The Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” turns five years old today, and National Journal’s Ron Fournier celebrated with this defense of the law:
.@BruceNV @RefDemo Once a law passes, we should do our best to make it work. We shouldn't root and aim for failure.
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) March 23, 2015
For real? #Facepalm!
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@ron_fournier @BruceNV @RefDemo Is that a quote from Mao or Lenin?
— StanleyFosha (@stanleyfosha) March 23, 2015
@ron_fournier @BruceNV @RefDemo Really? What about the Jim Crow laws? Women's suffrage? Gold standard? Prohibition against gay marriage?
— Christa Cooper (@MissMarple2) March 23, 2015
@ron_fournier @BruceNV @RefDemo Alien and sedition acts, Dred Scott, Korematsu, Kelo [vs. New London] & now ACA. Make them work. Really?
— Jeff in Exile (@JeffHGreen) March 23, 2015
@ron_fournier @BruceNV @RefDemo Even if law is passed in dead of night with arm twisting and bribes? No I think not. Better to keep opposing
— deb4liberty (@deb4liberty) March 23, 2015
@ron_fournier @BruceNV @RefDemo are you freakin serious? Even if it is a bad law? What a joke.
— Mr. Miller (@JmeMiller1974) March 23, 2015
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At the very least, Fournier might receive a “thank-you note” from Debbie Wasserman Schultz for that statement.
Is Fournier attempting to “clarify” here?
OMG. RT @ron_fournier .@BruceNV @RefDemo Once a law passes, we should do our best to make it work. We shouldn't root and aim for failure.
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) March 23, 2015
.@NolteNC @BruceNV @RefDemo Don't stroke out, John. It's called governing.
But don't worry: Nobody will do it.
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) March 23, 2015
“Governing”?
@ron_fournier I've just never heard "governing" equated to rolling over for bad and unjust laws before.
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) March 23, 2015
Maybe this is a better starting point:
@ron_fournier @BruceNV @RefDemo First define success before accusing others of rooting for failure.
— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) March 23, 2015