Mac1958
Diamond Member
- Dec 8, 2011
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Not true. The article clearly states that the GOP has presented alternatives but no single plan has been presented. That means they've been working on it. The administration simply ignores it, and so does the media.
As I've screamed about multiple times here, the GOP could have done the following IF they actually wanted to present an alternative to Obamacare (And I say IF because I've heard many conservatives say there should have been NO alternative). In order:
1. Come up with a plan they can get behind
2. Give it a snappy, memorable name
3. Print it up, preferably an easy-to-handle 5x7 booklet
4. Put a nice, bright, instantly recognizable cover
5. Hand out a copy to each and every Republican elected official
6. Hold it up at every State of the Union
7. Hold it up during every teevee interview, whether the interview is about the plan or not
8. Make it downloadable from some website
9. Refer to it by its snappy, memorable name in every talk, interview and speech.
That's all it would have taken, there is NO WAY it could have been ignored, even by the media. Nice and easy. But no, the GOP couldn't get its act together to do this, even though they had MORE than enough time to do so.
Why not? Probably because the party was afraid to ruffle the feathers of people like Limbaugh and Hannity and Levin and Beck, all of whom were saying no alternative was necessary.
So they sat there, they did NOTHING, and this pig was passed. They're just as culpable as the Democrats. And NOW they're suddenly seeing the light, NOW they're suddenly becoming brave? A little late in the game, isn't it, four freakin' years down the road?
Ridiculous.
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And give the Dems something concrete to criticize?
They would twist it and rename it and just trash it in the usual manner.
They shouldn't offer ideas because the other guys will criticize them?
What the hell kind of leadership is that?
Are they just elected to say "no", then?
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