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stopbush

(24,396 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:00 PM Jun 2015

MSM: R Defeat On The ACA Is A Win For...Republicans (??)

Yep. That's what I heard from an MSNBC talking head analyst today: the SCOTUS upholding the ACA is a win for Rs because they can breathe a sigh of relief that they didn't have to come up with the actual alternative plan that they have never proposed.

While one can see the point, the larger point is that no matter what seems to happen, someone in the media will spin it as a win for the Rs. Imagine what they would be saying if the SCOTUS had struck down the subsidies!

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MSM: R Defeat On The ACA Is A Win For...Republicans (??) (Original Post) stopbush Jun 2015 OP
It is a win for all Americans, and the GOP is incapable of coming up with something at all let alone randys1 Jun 2015 #1
Yes...the GOP, in spite of fredamae Jun 2015 #2
You Should Be Accustom To This By Now..... global1 Jun 2015 #3

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. It is a win for all Americans, and the GOP is incapable of coming up with something at all let alone
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:01 PM
Jun 2015

better.

fredamae

(4,458 posts)
2. Yes...the GOP, in spite of
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:11 PM
Jun 2015

all their "repeal obamacare bluster" understands, the vast majority of those that would have been negatively impacted are in Red States (their Base)...and for some damned reason...They Also Like Health Care! If SCOTUS had Gutted the ACA today...it would have totally Hurt their chances in the upcoming elections....

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