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Related: About this forumObama, for the Win!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/opinion/obama-for-the-win.htmlObama, for the Win!
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Published: June 29, 2012
Republicans are apoplectic. Theyve lost again.
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Republicans are so upset because one of the basic pillars of the Obama illegitimacy canard is that he is operating outside the parameters of the constitution, that he is the point of the shiv aimed at the heart of America.
As the conservative radio host Neal Boortz put it in a Twitter message following the ruling: I am so sick to death of calling the play-by-play of the destruction of this great country by power-hungry Democrats and the moocher class.
This ruling has supposedly energized the Republican base. Maybe, but its been supporting the repeal of the health care act since it was passed. Whats new? Republicans say that the court called the mandate a tax although Obama had insisted that it wasnt. True, but Im not sure that has legs outside the Grover Norquist-no-tax echo chamber.
They sound like a broken record on this one: broken promises and big government; more taxes and less freedom.
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Make no mistake, Thursdays ruling is an unmitigated win for the Obama administration and for America. The too much government crowd is just grasping at straws.
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Obama, for the Win! (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2012
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Democrats have to make crystal clear that this is a freeloader tax. A tax on the irresponsible.
Zen Democrat
Jun 2012
#1
Mike Pence compared the ruling to 9/11? These people need to be in a mental hospital.
emulatorloo
Jun 2012
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Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)1. Democrats have to make crystal clear that this is a freeloader tax. A tax on the irresponsible.
Let them argue against THAT!
DCBob
(24,689 posts)2. Boorts is finally right about something..
The Republican attacks have no legs. This is a huge win for President Obama and major fail for the GOP.
emulatorloo
(44,113 posts)3. Mike Pence compared the ruling to 9/11? These people need to be in a mental hospital.