what we’re talking about here, creates a culture of vultures, the takers who know nothing about responsibility. Let’s change that and get these folks off the couch and into the streets and parks to pay off their debt to society. Afterall, we’re just asking for them to pay just a little bit of their FAIR SHARE, WHICH NOW IS ZERO.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 9:20pmClearly there are a lot of people who post on the Blaze who don’t know squat about Glenn Beck. Glenn has been saying for months that his first choice was Bauchman and his second choice is Santorum. He’s never backed Romney.
Anyone behind Gingrich is a glutten for failure. There is so much dirt and baggage on Newt that the democrats are licking their chops at the prospects of having him as a target. We need a strong conservative candidate with the least amount of garbage … we need Santorum.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:37pmRush is right again. If only it mattered…
Report Post »JRook
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:31pmThe safety net is one of the biggest cultural problems we’ve got! …. Actually there is a great case to be made it is the ME GENERATION. The ones who enjoyed good funding when they were in school and lower college tuition provided by taxes paid by the working community at large. Now that they are older they seek to cut taxes and not provide the same for the younger generation. Case in point. Through the 1980′s the state of Ohio covered 70% of the cost of in state colleges and universities. Today that figure is 17%. The point is not that one figure is better or worse than the other. The point is many individuals take for granted the schools, colleges and infrastructure that were provided for them while they were coming up. Now they want to cut taxes regardless of the consequences. For the ME GENERATION it is all about them, not the community, not the country.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:08pm@JRook
Sorry, but you are ignoring the obvious, as it is the entitlement mentality of ME ME ME…that has gotten us into this mess.
Politicians capitalize on the fact that they can bribe the slothful ones into voting for them, which is no different than buying votes.
It’s not difficult to get stupid people to vote for you if you promise them money from the treasury in exchange for their vote.
Even if the Feds were to tax the so called “rich” at 100% it would not even come close to balancing the budget, as the entitlement mentality has simply gotten out of control.
You also ignore the fact that private schools get much better results for far less money.
The founders knew what would happen if we listened to people like you…
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
Report Post »Benjamin Franklin
JRook
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:21pm@Freedomluver “You also ignore the fact that private schools get much better results for far less money.” Really please site 20 examples of such. And don’t leave out the churches contribution and outside fund raising for the catholic schools when you total up the spending. Do yourself a favor and actually look at the federal budget and who actually has benefited most from the transfer of wealth through the Federal ATM. Once again Medicare and SS are funded separately and still solvent so they are not the problem yet. The demographics dictate that the funding for them should have been raised in the past, but that was not done by cowardly politicians. At least Reagan tried to fix it. After those two it is the Defense budget and Medicare. Since we spend twice as much per capita on healthcare than the next highest country perhaps we are compensating drug companies, medical equipment and physicians too much. Oh and spare me you higher ideological ground stance. Many of the founding fathers also foresaw what is really happening… that is when the wealthy, the corporations and the banks become so influential as to direct public policy and government to their own devices. We have the best politicians money can buy on both sides of the isle….. and its not the poor who buy and own them. You do have a point though that the poor of the ME GENERATION would focus on themselves also.
Report Post »Freedomluver
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:29pm@JRook
Read this and then tell me just why you have a leg to stand on.
http://www.constitution.org/je/je4_cong_deb_12.htm
James Madison, Feb. 3, 1792 “…It is to be recollected that the terms “common defence and general welfare,” as here used, are not novel terms, first introduced into this Constitution. They are terms familiar in their construction, and well known to the people of America. They are repeatedly found in the old Articles of Confederation, where, although they are susceptible of as great a latitude as can be given them by the context here, it was never supposed or pretended that they conveyed any such power as is now assigned to them. …If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare…they may appoint TEACHERS in every state, county, and parish, and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision for the poor;… in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress; for every object I have mentioned would admit of the application of money, and might be called, if Congress pleased, provisions for the general welfare”
Now just where do you find the right in the Constitution for the Feds to get involved in education?
Report Post »sandrunner
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:29pmModerates and progressives are of the same cloth.
Gingrich sounds to me that he changed from his progressive ways. and he asked forgiveness. In doing so he sounds very conservative and a ballbuster to the liberal media which I love to see.
Glenn in his past was a mean drunk but changed for the better and asked forgiveness. He sound kind honest and truthful in his words.
