Posted on 06/14/2012 2:15:23 PM PDT by Ron C.
During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it’s squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.
In case you hadn’t heard, even if the Supreme Court overturns the progressives’ federal health care juggernaut, prominent GOP leaders vow to preserve its most “popular” provisions. These big-government Republicans show appalling indifference to the dire market disruptions and culture of dependency that Obamacare schemes have wrought.
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, vice chair of the Senate GOP Conference, told a St. Louis radio station two weeks ago that he supports keeping at least three Obamacare regulatory pillars: federally imposed coverage of “children” up to age 26 on their parents’ health insurance policies (the infamous, unfunded “slacker mandate”), federally mandated coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions (“guaranteed issue,” which turns the very concept of insurance on its head and leads to an adverse-selection death spiral) and closure of the coverage gap in the massive Bush-backed Medicare drug entitlement (the “donut hole fix” that will obliterate the program’s cost-controls).
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VERY wise. NEVER EVER give a dime to the RNC. Keep all your campaign dollars local - never send it out of your own district. Keep that humming with the best you can find. If every Republican did that we would be in great shape nationally.
“There is but one solution for Obamacare.
DUMP it in it’s entirety and start over.”
The federal government has neither a constitutional duty nor the authority to devise a program of medical care insurance for the citizenry. It does,however, have the authority needed to regulate interstate commerce, and, as regards medical insurance contracts, to remove barriers to interstate commerce while also prohibiting excessive costs of settling medical malpractice lawsuits and prohibiting nuisance lawsuits.
The big problem we face is apathy among voters. But bigger than that is the fact that when we find a really good and solid conservative that the machine in DC can't pull away from conservatism, we want to keep them in office as long as they will serve.
In addition to that - a newly elected rep does NOT learn the ropes for almost two years. Some coming from state legislative experience 'get it' in far less time. Others are green as a gourd for up to two years, and have to be led around by their staff - often voting non-conservatively at the advice of others - not even knowing that they are voting on the wrong side of many issues.
Amen - and pass the ammunition!
State and local politics is where we all need to concentrate our own efforts - that of keeping RINO's at bay, denying them any position of power whatsoever.
Conservatives fighting RINO's in state party structure is 'where-it's-at' - and the sooner FReepers jump into that fray and fight like hell, the sooner we'll purge the party of squishy good-for-nothings!
I spent all of my efforts at that job, and helped to toss RINO'S out of the power in CA (back when.) It was a huge battle, it cost a lot of money, but in the end we denied party seats to a host of RINO candidates - not ONE gained a seat.
Neither of which will ever be done due to the Insurance Lobby and the Lawyer Lobby.
Most of Congress are Lawyers. no way will they take away any money from Ambulance chasers.
I like the idea of “consecutive” term limits. No more than 2 consecutive terms before a mandatory time out for at least 1 term. If the people want him back, he’ll be back.
I’ve got a great rep but I like the idea of making sure he doesn’t get too comfortable. In fact, mine is a 2 time freshman now.
Tea Partiers, GOP conservatives, and libertarians came together and got it done in Michigan. It enraged the old guard but it happened under rules. Keep that in mind when they squeal about Ron Paul voters “Causing trouble”.
http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2012/5/20/104733/048
January 20, 2013, at 12:02 PM Eastern.
No fricken honeymoon.
Do you really believe this?
It's entirely beyond rational observation and conclusion.
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We've been down this road several times since the class of 94 turned into the dangerous liberty-sucking crap-heads they ended up as.
The only way deathcare gets eliminated (even if the black robes declare it bogus) will be with the actual use of pitchforks and tar & feathers. Hah! Even on a good day, there aren't enough un-pussified males under the age of 50 left in the U.S. with the gonads to gave any chance of success for that.
The only possible impediment the tyrants who now rule us might have to an unblemished 1000 years is 9992Apophis.
We won't be any better off, but we certainly won't look as stupid. I have said all along this is not going away no matter what the Court or presumptive new president says.
If McCain were President he would have passed a watered down version of Osamacare without the fascist mandate.
Covering children until age 31—who can possibly defend that?
The Big 50 State CONCENTRATED Fascist Fall Guy Plan, against every free American.
CONCENTRATING on every individual’s personal life detail. CONCENTRATION on every individuals’s VITALS, for the purpose of CONCENTRATED asset EXTRACTION.
CONCENTRATED asset EXTRACTION to base worthless Qe1, Qe2, Qe3 paper hangers, so called instruments, as having some kind of value.
CONCENTRATION CAMP, Labor-Work Camp, Arbeitsziehungslager.
“Thou Shall Not Steal.” The Word will not be mocked.
Very wise observation.
You got that right! Romney is NOT going to throw out all of Obamacare. He will make some changes but he doesn’t get it..we do NOT want Ocare!
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