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Monthly Archives February 2011

JUDGE VINSON BECOMES THE VILLAIN DU JOUR

In my write-up for the American Spectator about Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that ObamaCare is unconstitutional, I predicted that he would soon be object of ad hominem attacks from our “progressive” friends:
We should expect to see a lot of “news” stories about the fact that Judge Vinson bears the ultimate mark of Cain: he was appointed by […]

Posted 01 February 2011 † Catron § Constitutional BS § Mandate BS § Obamacare BS § Vinson BS ‡ Comments (0)

VIDEO: OBAMA DENOUNCED MANDATE IN 2008

For the White House, the most embarassing feature of Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that ObamaCare is unconstitutional was his use of the President’s own words as an argument against the individual mandate. Vinson quoted the following assertion made by Obama when he was running against Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democrat primaries.
If a mandate was the solution, we can […]

Posted 01 February 2011 † Catron § Mandate BS § Obama BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (2)

VIDEO: ANN COULTER ON VINSON RULING

Well, everyone in the galaxy has weighed in on this. So, instead of quoting some nerd from Heritage, I decided to go with the skinny blond lawyer from Vermont. As usual, her comments are mordant and funny:
By the way, if this is constitutional, then Republicans should turn around and mandate all citizens be forced to purchase a […]

Posted 01 February 2011 † Catron § Constitutional BS § Mandate BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (0)