Bret Baier: 1; President Obama: 0
FROM JOHN BOEHNER'S WEBSITE
Despite President’s Visit, Ohio Opposition To Gov’t Takeover Of Health Care Grows
Posted by Press Office on March 17, 2010
In fact, Ohio newspapers are continuing to speak out against Washington Democrats’ government takeover of health care and their plans to employ the “Slaughter Solution” to get the Senate health care bill – “Cornhusker Kickback” and all – through the House without a vote.
In an editorial yesterday (3-16-10), the Cincinnati Enquirer slammed Democratic leaders for forcing a vote on a costly health care bill that will hurt our economy.
“This disgusting process, which Democrats brazenly wish to bring to conclusion this week, is being done with little regard for the opinions of a clear majority of Americans who, while they may believe health care reform is necessary, think this particular approach will take our nation down the wrong economic path.”
LAWSUITS BEING PREPARED
Mark Levin Readies Lawsuit on Slaughter Rule
Not so fast.
Democrats poised to use the so-called "deem and pass" strategy to force through a health care bill will have to deal with Mark Levin first.
Levin, known to his fans as one of the most popular talk show hosts in the country, is also both a legal scholar and longtime president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, a nonprofit, public interest law firm A former chief of staff to Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Levin is the author of two New York Times bestselling books on the Constitution and the judiciary, the last, Liberty and Tyranny, at number one for a dozen weeks.
The lawsuit will name President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and "other relevant cabinet members" as defendants. Those cabinet members are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Levin's goal? To stop the government from "instituting this unconstitutional contrivance."
BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY
What Changed Dennis Kucinich's Mind?
Wednesday, for the first time ever, people actually cared about something Dennis Kucinich said or did. Actually, I take that back: This is the second time. The first time was when he was mayor of Cleveland and the citizens there were like what are you doing? They cared then.
But earlier on Wednesday, Kucinich announced his decision on Obama's health care plan. He had been against it — a firm no — because the plan did not contain a single-payer system. Kucinich is a progressive and he's out in the open. Here's what he had been saying about the plan:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS)
REP. DENNIS KUCINICH, D-OHIO: Anytime I can support the president, I'd like to. I just — except on this bill, I signed a commitment with 77 other members of Congress, saying that if there was not robust public option in the health care bill, that was presented to the House, I wouldn't vote for it. I kept my word.
If you don't have a public option, the insurance companies have a license to just steal money from people.
I wish that they brought that public option back — I supported it in committee. And absent of a robust public option, I don't know what there is for my constituents.
(END VIDEO CLIPS)
Got that? He believes there is absolutely no reason to vote for this bill without the public option. It would take an Earth-shattering, chill-you-to-the-bone moment to change his mind. Something like this experience:
WHAT'S BREWING?
LATE FLASH: Coffee Party Debut Sad to the Last Drip
The weekend of March 13 and 14, 2010 was hailed as the kick-off time for Coffee Parties all across the country which were billed as “the liberal response to the Tea Party movement” as reported by Alex Pappas in the The Daily Caller, dated 03/13/10 in an article titled: “Low-key java drinkers in Washington kick off Coffee Parties.”
I think I heard a rumor that two individuals who looked suspiciously out of place went into one Washington, DC designated “Coffee Party” shop looking for a gathering of noisy and speech making revelers and were chagrined to find only two people present, and one was drinking hot chocolate. Robert and Rahm were disappointed and as they were leaving they were heard saying, “Let’s go and give Barry the bad news.”
BANANA REPUBLIC IN THE MAKING?
Sleights of hand and behind the scenes chicanery are accepted as the mother’s milk of dictatorships and banana republics
America’s Image: Beacon of Light or Banana?
America has long been looked up to as a beacon of light in a world where corruption, greed, and tyranny often mock the very concepts of freedom, fairness, and rule of rule.
We were different, or so we thought, because of our Constitution, the balancing of power assured by having separate, but equal, branches of government, and a heritage of commitment to the rule of law.
Ours was not a government where matters of great importance were decided in dark, musty rooms by special interest sleaze merchants and elitist politicians willing to sell influence for personal enrichment rather than pursuing the common good.
Government “by and for the people,” was understood to mean open, honest resolution of differences, regardless of how substantial those differences. Adherence to rule of law meant that established rules and laws would always apply, regardless of how urgent the issue, and without regard to the intensity of the passions with which opposing views were held.
Above all else, executing the will of the people was of paramount importance. Advancing the career objectives of ambitious politicians was not.
THE HOUSE MADAM'S LATEST TACTIC
Voting present - DC Style
This two-votes-in-one gambit is a brazen affront to the plain language of the Constitution, which is intended to require democratic accountability. Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution says that in order for a "Bill" to "become a Law," it "shall have passed the House of
Representatives and the Senate."
BIG BROTHER: CRADLE TO GRAVE
Yet Another Government Takeover: Student Loan Edition
This week will be a defining moment for Congress and our country. As Democratic leaders map out their health care end game, we as elected officials have a choice to make: Will people control their lives, or will government?
The stakes of the health care debate are clear. On the table is a bill that would put the federal government in charge of one-sixth of the American economy and, perhaps even more stunningly, the way Americans get medical care. Yet far too few Americans realize there is another government takeover in the offing – this one in how Americans pay for college.
MUM'S THE WORD IN TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION
White House Mum On Democrat’s Charge of Job Offer In Exchange for Not Running Against Sen. Specter
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Gibbs would neither confirm nor deny the charge, as reporters questioned him on seven separate times about the matter over the five days, starting first on Feb. 23.
Concerning the issue, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to White House Counsel Robert Bauer asking for more information. Issa asserted in the letter that, if Sestak’s story is true, it would amount to a criminal act.
FORMER OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE HITS NAIL ON HEAD
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Biden and Art of Doublespeak
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Vice President Joe Biden says the Palestinians deserve a state. He has traveled to the Mideast to press the Israelis to surrender more territory more quickly to what has been termed the Palestinian Authority. The Obama administration is giving $900 million of our money to the Mahmoud Abbas regime on the West Bank of the Jordan River, supposedly for "humanitarian" causes. This administration went out of its way to avoid being seen as "meddling" with Iran, but it shows no such restraint with Israel. Meanwhile, the Palestinians go on naming schools for suicide bombers and coaching their children to emulate these bombers. But somehow they are viewed as "partners" in the mythical peace process.
