More concerned with getting reelected than principle, the proper functioning of democracy, or the good of the country, democratic lawmakers set aside procedure in an attempt to foist their bitter health care pill down the throats of the unwilling.
Officials announced today that in order to effectively hide from individual accountability at the polls, they will bypass formal conference committees and cut a three-horse back door deal between House, Senate, and White House Democrats.
This is in order to avoid any possible time consuming votes (the bane of any democracy....voting), and avoid having to go on the record and risk back lash at the polls on possibly politically troubling votes they might later be held accountable for by (the other bane of any democracy) their constituents. Welcome to the new transparency of the Obama administration... and third world parliamentary tactics worthy of Hugo Chavez. So much for Oberfuhrer Pelosi's "I look forward to working with members of the House, the Senate and President Obama to reconcile our bills and send the final legislation to the president's desk as soon as possible,".
So much for President Obama's campaign pledge to "broadcast health care negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are". So much for President Obama's July 20th statement that "There will be a conference committee where the House and Senate bills will be reconciled, and that will be a tough,lengthy, and serious negotiation process."
Even the Democratic Progressive Caucus Chairman Rep. Paul Grijalva has said that " it would be a serious mistake if Senate Democrats attempt to steamroll their health care bill over (sic) through the house without the mid-step of a conference committe"
Amid legislative bribery and procedural gerrymandering lies the US Democratic Party...running on transparency, openness, and accountability in government since 2006.
Meanwhile, constitutional challenges are already gathering steam based upon the individual mandate.
Randy Barnett, professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University Law Center argued that in order to uphold the constitutionality of the individual mandate they would have to find that the Constitution's commerce clause has "no limits". He wrote that "If Congress can mandate this, they can mandate anything... Congress could require every American to buy a new Chevy Impala every year or pay a 'tax' equivalent to its blue book value, because such purchases would stimulate commerce and repay government loans." By individual mandate Congress moves from regulating a class of economic activity to regulating "inactivity".
Unfortunately Professor Barnett, this has occurred in "the history of this country"... I believe the last time the subject was "British Tea" and we all know how that turned out. Read the legal argument here: http://www.heritage.org/research/legalissues/lm0049.cfm
2 November 2010: Act Now
~Finntann~
4 comments:
Why are people surprised that Obama has backed out, again, on keeping his word. The man is a flim-flam. He wouldn't know the truth if it slapped him across the face several times.
People had better start paying more attention.
Great post, btw.
Finntann did this one, not m, but I agree completely. Our democratic politicians are constitutionally ignorant and drunk with power.
I really do think this man will go down as a terrible president.
And don't you love the quote from The Wicked Witch of Congress? "There's never been a more open process ..." HAHAHAHAHAHA!
The sooner this gang is out of office the better. The whole damn bunch needs to be in a federal prison.
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