ObamaCare subsidy ruling - Dangerous for GOP

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Created on Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:11

Published on Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:11

Written by Ax D. WhiteMan

Many are heralding the DC circuit court ruling that eliminates subsidies from the ObamaCare policies issued via the Federal Exchange as a crippling blow to the law. Possibly fatal.

They are wrong. It's neither crippling or fatal. In reality it's a Democrat issue "Made to Order."

Consider:

If the ruling is upheld, it will be almost instantly "corrected" with Senate drafted legislation that reverses the original wording. There is absolutely nothing even remotely underhanded about this tactic. The fact that it hasn't already been done is evidence that it's being held for its greatest campaign impact.

Once the corrective legislation is authored, Harry Reid will waive it about the Senate floor every day demanding Republicans "re-instate the health care of millions of Americans."

After a brief make believe battle - the Senate will cave - they always do.

Then it will go to the House. GOP Congressmen will tear each other to pieces arguing over this.  The media will hammer the airwaves with story after story of sobbing people showing their cancelled healthcare - all because the GOP won't pass the bill. This could make the shut down hysteria look like a Saturday morning cartoon.

Boehner will eventually cave and bring it to a vote. All the Dems will vote for it, enough GOP will vote for it to pass. The subsidies will remain, and the GOP will be in shambles as this issue causes the current fissures in the  GOP to become a full blown war.

You can bet that there are a bunch of elected GOP that are secretly praying the DC Circuit "En Banc" hearing quashes  this issue and it goes away - fast. 

Low Expectations for Benghazi Select Committee

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Created on Friday, 09 May 2014 12:17

Published on Friday, 09 May 2014 12:17

Written by Ax D. WhiteMan

I'd like to be enthused at the prospect of the brilliant pit bull prosecutor Trey Gowdy conducting an aggressive in-depth investigation into Benghazi and its related lies and cover ups.

But I just can't.

It seems this is just another in a long series of GOP Kubuki theatre events.

Remember Boehner explaining how he was against the "shut down" before he was for it?

Seems like much more of the same. Boehner buckled to political pressure to finally call for a select committee - and now will make sure that it doesn't have any real impact.

Boehner has already lectured us on not "Politicizing" the committee. This, while Democrats are lining up at every available mic to "politicize" this as a brazen, meaningless, partisan witch hunt.

Then there's the actual bill, H. RES. 36 which seems to go out of it's way to avoid investigating the "cover up" and rather focuses on finding "what went wrong" and how to "avoid future attacks." 

Only item 7 of the H.RES. 36 even remotely refers to the lies and obfuscation that have surrounded Benghazi since it occurred.:

(7) any other relevant issues relating to the attack or the response to the attack.

Combine the above with the typically ridiculous time limits on questioning, the stone-walling, the Democrat speech making, and it's easy to see this committee becoming a future talking point of the Hillary campaign "proving" there is no scandal.

I hope I'm wrong, but this is really looking more like a typical "white wash" committee to get this off the table as soon as possible - clearing the way for Hillary 2016

Perry Sends Texas Guard to the Border - Yippee!

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Created on Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:01

Published on Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:01

Written by Ax D. WhiteMan

Amid much media hoopla, in a strategically planned announcement; Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaimed he was "taking action" to address the current crisis at the U.S. border - by sending 1,000 Texas Guardsmen to the border.

Yippee....

So, what will these guard be doing?

Stopping people crossing the border and preventing them from ever entering the U.S.? 

-er well, uh no. they won't be doing that.

Quickly apprehending them and sending them back across the border?

-a, well no, they won't be doing that either.

They'll be grabbing up those darned illegals and turning them in to Federal Authorities, where they'll be handled EXACTLY as they were yesterday, and the day before. 

So will this do any good?

Sure, it will get Rick Perry a lot of attention, a good deal of campaign contributions, and push him toward the front of the early running for the 2016 GOP Presidential Nomination.

yippee.

The Purpose of the Establishment GOP - 2016

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Created on Saturday, 22 February 2014 13:34

Published on Saturday, 22 February 2014 14:41

Written by Ax D. WhiteMan

So, in return for caving on the Cruz lead ObamaCare shut-down, the debt ceiling, and every other attempt to curb the excesses of Government; be they NSA spying, IRS harassment, EPA land grabs, or Executive lawlessness - The Republicans get what?

The Era of Austerity - is over !

Yep, you heard it right. The overspending, budget busting, deficit soaring to heights heretofore unimaginable Obama Administration - has just proclaimed - "We're done with penny pinching."

This compels one to ask,

"What purpose is served by Republican control of the House of Representatives -which has Constitutional authority to control spending?"

I've honestly racked brains on this. It's become painful to recall the enthusiasm of 2010 when we all thought we were ONE Senate seat and a handful of House Seats away from repealing ObamaCare, Balancing the Budget, and stopping the Obama agenda cold.

Yes, remember that loud, proud, vocal bunch of small Government advocates? 

I remember them, and wonder what they've become. At last, I believe I've found a way to describe the role and function for which the current GOP sees itself. It something like the role of Vaseline. It seems that is the battle cry the GOP wants to carry into the 2016 mid-terms.

So, for those of you in the Ann Coulter, Thomas Sowell, camp who wonder why we cheer for Cruz, Paul & Lee and support;  Bevin, McDaniel, Stovall, and Pierson over McConnell, Cochran, Cornyn, and Sessions - The answer is fairly simple.

We're tired of getting screwed, and being told to be grateful to the GOP for making it less painful.