Sarah Palin:
Americans who are fed up with Obamacare won a victory yesterday. The House voted to defund Obamacare while still funding the federal government to avoid a “devastating” shutdown. (I shall not digress, but it’s beyond distressing to hear liberals try to convince Americans that any government slowdown is comparable to “terrorism.”)
Now the battle goes to the Senate, and we’ll find out if Harry Reid is so committed to the horrendous “Un-affordable Care Act” that he’ll be the one to shut down the government to fund the unworkable Obamacare.
Let’s be clear. Republicans in Congress aren’t advocating a government shutdown. That’s why they voted in the House to fully fund our bureaucracy while defunding Obamacare. The conservatives in Congress are listening to the majority of Americans who do not want Obamacare.
Following the will of the people is apparently a novel idea in D.C. these days. Just ask Senator Ted Cruz and his liberty-loving posse on Capitol Hill who have led the charge to defund Obama’s train wreck.
Those of us who hang in there supporting a major political party with our energy, time, and contributions would like to believe that that party would praise principled conservatives like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee for following through on campaign promises. We’d like to believe that the GOP establishment would applaud the way these bold leaders have rallied the grassroots to their cause. But, no, such praise would require a commensurate level of guts and leadership, and the permanent political class in D.C. is nothing if not gutless and rudderless.
We’re now, once again, subjected to the “anonymous sources” backstabbing game. The Capitol Hill cowards are rushing to anonymously denounce Senator Cruz to any reporter with a pad and pen.
Welcome to our world, Ted. The same people have been denouncing conservatives like me for years (right after they ask for help fundraising for themselves or endorsing the latest candidate they’ve suckered into paying their exorbitant consulting fees). We can compare shiv marks next time we meet, my friend.
If the Senate doesn’t get behind Ted Cruz’s efforts to defund Obamacare, it won’t be because of any failure on Ted’s part. It’ll be because there weren’t enough principled leaders to stand with him, and that would be a tragic loss, not for Ted, but for America.
More and more Americans are waking up to the nightmare of Obamacare as its rollout continues. Hardworking families are losing their employer-provided health care coverage. Businesses are cutting back their employees’ hours to skirt Obamacare’s mandates. Americans barely scrapping by are discovering that Obamacare has made health care completely unaffordable. Those who aren’t part of a protected special interest group have been left in the cold.
When you’re living on a fixed income, having to pay hundreds of dollars more each month for health care will cut into your ability to pay for basic necessities like food, electricity, or gas (which has increased 90% under Obama). Open your eyes, America. When the full reality of Obamacare strikes home, we’ll thank God that principled leaders like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee took a stand to stop it in its tracks.
But the permanent political class is handwringing and howling that if there’s a government shutdown the media will blame Republicans for it. Here’s a little newsflash, GOP establishment: Whenever anything bad happens, the media blames Republicans for it. That’s not an excuse to roll over and play dead. It’s a call to follow the advice I give my daughters: Woman up, stand your ground, and fight like a girl!
I want no pity. I need no empathy. But use me as a barometer. Over the years, the leftwing media has falsely and irrationally accused me of everything from faking a pregnancy to abetting murder. They lie. Deal with it.
Republicans in Congress support funding the government. If the Democrats block these funding measures, a government shutdown is on them. In the meantime, stop the ridiculous hysterics. Heck, about the most significant thing that happened during the last government shutdown was Clinton hooked up with Monica.
If you cruise the net, everywhere you go when Palin makes common sense statements that every other Republican just can’t seem to say, the comments are inundated with Palin haters. Mostly saying she is irrelevant, well if thats true why should they care what she says. No my friends she is always on target and scares the elites in both parties to death. We need Palin out front. Palin/ Cruz 2016.
the great SARAH PALIN,
SHE IS AND ALWAYS BEEN THE GREAT ONE,
I remember her speeches on election time, she was telling the truth
all the time, she was looking at a bought audience and warning of what has happened
and all along she came to tell of the failures even that she was so insulted by the OBAMA CROWD,
even her life was in danger, and she came back stronger and always speaking to THE PEOPLE,
she remained a very highly respected and admired person, by those who believe in her enough to give her tTHE NEXT PRESIDENCY POSITION , OF THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
@ilovebeeswarzone: From your lips to G-DS ears. I in all my 70+ years have never seen a more evil and unconstitutional cadre descend on the scene. That is what makes what Palin is saying so dangerous. When you get out and out and out evil people Like Robert Bird (KKK) Teddy Kennedy (suspected murderer) John Kerry( dishonorable discharge) Hillery Clinton (just plain dishonest at her best) in charge, Palin is a breath of fresh air. They have thrown every thing at her they could and she’s still standing, go Sarah!
jainphx
yes, absolutely
she would do a great job at the top,
and she would be smart enough to chose the right PEOPLE TO HELP HER RECLAIMING
THIS GREAT AMERICA, she has the guts and the stance,
remember MARGARET THATCHER,
what a party for AMERICA THIS WOULD BE,
BEST TO YOU.
