[Billthedrill]

Ah, Richard Cohen, always with the best interests of the Republicans at heart. I must quibble, however, with the idea that Sarah Palin "invented" death panels. She only had the uncomfortable task of pointing them out, and since she did so that opinion has been validated by 0bamacare's very proponents just a bit too often to dismiss quite that easily.

Nor is it the case that Republicans haven't proposed any alternatives. What they haven't done is propose any alternatives that will leave the federal government in charge of health care, and the reason they haven't done so is because it's wrong. Nor, frankly, does it appear to be a matter that anyone in the country is clamoring for outside the carefully sequestered editorial boards of the major news media.

I can understand a certain anxiety, however, because both sides still lack a credible candidate but only one has a roster of potentials, and it isn't Cohen's, not unless he can foresee an LBJ-esque tidal wave of support for the likes of Hillary, Warren, Sanders, or Biden. If he can, I'd love to have some of whatever he's smoking.

[Soul of the South]

“Nor is it the case that Republicans haven’t proposed any alternatives. What they haven’t done is propose any alternatives that will leave the federal government in charge of health care, and the reason they haven’t done so is because it’s wrong. Nor, frankly, does it appear to be a matter that anyone in the country is clamoring for outside the carefully sequestered editorial boards of the major news media.”

The Republicans have controlled the House and the Senate for six months. During that time they haven’t even tried to pass a bill ending Obamacare and replacing it with a market based plan. “Proposals” aren’t legislation, they are just words. Until they actually write legislation and pass it, there is no alternative to Obamacare.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. My GOP Congresswoman fills her weekly emails to constituents about all of the work they are doing, plans they are making, and how hard they are fighting. When I respond asking what exactly they have done in really addressing these issues and putting bills on Obama’s desk to sign or veto, I get no reply.

Talk is cheap. I’ll believe the Republicans have an alternative when a bill is written, passed and sits on Obama’s desk for his signature or veto. Until then, it is just posturing for the masses with no real intention to do anything.