They are, and they can’t.
I defer to the things written by TheSophist and eburke this week. The best writers in the land can’t add to what they said.
Even if the House carries the vote (which vote, I’m still not sure) the chances of it ever becoming law is still less than 50/50. And the chances of it ever being implemented in a majority of the several states is virtually nil. While we railed for days about the unconstitutionality of the Slaughter, the process is still constitutionally flawed now that Slaughter has been deemed to be shelved, and will be challenged forthwith. But even Fox News has lost light of the fact that the substance of the law, that of mandating free American citizens to buy a product…whether offered by an insurance company or the state…is a grievous interference with our liberty. That only stands at the top of as long list of substantive “usurprations” in this bill.
Moreover, finally, I think most of the GOP is beginning to get it. Even if they still may be unwilling to take the gloves off, I think they’re ready to exchange those dainty white cotton ones for some leather mitts.
All that is important to me is that we take names, especially of those I referred to as “craven dogs”, the 100 or so who have simply taken the line of least resistance…or so they thought. Their punishment begins tomorrow, and it is our job to see it done….from being shunned by their GOP colleagues in Washington, to having to sneak in the back door of their district offices back home. I’m making my Christmas card list as we speak.
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
Take names, indeed. nt
Steph C (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 4:05PM EST (link)“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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WE shall move from...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 4:20PM EST (link)“Kill the Bill” to “REPEAL THE BILL”….today changes NOTHING! The FIGHT continues!
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Yes, Vassar, yes. We will not stop.
janis (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 4:27PM EST (link)Let them reap what they have sown.
We
Black River Wolf (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 4:50PM EST (link)must hold all of them responsible. Never let a day go by without them knowing we do not want a Socialized Health Care system.
Think of the Canadians. Where are they going to go for Health Care now???
“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame,
two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”—-John Adams
This is an excellent opportunity for our side to remember...
penguin2 (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 4:55PM EST (link)who we are and what we stand for. If the GOP was uncertain before, it is crystal clear now – nothing to muddy the waters, no collegiality, no congeniality. They have seen the Left go against the people.
As you said, Vassar, we make our list, check it twice…..haunt them and shun them.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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An interesting data point
Beaglescout (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 4:46PM EST (link)We need to draw a clear demark between Jack Kennedy Democrats and the modern Fascist/Socialist Democrats in the Barack Hussein Obama cult. Here’s why. When Kathryn Jean Lopez went to the DC protests on Saturday, the first two people she ran into were registered Democrats. Democrats hate this bill too! They are with Republicans on this. We need to keep this about individual freedom versus a coercive federal government.
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”
Vassar, you are correct - we will not stop.
Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 5:29PM EST (link)By the way, I couldn’t recommend this diary – there was an error on loading the recommend button.
To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher
Thanks, Ocleverone. The recco's are unimportant to me.
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 4:53PM EST (link)The notes are.
VB
Don't stop at 100, let's go for all 216 (or 217 or whatever).
Brian Hibbert (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 5:55PM EST (link)It’s time for this party to put up serious challengers in every race in every district.
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I could not dig: I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob.
nessa (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 6:30PM EST (link)Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
The Dead Statesman, Kipling. Originally written in “Epitaphs of the War” but surprisingly apt for some “statesmen” today.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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How do you make a statesman?
RoguePolitics (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 7:11PM EST (link)Nessa, I am working on a project I would like to discuss with you offline. Can you drop me a comment at Dreams with an email?
“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.” George Orwell
“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?” Will Rogers
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. Patrick Henry
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Because the Republican Party is NOT going to fix the Republican Party.
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Because Washington is NOT going to fix Washington.
I'm not sure Rogue, are they made or born?
nessa (Diary) Sunday, March 21st at 8:57PM EST (link)At the very least their making is a lifetime in the doing. I’ll have to look into the history of some of our finest statesmen and see what I find.
I found another bit of Kipling as well.
The Coward
I could not look on death, which being known,
Men led me to him, blindfold and alone.
Sounds a lot like the dems going to place their votes or their gallows, as appropriate.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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Are leaders made or born?
Beaglescout (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 4:48PM EST (link)The military has the creation of leaders down to a science, but you need a certain quality of raw material to start with. I think it’s that way with statesmen. They are, after all, politicians who do not blow with the wind.
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”
That's a damn fine definition Beaglescout.
nessa (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 5:20PM EST (link)The heritage dictionary doesn’t do so well…
As witnessed yesterday on CSPAN, any lying, spineless, treacherous crap weasel can be a politician. Mr.’s Clarck and Gorbachev below seem to agree, it also seems politicians haven’t changed much over the years.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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Rogue, I got your note
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 6:56AM EST (link)but my computer shuts down when I go to your site.
You can contact me at vbushmills@thesandsinstitute.org
VB (3/21/10)
You like Kipling, eh, Nessa? Me, too.
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 4:59PM EST (link)My first grandson was both three weeks ago. Name” Kipling Judah”, and a nice 1898 copy of Kipling’s Plain Tales sits on the bookshelf.
When I am weary, I read or watch Kipling, preferably with Sean Connery or Victor McLaglen, or Errol Flynn. Can’t get enough of ‘em/
Congratulations vassar! Excellent name for a young man!
nessa (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 5:38PM EST (link)Connery’s adventures in Kafiristan were excellent. I shared that movie with a couple young men who had never seen it just before we made our first trip to Nuristan, I got to see the Khyber Pass as well. No guards to put “at the double” there any longer, damn shame.
There may be a rare Soldier who can resist “Tommy” or “The Young British Soldier” but once you’ve know his like “Gunga Din” will send a shudder through your spine. There are a couple of his kind waiting with my swig already.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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I am concerned that the Supreme Court
Flagstaff (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 4:10AM EST (link)will pull another Kelo and another McCain-Feingold on us.
You know, the one where five of them use the Constitution as an eye-test chart, so they only read it with one eye and half their brains.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Upside here is the "Wise Latina"....
acat (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 10:19PM EST (link)who, despite her pronouncements, is not nearly as “wise” as her fellow Supremes. Somehow, I don’t think she’ll be as effective a liberal as Souter, if for no other reason than she’s not “stealth”.
Mew
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“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost”. –Tolkein
Thoughts on the process...
acat (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 10:31PM EST (link)From here, the strategy to get rid of this case study in unconstitutional legislating takes a few different paths.
On one front, challenges and delaying tactics in the courts should keep implementation on hold for a little while.
On another front, nullification from the States may bear fruit. Even if only a few states nullify, people may vote with their feet and move to where taxes are (quite legally lower) … We’ll see if prosperity follows.
On another front, it’s less than a year until we get a new Congress who can modify or (better) just flush this crap bill.
My concern is that there will still be enough big-government Lindsey Graham or John McCain types on the Repub side for whom repeal is anathema – giving up power that they foolishly believe can be used for good.
Thank you, Vassar – another great one. Keep writing!
Mew
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“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost”. –Tolkein
Vassar, What are the chances I'll get my money back?
SoFiMil (Diary) Monday, March 22nd at 10:42PM EST (link)*If* the bill or a portion of it is ruled unconstitutional, will all the money the federal government is collected for four years have to be returned–with interest? I’m not a lawyer, and I would think the answer is not a chance. Politically, I realize my chances are much better of getting it back through a tax cut, etc.
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