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LiberalLovinLug

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23. The Affordable Care Act???? what's that?
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 01:49 PM
Mar 2014

Am I the only one that thinks its rather stupid for Democrats to accept the branding that the Republicans donned the ACA with?...Obamacare?

I understand the thinking. Maybe its another of the "only in America" with its wild west standoff traditions. ie..you want to try and besmirch our health bill by making it all about the black man in the white house? Ok...we will one up you and embrace it and one day you will rue the day you pushed that branding because everyone will love it and you'll be scrambling to erase Obama's name from it.

All that did was solidify the message and make it easier for places like FAUX News to coninue to prop up the meme for the next 10 years that it was brought down by that ruthless socialist Muslim dictator that somehow sneaked into the White House. Any hiccups will be all his and by extension the Democrats, fault.

Right from the start they should have corrected all news hosts by either saying it is the Affordable Care Act, not "Obamacare". That many hardworking legislators worked on it. That much of it was taken from the Heritage Foundation and other Conservative plans from the past.

If the ACA is not catchy enough then I proposed already that it should have been called "Americare" from the start by Democrats. If the GOP wanted to still call it Obamacare that's their prerogative.

This should silence the naysayers! Dem4ever27 Mar 2014 #1
First it needs to get reported. This was from Bloomberg. Not a MSM outlet, and I suspect if it is lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #6
The the GOP and Teabaggers think they know what is good for those 64% better than they do liberal N proud Mar 2014 #2
Even the recalcitrant idiots know it's settled law. jsr Mar 2014 #3
This is what we need to emphasize: the positive outlook question everything Mar 2014 #4
I vote YES! SoapBox Mar 2014 #5
Then there's me. Treant Mar 2014 #7
"How many of the 36% are like me and think that Obamacare shouldn't be law"? red dog 1 Mar 2014 #17
I don't NEED Obamacare. MADem Mar 2014 #19
Facts don't matter. The NY Times just ran a headline blaming Sink's loss on Obamacare. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #8
Not even Karl Rove is making that claim but, DonViejo Mar 2014 #9
This is great news but we need to sell the Affordable Care Act Gothmog Mar 2014 #10
Exactly. A candidate saying "I'll fix what's wrong with it" is NOT selling the ACA. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #11
If you want to get the attention of the people that like it, JoeyT Mar 2014 #12
Of course it can be improved. It could be single payer. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #13
The Affordable Care Act???? what's that? LiberalLovinLug Mar 2014 #23
democratic midterm candidates, for the love of god, please! MsPithy Mar 2014 #14
kr...nt MindMover Mar 2014 #15
I'm surprised hibbing Mar 2014 #16
K&R...Thanks for posting. red dog 1 Mar 2014 #18
GOP's worst nightmare-uninsured/poor Republicans LIKING Obamacare! ErikJ Mar 2014 #20
and the GOP is surprised why? azurnoir Mar 2014 #21
So good.. November here we come.. Cha Mar 2014 #22
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