Way to divide the GOP, Cruze! You go, girl!
Cruz-ing On Empty: Ted Exposed By Shutdown Debacle
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/cruz-ing-on-empty-ted-exposed-by-shutdown-debacle
Even Fox News thinks Cruz is an idiot:
Fox News Tells Ted Cruz His Plan To Defund Obamacare Won’t Work
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/09/22/2661541/fox-news-tells-ted-cruz-plan-defund-obamacare-wont-work/
This one
you are the one always cruzing on empty
every time you show up,
This one
did AMERICA WENT TO THE MOON?
IT TOOK THE NEEDED TIME,
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR AMERICAN WITH A WISH TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
DEFUND AN UNAMERICAN LAW,
Republicans don’t get to selectively choose which laws of the land they’ll fund and which they won’t, any more than I get to choose which laws of the land I’ll support with my tax dollars and which I won’t. If they don’t like a law they can attempt to eliminate it, but until they’ve managed to do so, it remains the law of the land.
What the republicans are trying to do is analogous to terrorism. It comes down to “Do what we want, or we’ll kick over the game board.”
There’s no way in hell democrats are going to allow that. If the game board gets kicked, it will be the republicans who will have done it. That, I imagine, would be sufficient to guarantee they’d get the unholy crap beat out of them at the polls in the next couple of elections.
Don’t believe me? Go ahead. See what happens.
@Greg:
But Democrats (Obama) gets to decide which laws of the land he will uphold and you seem to have no problem with that.
Obama has given more exemptions to his disaster known as Obamacare than you have dollars; union groups, companies, et al. What is the difference in defunding and just flat out violations of the laws of the land?
Perhaps you should look at national election results after a government shut-down under Clinton.
Obama’s ego is such that he will instill an absolute dictatorship to keep his signature legislation.
THE PEOPLE will remember who listen to their problems
they will pick the CONSERVATIVES who listen to THE PEOPLE.
no doubt about it, no CONSERVATIVES under REPUBLICAN party want to shut down the WH,
IT will be the OBAMA GANG RESPONSIBILITY IF HE SHUT THE GOVERNMENT,
not the CONSERVATIVES,
@This one:
That’s right spread your clueless thoughts around.
@retire05: said: “But Democrats (Obama) gets to decide which laws of the land he will uphold and you seem to have no problem with that. ”
It was the SCOTUS who decided that, fool.
@Greg: Actually Greg, Congress has the power to only fund what they want. That is why the liberals left POWs in Vietnam. We made a deal at the Paris Peace Accords to pay a sum of funds to N Vietnam as part of the peace process and after the first POWs were released, congress (Democrat controlled) voted to defund the treaty they had previously approved. Any POWs left in the North were abandoned.
@This one:
@retire05: said: “But Democrats (Obama) gets to decide which laws of the land he will uphold and you seem to have no problem with that. ”
The SCOTUS does NOT have the power of the purse, fool. And Obama does NOT have the Constitutional authority to violate sections of the law to give benefits to his cronies, which he HAS done. The exemptions to Obamacare that Obama has granted to unions and some companies is a clear violation of Presidential power. Too bad you are so clueless you don’t even know what is Constitutional and what is not.
Now, waddle on back to HuffPuff Post/DailyKos where the average I.Q. is actually lower than yours.
@retire05, #14:
The fact that one of the the House’s specified functions is to work up the nation’s annual budget doesn’t mean that the Constitution grants them dictatorial authority to overrule the Constitutional legislative process by way of the budget process. The idiocy of such a presumption should be self evident. It wasn’t the founders intent to create a mechanism that would allow a political party to shut down the entire government if they don’t happen to get their way. There’s an intentional system of checks and balances, which the republicans’ current tactic isn’t any part of. There’s a proper way to repeal legislation that is deemed inappropriate. If republicans can do that, fine.
The truth of the matter is that they know they can’t, because that’s simply not the will of the majority. They’re lying to their constituents about this because they need the political issue.
You say he has. I say this is total bullshit. If a president exceeds his or her Constitution executive authority, there’s a proper course of action that can be taken. Republicans are certainly motivated to take action, but I don’t see them successfully proving a damn thing. It’s all a load of crap, for the consumption of the people they’ve repeatedly duped into voting for them.
@Greg:
Perhaps you would like to provide me with the part of the U.S. Constitution that says the Congress is required to fund anything more than what is listed in the Constitution? Congress can pass all the laws it wants, but there is nothing requiring any future Congress to be bound to fund any legislation passed by a former Congress.
Of course, as a liberal/progressive, I would not expect you to understand the U.S. Constitution for what it really says.
