Rick Perry's Response To SCOTUS' Obamacare Ruling Was Probably The Smartest Of All

Bustle ^ | 25 JUN 2015 | LAUREN HOLTER

[South40]

FULL TITLE: Rick Perry's Response To SCOTUS' Obamacare Ruling Was Probably The Smartest Of All The GOP Candidates'

And now for some news that will come as no surprise: Republican presidential candidates were all sorts of disappointed Thursday when the Supreme Court voted to uphold Obamacare, allowing health care subsidies to remain in every state. The ruling was a huge victory for the Obama administration and the Democratic party as a whole, so naturally many within the GOP took the opportunity to make some major digs at SCOTUS. But not everyone was slamming the Supreme Court. Rick Perry had the smartest reaction to the Obamacare ruling; because unlike the other 2016 Republican candidates, he didn’t blame the Court — he blamed the White House.

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Perry writes:

The Obama Administration has ignored the text of the Affordable Care Act time and again, and today’s ruling allows them to continue to disregard the letter of the law. While I disagree with the ruling, it was never up to the Supreme Court to save us from Obamacare. We need leadership in the White House that recognizes the folly of having to pass a bill to know what’s in it. We need leadership that understands a heavy-handed, one-size-fits-all policy does nothing to help health outcomes for Americans.

[BeadCounter]

I agree, he said it perfectly. Good for RP.

[nopardons]

That's a truly DUMB response!

Of course we need "leadership" in the White House, but Rick isn't it and this was, after all, little Barry's pet project!

[matthew fuller]

Manana.

[hotsteppa]

Whatever. SC rubberstamp for Obama.

[originalbuckeye]

Please mark this day, 6/25/15, the day when words no longer have integrity in the USSA, thanks to our ‘Supreme Court’, who hold themselves as the arbiter of ‘newspeak’ and can, from here on out, decide the new definitions of words and phrases for the formerly free people of America.

[TomGuy]

We had the ‘promises’ from the House and Senate leadership and members that they would do all they could to repeal it. Boehner was out making the same claim after the SC ruling.

They have done ZILCH! ZERO! NADA! as in NADA damn thing.

Nearly every Republican candidate will be claiming they will seek to repeal it. Why should we trust ANY of them?

ObamaSCOTUScare is here to stay — until it collapses until it own weight of regulations and costs. Politicians will apply bandaids and try to bail it out.

[The Unknown Republican]

I thought Cruz was brilliant as well: http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4542081/senator-ted-cruz-supreme-court-health-care-decision

[TEXOKIE]

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[kiryandil]

Please mark this day, 6/25/15, the day when words no longer have integrity in the USSA, thanks to our ‘Supreme Court’, who hold themselves as the arbiter of ‘newspeak’ and can, from here on out, decide the new definitions of words and phrases for the formerly free people of America.

Bill Clinton taught the federal judges, and the federal courts, what the meaning of "is", is.

He also apparently taught the supreme court what the meaning of "State" is...

The only thing the Gruberment & its feral courts have now is gunthugs, to enforce their illegitimate, despotic will.

[justa-hairyape]

We really are living in that novel. Newspeak. Two Minutes of Hate. Next up our Smart Televisions will be watching us and talking to us and chocolate will be rationed. The war against East Asia (Russia/China) looks to be set to start right on time.

[cynwoody]

I thought Cruz was brilliant as well: http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4542081/senator-ted-cruz-supreme-court-health-care-decision

That was first-rate!

The downside of yesterday is the realization we have a worthless Supreme Court.

The upside is the fact that the GOP won't be pressured into a premature fix of the 'Rat mess that is ObamaCare. Premature being whatever might result from trying or failing to fix it with Obama still in office.

[RginTN]

what a Lame response. Boehner/Mcconnell FUNDED obamacare. To blame obama when Republicans funded his mandate is ridiculous.

[South40]

Nailed it. But we’re talking about Ricardo Perrinista. He’s not right in the head.

[kvanbrunt2]

the scotus has been doing this for along time. since FDR. Charles Murreys latest book by the people has a great outline of the corruption. i will no longer possess or display the flag of stars and stripes. i predicted 5-4 with roberts against. he has demonstrated his absolute political nature.

[Secret Agent Man]

They lost it the first case on obamacare. When scotus rewrote it.

[john mirse]

2759 Jesus "was praying at a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'"1 In response to this request the Lord entrusts to his disciples and to his Church the fundamental Christian prayer.

St. Luke presents a brief text of five petitions,

2 while St. Matthew gives a more developed version of seven petitions.

3 The liturgical tradition of the Church has retained St. Matthew's text:

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

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Supreme Court ObamaCare decision: It make me sad to watch the Supreme Court use what I describe as zig-zag, upside logic to conclude that the word "state" in the law refers to a generic government exchange and not to exchanges in the individual 50 states.

