24 Policies That Repubs Supported BEFORE They Were Against Them

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Since President Obama took the oath of office in January 2009, Republicans have reversed their stances on many different policies and beliefs. Here are 24 of them.

1. Health Care Mandates) Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act by Democrats, Republicans widely supported the idea of an individual health care insurance mandate, Newt Gingrich being perhaps the chief supporter. Republicans have always preached about how people need to take responsibility for themselves, and now that a law exists that makes people take responsibility, the GOP is rejecting it simply on the grounds that President Obama and the Democrats passed it.

2. The Nuclear START Treaty) Republicans shamelessly filibustered the ratification of the Obama START Treaty for quite a period of time and criticized it tremendously and continue to try and find ways to circumvent the treaty today. What Republicans conveniently forget is that Ronald Reagan, the man that Republicans worship like a God, negotiated the very first START Treaty which was signed by yet another Republican, George H. W. Bush in 1991. That treaty expired in 2009 so President Obama negotiated a new one to continue the Reagan legacy. But since President Obama negotiated this treaty, Republicans retreated from Reagan’s policy faster than the decade it took to create the START Treaty in the first place.

3. Dream Act) Immigration reform has been touted by Republicans for decades now. Reagan granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the 1980′s. Most recently, Republicans worked on immigration reform under the Bush Administration and failed. President Bush and Senator John McCain both supported immigration reform and were willing to cross the aisle to work with Democrats, most notably Edward Kennedy. All of that work and bipartisanship ceased after the 2008 Election. Staunchly opposed to President Obama and anything his administration supports, Republicans turned their backs on immigration reform in favor of militarizing the border and laws that violate the civil rights of Hispanics. Obama’s Dream Act would do much that Reagan would approve of, but Republicans refuse hear anything of it.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/08/22/24-policies-that-republicans-supported-before-they-were-against-them/

[lpbk2713]

1. Bookmarked.

Thanks, I know this will come in handy in the coming months.



KnR


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[Overseas]

2. K&R.

[ehrnst]

3. I posted this on a conservative family member's Facebook page in response to

his posting Obama's quote when he was against raising the debt ceiling as a Senator.

No response thus far...

[Mz Pip]

4. In addition

Nixon started the EPA. Damn socialist.

[no limit]

5. And you can flip many of those right around on Obama since he swore he was against them

- Health Care Mandates
- Gun Control
- Civil Rights
- Environmental Protection
- Deficit Spending
- Financial Disclosure
- Military Intervention In The Middle East
- Lower Taxes
- Medicare
- Social Security

On all these issues Obama has broken his promises in one way or the other.

[Lasher]

6. Correction on deficit spending:

13. Deficit Spending) This one is big. Republicans have employed deficit spending since the Reagan years and abused it during the Bush administration to pass the conservative agenda and to fund wars. Reagan doubled the national debt and George W. Bush proceeded to double it again. But because Democrats controlled the White House and the Congress from 2008 to 2010, Republicans completely reversed their stance on deficit spending and still oppose deficit spending solely on the grounds that a Republican isn’t President. If a Republican were President right now, you can bet the farm that they would abuse deficit spending once again to slam the destructive anti-middle class, anti-poor, anti-women, and anti-America agenda through Congress with no thought about fiscal responsibility whatsoever.

Actually, Saint Ronnie came much closer to tripling the national debt during his two terms. The federal debt was $994 billion when he assumed the presidency and $2.867 trillion eight years later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms