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Romney using healthcare plan as a defense - Eh, what?

So, to everyone's surprise, I'm sure - the voters think that President Obama can better relate to the average person than Mitt Romney, that he cares more about their needs.

Due to these poll results, Romney said the following yesterday: "Don't forget -- I got everybody in my state insured. One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance. I don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record."

Is this man trying to drive others and myself bonkers with regard to where he stands on healthcare reform? Seriously... Let's go through a chronological list pertaining to healthcare reform:


1) Romney signs Romneycare as Governor of Massachusetts

2) Obamacare, which is said to be nearly identical to Romneycare, passes

3) Upon receiving his party's nomination for president, Romney says his first order of business in the Oval Office would be to repeal Obamacare in its entirety

4) Romney later states that there are portions of Obamacare he likes and wouldn't mind holding onto

5) After hearing angry conservatives yelling at him and throwing feces at his bedroom window while cursing at him in jive, he states that he'll repeal all of Obamacare

6) Not long after, he states that while he'll repeal all of Obamacare, he'll still keep in tact the couple sections he likes

7) He happily accepts being called the grandfather of Obamacare

8) He says he will repeal Obamacare as president

9) He proudly speaks of Romneycare and says, "...I don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record."

10) He continues to slam Obamacare and say he will repeal it

Mitt, I'm really trying to understand you here. Okay, so you're proud of Romneycare and think that passing that speaks a great deal about your character and the amount of care and empathy you have for people. You passed that as Governor of a state, so the law pertained to only people of that state. Obama passed a nearly identical version of Romneycare, which pertains to every person in this country, yet even though you like certain portions of the bill and will keep those somehow, you're going to repeal the whole thing? If passing the bill for the people of one state showed you care and empathize with people a great deal, to what does passing a similar bill for the whole country translate? You know, the bill you said you're going to repeal in its entirety, even though you like a couple parts of it and will hang on to those somehow? Ah, I give up. I need a drink!


http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/27/14123749-romney-empathy?lite

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