33 and counting

The House has voted, for the 33rd time, to repeal Obamacare.    Isn't this getting to be a bit redundant?   It's never going to get through the Senate;  and, if it did, Obama would veto it.   So it's purely a political stunt.

Wouldn't once or twice have been sufficient to get everybody on record so the other side can use it in campaign ads?   What's the purpose of the other 31 times?

Frankly, I just don't see how any self-respecting Republican could bear the shame of the depths to which the Repubs have sunk in their hyper-partisanship.   Here's but a few zingers:

1.  "Our agenda is to ensure that Obama is a one-term president."   And following that up by being opposed to anything he proposes.

2.  The "voter ID" laws.   Apparently they think they can't win on the issues, so they resort to trying to suppress the number of voters who will vote Democratic.   Estimates are that up to 1, 000,000 voters in Pennsylvania alone could lose their right to vote.

3.  Their (unfortunately successful) attempt to deceive the voters about what they really stand for.   Again, apparently they think they can't win on the issues, so they resort to deception about what they stand for.

4.  Creating a false crisis out of the deficit.    The deficit needs to be brought down, but not on the backs of those already losing government help.   Don't cut domestic assistance programs even further until the economy improves.

5.  Give tax cuts to the wealthy because they are the "job creators."   Bullshit.   "Trickle down" never worked, never will.    Increasing government spending is a better job creator.   The Repubs refuse to acknowledge that the loss of government jobs (federal, state, and local) due to slashed budgets is the primary cause (and the easiest solution) to the continuing unemployment problem.

6.  Increasing corporate welfare while slashing welfare for the poor.   Again, the myth of trickle down economics.

7.  Making up stuff, like "death panels," to scare people into thinking Obamacare will hurt them.   Counting on getting people to vote against their own best interests.


It did my heart good to play the clip of Romney being booed in his NAACP convention speech.   It was widespread, loud, and prolonged (15 seconds) and came in response to his saying he would repeal Obamacare.  OK, give him credit for going before the NAACP crowd at all (George W. Bush didn't.)   And for saying directly to them what he says elsewhere -- that he will repeal Obamacare.   But he didn't help himself in trying to woo black voters.

Ralph