Another example affirming the GOP has no interest in
repealing PPACA ...
Cowardly House Republicans
Refuse To Defund ObamaCare
July 30, 2012 By
Doug
Book
Determined as always to travel the safest, least contentious path to
their own re-election, House Speaker John Boehner, Majority leader Eric
Cantor and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy have decided that the Party
will do NOTHING to defund ObamaCare when current, federal funding
legislation expires on September 30th.
Thirty times over the past two years the House has voted to repeal the
President’s “Affordable” Care Act. Of course, on each occasion Republican
leaders were secure in the knowledge that the measure had NO chance of
passing the Democrat controlled Senate or collecting the signature of
Barack Obama. And this was of supreme importance to these stout-hearted,
GOP Representatives as it meant none of the scheduled votes would raise
the ire of the Party’s most feared and potent foethe dreaded national
media.
For were the landmark legislation of their Marxist icon to REALLY be
threatened by some Republican scheme, the New York Times and its
left-wing colleagues might spend the rest of these pre-election months
trying to discredit Republican candidates with all manner of vile
half-truths and dishonest reporting, something the media would NEVER do
without good cause!
Yet weak knees on the part of Republican leadership should come as no
surprise to interested conservatives as we were warned by Iowa
Congressman Peter King last year that “…the decision was made by
leadership to avoid the prospect of a showdown with the president or
Harry Reid that could result in a potential shutdown of government.”
(1)
And it was in February that John Boehner nearly suffered whiplash,
ducking a reporter’s question about the congressman’s ObamaCare funding
intentions in an upcoming budget resolution. Boehner’s non-answer answer:
“We are opposed to Obamacare. We have voted to repeal it. That also
included $700 million in tax hikes, about $2.6 trillion in new sp
http://www.westernjournalism.com/cowardly-house-republicans-refuse-to-defund-obamacare/
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