Romney is a liberal moderate the status quo the establishment. but I have never heard him changed or asked forgiveness. All I hear is excuses and platitudes.
So who is the better? One who comes to terms of ones self. or one who denies?
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:41pmI have heard Mitt say that over the years his opinion on certain issues have changed and matured.
This makes perfect sense to me, because if I think about what I believed in my 20′s, and compare to what I believe now in my 50′s – it would be disappointing except to say that I have changed and matured. All I can do is look at his marriage if I want to judge the value of the man’s character – he’s been married over 40 years to his high school sweetheart. He is opposed to abortion. He will terminate Obamacare. He wants a strong military. He is opposed to those who persecute Christians. He knows how to balance a budget and rehabilitate a failing economy. And – best of all – he is the ONLY candidate who meets or beats Obama in the national polls (see Real Clear Politics). None of the others even come close. Consider that – if you really want to get rid of the Obamanation.
ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012
Report Post »machochris
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:41pmI think those are very fair words, thank you !
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:57pmI am with you Todd. Not to mention, Mitt knows he has to reach out to those of us conservatives who don’t like the welfare programs, but realize there has to be something in place. Without having an entire revolution and going completely libertarian, we have to have something. I know what all thse pundits and back seat drivers say, as I have lrestored my life from the gates of hell. I know how the spirit works, I understand the people will help each other out and take care of one another, we don’t need the government. However, unfortunately, the Hard Right, has driven so hard on religion, a great many people have grown up to despise it. I have spoken to them over and over again and quite honestly, understand the hypocrisy they speak of. I hate it myself, as I have witnessed it in these elections. I love those who say they believe Newt has changed his ways and asked for forgiveness, EVERY PROGRESSIVE always talks the talk of the time or era. The acts of Newt are those of hypocrisy, he shouldn’t be given a pass no more than the next guy. The left makes jokes about Newt around the clock. What kind of Christian does he represent ?? If conservative aren’t going to hold a standard and are going to make exceptions for anybody who says they are sorry after such an offense as a serial adulterer, Not to mention the women are home wreckers, so what does that say about them ?? Personally, I don’t care, but then again, I am not trying to pretend to be Mr. Conservative. Just sayin
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:37pm@TODD P – agree with you wholeheartedly.
Report Post »ROMNEY2012
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:39pm“So who is the better? One who comes to terms of ones self. or one who denies?”
Comes to terms of ones self?
Are you referring to:
The Newt Gingrich who CO-SPONSORED the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE that was VETOED BY RONALD REAGAN in 1987 and now says it was a mistake?
The Newt Gingrich who voted to CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION that he now wants to eliminate?
The Newt Gingrich who supports ALVIN TOFFLER’s “Third Wave” and calls himself a “CONSERVATIVE FUTURIST”?
The Newt Gingrich who committed ADULTURY TWICE and has never asked his ex wife for forgiveness?
The Newt Gingrich who SUPPORTED A FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE and now says it was a horrible mistake?
The Newt Gingrich who sat on a COUCH WITH NANCY PELOSI and now says it was a horrible mistake?
The Newt Gingrich who was FORCED TO RESIGN his SPEAKERSHIP but now says “I Asked REPUBLICANS TO VOTE ME OUT”?
The Newt Gingrich who said he was “A HISTORIAN” when he really was an “INFLUENCE PEDDLER”.
The Newt Gingrich who has spent his LIFE IN WASHINGTON but wants you to think HE is the OUTSIDER?
Seems like an awful lot of mistakes, lies, and apologies for one man?
Report Post »sandrunner
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:22pmToo TODDP:
Report Post »I understand your plyte. Romney did change, just like a politician opportunist. He does not rock the boat and he goes with the waves.
ps
There is radio ad having Romney said that his “WORD” that he will protect the womans choice in aborbtion and the child does not need the consent of the parents.
so…he did not asked forgiveness…Romney just change like a wheather vain.
so, do you really know Romney?
wakeuplds
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:23pmAccording to fb, even the majority of my clueless friends and family (dems & repubs) are skeptical of the media. These type of “out of context” attacks on our candidates will only work if we pick them up and start repeating them on our own conservative candidates. We need to deny and ridicule any person who tries to pin these stupid things on ANY of our candidates. This is one thing I have learned from the left. They may disagree with eachother, but they repeat over and over and over again the premise they want to create about us until people get tired of fighting and give up. This tactic will work on the side of truth as well… only if we are willing to stick together. This is Glenn’s ultimate question to us. Are we willing to stand with candidates or religious beliefs at the end of the day, that we totally disagree with?
