Because it was kind of dumb for him to say this.
.@RepJohnYarmuth “kind of cringed” when @BarackObama guaranteed people could keep same insur. w/ #ACA. “We knew that that was not possible”
— Joe Arnold (@WHAS11Joe) November 5, 2013
John Yarmuth is in a D+3 district… in Kentucky, no less. He also was acting a lot differently about this issue in 2009:
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth says he’s willing to stake his political career on voting for a health care overhaul that he thinks would help most Americans.
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Yarmuth stayed calm in the face of boos and catcalls from some in the audience. He warned that the current health-care system is an unsustainable drain on businesses and the nation’s economy.
Somehow I get the feeling that John Yarmuth is no longer willing to stake his political career on Obamacare.
Moe Lane
Via:
Wow–Dem Congressman on President’s “if you like your plan” promise: “We knew that that was not possible” http://t.co/1fuGFFMcoc @WHAS11Joe
— Stew (@StewSays) November 5, 2013
Lies and the lying liars that tells ’em.
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Until the electorate wise up, we’re boned.
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Mew
Who’s running against him in 2014?
Good question, the GOP seems very weak on the ground in my neck of the woods. I hardly ever saw his challenger from two years ago, and I didn’t see any advertising.
Excuse me, but do you live in KY? Can I ask you a question? Are the people of KY in favor of Obamacare? Nothing against you personally, but there seem to be a lot of elected reps from KY who like to suck up to Obamacare.
Around Louisville… I don’t have a scientific poll or anything but my sense of things is yes. The traditional blue model of doing things is still very strong here. Also, there areb’t a lot of alternatives to the MSM so the media tends to be a bit of an echo chamber. Hell, they had a special section in the Sunday paper after (iirc) the website went live singing its praises.
Homer Simpson: “Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.”
Please tell me that this was caught on some kind of recording device!