Posted on 06/28/2012 9:31:33 AM PDT by Red Steel
Republican governors are planning to ignore the Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold Obamacare hoping that the issue will drive voters to dump President Obama in favor of Mitt Romney who has vowed to kill the Affordable Care Act.
After the decision, the Republican Governors Association said that nothing should be done by the states until after the election, a clear signal that they believe a GOP president, House and Senate will kill the health care reform pushed through by Democrats and opposed by Republicans.
RGA Chairman Bob McDonnell said, "Today's ruling crystallizes all that's at stake in November's election. The only way to stop Barack Obama's budget-busting health care takeover is by electing a new president. Barack Obama's health care takeover encapsulates his presidency: Obamacare increases taxes, grows the size of government and puts bureaucrats over patients while doing nothing to improve the economy."
The Virginia governor, who is on Mitt Romney's list of potential vice presidential candidates, added, "By replacing Barack Obama with Mitt Romney, we will not only stop the federal government's healthcare takeover, but will also take a giant step towards a full economic recovery."
Other governors have urged a similar strategy. Scott Walker, the newly re-elected Wisconsin governor, said that he won't put into place any elements of Obamacare until after the election. Other governors are taking a similar position.
That’s a relief...I have a Republican governor.
Bottom Line: Obama LIED, and Freedom DIED!!
Liberty or Death!
Perhaps the WRONG tact.
They SHOULD put into effect and blame the consequences on the author - or adopt statutes of Nullification and make a REAL political issue of it.
Well, some hope then
That’s a relief...I have a Republican governor.
Me too. I hope Louisiana is locked and loaded - I know the Duck Dynasty is!
The GOP is telling all of us to calm down. Then after obama is re-elected or Romney is elected and nothing changes, they’ll tell us all to shut up.
I don’t hold my breath on anything a republican says.
Hey, I’m used to government healthcare. I go to the VA. The rest of you ain’t gonna’ like it.
We have a republican governor and both state houses. Our legislature already passed something saying we are opting out. This thing will sink under its own weight.
I feel the same way I did back when they attacked and took Elian Gonzalez. At what point does it stop? How far do they have to push statism before the frog jumps?
Lucky you. I live in New Jersey. We have a fat-ass, Lou Costello look-a-like f’ing RINO named Chris Christie.
Instead of ignoring lust Obamacare, they should ignore the USSC.
As do I.
I understand that the Republican Governors are upset right now but I can see Obama cutting federal money to the states that ignore Obamacare. I think that is 100 percent fine as long as these Governors can run their states without Federal Funds. This is the tactic that the federal government used to make seat belt laws and (I think) DUI laws.
Oh, it's just another incoming Obama Executive Order.
The focus now is to gain control of the senate and maintain house numbers at minimum, and this will all be moot.
Hey, I’m used to government healthcare. I go to the VA. The rest of you ain’t gonna’ like it.
I go to the VA all the time and I think that do an incredible job...At least the one in Baltimore is great...I don’t particularly like the drive since I live in Annapolis but other than that it is perfect. People 65 and above are all on “Obamacare” already....it is just not called that.
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