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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

2012 Romney Aide Mentions Romneycare in an Approving Way, Republicans Go Apeshit

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:20 PM

Mitt Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul was asked about the super PAC ad that suggested Mitt Romney's cavalier attitude toward layoffs while at Bain Capital may have caused the death of a woman. Saul defended Romney, as spokespeople do, and then things got a little off-topic:

But in defending Romney, she veered way off message, explaining that if the steelworker, Joe Soptic, had lived in Massachusetts, he and his wife would have been able to get health insurance under Romney's health-care reform legislation.

Here's what she told Fox anchor Bill Hemmer, via Think Progress:

SAUL: To that point, you know, if people had been in Massachusetts under Governor Romney’s health care plan, they would have had health care. There are a lot of people losing their jobs and their health care in President Obama’s economy.

Yep. She did it. She dared to mention the subject-that-must-never-be-spoken-by-Republicans-but-rhymes-with-Momneycare! And now, suddenly, every Republican in America suddenly remembers that Mitt Romney invented Romneycare and they're losing their shit over it. This comment thread on National Review's Corner blog has become my favorite comment thread of the day. It's just full of beautiful gems of disappointment:

She should be fired for mentioning Romneycare.

Double FACEPALM
Romney hired this idiot. He also hired Eric Fehrnstrom. That says a lot about his management skills.
As long as these two clowns are with this campaign, I think Romney loses in the fall. Just utterly hopeless.

Ya' ever have one of those days you feel like hooking up jumper cables to your ears and connecting it to an electric fence...

(Thanks to slog tipper Dan. Many more choice comments are after the jump.)

Idiot.

Sigh.

Andrea Saul is apparently a holdover from Landslide McCain's 2008 Campaign.

And people wonder why so many of us have doubts whenever Romney claims that he will actaully work hard to repeal ObamaCare.

Look back at the choices — Gingrich, Perry, Santorum, Paul, Bachmann, ... .

Spokeswoman had to be an Obama plant.

A Juan McCain retread. Lovely.

If I wanted a leftist pushing socialized medicine, I'd just vote for Obama. RIP, Romney Candidacy, August 8, 2012. He'll have plenty of time to jetski and shop for Levi's. Is this the best we can do? Bring on decline. Might as well find a way to enjoy rather than fighting it.

Wow, just wow.

Sigh... Again, the GOP brings a tickle feather to a gunfight during the Presidential General Election. Most of us, excepting trolls, would have answered that question with a howitzer.

This is what happens when you vote for "experience" or "electability" and not your conscience.

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I am honestly very curious, and slightly terrified, by what will happen with these commenters if/when Obama wins...

Posted by Digitocalypse on August 8, 2012 at 4:27 PM

Hey, they're literate!

Posted by TVDinner

on August 8, 2012 at 4:36 PM

@1
Brother, I'm slightly terrified and I hardly even care about the election or these commenters.

Posted by dnt trust me on August 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM

Quite honestly, I think ALL Americans need to get their information (news) from multiple sources--Progressive AND Conservative. You'll find the world isn't as scary of a place as you thought.

Posted by ProstSeattle on August 8, 2012 at 4:44 PM

Can we also talk about how they first praised Romneycare, and then tried to make it about jobs under the Obama administration--the job in question having been gutted by Romney?

Posted by MacCrocodile

on August 8, 2012 at 4:57 PM

The individual mandate is the child of the Heritage Foundation and was the core of the conservative approach to providing health care to the uninsured. Of course all that changed around 2003 when the Democrats came around and supported it too. At that point it suddenly became toxic and the conservatives wanted nothing to do with it.

Unfortunately that leaves conservatives with no rational proposals to solving the issue of health coverage, other than dreams about an ideal free market with absolutely no government meddling. Sad, really.

Posted by Porcupine on August 8, 2012 at 5:19 PM

Yay! I suggested this yesterday. Romney should pay me my standard consulting fee - $20, payable in sweet malt liquor.

Posted by Ziggity on August 8, 2012 at 5:28 PM

This ladies and gentlemen is an example of what you can expect if Romney is elected. With his balls now firmly in the collective maw of the Tea Baggers they will continue to bite down firmly every time the slightest sane, rational and reality based notion slips out of his mouth or the mouth of one of his aids.

Romney, "To fix the economy and lower the debt we are going to have to raise some revenue" Tea baggers *chomp*. Romney "arrrrgggggg, I meant cut taxes cut taxes, oh god please make it stop"

Romney, "Bombing Iran and getting entangled in another war might not be prudent at this time" Tea baggers, *CHOMP* Romney, "GGAAAAAHHHHHH BOMB EM BOMB EM, CUT TAXES, DOUBLE THE DEFENSE BUDGET AND BOMB EM".

Romney, "Wind and solar power have a role to play in a sensible energy policy" Tea baggers *CHOMP CHEW* Romney "For the love of god rape me with a splintered baseball bat, drill me drill me"

I won't be pretty to watch.

Posted by Machiavelli was framed on August 8, 2012 at 6:03 PM

It's pretty sad that Romney isn't allowed to talk about his one signature achievement as governor of Massachusetts.

Posted by keshmeshi on August 8, 2012 at 6:14 PM

Are you suggesting the notion that sick, unemployed people without insurance should simply move to Massachusetts is sane, rational and reality based?

Posted by levide on August 8, 2012 at 6:17 PM

This might be the only reason to like obamacare, over a single payer system. Almost feel sorry for Romney with the party flipping hard on him... this time.

Posted by Large Hardon Colluder on August 8, 2012 at 6:25 PM

"Bring on decline. "

This dumb mother fucker hasn't been paying attention to the last three decades.

Posted by mubhappy on August 8, 2012 at 6:46 PM

Mmm, schadenfreude...

Posted by I have always been... east coaster on August 8, 2012 at 8:50 PM

Sometimes schadenfreude is all you have.

It wasn't really Romney's achievement; the Leg did it and he just signed it. But I hope he gets hung with it, and Obama's campaign had better jump on this quickly and often and use it every way they can.

Posted by sarah70 on August 8, 2012 at 10:07 PM

@9: By sad you mean hilarious, right?

Posted by Joe Glibmoron on August 8, 2012 at 10:22 PM

Yes! Yesss! Oh, let me taste your tears, Willard! Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet! Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness! My-yummy! Mm-yummy, you guys!

Posted by Big Sven

on August 8, 2012 at 10:38 PM

@8 -- freshen your makeup and keep smiling. You'll be a lot prettier.

Posted by this guy I know in Spokane on August 8, 2012 at 11:26 PM

@8,

Your comment would be hilarious, if it weren't so true. That's exactly what we can expect if The Bot wins.

Posted by Patricia Kayden on August 9, 2012 at 4:33 AM

Nothing says "Republican fail" like the truth.

Posted by TechBear on August 9, 2012 at 5:08 AM

This thread is pretty much why I follow politics. People setting their expectations way to high on a candidate who will totally let them down and then getting mad when he doesn't follow through. Wait...

Posted by watchout5