[Colonel_Flagg]

Three birds, one stone. Judge Roberts was playing chess at a high level, while Obama and the democrats, and the press, were all playing checkers, and weren't ready for the "unexpected" ruling.

If it is your opinion that giving the Federal government the power to tax whatever they want, however much they want for whatever reason they want until a more intelligent Chief Justice helps overturn said ruling is 'playing chess at a high level', then perhaps you play using only the rooks.

[adorno]

If it is your opinion that giving the Federal government the power to tax whatever they want, however much they want for whatever reason they want until a more intelligent Chief Justice helps overturn said ruling is 'playing chess at a high level', then perhaps you play using only the rooks.

The rooks, by themselves, won't create a situation for checkmate.

Roberts is putting the Queen in check, while rendering the rooks and bishops helpless, and the King is a couple of moves from being toppled.

Creating outrage amongst the people, while he takes the heat, is a huge risk, but, ruling on the "mandate" alone would not have been enough for people to learn the lessons that, big government is destructive government. Obama needed to go; the democrats' control of congress needed to go, and Obamacare needed to go. What needs to go, after Obama and the democrats are removed, is the big spending and the big taxing, which is more likely to occur with democrats in office. When the people are angry, they tend to remove the biggest rascals out of office. So, perhaps Roberts had that in mind when he ruled they way he did, even as he knew that he would become the biggest antihero in Supreme Court history.

[yorkie]

"Three birds, one stone. Judge Roberts was playing chess at a high level, while Obama and the democrats, and the press, were all playing checkers, and weren't ready for the "unexpected" ruling."

You said, "'playing chess at a high level', then perhaps you play using only the rooks."

IMHO - Roberts was playing Obamanopoly - (Not smart enough for chess).....and trying to cozy up to the the Guards at the "Jail" - that he knew we were all heading for: