Republicans Against Repeal of HCR

[Chris_]

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Republicans Against Repeal
By W. James Antle, III on 4.8.10 @ 6:10AM

Well, that didn't take long. After Democratic supermajorities rammed through their health care bill, Republicans were full of sound and fury about how this injustice will not stand. Even John McCain was on board, telling a television interviewer, "Outside the Beltway the American people are very angry and they don't like it and we are going to try to repeal this."

But in the GOP, cooler heads always prevail. What these Republican heads want to cool down is the campaign to repeal the health care takeover. Reports the Associated Press: "Top Republicans are increasingly worried that GOP candidates this fall might be burned by a fire that's roaring through the conservative base: demand for the repeal of President Barack Obama's new health care law."

One of the Republican leadership's volunteer firefighters is none other than Sen. John Cornyn, the Texas Republican who chairs the committee responsible for getting GOP candidates elected to the Senate this fall. Cornyn initially unfurled the "repeal and replace" banner, only to quickly make an exception for the "non-controversial stuff," such as the ban on preexisting conditions which is unfortunately exactly what necessitates the "controversial stuff" like the individual mandate.

Cornyn was later seen pouring cold water on the idea entirely. Asked by the AP whether he was going to advise Republican senatorial nominees to run on repeal, he said, "Candidates are going to test the winds in their own states... In some places, the health care bill is more popular than others." Meanwhile, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee doesn't need a weatherman to tell him where the wind blows: "It's just not going to happen."

Republican candidates seeking to join Cornyn and Corker in the club have gotten the memo. Shortly before Obamacare passed, Congressman Mark Kirk -- the Republican running to fill Barack Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois -- bravely vowed to "lead the effort" to repeal the bill. Now he glumly tells a local newspaper, "Well, we lost."

Not only is it the case that Republicans "do not have the votes," but Kirk noted "a sliver of good things in the bill which Republicans agreed with." Judging from the similarities between the new national health care regime and the Massachusetts bill Republican Sen. Scott Brown voted for and GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney signed into law, for some Republicans it is more than a sliver.

Republicans against repeal have found an amen corner in the cooler heads among conservative commentators. One Oliver Garland even counseled that repeal was fundamentally unconservative: "True conservatives are not radicals; they respect tradition and work for stable reform to fix institutions."

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The attack of the RINOS begins.......

doc

[5412]

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/08/republicans-against-repeal

The attack of the RINOS begins.......

doc

Hi,

These idiots could screw up a one car funeral.

regards,
5412

[littlelamb]

Hi,

These idiots could screw up a one car funeral.

regards,
5412

I agree 100%

[Texacon]

I just emailed Cornyn's office.  He's my senator and I want this damn thing repealed.  I'll let you know if/when I get a response.

KC

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I just emailed Cornyn's office.  He's my senator and I want this damn thing repealed.  I'll let you know if/when I get a response.

KC

We're all dems here in CO.

Let's see what shakes loose after the primaries.

[NHSparky]

You would think Sen. Corker would WANT this crap repealed, knowing what TN is currently going through with their system.

[docstew]

Ok, no donations for any Republican who won't at least come down on the side of "This shall not stand", regardless of whether they think they can push it past 0bama or not.  If they were truly against it in the first place, they would be pushing back hard, not saying "We'll just have to see how it works out".

[Texacon]

Direct from Senator Cornyn's office;

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Our health care system needs common-sense reform; and make no mistake, I do not believe that the status quo is acceptable. I am a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 3152 which would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111—148). I believe that this legislation should be repealed and replaced with realistic reforms that lower health care costs, address entitlement spending, and increase access to affordable health coverage. The right kind of reform will emphasize individual choice and trusting patients, their families, and their doctors—not insurance company or government bureaucrats—to make health care decisions. Health care affects every American, and I believe we need to get it right. 

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It was a long drawn out email that didn't say a whole lot but it did have that paragraph.

KC