March 23, 2012 marked the second anniversary of
ObamaCare, but there
were no celebrations at the White House marking President Obama’s signature
accomplishment.
Instead, the White House is
hawking a potty-mouth T-shirt for 30 bucks that refers to Joe Biden’s
vulgar whisper in the president’s ear, and caught on tape, calling the
Affordable Care Act a “big f—king deal.”
Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a sarcastic poke in the eye saying, “I saw
the president down at the White House. I’m
a little surprised, but there wasn’t a birthday cake to celebrate the second
anniversary of ObamaCare."
That’s not a new necklace the president is
wearing. It’s a political
albatross around his neck. This regime awaits the high
stakes hearings on the constitutionality of the law by the Supreme Court beginning
March 26.
The next day,
March 27th, will be devoted to arguments involving the administration's claim
that not buying insurance somehow constitutes interstate commerce that may be
regulated by Congress.
The
28th will be devoted to the commandeering and severability issues. The Democrats, you will recall, failed
to include a severability clause in Obamacare. This, in theory, means that the
Court must invalidate the entire law if it strikes down the mandate. If the
justices follow the example of U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, PPACA is
toast. Unfortunately, the precedents aren't as clear on this issue as one might
wish. The justices have demonstrated a willingness to ignore the absence of
severability language when it suits them.
Charles
Krauthammer’s Op-Ed in The Washington
Post sums up ObamaCare nicely: “Rarely
has one law so exemplified the worst of the Leviathan state—grotesque cost,
questionable constitutionality and arbitrary bureaucratic coerciveness. Little
wonder the president barely
mentioned it in his latest State
of the Union address. He wants to be reelected. He’d rather talk about
other things.”
“But there’s
no escaping it now. Oral arguments begin Monday at 10 a.m.”
Oh, and just for shits and giggles, the #ILikeObamaCare hashtag launched by President Whiny’s re-election campaign was hijacked by conservatives. The Daily Caller dutifully notes, “The Twitter hashtag was the most popular in the world Friday afternoon, but not for reasons the Obama campaign wanted.”
Oh, and just for shits and giggles, the #ILikeObamaCare hashtag launched by President Whiny’s re-election campaign was hijacked by conservatives. The Daily Caller dutifully notes, “The Twitter hashtag was the most popular in the world Friday afternoon, but not for reasons the Obama campaign wanted.”
Yeah.
I bet.
You still have the best photo-shops!
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