ObamaCare Passed, American Liberty Endangered
March 22nd, 2010 | by Sqotty |ObamaCare passed in the House; God save the Union; rest in peace, U.S. Constitution. Chicago-style politics, back room deals, and partisan politics won, as did the Socialist-Marxist agenda of the Obama Administration. Whatever happened to transparency Obama campaigned on and promised Americans?
I looked over the roll-call vote and saw a few surprises here and there, like Colin Petersen (MN-d, CD7), who voted against ObamaCare (I am also just learning that he is a founding member of the “Blue Dog” Coalition of Democrats, so maybe it wasn’t a surprise).
There will be legal battles, and more. The 2010 election cycle will be interesting to watch. The 1994 GOP landslide shifted 54 seats in the House of Representatives. It is clear that in many districts a Republican can campaign on “Real ObamaCare” and have a decent chance of winning (exception: San Francisco - there is no way a Republican can unseat Che Pelosi). It is also possible that some hard-Left Democrats may be met with primary challengers also touting “repeal”. How many seats will change? I am hoping for at least 60 in the House and 10 in the Senate; enough to change the dynamics of politics in Washington.
There are also the beginning rumblings of calls for impeachment of Obama, which given the current split in Congress, has little chance of succeeding. Perhaps the environment will change after the midterm elections.
Obama promised openness and bipartisanship. People proclaimed him to be a “uniter”. What we have witnessed is a total disregard for the American people, of which the vast majority is opposed this legislation, hard ball partisan politics, and the most divisive administration in the entire history of our country.
If this travesty becomes law and the courts fail to overturn it, then it can no longer be said that America is the “Land of the free.” Rather, we will be the land of the serfs, and our Constitution rendered, once and for all, irrelevant.
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One Response to “ObamaCare Passed, American Liberty Endangered”
By Melanie on May 12, 2010 | Reply
Don’t let MN Rep. Collin Peterson’s vote against Obama’s health care bill surprise you. He is not a true Blue Dog Dem. Nancy Pelosi, with whom he votes 93% of the time, let him off the health care hook since she could get the bill through the House without Peterson’s vote. He was catching a lot of flak in his home district to the point of not holding town hall or even county meetings last August. I’m in his district. In past elections there have not been good candidates running against him; this year Peterson faces a very popular GOP conservative candidate.