Republican Senators Mike Lee, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate this afternoon to urge their colleagues to vote against any continuing resolution to fund Obamacare. Cruz’ office summarized his speech in a series of tweets while he spoke.
POTUS promised under Obamacare "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it" — facts have conclusively proven that wrong #DontFundIt
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) July 30, 2013
Why is President Obama willing to grant a waiver for giant corporations but not hard-working American families? #DefundObamacare
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) July 30, 2013
What does it say that even the IRS employees union is asking to be let out of Obamacare? #DontFundIt #DefundObamacare
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) July 30, 2013
It was Rubio’s repeated comparison of Obamacare and the disastrous 1985 launch of New Coke that had Twitter buzzing, though. In a blog post published Monday at RedState.com, he suggested that like New Coke, Obamacare is an expensive experiment that’s bound to fail in the marketplace.
Only in Washington do people double down on their mistakes. In the real world, Ford stopped producing Pintos. Coke dropped New Coke and went back to its original formula.
Washington should be no different. When politicians and their ideas fail, they should be thrown out of office come election time. In the meantime, their bad ideas – like ObamaCare – should simply not be funded.
When you consider the Obama administration’s enlisting of pop stars to sell the Affordable Care Act to the youth who are going to be funding the bulk of it, it’s not such a stretch.
Rubio on Senate floor comparing Obamcare to New Coke, and how Coca Cola dropped it after realizing it was mistake.
— Alex Leary (@learyreports) July 30, 2013
Rubio comparing New Coke to Obamacare on Senate Floor… I remember New Coke and how much it sucked. OCare will be worse
— heather (@CFHeather) July 30, 2013
Plus, New Coke didn't bankrupt the government and ration healthcare @CFHeather
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) July 30, 2013
.@senmarcorubio compares Obamacare disaster to New Coke. They didn't keep ramming it down America's throat. They saved Coke. #DontFundIt
— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) July 30, 2013
@SenTedCruz @senmarcorubio The purpose of "new Coke" make it taste so bad that no one would notice they took the sugar out. Reintro Old Coke
— Jean Deaux™ (@jeandeaux1776) July 30, 2013
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