Posted on 09/28/2013 1:37:44 PM PDT by neverdem
McCarthy: "The American people do not want Obamacare, and the representatives closest to them have voted not to spend the people’s money on it. According to the Constitution, that should be the end of the matter."
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Jim R has been saying this for...ever... Most recently"
Bottom line, Obamacare is an unconstitutional Marxist boondoggle that will destroy our nation
ALL: House will be back in session at 5:30
JR: Just learned of your operation on Monday. All FR will be holding you in our prayers.
A brilliant parallel, and WHY hasn't this been brought up before??!!?
It Doesn't Matter If the Obamacare Defunding Gambit Fails
It matters next to nothing if current Republican efforts succeed in immediately defunding Obamacare. That's because this is just the opening round of what promises to be a protracted struggle to restore sanity to the American health care system. A temporary defeat at one juncture on the road to repeal isn't really a defeat at all, provided that it serves a larger purpose. Obamacare, after all, wasn't enacted in a day and it won't be repealed in a day.
Both the Ted Cruz talkathon and the brinksmanship over the stop-gap government funding measure (called a "continuing resolution") epitomize purposeful political theater.
Ignore the blatherskite spewing from GOP establishment talking heads like Karl Rove: there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing political things strictly for public consumption even when there is a less-than-direct or less-than-obvious relationship between the things done and the desired results. It's not somehow dishonest or dishonorable to do this, contrary to the protestations of the pompous pundits who suck up air in the Washington echo chamber.
In this age of instant everything, we tend to forget that politics isn't always about concrete, instantaneous results. It's about symbolism. It's about focusing the attention of people in order to educate them. It's about framing the issues properly, telling stories, and planting memes in public spaces, allowing them to spread like dandelion seeds on a passing breeze. That's how Americans were brainwashed into believing that Republicans are the "party of the rich" and gazillionaire George Soros's Democrats are the caring party of compassion.
In short, the Tea Party needs to go Alinksy. And when they get called teabaggers, they need to be addressed some variation of commie, marxist, pinko, etc.
Perfect and is what Boehner should tell the Senate and the Marxist.
There's another federal court case because of that. I don't know what happened to it.
Brilliantly presented and it reads like poetry to me.
As Andrew C. McCarthy said, “According to the Constitution, that should be the end of the matter.”
Defund the damn thing.
I know, and he's been saying it loud and clear.
neverdem, thanks for posting. WOW!!! This is what FReepers have been saying.
And it matches my new tagline.
I agree.
it was a first battle in getting the republicans out of the way in order to get our country back.
It went very well.
I picture Cornyn pacing around his ranch, perhaps a drink in hand, his wife out and about, a few unwanted phone calls, muttering to himself.
McConnell is the same, delayed by about a month.
Boehner is delaying obamacare for long enough to ensure it doesn’t effect the 2014 elections.
All slowly realizing that the massive amounts of people very badly affected by obamacare are done with these golfers. And now they know whom to turn to.
Their party is over.
Cruz hasn’t miscalculated anything, including that he is a freshman senator who just took de facto charge.
If Obama can selectively enforce laws enacted by Congress, then the House ought to be able to selectively fund their laws.
I'd be interested in seeing your reasoning that concludes having a nuclear blast a month before the 2014 elections doesn't affect the 2014 elections. I really would.
BUMP
Yes. Outrageous. Have you heard about the status of the lawsuit to challenge this in the Supreme Court?
Benghazi, NSA spying, IRS scandal, $6 million personal vacations every six months, Obama shutting down the government over a complete abomination, running up more debt in 5 years than all other presidents COMBINED, appointing Kerry, Hagel, Hillary, Rice, Powers to top positions, to name a few disaster for which BO and the democrats take zero responsibility.
You don’t follow these stories, do you?
Of course I follow them. You forgot to mention George Zimmerman’s getting screwed and Marco Rubio’s pushing amnesty. You’re a piker. But it appears you think I am incapable of following all of them. You must think me stupid?
Distraction Trolls get the same good treatment from me as Concern Trolls. Piss off.
We are supposed to think delaying obamacare is a good strategy? We are supposed to think the media and the public will come to their senses in a year, in the last month of that year and vote for the people trying to save us from it?
When they did not try to save us from it, they just put it off for a year in order to retain their tee times?
No
If you are under the impression that Senator Cruz and Senator Lee were pushing for this, you are misguided.
A man doesn’t stand ad deliver for 21+ hours to delay a disastrous law.
Defund it.
Distraction, indeed.
You really need to get some rest, stanne. I mean that sincerely.
Nobody is ever going to give you a magic wand to make everything operate as you think it should. It’s sad, I know, but it’s the way things go. I wish somebody would explain that to Ron Paul.
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