Also, we know George's lineage, and we know for a fact that he never slept with a Wookie.
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Posted on 10/18/2010 4:49:41 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Virginia attorney general compares Obama to King George III By Chris Moody - The Daily Caller 6:01 PM 10/18/2010
Virginia’s fiery attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, who argued against the constitutionality of the health care law in federal court this week, has a new line: President Obama is worse than King George III, the English king in power when Americans declared independence in 1776.
Cuccinelli said Monday that at no other time in American history had a government forced citizens to purchase a product and gotten away with it, even the British King that sparked the American Revolution.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in April contains a provision that requires citizens to buy health insurance. Virginia’s lawsuit argues that the mandate is beyond the powers of the federal government, as defined in the Constitution. (A Massachusetts state measure, championed by former governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, requires everyone in the state to have insurance.)
In 1774, the American colonists signed onto a document that notified King George III that Americans would boycott British goods until the so-called “Intolerable Acts” were lifted. Speaking like a history professor, Cuccinelli told the story of how American colonists boycotted British products in response to the Acts more than 200 years ago.
“The King’s own lawyer, his solicitor general, advised him that the boycott was legal under British law and that Americans could not be forced to buy British goods,” Cuccinelli said. “Yet in 2010 we have a Congress and a president that have enacted a law that compels Americans for the first time in history under the guise of regulating commerce, that they must buy a private product even when the King of England and the parliament that we rebelled against acknowledged that they should not have the authority to compel us to do that when we were their subjects.”
The Obama administration has countered that Congress has the power to mandate health insurance under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The battle over the mandate is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/18/virginia-attorney-general-compares-obama-to-king-george-iii/print/#ixzz12kyWsPqo
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When I was a kid, Virginians took their history VERY seriously. It looks like they still do.
Poor George.
ping. Virginia speaks up.
I was at the rally in Washington in September when Mr. Cuccinelli addressed the crowd. At that time he made the comparison of Obama to King George III. It was fitting then and it’s fitting now.
He cain’t hep it.
(can’t hear “poor George” without doing my ma richards imitation)
At least it’s a different George being blamed in connection with Obama.
More proud to be a Virginian every day....
Obviously a lot of people think that Obama is much like George III.
He raises taxes arbitrarily, he doesn’t give a damn about his subjects, and he awards his favored circle of friends with crooked deals.
And they both seem to think that if you are king, you can do whatever you want without consulting anybody but your chosen advisers—who will be fired if they disagree with you.
And according to a story out today...they stand behind a velvet red rope in the White House when meeting movers and shakers.
Yes, Virginia, there IS a Commerce Clause.
King George stated a war. Zero is well down that same path.
I love our attorney general!
ouch, better put some ice on that! I feel for Government’s Lawyer that had to answer that one.
Yes, Virginians still take their history very seriously. Cucinelli is a Virginian who will make history. Go Cooch...
Cuccinelli BUMP.
This is the guy everyone needs to keep an eye on.
He’s a take-no-prisoners conservative, with a backbone of steel, and doesn’t back down. I hope he aspires to higher office.
Also, we know George's lineage, and we know for a fact that he never slept with a Wookie.
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