Constitutionally defund it ping!
McCarthy: "The American people do not want Obamacare, and the representatives closest to them have voted not to spend the people’s money on it. According to the Constitution, that should be the end of the matter."
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Jim R has been saying this for...ever... Most recently"
Bottom line, Obamacare is an unconstitutional Marxist boondoggle that will destroy our nation
ALL: House will be back in session at 5:30
JR: Just learned of your operation on Monday. All FR will be holding you in our prayers.
It Doesn't Matter If the Obamacare Defunding Gambit Fails
It matters next to nothing if current Republican efforts succeed in immediately defunding Obamacare. That's because this is just the opening round of what promises to be a protracted struggle to restore sanity to the American health care system. A temporary defeat at one juncture on the road to repeal isn't really a defeat at all, provided that it serves a larger purpose. Obamacare, after all, wasn't enacted in a day and it won't be repealed in a day.
Both the Ted Cruz talkathon and the brinksmanship over the stop-gap government funding measure (called a "continuing resolution") epitomize purposeful political theater.
Ignore the blatherskite spewing from GOP establishment talking heads like Karl Rove: there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing political things strictly for public consumption even when there is a less-than-direct or less-than-obvious relationship between the things done and the desired results. It's not somehow dishonest or dishonorable to do this, contrary to the protestations of the pompous pundits who suck up air in the Washington echo chamber.
In this age of instant everything, we tend to forget that politics isn't always about concrete, instantaneous results. It's about symbolism. It's about focusing the attention of people in order to educate them. It's about framing the issues properly, telling stories, and planting memes in public spaces, allowing them to spread like dandelion seeds on a passing breeze. That's how Americans were brainwashed into believing that Republicans are the "party of the rich" and gazillionaire George Soros's Democrats are the caring party of compassion.
In short, the Tea Party needs to go Alinksy. And when they get called teabaggers, they need to be addressed some variation of commie, marxist, pinko, etc.
Brilliantly presented and it reads like poetry to me.
As Andrew C. McCarthy said, “According to the Constitution, that should be the end of the matter.”
Defund the damn thing.
neverdem, thanks for posting. WOW!!! This is what FReepers have been saying.
And it matches my new tagline.
BUMP
Buuuuump!
In the words of John McCain, “Conservatives won the house. If the American people wanted liberalism funded they would have send liberals.”