Mitch McConnell Doesn't Appreciate Being Asked About Covering The Uninsured

Chris Wallace did a good job today on Fox News Sunday grilling Republican Senator Mitch McConnell on the Republican answer to ObamaCare - or lack thereof. First, McConnell could not explain why, if Obama's individual mandate is a tax, Mitt Romney's Massachusetts individual mandate is not a tax. Then McConnell grew visibly annoyed as Wallace pressed him to explain what the Republican plan is to provide universal health insurance coverage if it repeals ObamaCare. McConnell's shocking answer: That is not the issue.

Maybe McConnell was stymied about the tax question because video of Romney explicitly endorsing taxes as a means to enforce his own mandate is on the internet. But it's hard to understand how McConnell was not prepared to offer up a Republican alternative for coverage - unless he figured he'd only get softball questions from Wallace.

Kudos to Wallace on this one.

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commented 2012-07-03 11:05:52 -0400 · Flag

Wallace’s question is funny because, of course, no Republican wants everyone to have health insurance! That might mean there would be less medical care for those who already have it.

Republicans, if they were honest, would tell you: There isn’t enough of anything to go around, so we need to have a group of ‘sacrificials’ so that the rest of us can have enough. The designated group of ‘sacrificias’ is the working poor. The people who work for minimum wage at Walmart and get no health insurance so the rest of us can buy really inexpensive food and gas and also get their share of healthcare.

commented 2012-07-02 09:10:21 -0400 · Flag

McTurtle had a snit-fit when he didn’t get the same ass-kissing deference that Fux Noise generally showers on teabagging Repugs like Snow Snooki and the Trumpster.

commented 2012-07-02 08:37:06 -0400 · Flag

no the real issue is republicans would rather ruin the country under their “leadership” than to see it succeed under a Democratic president who happens to be, uh, black.

commented 2012-07-01 17:17:17 -0400 · Flag

Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Appreciate Being Asked About Covering The Uninsured

Of course not — he’d rather talk about his “top priority”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A09a_gHJc

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commented 2012-07-01 16:17:08 -0400 · Flag

Happy Canada Day to you Scott and to all of our friends in Canada.

McConnell should just come out be honest and just say he’s against anything Obama is for. The Republicans could not have a worst nominee than Rmoney to argue their case against health care reform.

What Chris should have asked him and other Republican lawmakers who voted against this is, will you voluntarily give up your health care that the taxpayers pay for you and your family?

commented 2012-07-01 15:35:20 -0400 · Flag

Wallace has never even pretended to like McConnell- I have never seen a segment where he even tried to look like he wanted to interview him. Same deal here- very clear sense of “Party line be damned, I’m gonna piss him off!”.

I think the brass allows it for the same reason they allow Shep to be honest- to try claiming “fair and balanced” without even pretending to hear the case for them being a small minority.