The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

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 it...

In an interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday, the following back and forth was exchanged between Mitt Romney and Scott Pelley: Pelley: "Does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million Americans who don't have it today?" Romney: "Well, we do provide care for people who don't have insurance. If someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital, and give them care. And different states have different ways of providing for that care." Pelley: "What's the most expensive way to do it? In an emergency room." Romney: "Again, different states have different ways of doing that. Some provide that care through clinics. Some provide care through emergency rooms. In my state, we found a solution that worked for my state. But I wouldn't take what we did in Massachusetts and say to Texas, 'You've got to ta...

On Wednesday night, Republican Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, said the following: "Now and then the president says I'm the grandfather of Obamacare. I don't think he meant that as a compliment, but I'll take it..." I'm trying to make sense of this man. In so doing, I'll attempt to run down the notable healthcare-related events chronologically and see if things start to finally click upstairs for me: 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...

This is getting to be ridiculous. I really can't wait for when we draw closer to the election and the Obama team decides to expose Mitt Romney's outrageous flip-flops. He's at it again, with regard to healthcare reform (again). Let's think about this for a moment... Mitt Romney passed what has been termed Romneycare when he was Governor of Massachusetts. Obamacare, as it's been called, is pretty much identical to the before-mentioned Romneycare, yet the Republican presidential candidate said his first order of business, should he be elected, would be to repeal Obamacare. On NBC yesterday, Romney said that "there are a number of things that I like" about Obamacare - you know, that bill he said he'd repeal right when he stepped into office as the new president should he win the election. He claimed to liking the fact that, under Obamacare, people with pre-existing conditions won't be rejected for healthcare coverage and also a portion of it which...

Make no mistake about it, I'm voting for Barack Obama in November. If Mitt Romney were the same guy he passed himself off as Governor of Massachusetts, I'd give him a fair listen and would consider voting for the guy. I would still likely vote for Obama, but this time around, I'm not even going to consider voting for Romney. He's now owned by the far-right. He's flip-flopped more times than Richard Pryor cursed. I just can't take him seriously, because I have no idea what to believe - which Mitt Romney is he? In light of the Supreme Court's healthcare ruling today, I heard many talking heads (a good chunk of them Republicans) say they'd recommend Romney go after Obamacare and say his first order of business is to repeal it (GOP would need 60 votes in the Senate, so that's not going to happen). I personally think it'd be pretty stupid for Romney to do this. While the economy has stabilized under President Obama, it has not improved dramatically,...