Report Post »tea-sack
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:26pmWhat would Jesus do?
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:35pmThe libturds are like parrots, repeating what they hear because it excites them. Republicans should speak with 1 voice every time any Republican candidate is attacked from the left. The worst thing we could do is agree with them!!!
Report Post »wakeuplds
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:54pmI’m not even saying I COULD do this.. (I hate Gingrich with a passion because he is a lier and a cheater to two wives and I believe would tell me anything I wanted to hear at this point) but… I know if I want to help save the Country I will have to vote for Gingrich if he is the nominee. I know we will have to unite as one voice against the Obama machine if we even want a chance. I am so tired of Faux News and Rush Limbaugh and all these jokers who have been around for how long now and have changed NOTHING. Glenn Beck has had a national voice for just five or six years now and look how many people have woken up. Glenn is the only one I trust to give me their honest opinion… even if I disagree. Hannity, Limbaugh, etc can go to the dustbins of history for all I care.
Report Post »wakeuplds
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:02pmSantorum 2012-2016!!!
No Mas Bama…
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:22pmas usual RUSH IS RIGHT
Report Post »easyed598
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:53pmRush is right but Romney is on track for Presidency. He just has to stop and think before he speaks . He has to realize that the liberals and liberal media is ready to pounce on anything they can take out of context no matter how innocent it is.
Report Post »marion
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:59pmYes, Rush is right. Moderate mush is what got us into this position, attacks are only good if they are true, and if you look at the information, there isn‘t enough bad stuff that hasn’t been explained or changed to amount to a hill of beans against Newt. Mitt commits to old platitudes and the people believe them because corrections are not spoken to correct them. Newt knows how to fix unemployment and welfare, he did it with a Dumocrat as president, Mitt has now said attach minimum wages to cost of living, Obamacare is no big deal, and not worried about the poor, there is a safety net to save them. 57 points to correct the economy is another platitude because it only takes a couple negative votes or filibusters to mess the whole thing up and then he has an excuse for its failure.
Make the tax code less complicated and what do you get? More money in your pocket and more taxes coming in. Remove 34 (or more) Czars and you could save billions (easily), Obamacare gone, tons saved there, OJT jobs training and a credit to business to assist (lots of jobs there), drill, baby, drill, keep more money inside our borders, along with the oil pipeline from Canada.
As Newt said, the recovery will start the minute the election results come in and he is the winner.
Report Post »wakeuplds
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:10pmRush_Maybe_Right, but does he MATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »He’s been around for how long and we still got OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I’m going crazy
JRook
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:17pmWalker Recall
Walker’s campaign, in a press release entitled “Grassroots donors fuel Walker fundraising,” crowed that about three-quarters of the governor’s more than 21,000 contributions since Dec. 11 came in amounts of $50 or less. The release did not mention that this grassroots support — including about $415,000 in itemized donations and $61,000 in lump sums from donors who gave $20 or less — accounted for only about 10 percent of the governor’s total receipts. Meanwhile, 65 percent of Walker’s nearly $4.6 million total came from individual donors who gave $1,000 or more.
Point is we have the best politicians money can buy.
Rush is wrong as SS and Medicare are not entitlements as they have dedicated funding. It is our money. The problem is the federal government gave those programs IOUs. As for Medicaid that is a political animal created by the hospitals and physicians to offset the cost of providing care to the poor. As for welfare and food stamps program, both of which are a miniscule portion of the federal budget, the aid received by a family of 3 is around $9,500, half the amount of the poverty level.
While Rush rants about the safety net, he also promotes elimination of the minimum wage, which of course would result in more people falling below the poverty line.
