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Perry raises possibility of states' rights showdown with White House over healthcare
Star-Telegram ^ | July 23, 2009 | DAVE MONTGOMERY

Posted on 07/24/2009 6:02:33 AM PDT by NCjim

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas.

Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas’ WBAP/820 AM, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as "Obama Care." But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a "number" of states might resist the federal health mandate.

"I think you’ll hear states and governors standing up and saying 'no’ to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare," Perry said. "So my hope is that we never have to have that stand-up. But I’m certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats."

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Don't mess with Texas!

1 posted on 07/24/2009 6:02:33 AM PDT by NCjim
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To: NCjim; Eaker; AK2KX; Ancesthntr; ApesForEvolution; aragorn; archy; backhoe; Badray; bayouranger; ...
CW2 Ping


2 posted on 07/24/2009 6:04:02 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee

Oh please, oh please, oh please. Perry has my vote on this. Wonder what Kay says?


3 posted on 07/24/2009 6:05:41 AM PDT by GoCards (Behind Sarah 100%)
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To: NCjim

Any word on where Georgia may stand?

This gives us all an opening to really get our state reps involved against this atrocity.


4 posted on 07/24/2009 6:07:52 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: GoCards
Wonder what Kay says?

Probably looking for some kind of bi-partisan solution that's not so reactionary, so drastic, so ,ewwww, constitutional. But I'm just guessing.

5 posted on 07/24/2009 6:10:58 AM PDT by tbpiper (How would you define a 'domestic enemy of the constitution'?)
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To: Travis McGee

They should also be saying this to Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. None of those are federal issues, certainly not constitutional. If they are going to say this about health care this opens the door to those other unlawful programs.


6 posted on 07/24/2009 6:12:05 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: NCjim

Its my understanding that Perry is all hat and no cattle.


7 posted on 07/24/2009 6:12:55 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (Forget going Galt. Its time to go Braveheart.)
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To: NCjim

He’s just posturing for his next re-election bid. Once elected, he’ll do a 180.


8 posted on 07/24/2009 6:19:33 AM PDT by al_c (Jan 20, 2013: The end of One Big A** Mistake, America)
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"But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a “number” of states might resist the federal health mandate."

What do you mean MIGHT! Just come out and say you will or you won't. Yes it would be disastrous. So come out and say that the 10th WILL BE invoked and Texas will under no circumstances accept federal government run health care. Bottom line TAKE A STAND Governor Perry!

9 posted on 07/24/2009 6:33:05 AM PDT by 2001convSVT ("Only Property Owners that pay taxes should have the right to Vote")
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To: Travis McGee

I could envision as many as half the states in the country
flipping off Obama’s communist healthcare.


10 posted on 07/24/2009 6:37:03 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: Sig Sauer P220
Its my understanding that Perry is all hat and no cattle.

Yep.

11 posted on 07/24/2009 6:38:03 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: 2001convSVT

As usual the position is “I might have a backbone”


12 posted on 07/24/2009 6:38:50 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: NCjim
"I don’t think it’s surprising that the governor is taking a stand against it," said Anne Dunkelberg, associate director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, an Austin-based research organization that supports the House version of Obama’s plan. "Unfortunately, the national dialogue on health reform has been extraordinarily partisan and polarized."

If Anne Dunkelberg cared about the Constitution instead of her own personal agenda then she would lobby the state of Texas to reform health care to her liking. Where in the Commerce Clause does it say the feds have a right to mandate that we all have health insurance?

13 posted on 07/24/2009 6:38:53 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Sig Sauer P220

It’s better than all heels and no fight like you get with Hutchinson.

GO PERRY!!


14 posted on 07/24/2009 6:39:59 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: NCjim
Perry called on Texans in the House and Senate to oppose the plan. "I can’t imagine that anyone from Texas who cares about this state would vote for Obama Care. I don’t care whether you’re Democrat or Republican," he said. Of those Texans who might consider supporting the plan, he said: "This may sound a little bit harsh, but they might ought to consider representing some other state because they’re sure not representing Texas."
15 posted on 07/24/2009 6:40:15 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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To: Sig Sauer P220
Its my understanding that Perry is all hat and no cattle.

IMHO your understanding is incorrect!

16 posted on 07/24/2009 6:44:13 AM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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To: penelopesire
You have a point there. I will most likely vote for Perry in the Republican primary. I could not stomach a Hutchinson administration. The old rock and hard place game.
17 posted on 07/24/2009 6:55:12 AM PDT by 2001convSVT ("Only Property Owners that pay taxes should have the right to Vote")
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To: Sig Sauer P220
Perry is not all hat and no cattle. He doesn't have a hat either, it would mess his hair!
18 posted on 07/24/2009 6:57:29 AM PDT by TWfromTEXAS (Life is the one choice that pro choicers wonÂ’t support.)
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To: 2001convSVT

She is weak on everything now. I watched her on CSPAN a few weeks ago during the Cap and Scam debate and could not believe what I was watching. She is so ineffective as to be almost invisible. Not the kind of person we need running Texas.


19 posted on 07/24/2009 6:59:55 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: CodeToad
They should also be saying this to Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. None of those are federal issues, certainly not constitutional. If they are going to say this about health care this opens the door to those other unlawful programs.

How about passing this law in Texas:

"Participation in Federally mandated insurance and retirement programs shall be voluntary for citizens of the State of Texas."

Now that's some pro-choice legislation I can get excited about.

20 posted on 07/24/2009 7:18:26 AM PDT by Jack Black
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