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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember when "Obamacare" was a slur by the right wing. Check out this FB post.
ADVICE: Don't call it "Obama care" anymore. Start calling it what it is...."National Health Care"...anyway, that's the term my dad used back in 1980... Take that little weasel's name out of it.
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Remember when "Obamacare" was a slur by the right wing. Check out this FB post. (Original Post)
Maraya1969
Nov 2012
OP
"ObamaCare" started out that way, but it will live on the way "New Deal" did...
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
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Lex
(34,108 posts)1. I loved it in the debate when Obama said he kind of liked the term "Obamacare"
and I believe he knew he was messing withe the right-wing nut jobs.
bongbong
(5,436 posts)2. The thing Obama has to say in his next speech
"Breathing deeply is really good for you! In fact, any breathing is OK, and breathing is a central part of Obamacare."
MinM
(2,650 posts)4. Absolutely, by taking ownership of the term he's turned the tables...
on those that sought to perpetuate it as a term of derision. It's a beautiful thing.
BarackTheVote
(938 posts)3. I hope it sticks
Obama's legacy will be forever remembered along with the fact that he cared.
mary195149
(379 posts)5. As more and more people realize,
this "Obamacare" is a good thing, the Repubs will be more and more pissed they every labeled it "Obamacare". The last thing they want is a good thing to be linked to Obama! Long live Obamacare!!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. "ObamaCare" started out that way, but it will live on the way "New Deal" did...
... which ALSO was used as a slur.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)8. I did not know that. Thanks for the info.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)9. Hey. It's politics. If it can be used as a slur, it will be.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)7. This makes me laugh out loud.
The "little weasels" did this to themselves.