Another day, another ObamaCare glitch. This time, it involves a design flaw in the way the much-vaunted insurance exchanges are subsidized: The law encourages states to create health-insurance exchanges, but it permits Washington to create them if states decline. So far, only 17 states have passed legislation to create an exchange. Why, you ask, does [...]
A little reminder that Herman Cain and Rick Perry are not the only politicians who suffer from intermittent brain flatulence. And, while we’re on the subject of gaffes, I wonder if the President thinks Hawaii is the 57th state? [ht The Spectacle Blog]
As a rule, I don’t watch debates moderated by MSM hacks. The questions are always rehashed DNC talking points, and they are often just plain dumb. A classic example was provided during last night’s GOP debate by Maria Bartiromo: You have all said that you will repeal President Obama’s health care legislation. Down the line, [...]
My column in today’s American Spectator discusses progressive cluelessness about how often they can pick the taxpayer’s pocket in order to fund frivolous luxuries: Today I received an email from a cycling group to which I belong. It was marked ‘urgent’ and its subject line read: ‘Federal Bike Funding Under Attack Again.’ It implored me [...]
This woman is the best player on our team. Every time she opens her mouth she says something stupid. This time, in an NBC interview, she made the following preposterous claim about the waivers: They’re small. I couldn’t speak to all 1,800 of them, but some of the lists that I have seen have been very, [...]
This picture captures the imbecility that lies at the root of the “Occupy Wall Street” charade. Everyone “protesting” evil corporations is wearing or carrying something made by a corporation. Where do these morons think all their stuff comes from? Santa Claus? [ht Doug Powers]
Today, the President threatened to veto any budget coming out of Congress that doesn’t include tax increases. In fact, he is actually insisting on a gigantic tax increase. Think it’s a dumb idea to raise taxes during a recession? Well, until recently, so did he. Here’s a clip from 2009 in which Obama said you shouldn’t raise taxes in a [...]
Last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare’s individual mandate on the grounds that the Old Dominion had no standing. The majority phrased it thus: Virginia filed this action on March 23, 2010, the same day that the President signed the Affordable Care Act into law. The [...]
Howard Fineman, who is now the Editorial Director for The Huffington Post, was asked by Chris Matthews: What has been President Obama’s biggest political mistake? Fineman answered as follows: His decision to spend all of his political capital in a year and a half of his time on the healthcare reform law I think was [...]
My latest column for the American Spectator discusses a couple of preposterous statements made by the President concerning ObamaCare’s ever-increasing troubles in the court system. For example, in response to a question from an admirer in Iowa, he said: If the Supreme Court follows existing precedent, existing law, it should be upheld without a problem. He then added: There’s [...]
