Romney: Obama first term "wasted" if high court overturns health law
(CBS News) SALEM, Va. - If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act this week, President Obama will have "wasted" most of his first term, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney said Tuesday.
"As you know, the Supreme Court is going to be dealing with whether or not Obamacare is constitutional. If it is not - if Obamacare is not deemed constitutional -- then the first three and a half years of this president's term would have been wasted on something that has not helped the American people," Romney told a crowd of about 1,500 voters at Carter Machinery Company, one of the leading Caterpillar machine dealerships in the country.
The Affordable Care Act has been taking effect in stages, with the initial benefits focused on seniors, young people and preventive services. Romney repeated his oft-made pledge "get rid of" the law on the first day of his presidency if it is upheld by the Court. He has said he'll give every state waivers from the law.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling Thursday. On Monday, in another major ruling, it struck down most of a controversial Arizona immigration law. The decision was viewed largely as a victory for the Obama administration, but Romney used it to attack Obama for not passing immigration reform during his first year in office.
"I think all their work highlights the leadership failures of our current president," Romney said of the court, seeking to capitalize on the high-profile news.
Part of his speech focused on energy and a pledge to utilize more below-ground resources, like coal, in American energy production. The company, Carter Machinery, was owned by Caterpillar, Inc. until 2011 and has deep ties to the coal industry. Democrats attribute some of its success to the fact that it received $368,324 in federal stimulus money in 2010.
This is so untrue, and quite frankly, very hypocritical.Why did Mitt Romney implement this same program in his own state?Was the idea behind that a waste of time? The whole act isn't even what is in question.It's the individual mandate, which was a Republican idea; and the cornerstone of his own Massachusetts plan .The law addresses a serious issue-that of the uninsured in this country.I applaud the president for taking it on.
A waste? So saving the auto industry was wasted time? Getting Bin Laden was wasted time? Getting rid of DADT was a waste and on and on. That was a fool statement by Romney. People were effected positively by saving the auto industry, etc., so Romney is saying that the President wasted his time helping those people?
Fascist Obama is a waste. He needs to go to Egypt and join his fellow Muslim Botherhood members that he's so found of. There are a lot of dictatorships that could use his services. America will be grateful if anyone takes this waste of fresh air.
Larry Ellison (Oracle CEO) is the dumbest man on the planet. Last week it was announced that he purchased most of the Hawaiian island of Lanai for $500 million,... the Koch brothers are buying the whole damned country for only $400 million.
The first term has been wasted, but not because of Obama. The term has been wasted because of the right wing nut jobs running the repubs that are more concerned with kissing Grover than the progress of the USA, along with the good ole boy racists from both sides that just can't stomach a black president.
Which part of "And for the record, I am against the mandate from a legal standpoint, and expect SCOTUS to drop it. But it will be 'bye bye' to health-insurance companies being able to make a profit" are you not understanding????
Again, thanks for proving you are incapable of actually READING posts as written.
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I posted your comment as it was written about the mandate, which clearly shows your opinion in favor of it.
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Read my comment again: I stated what Romney thinks about mandates. Then I stated that it is unConstitutional, and will be struck.
Get it yet?
Again, thanks for proving you are incapable of actually READING posts as written.
If you kill your child after it's born, you have committed a crime.
If it's just a fetus, I truly don't care; scientifically, they are simply parasites, technically. I'd rather not have one more welfare family to feed.
And killing a baby IS a crime - it's called "infanticide".
You are being intentionally dense. Catholic?
"The mandate you think is so good", as you said of me, is unConstitutional, and will be struck down.
You really aren't very bright. That, or you simply don't pay attention to what has been posted.
I'll type more slowly next time so you can understand the post.
Thanks for proving my point.
READ: ' "The mandate you think is so good", as you said of me '
Truly, you are mentally challenged.
Accuse me when you were clearly wrong. Once again, you proved the post of my post above.