Posted on 04/30/2014 5:44:15 AM PDT by cotton1706
Resistance is futile.
That’s the latest word from Republican leadership in Washington, D.C. on getting rid of Obamacare — or apparently accomplishing much of anything else, for that matter.
In an interview with the Spokesman-Review, House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) reportedly “told the Spokesman Review editorial board [as much] on Thursday, saying the law is likely here to stay and the focus should be on reforming the exchanges to offer more choices and ensure that the newly covered can gain access to doctors.”
One hopes that McMorris Rodgers was misquoted. That somehow the editorial board in Spokane, Wash. misheard her. As it stands, she is disputing the report, which is extremely damaging to the Republican brand.
“The headline is not an accurate or representative portrayal of what the congresswoman said in the interview, what her voting record reflects, or what she believes. She will continue fighting to repeal Obamacare at every opportunity moving forward and replace it with patient-centered reforms,” McMorris Rodgers spokesman Nate Hodson said to the Washington Examiner.
However, the Spokesman-Review is sticking to its guns, with reporter Kip Hill telling the Weekly Standard that a member of the editorial board specifically asked McMorris Rodgers, “Is Obamacare here to stay?” and she replied, “Probably.”
This account was confirmed by Spokesman-Review editorial page editor Bert Caldwell, who asked McMorris Rodgers the question, when Americans for Limited Government reached out to him for comment. “She said it,” he said. We believe Caldwell.
For what it’s worth, this is why Americans for Limited Government were ardent supporters of the push to defund Obamacare last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanclarion.com ...
When Boner said it was “the law of the land” we should have believed him.
The Democrats would be fighting this to the political death if the shoe was on the other foot.
In these uncertain times, there’s one thing we can be absolutely sure of: the Stupid Party will steadfastly continue to live up to its name.
Republicans are little yapping dogs on a leash. They go where ever the Democrats take them.
Thank you for this thread. This article clearly demonstrates why the philosophy of the current Congressional Republican Party Leadership will insure that the National Republican Party will stay in the minority for decades to come.
Consider this quote from the article in reference to the Obamacare Tax Law:
“ - - - House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) reportedly “told the Spokesman Review editorial board [as much] on Thursday, saying the law is likely here to stay and the focus should be on reforming the exchanges to offer more choices and ensure that the newly covered can gain access to doctors.” - - - - “
The message to American voters is very clear:
All the counterculture Democrats have to do to “fundamentally transform the United states of America” into an European-Style Socialist Country is to ram through a very unpopular Law, and from then on the Republican Party will never revoke it, regardless of how much damage the Law, (and its various revisions), has damaged the United States of America.
IOW, it does not matter which political party a voter votes for, because whichever party gains control of the US Congress, the Oppression of the Federal Government will continue, unabated, to crush all who are TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY, for decades to come.
It is time, - - - time for a change.
The GOP is incompetent and worthless.
Until someone can give a credible explanation of how to get the necessary 2/3 vote in both houses to override a Presidential veto, there is no reason to criticize the Republicans for stating the obvious, that Obamacare is here to stay (at least until 2017).
She’s right. ObamaCare is here to stay.
Once the first enrollees got on to ObamaCare, it was here to stay. The only chance we had was the shutdown and the ‘Pubbies threw it all away.
Can you imagine the Democrats if if the ‘Pubbies actually start to move to repeal ObamaCare? “THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE!”
The know-nothing LIVs will sweep them back into power in an instant.
The economics of Obamacare will eventually overwhelm the budget. The federal government must be brought under control of the states so that the inevitable financial crisis can be used to re-establish our Republic.
Article V. is the only way out of this mess. Washington will NEVER reform itself.
http://conventionofstates.com/welcome/
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul On Shutdown: "Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea"I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
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