Supreme Court logic/reasoning and the Lord's Prayer?

Then I started thinking: I wonder what the result would look like if the Supreme Court used the same upside-down logic/reasoning it used in its ObamaCare decision if it was asked to evaluate the Lord's Prayer.

So here goes.

The following is what I believe that Supreme Court Justice Roberts would say about the phrases in the Lord's Prayer that is posted at the beginning of this message if he was asked to evaluate the Prayer.

1. "Our Father who art in heaven,

ROBERTS: "Father? Unacceptable. That is a human term and is not acceptable. What did this Jesus person really mean?

ROBERTS: "Heaven is just not acceptable, because no one has proof that a place like heaven even exists.

2. "Hallowed be thy name?

ROBERTS: What is this word "Hallowed" all about? Did Jesus really mean "Holy?" What did Jesus mean by "Name"? Does this mean that, according to Jesus, the "Father" has a name like Tom or John or Barack?

3. "Thy kingdom come

ROBERTS: What kingdom is this about? Is it invisible or visible? Is it located somewhere out in space, like on one of the billion planets out there? Very confusing.

4. "Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

ROBERTS: "Will"? This Father has a will? Amazing! Does Jesus mean that this invisible Father has free will, or some other type of will unique to this so-called Father?

ROBERTS: What and where is this heaven place? If no one has any idea what is in this heaven, what does Jesus mean by heaven? Is it on another planet in space or is just part of his imagination?

5." Give us this day our daily bread,

ROBERTS: What does this Jesus mean by "bread"? Is he talking about grocery bread one finds at a place like WALMART? Or is he talking about special deli bread? He is certainly not very clear.

6."and forgive us our trespasses

ROBERTS: This is a hard one. Is Jesus talking about trespassing on another person's property? This seems like such a minor offense, so why would this "Father" even bother to busy himself with such a minor action. What laws would the trespasser really be breaking?

7. "as we forgive those who trespass against us,

8. "Again, what property laws are these trespassers breaking. and what does this Jesus mean by trespassers? Very confusing. Are we supposed to forgive people who run all over our property or who sneak into our house late at night and try to steal our stuff?

9. "and lead us not into temptation

ROBERTS: Again, very confusing. What does this Jesus mean by temptation? Temptation can refer to anything from being tempted to cheat on a school exam or to look at naughty pictures. What exactly is Jesus talking abut "temptation"? And is Jesus really saying that this "Father" would intentionally take a person by the hand and make him do something that was NOT nice. Again, what does the word "temptation" really mean.

Very confusing.

10. "but deliver us from evil.

ROBERTS: Another hard one. What exactly is this "evil" Jesus is talking about? Is it something a person creates himself, or is it something this invisible "Father" with no name makes up?

ROBERTS:"Deliver?" Is Jesus referring to the Post Office or some Pizza Delivery Service? Very confusing. How can an invisible person like this invisible "Father" deliver anything? Does he have a car or a plane?

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In closing, as I see it, if Justice Roberts used the same upside-down logic he used to write his ObamaCare opinion in favor of Obama on an analysis of the Lord's Prayer, he would look like a fool.

Ten Commandments: Can you imagine how foolish Roberts would look if he applied his ObamaCare absurd logic to his analysis of the Ten Commandments.

[SoFloFreeper]

This whole episode reminds me of the scene in the film 1984 with Richard Burton and John Hurt...Do you remember?

John Hurt insists on speaking the truth...but Richard Burton, Big Brother's minion, is sent to "teach" him...by a simple question:

Look at my hand, Winston. Right now, you see indeed four fingers held up to you. But as you can see (O'Brien uncovers his thumb, showing all five fingers), I have in fact five fingers. That is the essence of the Party, Winston: you think you know the truth by seeing things with your senses, but as you can see, your senses can disappoint you. The Party knows everything, is everything: the Party knows that there are five fingers here, even if you only see four of them. The Party knows the truth that you cannot see from the place you are standing at, because you are weak alone. The Party is strong and omniscient, and therefore if the Party says that two and two equals three, or five, it will always be right: you, by yourself, cannot know the truth.

We are essentially living 1984...truth is only what the state says--even if their own actions contradict their words.

[jamaksin]

As seen in “1984” ... we now have a country of “non-words”.

[outofsalt]

"We had the ‘promises’ from the House and Senate leadership and members that they would do all they could to repeal it. Boehner was out making the same claim after the SC ruling."

As much as Obama lied saying, "if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance." and all the many other lies surrounding the passage of the ACA, The republicans LIED in their promises to repeal and defund it!