Lawsuits, Obamacare And Football Helmets...

A few days ago Attorney General Eric Holder filed a lawsuit against the state of North Carolina over their new voter ID laws.  Holder has vowed to sue every state that attempts to ensure voter eligibility by requiring identification to vote.  He has some misguided notion that requiring ID somehow disenfranchises lower income voters.  You know - the ones who need ID to cash a welfare check or to pick up their food stamps. Those folks.  Apparently bringing their ID to the polls is something they might be unable to manage.  (He seems to conveniently forget that most states require everyone to have identification when they are out in public.)

With the implementation of Obamacare beginning yesterday, one has to wonder if it's necessary to have ID to purchase health care insurance through the new exchanges.  If so - is that disenfranchising to lower income people needing insurance?  And will Eric Holder sue the states or the companies who run the exchanges?  I hardly think so since it doesn't involve people voting for Democrat politicians.

In the last week or so, during the debate back and forth over the continuing resolution and Obamacare funding, the rhetoric got serious.  While the Republicans were saying "We want to delay or defund Obamacare so let's negotiate" the Democrats were saying "Republicans are extortionists, legislative arsonists, anarchists and terrorists."  The President said "Any changes to Obamacare will be vetoed" and "I don't have to negotiate."  Harry Reid said "We will kill any bill that changes Obamacare and we will not negotiate. Republicans have lost their minds."

Then, after all of the hate speech by the Democrats the President, Harry Reid and the mainstream media all said "The Republicans refuse to negotiate and have shut down the government."  And somehow current polling data shows that more people believe the President and the Democrats.  I can't help but wonder who they are polling.  Anyone with a functional brain knows it was the President and the Democrats who shut down the government.  So where are the polls finding these brainless people?  I wonder if they have identification?

The President and Harry Reid have threatened to cut off benefits to wounded veterans because of the shutdown.  They're blaming Republicans for that as well. Does it surprise anyone that Obama would hold wounded veterans hostage? After all - he threatens the elderly and our active duty military by saying they won't get their Social Security and regular paychecks if the Republicans don't increase the debt ceiling.  He once even suggested wounded veterans should pay for their own medical care since they volunteered for the service.  So why wouldn't he try to use them as hostages now?  It makes sense in a really vile way.

In January 2011, shortly after the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, President Obama went on television to plead with the country to tone down the hateful rhetoric.  In his very subtle way he was indicating that Republicans and conservatives were responsible for Giffords' shooting because of their outspokenness on guns, freedom, individual rights, etc.  When Sarah Palin said her PAC was going to "target" certain places and followed it up with "We don't retreat - we reload" liberals quickly blamed her for the shooting, even though Jared Loughner was a Democrat voter.  Again - anyone with a brain knew such statements from the left were not only unfounded but preposterous - yet they got away with it.

The point is that President Obama has nothing to say when Democrats call their counterparts extortionists, legislative arsonists, anarchists and terrorists. Apparently it's OK to demean Republicans as long as Republicans don't do it back.  If they do they will be chastised by the President.

Although yesterday's implementation of Obamacare wasn't a complete disaster, it certainly didn't go well. The website froze up continuously.  Some who got in couldn't really do anything.  One NBC reporter got into the website, got stuck, called the number provided for assistance and was on hold for over 30 minutes before getting frustrated and hanging up.  (I'm truly surprised that NBC actually aired a segment making Obamacare look bad...)  It wasn't pretty but Obamacare supporters tout it as a success because over 70,000 people (out of 30 million) signed up.  Whoopie.

It has been said (and I haven't verified it yet) that the state of California has warned people that getting Obamacare is not a problem but if they actually use it they will see their health care costs go up exorbitantly. One estimate I saw last night said Californians might see their insurance costs increase by 140%.  And that's in a state where the taxpayers just voted themselves a tax increase.  Kinda difficult to feel sorry for them, I guess.

The government shutdown is solely the product of Democrats in Washington, including the President, being unwilling to negotiate with the Republicans.  They have clearly stated "It's our way or the highway."  What fascinates me about it is the fact that they blame it on the Republicans and get away with it.  How does that happen?  How do people hear their statements of refusal to negotiate, then hear them say it's the Republicans who refuse to negotiate, and they believe the latter? And what's scary is that these people vote.  I'm thinking they not only need ID but a clean bill of health from their mental health professional...!

Harry Reid said that "Republicans have lost their minds."  Really, Harry? Republicans have lost their minds? You flat out refuse to negotiate, warn the President not to meet with Republicans, say publicly over and over that you will not allow a bill to pass if there are any changes to Obamacare included, and allow the government to shut down over it, and Republicans have lost their minds?  I can't help but wonder if you and your believing constituents wear football helmets when you're not out in public.  I think you must have bumped your heads somewhere along the way...!