Report Post »justin.blake
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:24pmAmen! And one of the biggest problems is that although Rush and many of the hard conservatives are right concerning a lot of the entitlements and the direction we need to take the country, they forget some of the basic laws of physics. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. The question is how much external force is needed to correct the current trajectory, and what happens if too much force is applied too soon? Anyone who has ridden in a vehicle knows the feeling of slamming brakes and even perhaps smacking their head on the dashboard. This nation would implode if we made immediate hard course corrections that some conservatives argue for. You cant make a hard 90 degree turn in a ship as big as the good old US of A. You can however, easily begin to course correct. Mitt is, in my opinion, a good start to begin to clean house. Next, let us make the most of a more conservative approach and not blow it like we did last time. Continue to elect more conservative leadership and slowly our course will be corrected provided we keep choosing conservative leaders and not allow them to betray those who elected them like those that Newt led during the first Conservative revolution and the contract with America.
Report Post »resme
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:40pmrush sucks, big fat blow hard.
Report Post »Freedom Keeper
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:16pmhttp://oleglorynews.com/2012/02/02/ron-pauls-disturbing-gaffe/
Report Post »Ron Paul Makes DISTURBING Gaffe
W@nd@
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:09pmrush is right 100% what is romney passionate about?
Report Post »he is paaaionate about getting newt gone
that is the only thing i have seen thus far
my thought
he would not use such tactics against obama
if he were running head to head against him
they would play nice nice like mccain’s run 4 years ago..
a total disaster.
the milk toast approach sadly
Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:08pmThey aint poor they’re lazy….. PERIOD…. and Democrats…all of em !
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:07pmThe welfare state we have created is disgusting and immoral,in general it‘s the democrat party that’s most responsible for creating this unconstitutional welfare state but there‘s some idiotic republicans who think they’re conservative who have contributed as well. Our so called ‘poor’ would live like kings in Mexico,maybe that‘s where they should all go see how much ’free’ food and medical care you get in Mexico.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:00pm“Safety net” is just one more hijacked phrase meaning Marxism. What we need is a “prosperity tract” of opportunity for all. Dependency has failed! Opportunity is as simple as supply and demand. More opportunity = more success. Less opportunity = less success. Marxism cannot take root where opportunity exists. Marxism needs dependency and control over the “collective” (worker/slave of the State) in order to produce even the slightest subsistence.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:05pm@GHANDI WAS A REPUBLICAN: You are correct. We must reverse the so called “ Great Society ” which has not turned out to be great at all – several welfare generations later. It is past time for some real hope. We must put America back on the Prosperity Tract. The democrat plantation must come crashing down and the dems won’t do it. Anyone BUT Obama in 2012.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:54pmPoor? Really? The so called “poor” have iPhones, big screen televisions, nice cars and jewelry. They smoke dope and cigarettes, do illegal drugs all the while living in free housing with free healthcare with free food and a monthly check. TOTAL BULL:CRAP we have poor…These are not poor people, they are LAZY!
I don’t give a flying f@rt about these so called poor people. Go to INDIA or some places in Africa and I will show you poor. There are very few truly poor in our society. To say otherwise is a liberal lie!
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:42pmYou are absolutely correct!!!
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:56pmso true and many of them stay poor so they can keep getting those government checks! They will tell you that their children can’t get a job because if they do they will lose their benefits! That is the way the progressives want it and have planned it all along.
Report Post »Freedom Keeper
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:51pmhttp://oleglorynews.com/2012/02/02/ron-pauls-disturbing-gaffe/#comment-2459 Ron Paul Makes Disturbing Gaffe
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:00pmIt is not a gaffe. Dr Paul wants us to enforce the laws. Wake up fool.
Report Post »tea-sack
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:29pmRon Paul is a true American.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:00pm“I believe Hispanics have been used as scapegoats, to say, they’re the problem instead of being a symptom maybe of a problem with the welfare state,” Paul told the group. “In Nazi Germany they had to have scapegoats to blame and they turned on the Jews.
Report Post »================
Pandering to illegal aliens to get their votes and comparing them to the Jews in Nazi Germany (who were legal citizens) is most definitely a gaff. Mr. Paul, I want big tall double chain link fences across the entire border with razor wire in between., and a road on the US side next to the fence for the use of State and Federal law enforcement.
tea-sack
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:51pmAre you bozos going to elect another rich **********?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:10pmAs opposed to a rich Marxist ? Then hell yes we are !
