Roberts values being a scotus justice more than he values the constitution. zer0bama has goons that could have gotten to him. The guy probably would fold if he was only threatened with having a reduced air conditioning budget. Once justices go into the mindwarp zone of DC, they lose their constitutionalist perspective and their respect for the law. Roberts dislikes confrontation with the executive branch.I think all of that is true but the fact remains that Roberts appears to have thrown Obama a curve ball. Yes ObamaCare survived and yes that's bad, but the fact cannot be dismissed that it survived as a TAX and that fact alone will make it easier to defeat Obama and all democrats in the fall.
Did Roberts throw that curve ball because he has a gimp RINO arm, or because he's a master craftsmen and used that pitch as a surgical strike to remove The One from office?
I don't know, and I don't care.
What I'm going to focus on, here in FR, in conversations with friends and co-workers, in posts to other forums and in my political volunteer work this summer and fall is one thing and one thing only:
The democrats are the party of TAXES and we need to get them out.
Me either. It helped us a lot. Remember Roberts was called out during a state of the union message from Zero. Did he just give his payback? Only November will tell. . . .
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“The democrats are the party of TAXES and we need to get them out.”
And they are all good with that. Almost 50 percent don’t pay them anyway AND want MORE taxes on the others to put more in their own pockets! They think more taxes are all jolly good since only affects “the rich”.
Sam, what I'm concerned about is the impact that "now it's OK" obamacare will now have on businesses, citizens and our economy. A lot of Americans are about to be laid off, and others without jobs are about to find it's going to become exponentially more difficult to find one. No one who can avoid it is going to hire someone while the costs associated to that position can't be quantified.
This is a disaster for all Americans.
Roberts could have ended and obama would still be in a position where the electorate would go against him.
It will be 6-9 months before any sign of relief is in sight. On top of this we know that there will be an orchestrated financial crisis or war in October. The script has been played so many times it's routine.
Prayers for our fellow citizens on the brink.
I think all of that is true but the fact remains that Roberts appears to have thrown Obama a curve ball. Yes ObamaCare survived and yes that’s bad, but the fact cannot be dismissed that it survived as a TAX and that fact alone will make it easier to defeat Obama and all democrats in the fall.
***Have you been following the last couple of days? Zer0bama simply said that he doesn’t agree that it’s a tax. He gets to have his tax cake and eat it, too.
Did Roberts throw that curve ball because he has a gimp RINO arm, or because he’s a master craftsmen and used that pitch as a surgical strike to remove The One from office?
***It was no curve ball. It was a softball.
I don’t know, and I don’t care.
***If it was NOT a curve ball, would you care?
The democrats are the party of TAXES and we need to get them out.
***They managed to pass the largest TAX in world history without calling it a tax. There is very little likelihood that the republicans will do anything about it.