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Romney is our Man Now

Thursday's decision by the US Supreme Court to uphold socialized medicine erased all reservations about Romney for one tea party patriot.

As a tea-party conservative, I was never really excited about Mitt Romney becoming the Republican nominee until Thursday, when the US Supreme Court took extreme liberty with the US Constitution and magically interpreted ObamaCare as a “tax.”

Okay. Now I’m down for the struggle for Romney. He said he will repeal socialized medicine on day one and I will hold him to that guarantee.

Before Thursday, I regarded Romney as a RINO, or Republican In Name Only. When he was governor in Massachusetts, he did impose ObamaCare light as well as a few scattered tax increases.

I started to warm up to Romney a few months ago when the Wall Street Journal dived into his gubernatorial record and produced stories about Romney enacting some rather conservative measures in a radically leftist state like Massachusetts – an impressive feat in the occupied lands of the Kennedy klan.

Could Romney win California? I’m skeptical. But in a perfect political storm, as 2012 is appearing to be for conservatives, Romney could capture the Golden State. Tea-party conservatives made a significant impact on the June 5 primary election, so there’s no reason to believe their impact won’t be just as significant in November.

Thursday’s bassackward decision by the US Supreme Court to impose socialism on the USA erased all reservations I had about campaigning for Romney. Tea party conservatives will again mobilize for the November elections with even more zeal than all the gusto they displayed in the 2010 elections.

Okay.Romney is our man. I’m all in.

Angela Bartlett June 30, 2012 at 01:06 pm
Never mind the fact that Romney was a proponent of the individual mandate in 2006 and that he had is own very similar health care plan in Massachusetts.
George Sinclair June 30, 2012 at 08:04 pm
Waiting until there was no other choice than Gov. Romney is not the way someone with zeal mobilizes behind a candidate. This all in speach sounds bassackward to me.
Steve June 30, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Sweet, I didn't know we had socialized medicine in the USA!
Oh, wait, you meant the Affordable Care Act that requires people to purchase insurance from private for-profit corporations. See, what happened is you confused "socialism" and "not socialism in any way." You should go ahead and fix that.
John F. Berry July 1, 2012 at 12:34 am
Normally, I ignore such brainless comments. But for Steve, I'll make an exception. Socialism is when government controls the means of production, as is the case here with ObamaCare, which means the government now runs 1/8 of the US economy. People are forced to buy a product because of a government mandate, in this case, a tax. To boot, it's also redistribution of wealth, which is also a key tenet in socialism. I know that exceeds your Bazooka-gum definitions of government, but for the sake of the readers, I thought I would respond.
Steve July 1, 2012 at 01:47 am
If you're going to argue socialist theory with a socialist, you might want to bring a lot more knowledge. You want to cite where you got that really weak definition? Two other huge components of socialism are public ownership (certainly most PRIVATE health insurance companies don't fall in there) and direct use vs capital accumulation (that latter of which those profit oriented insurance companies fall into). Now, if you want to use your simplified (and grossly inaccurate) definition, by all means feel free to be incorrect. Hell, I'm not even a fan of the Affordable Care Act and don't plan on voting for Obama, but calling it socialism is either dishonest or ignorant. Not that I have come to expect anything better from Tea Partiers.
SBSWZ July 2, 2012 at 01:23 am
as a practicing physician for over 25 years, i can personally attest to the subtle but real impact of several forms of socialized medicine that have evolved... most aspects of the various forms have resulted in unintended (or intended) complications....i suspect that ACA will catapult most forms of already-implented socialized medicine into one-size fit all type of inefficient, patient-uncentered, deadly medical care. i won't have to worry since i will be getting out of this sort of medical care... good luck in finding a doctor and expecting immediate care....and hell no... they are NOT at the golf course... they have been up all night filling out those damn government-mandated paperwork for the "free loaders" (as Pelosi the witch calls them)
SBSWZ July 2, 2012 at 03:22 am
chief of staff mr jack lew interviewed by foxnews sunday blushed with every penetrating question .... multiple episodes of loss of eye traction... multiple "ah" and "uhm"'s... great example of a lying political beanhead for deception analysis.
Clavell Jackson July 3, 2012 at 10:04 pm
The ACA is not socialized medicine. It forces people to buy health insurance, much of which is not provided by the government. Get your facts right Mr. Berry.
Angela Bartlett July 4, 2012 at 04:46 pm
@John,
You are such a giver. Thanks for clarifying things for your readers in a manner that is in no way based in fact.
Eric Shamp July 5, 2012 at 09:22 pm
Maybe I can help this discussion with a Tea Party definition of socialism: anything that the federal government does besides waging war, legislating womb-activity, enforcing a Christian state, and telling people who they should and should not fall in love with. Also known by Tea Partiers as "communism", "fascism", "nazi-ism", "Orwellian-ism", and "Sith-Lord-ism".
Tonto July 18, 2012 at 10:52 pm
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