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:53pmSacklicker at least it is self made and not off the backs of american tax payers through affirmative action, I hear Anderson calling your name and he wants you back.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:11pmI wish someone with the means to conduct a poll would find out how many pollyannas voted for Obama over McCain I think most,. I don’t understand how all you pollyannas are more threatened by newt or Romney than another 4 under Obama. how F—-d up in the head must you be? Ron seems to be a good guy with a lot of great ideas, but he’s missing a few pieces as well, maybe that is the connection.
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 6:48pmObama’s rich. Or did you forget.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:50pmThis idiot Romney is separating us by class just like Obama because he IS just like Obama. Hyphenated Americanism has destroyed our country.
Report Post »ReaganBaby
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:13pmBecause he is more concerned about the middle class?
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:30pmYou sound like the left who refuses (or can’t) read the rest of the sentence. His comment was in reference to shoring up the middle class, not dishing on the poor. We don’t have a safety net for the middle class. They are the political football and the most vulnerable. Get it now?
Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:50pmWe are not used to having a problem solver that focuses so strongly on the biggest problem. He is not concerned about the “poor” because they are not the problem. Our economic strength does not come from raising their already high standard of living. It comes from raising the earning potential of the middle class. The standard of living for our poor will automatically increase with the increase in wealth of the middle range of income generators in this country. Ergo his focus and his off-hand comment. He wasn’t perfectly careful. Guess we should support Gingrich. Duh.
Report Post »wakeuplds
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:48pmRick Santorum 2012!!!!!
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:45pmObama doesn’t care about the poor … since there are A LOT more now since he took over.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:40pmThat’s why the Marxist POS created more poor people,he‘s convinced them he’s for the ‘little guy’ so they should vote for him.Barry is for Barry and he doesn’t give a rats a$$ about anyone else.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:51pmHe does care about the poor – that’s what he wants, more of them.
Then he can expand his care.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »Wakeup Maggie
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:35pmwhy do we continue to let the media decide who our unelectable candidates should be? we, the sheeple
Report Post »ENOUGHISENOUGH
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:51pmGo read Ann Coulter’s article, “Three Cheers for Romneycare”. Then ask why she left out the achitect of Romneycare. Do you know why? He’s the same architect for Obamacare. Wonder why Glenn hasn’t mentioned this.
Also, when Glenn interviewed Ann the other day, and was gushing, why didn’t Beck ask Ann when she said, “If Christie doesn’t run for President, Romney will be the nominee and we will lose?”
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:02pm@Enough. The “architect” of Romneycare was the Heritage Foundation, specifically, Robert Moffit and Ed Haislmaier of Heritage. Romney may have had an advisor who ended up advising the Obama administration, but to call him the “architect” to make it appear that they are the same is dishonest. Heritage designed Romneycare because the federal government is already mandating “free” healthcare for all, by requiring hospitals to treat whoever shows up. At the time, requiring people to take responsibility to pay for their own care sounded like the “conservative” alternative to a system that is allowing parasites to shift the costs of their care to people who were paying for insurance or the taxpayers. The “individual mandate” has turned out to be the hot button, and our best chance of overturning Obamacare in the courts, and that is to the good. But, given the state of federal law, I can’t think of anything else that a state government could do to solve the problem of “free riders” — a disproportionate number of whom are illegal aliens — who are draining billions out of our health care system. Can you?
To me, the biggest difference between what Romney did and what Obama has done is that Romneycare is designed to keep the provision of services — insurance and medical care — in the private sector to the greatest degree. Obamacare is designed to ultimately destroy the private sector, and make doctors into virtual slaves of the state.
To me,
Report Post »Arbroath7
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:16pm@Gramma B, you hit the nail on the head on every point!! Enough said!
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:23pm“Romneycare is designed to keep the provision of services — insurance and medical care — in the private sector to the greatest degree. Obamacare is designed to ultimately destroy the private sector, and make doctors into virtual slaves of the state.”
keep dreaming, they’re both designed for the state to take over all healthcare.
Report Post »Roy Baty
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:29pmGrandma B is right on, keeping private insurance companies vs. destroying everything except the federal government is the big difference between Romneycare and Obamacare.
Report Post »Arbroath7
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:34pm@Rush_is_right; Even Rush Limbaugh admits he’s right only 97.9% of the time. I think with Romney Rush has stepped into that other 2.1%.
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:40pmreally?
