[the invisib1e hand]

pity that the debate has been shifted to this straw man, "the public option," when the real issue, which has been mentioned only once or twice by obscure sources, is the unconstitutional aggregation of power by the government.

But nobody seems to be able to find anything wrong with that, or to muster the argument against it.

Hey, is there a constitution or isn't there? And what is it for?

[wastoute]

The COnstitution? What is it for? Silly, it is a place for folks like Zero to wipe their feet! What rock have you been hiding under?

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[LibertyRocks]

You bring up a very good point. Unfortunately when it comes to the Obama supporters that ‘talking point’* doesn’t hold much water. A Rasmussen poll that came out a few months before the election last year showed that up to 70% of Obama supporters thought that SCOTUS should make decisions based on “FEELINGS” and NOT what was written in the Constitution...

You are right though — it’s not about the public option. The truth of the matter is that the government should not be involved in our healthcare industry at all! I wonder though if that ship hasn’t been out of port for a long time now. I started getting replies to that like — well then we need to do away with Medicare, Social Security, Police, Firemen, Libraries, etc... because that’s all “socialism” and it’s not allowed in the Constitution. It almost seems like a losing proposition to bring up the subject in any conversation with a liberal — not that it will stop me, mind you!!!

* Just wanted to mention that I don’t view Constitutional issues as “talking points” I just couldn’t find a better term for what I meant... :)