11-22-2013, 10:29 AM
In the first two weeks of October we saw the spectacle of what was termed the "Government Shut Down". Fear mongering from the left was nothing short of apocalyptic as Americans were subjected to the daily diatribe of dire predictions.
Open season was declared on Republicans and much was made of Ted Cruz's Senate filibuster which, in effect, demanded the individual mandate be pushed back for at least one year. Why would he have done that? Simply because any rational thinking person would have easily seen that ObamaCare was in no way ready for roll out.
EXCERPT--- "In fact, according to the CRS, a government shutdown wouldn’t even stop certain key parts of O-Care from taking effect. Subsidies under the law are mandatory spending, so they continue; the penalties for not buying insurance would continue too. Instead of demanding defunding, then, why not demand that the individual mandate be suspended instead? That’s better terrain for the GOP since they can push the point (as Ted Cruz already is doing) that it’s unfair to exempt business owners for a year and not individual citizens."
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http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/30/te...obamacare/
Now we see, that even though this administration was willing to make more political hay out of the Ted Cruz filibuster than did FDR when trying to drum up support for retaliation against Japan for Pearl Harbor, the individual mandate was quietly deferred none the less, until the week after the mid-terms of 2014. So let me get this straight. In October, Ted Cruz was laughed to scorn as some kind of political hack for suggesting we set back the individual mandate for one year. But, in November the White House tweeks the deadline by a month and What Ho! All of a sudden it's genius. "But an HHS official said Thursday that the schedule has been bumped back, beginning on November 15, 2014 and ending on January 15, 2015. That timetable will ensure that the midterm elections come and go before the new year's insurance rates are published."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z2lO6bXkLM
Huh?
So far the Republicans have proven to have been 'spot on' in their very justifiable concerns. And all I have seen from the left by way of gracious capitulation in the face of the forthcoming rash of revelations which, have served to vindicate them totally, is a doubling down on their inflammatory rhetoric. It really is all they've got. And, FWIW, Dems know they're in real trouble for 2014 and heaven knows they have certainly earned that trouble. Having invested many hours in hard fought rhetorical victories and with the inglorious "fundamental transformation" now in full bloom, the future of the Senate may well be all but in Republican control.
Open season was declared on Republicans and much was made of Ted Cruz's Senate filibuster which, in effect, demanded the individual mandate be pushed back for at least one year. Why would he have done that? Simply because any rational thinking person would have easily seen that ObamaCare was in no way ready for roll out.
EXCERPT--- "In fact, according to the CRS, a government shutdown wouldn’t even stop certain key parts of O-Care from taking effect. Subsidies under the law are mandatory spending, so they continue; the penalties for not buying insurance would continue too. Instead of demanding defunding, then, why not demand that the individual mandate be suspended instead? That’s better terrain for the GOP since they can push the point (as Ted Cruz already is doing) that it’s unfair to exempt business owners for a year and not individual citizens."
END EXCERPT---
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/30/te...obamacare/
Now we see, that even though this administration was willing to make more political hay out of the Ted Cruz filibuster than did FDR when trying to drum up support for retaliation against Japan for Pearl Harbor, the individual mandate was quietly deferred none the less, until the week after the mid-terms of 2014. So let me get this straight. In October, Ted Cruz was laughed to scorn as some kind of political hack for suggesting we set back the individual mandate for one year. But, in November the White House tweeks the deadline by a month and What Ho! All of a sudden it's genius. "But an HHS official said Thursday that the schedule has been bumped back, beginning on November 15, 2014 and ending on January 15, 2015. That timetable will ensure that the midterm elections come and go before the new year's insurance rates are published."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z2lO6bXkLM
Huh?
So far the Republicans have proven to have been 'spot on' in their very justifiable concerns. And all I have seen from the left by way of gracious capitulation in the face of the forthcoming rash of revelations which, have served to vindicate them totally, is a doubling down on their inflammatory rhetoric. It really is all they've got. And, FWIW, Dems know they're in real trouble for 2014 and heaven knows they have certainly earned that trouble. Having invested many hours in hard fought rhetorical victories and with the inglorious "fundamental transformation" now in full bloom, the future of the Senate may well be all but in Republican control.