Chaos in the Massachusetts Health Care Market
Peter Suderman | April 9, 2010
Want a preview of ObamaCare in action? Check out the Massachusetts insurance market—which earlier this week entered a state of “market chaos” after Governor Deval Patrick denied a host of health insurance rate increases.
On Tuesday, the state‘s individual insurance market effectively shut down as insurers refused to comply with the state’s rejection of 235 of 274 proposed health insurance rate increases.
http://reason.com/blog/2010/04/09/chaos-in-the-massachusetts-hea
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:42pmIn a press conference following the board’s decision, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans Executive Director Lora Pelligrini said Patrick’s approach didn’t attack the real cost drivers in the state.
“What the Patrick administration has engaged in is a failed policy,” Pellegrini said. “The real problem with health-care costs is the prices charged by certain providers who have a lot of market clout.”
Pellegrini said the Patrick administration’s attempts to impose rate caps threaten the continued existence of health insurance companies in Massachusetts. The three biggest Massachusetts health insurance companies are nonprofits, and in 2009 they posted massive financial losses. The rate caps are expected to lead to further losses of an additional $100 million, likely leading to their collapse.
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/massachusetts-health-insurance-rate-cap-creates-legal-financial-problems
repeat after me…….RUSH IS RIGHT….SAY IT!!!
Report Post »Arbroath7
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:58pm@rush_isn’t_right(this time); I refer you to Gramma B’s first paragraph above. Try reading it again with out the blinders. Then recall how many times you’ve heard Rush (and Hannity, etc.) endorse Heritage. Otherwise, we agree to disagree on Romney. But STILL we need to get rid of Obama.
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:17pm“@rush_isn’t_right(this time); I refer you to Gramma B’s first paragraph above. Try reading it again with out the blinders. Then recall how many times you’ve heard Rush (and Hannity, etc.) endorse Heritage. Otherwise, we agree to disagree on Romney. But STILL we need to get rid of Obama.”
who cares if the heritage foundation endorsed it or not? you’re ducking the issue….romenycare is obamacare…get a clue.
romney’s a lib…little difference between him and obama.
pathetic.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 3:50pm@GRAMMA B – you have covered it all – Heritage was indeed the major player in Romneycare – funny we don’t hear the blowhards mentioning them because they are always quoted as the true conservatives and we must all send our $25 dollars to join as that will be the best $25 we have ever spent. Can you save HYPOCRISY!!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:27pm@gramma b Once again you focus on the individual as thought they had something to do with the creation of Medicare or Medicaid. And while physicians were initially against Medicare, they soon came to love it and depend on it. The real issue is that we spend twice as much per capita on healthcare than the next highest country. So perhaps the hospital industry, drug companies, medical equipment companies and physicians are being compensated too much for their services. It is important to remember that the drug and medical equipment companies sell the same drugs and equipment under different names in different countries for half of what they are sold here. You want to find real answers than follow the money. Look who lobbies against cutting Medicare. Look who lobbies against cutting Medicaid. It’s not the poor FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:28pm@gramma b You mean the same Heritage Foundation that Rush constant quotes as the bible for all conservative ideas.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:33pm“What the Patrick administration has engaged in is a failed policy,” Pellegrini said. “The real problem with health-care costs is the prices charged by certain providers who have a lot of market clout.” Which of course is the core issue the capitalist actions of the medical providers vs. the capitalist actions of the insurance industry. Problem is health care is at the end of the day a social good. And our capitalistic driven system has resulted in a cost per capita that is twice as high as the next highers country. And care when measured for all citizens is not as good as it is in the higher WHO rank health care systems. You just can’t say you exceptional, you have to be exceptional.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:35pmIt will be a soundbite that will hurt him because none of these people are concerned with telling the truth. And no one is calling them on it.
My favorite part of all the debates was when Santorum called Romney on funding abortion in Romney care. Romney claimed that the word abortion doesn‘t appear anywhere in the bill but Santorum pointed out that governors know full well that if the bill doesn’t specifically disallow abortion that the courts require any bills covering health care in general must cover abortion. Romney was aware of this. Not only did he know that Romneycare would fund abortions HE TRIED TO MISLEAD US INTO THINKING HE DIDN’T KNOW IT!!!!! Of course he knew it. I believe he’s pro life. I believe he didn‘t try to put this into the bill because he knew the legislators in his state wouldn’t abide it. But instead of telling us the truth, he tried to mislead us.
