Republican hypocrisy on Obamacare

Let’s recap.

What we now call “Obamacare” was first proposed by the very conservative Heritage Foundation.

During the Clinton administration, the very conservative Newt Gingrich proposed adopting it instead of what they then called “Hillarycare.”

When very conservative Bob Dole ran for President, adopting it was part of the Republican platform.

Later, the very conservative Mitt Romney pushed it in Massachusetts, where it proved to work well and be fairly popular among the citizens of that state.

Now, very conservative people are calling it “socialism” (it clearly isn’t) and claiming that it is the worst idea in the entire world. They of course have no alternative plan, because Obamacare was their alternative plan before.

Just don’t fool yourself: If a Republican were President today, they would be pushing this plan proudly as their own (which it is). But because it was promoted by President Obama, it is clearly the one thing that will destroy our country.

I am constantly amazed by the gigantic hypocrisy we see on the Republican side concerning this issue.

2 thoughts on “Republican hypocrisy on Obamacare

  1. It’s the same hypocrisy that led Democrats to condemn Bush’s domestic and foreign policies (domestic spying, indefinite detention, warmongering, etc.), while remaining meek and quiet about the same policies under Obama.

    “Hypocrisy” is a synonym for “politics”.

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  2. Please note that I am not one of those Democrats, as evidenced by posts on this blog. And there are plenty more who have criticized Obama over those things.

    Find me one Republican who was just fine with Obamacare when it was part of their platform and still supports it. Even Romney didn’t defend the program he instituted in Massachusetts.

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