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The U.S. Senate has some arcane procedural rules, and as ordinary Americans our eyes glaze over trying to decipher them. But it’s important for us to understand that Sen. Ted Cruz’s efforts to defund Obamacare are worthwhile and doable.
We shouldn’t preemptively surrender the fight to those who rammed through this outrageously burdensome and unaffordable ploy for government control of health care even though some are trying to convince us that the fight is futile. Just because a fight isn’t easy, doesn’t mean it’s not worth fighting.
This defund movement boils down to a very simple request. As Andrew McCarthy recently pointed out: “Obama himself has already unilaterally and unconstitutionally defunded aspects of Obamacare, including repugnant accommodations for big corporations, Obama insiders, and members of Congress.” All we’re asking is that the rest of America “get the same relief from this awful law that Obama cronies, the ruling class, and the politically-connected get.”
Please call your senators and politely ask them to stand with Senator Cruz. This is especially important if your senator is a Democrat up for re-election in a red state in 2014. That would be Senators Mark Begich (D-AK), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and Kay Hagan (D-NC). Remind them politely that we are watching their votes very carefully and even a procedural vote that shuts down this debate will be regarded as a vote for Obamacare, and there will be consequences for them at the ballot box next year. The same goes for Republicans up for re-election. We definitely expect them to stand shoulder to shoulder with Senator Cruz through thick and thin.
The number for the Capitol Hill Switchboard is 202-224-3121. Ask for your senator’s office. You can also find their contact information and contact them online at
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Remember, we elected these senators precisely for moments like this. If they can’t do anything with the power we’ve given them through their elected office, then perhaps it’s time for them to retire and let someone else have a go.
Opposition to Obamacare carried us to victory in 2010. And 2014 is just around the corner.
- Sarah Palin
Come on TX - get rid of this a-hole Cornyn. We are going to do our best in 2014 to get rid of Lamar! Alexander here in TN and hopefully Corker later.
Thank you ... What is the general sense around here about Governor Palin? I really like her style - she’s got guts - and more so than most of the current GOP leadership, in my opinion.
I want her to run for office again - but I am guessing that she is thinking more of protecting her family (Momma Grizzly”). While I respect her for that, at the same time I believe America needs people like her, and now more than ever. We are in seriously deep trouble as a nation if we do not get rid of these socialist bozos who seem hell-bent on wrecking all that is good and honorable. I do not understand why they hate this country so. Why do they not go live somewhere else, and leave us who love our freedoms to live in peace? How many different way must we say “no.”