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Showing Original Post only (View all)Take Note, Democrats. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT! [View all]
KY Gov Praise of Obamacare Leaves McConnell, Rand Dumbfounded........
Lord love Democratic Governor of Kentucky Steve Beshear. Speaking to a crowd of Kentucky voters at a fundraising breakfast, Beshear took the opportunity to praise the American Care Act (also known as Obamacare) to the overwhelming support of the audience and take subtle jabs at those who were opposing Obamacare, which include Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul who were also attending.
Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, also attending, werent expecting the onslaught. Jill Lawrence reported, It was not what anyone expectedleast of all Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, who sat stone-faced onstage with Beshear as he unloaded on them without using names.
Beshear finished with a stab to the heart of GOPs NoCare, no alternative. Its amazing to me how people who are pouring time and money and energy into trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act sure havent put that kind of energy into trying to improve the health of Kentuckians, according to the National Journal.
Beshear finished with a stab to the heart of GOPs NoCare, no alternative. Its amazing to me how people who are pouring time and money and energy into trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act sure havent put that kind of energy into trying to improve the health of Kentuckians, according to the National Journal.
Ouch. That had to hurt Mitch McConnell especially, who is in a serious fight to retain his seat against challenger Alison Grimes. The National Journal reports that Beshear got very pointed with his criticism:
The governor compared health insurance to "the safety net of crop insurance" and said farmers need both. He said 640,000 Kentuckians15 percent of the statedon't have health insurance and "trust me, you know many of those 640,000 people. You're friends with them. You're probably related to them. Some may be your sons and daughters. You go to church with them. Shop with them. Help them harvest their fields. Sit in the stands with them as you watch your kids play football or basketball or ride a horse in competition. Heck, you may even be one of them."
Beshear went on to say that "it's no fun" hoping and praying you don't get sick, or choosing whether to pay for food or medicine. He also said Kentucky is at or near the top of the charts on bad-health indicators, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer deaths, and preventable hospitalizations. He said all that affects everything from productivity and school attendance to health costs and the state's image.
"We've ranked that bad for a long, long time," he said. "The Affordable Care Act is our historic opportunity to address this weakness and to change the course of the future of the commonwealth. We're going to make insurance available for the very first time in our history to every single citizen of the commonwealth of Kentucky."
Beshear went on to say that "it's no fun" hoping and praying you don't get sick, or choosing whether to pay for food or medicine. He also said Kentucky is at or near the top of the charts on bad-health indicators, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer deaths, and preventable hospitalizations. He said all that affects everything from productivity and school attendance to health costs and the state's image.
"We've ranked that bad for a long, long time," he said. "The Affordable Care Act is our historic opportunity to address this weakness and to change the course of the future of the commonwealth. We're going to make insurance available for the very first time in our history to every single citizen of the commonwealth of Kentucky."
THIS is what I want to see Democrats doing as we near the 2014 mid-terms. Be unapologetic. Put the Democratic agenda in human terms everyone can understand. Push Republicans back on their heels and force them to defend their record.
Take note, Democrats. This is how you do it.
http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/ky-gov-praise-obamacare-leaves-mcconn
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And something else they need to do - watch Howard Dean in a TV "debate" with any republi-CON.
calimary
Aug 2013
#46
Right on! This is the UnCivil War and we need to make the enemy fight for every inch of ground!!
LongTomH
Aug 2013
#47
Good, it is time to start putting a hat on the RW lies about ACA, thisvis a start on getting
Thinkingabout
Aug 2013
#4
where's the link to Beshear's speech? I clicked on everything in the article and the link with the
CTyankee
Aug 2013
#15
I found a part of it here, but it's mostly Rand. Read some of it. Although it wasn't 'a speech.'
freshwest
Aug 2013
#67
If he's a republi-CON, probably too cheap. Looks like he slapped a scouring pad.
calimary
Aug 2013
#23
My Republican Governor did something similar a while back. His name was Romney.
merrily
Aug 2013
#62
Who knew Kentucky's governor was a Democrat? So strange, yet wonderful
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2013
#33
curious to know in what way he is a Democrat as opposed to being a "DINO"
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2013
#71
Just remind everyone that "ObamaCare" was originally Republican fodder.
blkmusclmachine
Aug 2013
#34
Sure they can. See Reply 63. You cannot erase history. Well, a little but not that much.
merrily
Aug 2013
#64