Posted by
VBushmills on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:26:30 PM
Passage of the President's Healthcare "reform" (puhleeze) Bill, in any form will end the United States of America as we have known it the past 200 plus years.
The same goes for Cap and Trade. Both bills represent a jumping off from which there is no going back, assuming the President and his party will move as quickly to seal in concrete the bureaucratic cornerstones as they have to ram the legislation through in the first place.
They can already do this without GOP assistance in any manner, but feel they need GOP votes in order to provide cover for Democrats who are being threatened back home. (This may be a canard but this isn't the time to discuss it.)
Don't give it. If ANY REPUBLICAN allows the health care package to pass, in any form containing the "shift of power" from the patients, their doctors, and their private insurers, to the federal government, then it will take forty years for us to be able to undo the damage, even if we begin in 2010-2012 by undoing it. We're convinced here that if these pieces of legislation pass the angry and disenfranchised people can't even know the disappointment they will feel when they find their votes won't matter in the 2010 mid-terms. There will no longer be an need for charades by Democrats; they will have passed Phase I in flying colors. These two legislative votes will likely be the last real ones ever cast in Congress, as thereafter, they will move into a Phase II consolidation post haste, no longer having even to make nice with Republicans. Even the media won't matter as much.
Notice: Obama's only been in office six months, but an honest word hasn't come out of his mouth since the campaign (when he said he'd remake us into a socialist state). You cannot hide behind the "He Lied!" defense. You go along with him, you're to blame.
If that happens I see no need for ANY REPUBLICAN now sitting in Congress to remain once their term expires. NOT ONE. We may as well as start out with a clean slate, and maybe a even a new name for the party would be a good idea.
The second option, should the GOP responsibly say "No" across the board (excepting the known leftists) and for reasons more than just the shock value, would be to walk out, en masse. That means canceling dinners, joint appearances, golf, charity functions, even appearances on talk shows with Democrats. Place the mark of anathema on them. Also, refuse any comradeship with any of the turncoat voters in the Senate and House. Put them under the ban. Dark times require stark measures.
As I said, there are some very cogent reasons perhaps you haven't thought about as to why this would be a necessary idea, but I will discuss that at a later date, once the votes draw nigh.
Just remember, GOP, you now have a bulls-eye on your back also.
Bernard Chumm