Mitt Romney’s healthcare plan – “go to the Emergency Room”

Emergency room treatment is expensive and isn’t free. Taxpayers pay for it.

The Affordable Care Act asks that folks who can afford to at least pay for some kind of catastrophic care insurance. I thought conservatives liked the idea of people being responsible for themselves?

And then there’s the flip flop on this issue by Romney. He really is good at contradicting himself. It’s not rhetoric anymore. It’s habit.

Andrew Sullivan: If Obama wins “he will become the Democrats’ Reagan”

Andrew Sullivan says President Obama will become Ronald Reagan if reelected:

“If Obama wins, to put it bluntly, he will become the Democrats’ Reagan. The narrative writes itself. He will emerge as an iconic figure who struggled through a recession and a terrorized world, reshaping the economy within it, passing universal health care, strafing the ranks of al-Qaeda, presiding over a civil-rights revolution, and then enjoying the fruits of the recovery.”

Read the rest at The Daily Beast

Mitt Romney releases 2nd year of tax returns – how does he compare to current & previous Presidents?

Folks can defend him all they like, but it really does raise some eyebrows when you realize that:

  • Mitt’s own father, George Romney, released 12 years of tax returns
  • George H. W. Bush released 19 years of tax returns
  • Bill Clinton released 16 years of tax returns
  • George W. Bush released 13 years of tax returns
  • Barack Obama released 12 years of tax returns

But Mitt Romney only releases 2 full years of tax returns.

Don’t you wonder why? Legal or not, what could he be hiding? And seriously, compared with all those other Presidents, doesn’t it seem strange?