Desperate CNN Anchor Begs Obama and Romney to Defend Their Health Care Plans
In a pathetic act of desperation, CNN's Carol Costello whined that
President Obama is not defending his own health care bill well enough
and that Mitt Romney is not standing behind his own health care bill
from Massachusetts. Costello's lament aired on Friday morning's
Newsroom.
"I mean, secretly, don't you wish Mitt Romney would help us understand
his signature accomplishment as Massachusetts governor, health care
complete with a mandate and everything?" she implored the audience. "And
don't you wish President Obama would really explain the plan's impact
on our economy?"
Costello was pushing the same liberal narrative that her colleague,
Brooke Baldwin, advanced the day before – that Republicans should give
up the fight against ObamaCare now that it is the law of the land.
Baldwin confronted Republican Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) if he wasn't being
a "sore loser" by continuing to oppose ObamaCare.
Multiple polls have shown that more Americans oppose the bill than support it, but CNN still thinks the debate is over.
"Seriously. We fought about health care bitterly for months and months.
It widened the partisan divide that was already there. Do we really
want to go there again?" moaned Costello.
[Video below. Audio here.]
Later on, she scolded Republicans for criticizing a t-shirt sold on
President Obama's website calling ObamaCare a "BFD," short for "big
f***ing deal." Republicans called the shirt unpresidential, but Costello
would have none of it.
"But this is just another example of how we cannot discuss this issue
in a rational way," she lectured Republicans. "It's like why can't we
just push all of that stuff aside and -- and – and talk about this
health care law and make Americans really understand. Maria, why can't
we do that?"
A partial transcript of the segments, which aired on CNN Newsroom on
June 29 at 9:20 a.m. and 10:32 a.m. EDT, respectively, is as follows:
[9:20]
CAROL COSTELLO: Now is your chance to talk back on one of the big
stories of the day. The question for you this morning -- Obamacare:
Should we move on or fight anew? It's all over. (Laughs) Fat chance. The
Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the health care law, and
instantly the opponents of Obama care went off.
(Video Clip)
Rep. PHIL GINGREY (R-Ga.): I'm angry, mad at Chief Justice John Roberts.
Rep. MICHELE BACHMANN (R-Minn.): This is clearly unconstitutional.
This is a turning point in American history. We will never be the same again with this denial of liberty interest.
(End Video Clip)
COSTELLO: Politico reports that Republican Congressman Mike Pence
compared the Supreme Court's decision to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He
later apologized.
House Republicans have already scheduled a vote to repeal the law. Mitt
Romney, who's also vowed to repeal, says the court should have
overturned the entire law.
Oh, really, said Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who could not resist this zinger.
(Video Clip)
Rep. NANCY PELOSI (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader: I don't know.
Maybe he's going to pay for it out of his own pocket, but he's cover the
pre- existing condition's costs of people who have, children who have
pre- existing conditions. You cannot have it both ways.
(End Video Clip)
COSTELLO: Seriously. We fought about health care bitterly for months
and months. It widened the partisan divide that was already there. Do we
really want to go there again? I mean, secretly, don't you wish Mitt
Romney would help us understand his signature accomplishment as
Massachusetts governor, health care complete with a mandate and
everything? And don't you wish President Obama would really explain the
plan's impact on our economy?
He seemed to start doing that yesterday. But if we're going to go back
to those angry town halls and talk of death panels, it's going to be a
long hot summer. So, the talk back question today – Obama care: Should
we move on or fight anew?
(...)
[10:32]
CAROL COSTELLO: Just to get this out of the way, Romney's people
tweeted the BFD t-shirts were not presidential. That may be so. But this
is just another example of how we cannot discuss this issue in a
rational way. Why is that Ana?
ANA NAVARRO, Republican strategist: Well you know, I think the vast
majority of people have discussed it in a rationale way. Certainly
yesterday, Barack Obama discussed it in the right tone. Mitt Romney
responded to it in the right tone. And the vast majority of people in
Congress responded to it in a rational, logical way putting out
arguments.
I think there have been some inappropriate things. It's also an
emotional issue, and some people want to just spike the football. We saw
that out of the DNC, we had a guy at the DNC tweeting out words that
rhyme with "witches" and "truckers," that aren't appropriate speak
certainly for somebody that's involved in running presidential
campaigns. They are inappropriate.
But you know what, Carol, if the DNC, if they want to be inappropriate
and un-presidential that's perfectly fine with me. It works for my
purposes.
COSTELLO: But see -- but see – this is just the kind of thing I'm
talking about. It's like why can't we just push all of that stuff aside
and -- and – and talk about this health care law and make Americans
really understand. Maria, why can't we do that?
(...)
CHARLIE ROSE: Let me run this by you. Because couldn't it also back
fire for the Republicans? Because Mitt Romney has often said look, any
time I'm not talking about the economy, it's not good. Now he's going to
have talk about health care, and he's going to have to defend something
that was inspired by Mitt Romney. How do you get around that? Anyone?
(Crosstalk)
CARDONA: That's exactly right -- that's exactly right, Carol. I think
Mitt Romney right now is in a huge box. Because there is plenty of tape
of him back when he supported not just RomneyCare but the individual
mandate. And not only that, he talked about how he would love to see the
individual mandate and his health care bill that he passed in
Massachusetts be a model for the nation.
So this should be a happy day for Mitt Romney, because now it is not
just a model for the nation but the law of the nation. And frankly, it
is something that is going to help millions and millions of American
families get health care coverage that couldn't get it before.
COSTELLO: Well let me ask Ana this – let me ask– Ana, you're a
Republican strategist. So everybody knows this about Mitt Romney.
Wouldn't it be better if he didn't talk about it so much?
