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Quite possibly the dumbest thing ever stated. You might find a few fringe RHINO's who were looking for a system that would eliminate bums from abusing the healthcare system and going to emergency rooms for every cough and cold and NEVER paying, but you will NEVER produce any evidence to support your claim that "the entire Republican Party" thought Obamacare was a good idea.
"Individual health care insurance mandate has roots two decades long
The controversial individual mandate that was upheld Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court stems back more than 20 years, believed to have originated with a prominent conservative think tank.
The mandate, requiring every American to purchase health insurance, appeared in a 1989 published proposal by Stuart M. Butler of the conservative Heritage Foundation called "Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans," which included a provision to "mandate all households to obtain adequate insurance."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...re-insurance-mandate-has-long-checkered-past/
Here is a link with a video of a debate from the last presidentail election where Romey, the eventual Republican nominee, is debating Newt Gringrich, who was, at one point, leading the polls for Republican Presidential nomination, and went on to win several primaries.
The exchange starts at the 27:38 mark but to save you time I have privded the transcript.
ROMNEY: Actually, Newt, we got the idea of an individual mandate from you.
GINGRICH: That’s not true. You got it from the Heritage Foundation.
ROMNEY: Yes, we got it from you, and you got it from the Heritage Foundation and from you.
GINGRICH: Wait a second. What you just said is not true. You did not get that from me. You got it from the Heritage Foundation.
ROMNEY: And you never supported them?
GINGRICH: I agree with them, but I’m just saying, what you said to this audience just now plain wasn’t true.
(CROSSTALK)
ROMNEY: OK. Let me ask, have you supported in the past an individual mandate?
GINGRICH: I absolutely did with the Heritage Foundation against Hillarycare.
ROMNEY: You did support an individual mandate?
ROMNEY: Oh, OK. That’s what I’m saying. We got the idea from you and the Heritage Foundation.
GINGRICH: OK. A little broader.
ROMNEY: OK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61J-5sW288#t=27m38s
Obama Care is Romeny Care and Romeny was the Republican nominee for President in 2012.