Maybe it's just because I've become so conditioned, over time, regarding what I can actually expect from my congressional leadership, but what I recent heard from Mitch McConnell did very little in the way of instilling any level of confidence that our side is all that willing to do whatever is necessary to get us out from under this disaster that is Obamacare. Because while he says that it's definitely on his to-do list, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell maintains that the odds are against repealing the healthcare law championed by Barry "Almighty". "If you thought it was a good idea for the federal government to go in this direction, I'd say the odds are still on your side," McConnell said. "Because it's a lot harder to undo something than it is to stop it in the first place." Sorry, but that all just sounds so lame to me. Just once I'd like to see these guys put the country first.
McConnell discussed the law in comments to about 50 people at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. The state's senior senator was making stops at Kentucky hospitals discussing what's next in the battle against Obamacare, since last week's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court's that the law was constitutional. The high court upheld the law's crucial mandate that individuals buy health insurance or face a penalty. Chief Justice John Roberts, who we all thought was a conservative, joined the liberals on the court and provided the pivotal vote in that decision by ruling that the penalty was legal under the government's taxing authority. While technically handing a political victory to Barry, Roberts' ruling invigorated Republicans eager to cast the law as a new tax. McConnell still says he'll do whatever he can to repeal the law. He damn well better!
If given control of the Senate next year, McConnell said he would support using budget reconciliation rules to repeal it. Apparently by doing it that way is preferable as it would prohibit Senate filibusters and require only 51 votes to succeed. In 2010, Republicans lambasted Democrats for relying on these rules to pass the health care bill, calling their tactics unusual and hyperpartisan. I think that it would be a bit of poetic justice, to repeal this thing using the very same tactics employed by the Democrats to 'pass' it, and by doing so, shoving it right up their collective ass and breaking it off. McConnell added, "I'm confident they're going to give us the votes to repeal it," he said of the American public. While I would not be presuming to take anything for granted at this stage of the game, I only hope that the American people are smart enough to see that Obamacare must go.
The bottom line here is that I've really pretty much had it with these mealy-mouthed, inside the beltway Republicans. What they need to be made to understand it that this next election will be their very last opportunity to prove once and for all just whose side it is that they're on. Their side, or the country's side. I've never been all that thrilled with McConnell, or Boehner for that matter. I find both far too willing, even eager, to cave to Democrat demands. It's now time for both to grow some much needed spine. Every tactic needs to be employed and every effort must be expended in working toward turning back this catastrophic piece of legislation. The legacy of the Barry presidency must be made to be one that is a very loud and very clear message to those who may wish to try such a move in the future. We are not a country of Socialists, we are a nation of individuals.
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