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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas using the term "Obamacare" backfired on the GOP? I think yes.
They have branded it like Medicare or Social Security and generations will call it Obamacare because it works and they like it.
IMHO.
efhmc
(14,731 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)When they realized the sky didn't turn red and death panels weren't coming to kill their grandmas.
Certainly I blame right wing fear mongers and the M$M the most, but really the left needs to share a little blame too for not getting the facts of Obamacare out sooner.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)we need to keep it working well.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)and she embraced the term, so it is with "Obamacare". Embrace it and own it.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)"God Save the King" morphed into "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
And the derogatory "queer" was finally adopted as a badge of pride by the LGBT community.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)when it was an insult song from the Brits about us.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)kludge or kluge
n. Slang1. A system, especially a computer system, that is constituted of poorly matched elements or of elements originally intended for other applications.
2. A clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.
There's a word that hasn't been heard much lately.
--imm
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
Edit to add, it has saved lives, and money, and may well be the path to single payer, the mark of civilization.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)And if I were the President I would wear it as a badge of honor.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)As in, no medical care at all.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)RZM
(8,556 posts)I don't think the term necessarily hurts them, but the administration's co-option of it has removed any benefits the GOP might have gained from it.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)RZM
(8,556 posts)I guess it has failed. But I don't think they are taking any damage from it. More like an absence of gains. Of course some would see the absence of gains as damage. It's all how you look at it, I guess.