I’m a skeptic. You have to earn my trust. For me, Romney proved that he’s willing to mislead me to get my vote. How can I trust anything he says after this?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:33pmRomney’s comment on “Raising the minimum wage” is also a clue that he DOESN’T GET IT.
If you raise the minimum wage – that amounts to LESS jobs for people. Not MORE.
We need a 3rd party candidate – — Oh wait – we have one……. Mitt Romney
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 4:14pmI think your right.
Report Post »Ann Coulter is thinking/hoping that he has just been fooling the Dems to get elected. I think that is the real Mitt.
cemerius
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:32pmI agree with what Romney said and those that continue to portray “America’s poor” like it is the African AIDs infested flies on the eye-lid poor needs to have THEIR heads examined!!!! Our poor are the Richest of the poor!!!!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:46pmThat‘s because our ’poor’ people know how to game the system using several names to increase their benefits.The only way to stop the fraud is to eliminate welfare totally,It’s unconstitutional anyway and should have never been created in the first place.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:31pmJust like when Mitts “i like to fire people” soundbite was taken out of context – once people heard the whole soundbite in context – it backfired on those who used it. Rush supported Romney in 2008 when Mitt had the SAME positions – now he doesn’t – flip flopper
Report Post »ENOUGHISENOUGH
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:48pmYou must not listen to Rush. Rush explained this a few weeks ago. In 2008, Rush liked Romney over McCain. He felt that Romney was a better choice over McCain. Get it? So that is not flipflopping.
How’s all that praising goin on about Romneycare now? Why hasn‘t Beck said anything about Ann Coulter’s article about “Three Cheers for Romneycare”? In Ann’s article she fails to mention the architect of Romneycare. Wonder why? Could it be because he is the same architect for Obamacare? Ding Ding Ding.
Beck is not exposing Romney and this scares me. Why isn’t he? He is so hell bent on taking down Gingrich he can’t see anything else.
If Romney is elected, Obamacare WILL NOT be repealed.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:04pm@enough – you’re right, I don’t listen to rush anymore. I listen to Michael Medved instead now – much better and fact based rather than opinion based. However, I did listen to rush back in 2008 and heard him constantly praise romney as a conservative. He didn‘t qualify his support as romney simply being ’better than mccain’. Thus, romney has stayed the same but rush‘s opinion hasn’t. I personally think rush simply likes to go against the popular opinion so he can act like he knows more than everyone else – thats how he keeps his ratings up.
Report Post »ReaganBaby
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:20pmHow has Glenn not exposed Romney?? He has been just as critical over Romney’s past however there is just a whole lot more to be critical about with Newt and a lot more recent.
Report Post »CanadaKen
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:36pmP8riot
I listen to Rush all the time and have not heard him support or not support any Republican presidential candidate in the 2012 race. Where did you hear that he doesn’t support Governor Mitt Romney or is this just your assumption? You must be a Rush 48/14 subscriber I am only a 24/7 subscriber and must have missed something.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:47pmROMNEY / RUBIO 2012 is a ticket that will win that necessary 33% in the middle; if the 33% on the right would get behind him, Obama would be just another footnote in Black History Month!!!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:47pmReaganBaby, are you serious? How many negative stories have you seen on the Blaze regarding Romney? How many MONTHS has Beck spent CONSTANTLY bashing Romney? Glenns passion to take down Gingrich is right up there with Romney’s.
Report Post »Gimme a break!
ReaganBaby
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:30pmWe all know what Romney meant, i am more concerned about what he said regarding the minimum wage increase, however even with these gaffs he is still more conservative than Newt who loves FDR and whats to double the size of the state department. I just hope Santorum gets more steam since i believe he is the most conservative. Paul is good too but given the situation in the middle east we cant have him in charge but instead put him in charge of the Federal Reserve
Report Post »tea-sack
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:18pmWe need Ronald Ray Gun back.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:29pmI support Romney…but he needs to stop the gaffes. Hire a new speech coach for pete’s sake!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:22pmIts not a safety net….. Its a HAMMOCK !
Report Post »HKS
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 1:22pmIn this country you need to be dirt poor or filthy rich, if your in the middle your screwed.
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