“The law was passed on a strictly partisan basis?”…. So ???? What??? I guess something in our Constitution makes that less in some way?—NOT.

LOL—- You lads need a bit o legal study!

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Be pithy!

Flowereee language creates fog for no good reason. Obamacare is your “collective” future.

Who better to pay for it than pseudo globalists exploiting service workers at every opportunity…

And let’s not forget that the Republican proposed that congress simply give the year delay to the ObamaCare individual mandate as Obama gave to the ObamaCare corporate mandate to keep the government from shutting down. The democrats rejected that proposal. The democrats REFUSED to give the same deal to the working class citizens as Obama gave to the corporations. And I thought the democrats championed and protected the ‘little guy’ all this time.

The Constitution clearly states that all revenue bills MUST originate in the House of Representatives. The House is designed by law to create all revenue bills and the Senate’s function is to agree or disagree but CANNOT lawfully initiate spending. So it is not the House obstructing the budget – the obstructors are in the Senate based on the way our system is designed under constitutional form of government.

In the end, I fear the Republicans cave again and bend over for the spendthrifts who couldn’t care less about what they are doing to future generations. I say this based on past behavior. If the Republicans hold hands with the democrats and cave on the debt ceiling I hope it destroys their party.

Talk of a default is nothing but scare mongering and catastrophizing. This nation brings in 10 times the amount of revenue in ONE MONTH that it currently takes to pay the interest on the Federal debt. A default, by definition, is the inability to pay the interest on an outstanding debt. The default threat is supposed to scare you into submission. Refusing to raise the debt ceiling would only mean that the federal government would have to balance the budget by making the appropriate cuts in the bloated Federal agencies. And that is certainly doable.

Let’s briefly deconstruct Mehlman’s propaganda:

The law in question was passed on a straight partisan vote. That means no bipartisan support for radically altering 15% of our national economy. That has never been done before in our history.

As to the alleged constitutionality of Obamacare, there are still legal issues which have not been settled by SCOTUS, i.e. how can a tax be legal which did not originate in the House of Representatives as the Constitution requires?

In a related matter, 7 of 9 justices ruled that it was unconstitutional as an application of Commerce Clause power, and they further ruled that the Medicare penalty provision was also unconstitutional. So on this score Mehlman’s characterization is very misleading. And let’s not forget that Chief Justice Roberts had to substantially rewrite the legislation in order to invent it’s legitimacy.

As to Mehlman’s hackneyed interpretation of the 2012 election results, he fails to mention the following – Incumbent Presidents are routinely re-elected no matter how awful they might be (especially when their presidential opponents are truly lame) and those same voters gave control of The House of Representatives to a party that spared no expense in communicating it’s hostility to Obamacare.

Then there is the inconvenient fact that the overwhelming majority of public polling since the PPACA was passed indicate it’s widespread and persistent unpopularity.

In summary, the claim that resistance is futile and Obamacare is sacrosanct is specious and unconvincing.

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Save that issue. It can go into the “KEEPERS” box, right next to some of those last Saturday Evening Posts you saved……LOL

On a somewhat serious note, it does highlight the appalling groupthink that is our Fourth Estate.

And on a lighter note: Mehlman. ROTFLMAO.