Posted on 07/02/2012 8:18:08 AM PDT by centurion316
In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed that there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In the wake of John Roberts’s incoherent Supreme Court flip-floppery, most conservatives appear to find themselves in stage 1 (“Hey, we held the line on the Commerce Clause!”) or stage 2 (“Roberts is a traitor!”). There are some in stage 3 (“If we lay off Roberts, maybe he’ll help us out in the future?”) and a few in stage 4. But the reality is this: Republicans must run the table in November or we will all have to accept the permanence of Obamacare.
Mitt Romney said it best on Thursday. “If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we’re going to have to replace President Obama.” Those who have been sitting on the sidelines, out of complacency or loyalty to someone else from the primaries, must get out of their chairs and get to work. But while that work must end with Mitt Romney in the White House, it must begin with a Republican majority in the Senate.
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Do you consider Romney spokescritters agreeing with the White House that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is NOT a tax to be the following of sage advice?
Where did you ever see a prediction like that? Was it yours? There was no way a republican would inflict a McGovern-like defeat on any dem in 2008 after 8 years of Bushitler. I never saw any serious prediction that said Obama would lose in 2008 in a landslide. Most predictions accurately predicted Obama winning.
I heard you the first time. Most observers believe that repeal in a Republican led Senate could be achieved through the reconciliation rules, requiring a simple majority and not subject to filibuster. But, repeal will require a Republican House, Senate, and White House. Lose one and Obamacare stands.
I believe the gentleman was agreeing with Justice Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy, not with the White House. To agree that it was a tax would be to agree that the law was constitutional.
No I do not have to pay a tax I do not use. From this day on. I will simply pay up front for medical cost.
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