And Obama does NOT have the Constitutional authority to violate sections of the law to give benefits to his cronies, which he HAS done.
Of course you say it is total bullshit. You are clueless and highly biased to any agenda that is Socialist in nature.
The law, as passed, applied to all citizens. Obama has chosen to give exemptions to certain groups. That, dear, dumb Greggie, is unconstitutional an exceeds his powers. He can not arbitrarily change written, and passed, laws to suit his supporters.
so that alone gave the right to CONGRESS TO defund any trash they receive from the WHITE HOUSE,
UNDER THE NAME OF OBAMACARE,
because they logicaly don’t have to pass any LAWS WHICH HAVE BEEN FRAUDULENTLY
CHANGE TO ADAPT A GROUP THEY PICK only because they favor them , AND THE OTHER GROUP
only because they are employed in public and unionsize in the GOVERNMENT
over the whole OTHER CITIZENS OF THE USA, GETTING NO SPECIAL TREATMENTS,
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PAYING FOR ALL THE GOVERNMENT OUTRAGEOUS RUNAWAY EXPANSES, EVEN THAT THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN FORCE BY THE SAME GOVERNMENT
TO HOLD A DEBT OF MULTIPLE TRILLIONS FO ALL THEIR LIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES,
@retire05, #16:
Is it your belief that each new Congress begins anew with a totally clean slate, and is obliged to honor and fund only those laws that the new majority passes itself, or happens to like?
You won’t find a statement in the Constitution that this is not the case, because the notion is so patently goofy that no one would have considered any need to address it. There’s a reason why legislation that’s intended to terminate at some specific point in the future includes a sunset provision.
The Executive Branch is charged with implementation of the law. Obama has concluded that incremental implementation is necessary to effectively put the law into effect, given issues specific to certain industries and current economic conditions. That’s precisely the sort of decision that a Chief Executive is there to make. If republicans believe he’s exceeding his Constitutional authority, they have legal recourse. Or they can just loudly whine about it, which is what would be expected if the realize their criticism is little more than hot air.
Compared with his predecessor’s little exercise in Unitary Executive Theory, I believe Obama has shown a good deal of restraint.
@Greg:
Is that what I said? Or you trying to conflate my words again, Greggie. Now, for the Constitution; one Congress cannot bind future Congresses. If one Congress passes a law, and funds its implementation, it cannot bind future Congresses to that funding; i.e. it can be defunded.
Not as goofy as a Socialist Congress creating an illegal redistribution of wealth.
That is correct; as it was written, passed and signed by him. He cannot arbitrarily change the law to suit his own agenda. He must implement the law as written, passed and signed. He is not doing that.
That is not his purview to decide. Again, he is responsible for implementing the law as written, passed and signed by him. He does not have the authority to change the law at whim.
@retire05, #19:
That’s what logically follows from what you said. In the real world—as opposed to fantasy land—any applied policy has consequences that logically follow from it.
Although there are discretionary spending elements, such as various grant programs, the Affordable Care Act itself—like Social Security and Medicare—does not fall under the category of discretionary spending items. If republicans in Congress want to kill it, they have to repeal it. What they can bring about using this moronic ploy is a government shutdown, which will ultimately gain them nothing. Then they can pay the political consequences in the next couple of elections.
He did decide, and then he acted on his decision. Deal with it.
@Greg:
Yes, Greggie, it does. When the federal coffers are required to pay the salaries of IRS agents who will be tasked with making sure of compliance, and the government is funding those being hired to sign people up for the ACA, it does fall under the purview of Congress and the budget.
Stop showing how stupid you are.
@Greg:
So you want me to deal with Obama’s clear violation of the law he signed? How many laws do you think he is allowed to ignore? Like I said before, you’re a sick little man.
GREG
THE HOUSE DID FUNDED THE OTHER DEMAND FROM THE DEMOCRATS,
WHY SHOULD THEY DEMOCRATS SHUT THE GOVERNMENT, WHEN THEY ARE FUNDED,
THEY DON’T NEED TO SHUT DOWN ,IT WILL BE ON THEIR TURF IF THEY DO,
THE REPUBLICANS REPEATED ON AND ON, THEY DON’T WANT TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT,
IT’S FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO DEAL WITH IT,
@Greg: Greg, No funds can be spent unless it is a congressional appropriation. That means, congress must approve it. If there are no funds for the military, there is no military. If there are no funds for White House Czars, there are only White House Czars that can be paid by the President if he still wants them. You are wrong again!
These geniuses don’t know the difference between discretionary and nondiscretionary budget items.
jainphx
I was thinking this:
SARAH PALIN, WHAT A DIFFERENCE SHE WOULD MAKE,
AS OPPOSE TO HILARY SAID,ON BENGHASI MASSACER:
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE,
BYE