tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830489840825805189.post5738623141870990486..comments2015-04-30T13:33:03.775-07:00Comments on The Orion Abduction: How To Repeal the 20th CenturyEd Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964568277711091523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830489840825805189.post-72392450627772843782012-10-10T14:17:41.132-07:002012-10-10T14:17:41.132-07:00P.S. Tell me how the Republican scenario you show ...P.S. Tell me how the Republican scenario you show is different than the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which was passed against the wishes of a majority of Americans. Seems that you are afraid that Republicans will start using the Democrat playbook regarding passing laws.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269991713757970127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830489840825805189.post-41344651132681601652012-10-10T14:13:49.266-07:002012-10-10T14:13:49.266-07:00Re-read your first sentence, and then tell me why ...Re-read your first sentence, and then tell me why you are tagging Republicans with this "travesty". You make it out to be the end of the world as we know it, but it was proposed by the head Democrat of the Senate, not by Republicans. <br />Is it because you fear that kind of power if not wielded by "your" party, or is it just the principle of the issue? If Obama is re-elected, does this reform suit you? It appears you have no qualms about stepping on the rights of others that don't think the way you do. Elite much?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269991713757970127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830489840825805189.post-30785445566050056942012-07-29T17:51:14.002-07:002012-07-29T17:51:14.002-07:00Methinks you worry too much...
Even if they manag...Methinks you worry too much...<br /><br />Even if they manage to remove the filibuster, in the long run it will benefit the Democrats and in the short run it will only expose the fact that the majority of Republicans are just Democrat-Lites. The liberal end of the spectrum would go into total meltdown proclaiming the end of the world as we know it, but the reality would be that the Republicans would only manage to tweak a few small things but the really big items would remain untouched. Many of the Republicans talk a big game, but when it really comes down to making the vote that counts, they don't have the desire to really act on their big talk.<br /><br />This is probably the last of the Republican hurrah's because after this election there will be enough of the "swing" states that will finish a demographic shift to the left that will basically put Democrats in permanent control. Once that happens the removal of the filibuster will be a distinct benefit for them.<br /><br />As for Justin Amash - he is one of the few politicians that actually vote according to whether or not the legislation is constitutional. That makes him appear to be a kook because most politicians don't worry about that silly ol' document.<br /><br />Oh - and let me go on record here as predicting that no major piece of legislation will ever be repealed if it means shrinking the size of government. That includes Obamacare and pretty much everything else listed in Step 2. I make that prediction because I've watched politics long enough to realize that all the talk means nothing - it's the actions that count. All the actions I've seen in the last 30 years end up in more government, not less.Big Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737603687117958015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830489840825805189.post-6260017908902247812012-07-19T12:37:20.888-07:002012-07-19T12:37:20.888-07:00I think most Republicans who would approve of 1-3 ...I think most Republicans who would approve of 1-3 along the lines of limited government (≈ Ron Paul) would oppose 5 on the same principles, and just as vociferously. (6 too of course, and maybe even 3.)Robert Talberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742845053131481875noreply@blogger.com