Gingrich ’06 Memo: “Agree Entirely With Gov. Romney” on Health Care

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“We agree entirely with Governor Romney and Massachusetts legislators that our goal should be 100 percent insurance coverage for all Americans,” Gingrich wrote in 2006.

And, Gingrich wrote, the key to achieving that goal was doing what Romney did in Massachusetts: Requiring everybody who could afford it to buy health insurance. In fact, Gingrich makes an impassioned case for the so-called individual mandate — which is also at the center of President Obama’s health plan — on conservative grounds.

“We also believe strongly that personal responsibility is vital to creating a 21st Century Intelligent Health System,” Gingrich wrote in the memo which was found on an old Gingrich website by BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski. ”Individuals who can afford to purchase health insurance and simply choose not to place an unnecessary burden on a system that is on the verge of collapse; these free-riders undermine the entire health system by placing the onus of responsibility on taxpayers.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/gingrich-06-memo-agree-entirely-with-gov-romney-on-health-care/

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All the more reason to nominate Ron Paul.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

All the more reason to nominate Ron Paul.

This is actually amusing. The Republicans were so anxious to rid the WH of Obama and yet when trying to find a candidate suitable, they end up empty-handed. Not because they don't have any real candidates, it's just that the party is so schizo that it can't decide what is conservative anymore. Even among American Conservatives, candidates like Bachmann and Santorum are all but ignored. Probably the most popular GOP'er out there is Gov. Christie and he's not even a Conservative ...at least not by the standards of the teabaggers. Yep, the teabaggers have actually done the party in, unless they all can hold their nose and rally behind Romney, but I doubt it. Because, even if Romney were to win the general election, it would still be a loss for the teabagging agenda.

Edited December 27, 2011 by Mister Fancypants

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Newt also must have entirely agreed with what folks over on the right erroneously call 'Obamacare' - Newt drafted it back in 1993.

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Newt also must have entirely agreed with what folks over on the right erroneously call 'Obamacare' - Newt drafted it back in 1993.

And a lady's man to boot....

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Newt also must have entirely agreed with what folks over on the right erroneously call 'Obamacare' - Newt drafted it back in 1993.

say what? obama's 'signature' legislation isn't even his?..figures

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This is actually amusing. The Republicans were so anxious to rid the WH of Obama and yet when trying to find a candidate suitable, they end up empty-handed. Not because they don't have any real candidates, it's just that the party is so schizo that it can't decide what is conservative anymore. Even among American Conservatives, candidates like Bachmann and Santorum are all but ignored. Probably the most popular GOP'er out there is Gov. Christie and he's not even a Conservative ...at least not by the standards of the teabaggers. Yep, the teabaggers have actually done the party in, unless they all can hold their nose and rally behind Romney, but I doubt it. Because, even if Romney were to win the general election, it would still be a loss for the teabagging agenda.

Romney is just another New England liberal, which is why all you hippies want him to run. Newt is just a confused zookeeper. The rest of the field are hood ornaments. That leaves Ron Paul, and his neo-isolationist/small government model which seems appealing by comparison.

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say what? obama's 'signature' legislation isn't even his?..figures

Nope, it isn't. It's the GOPs 1993 health care reform. That's why it's so fcuked up.

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Nope, it isn't. It's the GOPs 1993 health care reform. That's why it's so fcuked up.

wow thats sad. complete control of both houses and the white house & they still push a 17 year old GOP steamer.

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wow thats sad. complete control of both houses and the white house & they still push a 17 year old GOP steamer.

Yep, very sad indeed.

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Romney is just another New England liberal, which is why all you hippies want him to run. Newt is just a confused zookeeper. The rest of the field are hood ornaments. That leaves Ron Paul, and his neo-isolationist/small government model which seems appealing by comparison.

What the teabaggers aren't willing to admit is that Obama is more a centrist than anything, which is why a lot of Dubbya's neoconservatism seems to overlap with Obama's centrism. Romney is also a centrist, but is trying hard to convince the teabaggers that he's a hardliner while trying not to alienate the independents.

And the biggest humdinger of it all is that anyone who occupies the WH is going to have to have that wide base appeal, which ticks off the teabaggage to no end.

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What the teabaggers aren't willing to admit is that Obama is more a centrist than anything, which is why a lot of Dubbya's neoconservatism seems to overlap with Obama's centrism. Romney is also a centrist, but is trying hard to convince the teabaggers that he's a hardliner while trying not to alienate the independents.

And the biggest humdinger of it all is that anyone who occupies the WH is going to have to have that wide base appeal, which ticks off the teabaggage to no end.

Meanwhile, BO has ticked off the loony left by abandoning any pretence of being their man, the GOP can't decide which idiot to nominate and the whole country is being flushed down the drain because left and right make no difference in Washington - they basically answer to the same financiers and follow the same basic road.

Worse still, in the latest poll, 26% of the electorate can't wait for the election to get started, while 70% CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER!

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Edited December 28, 2011 by Pooky