Democrat attack dog Kathy Sullivan has her knickers in a knot

I previously posted the transcript from the Rush Limbaugh radio show when Dan Itse, the NH House Representative (R-Exeter) where he talked about the constitutionality of Obamacare in its current forms and that our Jr. Senator, Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) got outclassed by the other "gimme" Senators like Mary "Louisiana Purchase" Landrieu (D-LA) and Ben "Cornhusker Kickback" Nelson (D-NE).

Well, it seems that the former NH Democrat Chair, Kathy Sullivan saw it and decided to give Dan a "what-for".

Sidebar: yeah, I can at least say that she blogged "courtesy of granitegrok" but refuses, like most of the Progressives over at BlueHamsphire, to actually put in the link.

Embarrassing the State, my dear?  I think not – but you Dems have shown much to be remiss for yourselves.  I can just start with raising spending FAR beyond what a recession based revenue stream could support and you folks going all out blaming everything, including the bathroom sink, and everyone except for yourselves and Democrat poor revenue estimates.

Let’s fisk.

1.  Death is not the worst of evils – listening to this discredited nullification nonsense may be, however. There will not be a law in New Hampshire requiring legislative consent to the health insurance reform bill after it is signed into law, because luckily the majority of our representatives believe in our American constitution, unlike Itse.

OK, Kathy (I can call you that, right?) – you work for a law company (last I knew).  Please, show me where in the Enumerated Powers part of the US Constitution where the Federal Government is allowed to force a citizen to purchase a good or service from a private concern?  I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on GraniteGrok, but in reading it in a "plain speaking text" fashion, I see the do see that it allows Congress to regulate the  Commerce between the various States, but by definition, isn’t commerce a voluntary activity?  Please, Kathy, tell me that you don’t agree with the notion that Government can tell me to buy something for the mere fact that I am breathing (and not engaged in any type of commerce)? 

And if the 10th Amendment is more than just words, please tell me your interpretation? Words do have meaning and I doubt that the crafters of this document would have just had a need to write filler….

2.  Note the refusal to use the proper adjective, "Democratic". Here is an adjective for Rep. Itse: silly!

Tell you what, when Carol Shea-Porter apologies for callin folks like me "tea-baggers" (that she has been told has a gay sexual connotation – and trust me, NO ONE in the TEA Party movement uses that slur.).  And that’s one of the least bad names that Conservatives seem to be called…

Otherwise, get over yourself (and yourselves).

3.  He tries to insult Senator Shaheen by saying she is "not smart enough" to hold out for a special deal. If I were Itse, I would not get into a discussion of the intelligence of any particular elected officials, as Senator Shaheen has more smarts in her little finger than Itse has in the totality of his being.

I am torn about this – I am glad that she didn’t bring home the bacon as that would raise taxes for all of us needlessly.  If she had, she would have shown herself to be as base as the others in being bought and sold by other politicians using our money.

However, it does show that OTHER Democrats were certainly not above being bought.  That old phrase of "now we’re just haggling over the price" – and the price is paid with by taxpayer money.  Such high regard the Democrats have for hard earned money – they have basically treated it like Monopoly money.

And our kids…

…and their kids are going to be paying the price for it all….

4. Itse also should stay away from trying to interpret the Constitution. The "10-thers" always fail to remember the provisions of Article I, Section 8, which gives Congress the powers, inter alia,  to provide for the general welfare of the United States, and to regulate commerce.

Again, regulating commerce is fine when commerce is entered into voluntarily.  I keep getting told over and over that this is just like car insurance – the State can force you to purchase it.

That’s right – the State, as the Constitution says that since it is not an Enumerated Power, it does fall to the State (in this case, NH) to be able to handle.  Also, that assumes that I am in a State that mandates that I buy auto insurance for the privilege of driving a car (and pretty much, to recompense the other party if I screw up while driving). It also assumes that I wish to drive.  If I do not own a car (which has been the case in my life from time to time), I don’t have to pay for car insurance, do I?

I also believe that the words "general welfare" has been way overstretched in trying to justify the abomination of a 2,000 page bill and when (not if) it is brought up to the Supreme Court, that "general welfare clause" argument will fail. If it does not, then we have devolved into a democracy, where the majority can and will rule absolutely, from a representative republic that was designed to be a limited government.  You had better start praying that Republicans never take over again, for there will be hell to pay when it happens….

Also if does not fail, then there is no limit to what Government can force its citizens to do – our Rights will be worthless – is that what you want, Kathy? We will have transitioned from a citizenry that had a Government to a situation where Government utterly owns its people.  Freedom?  Liberty?  Rights? Only what is allowed by the rulers and not those derived from our Creator.

5. Itse should re-read his oath of office, which includes something about bearing faith and true allegiance to the United States of America and the state of New Hampshire, and supporting the constitutions there of. He doesn’t get to pick and choose which sections he wants to support, and he doesn’t get to misread and misintrepet the documents, either. He also does not get to substitute his interpretations for about 200 years of interpretation by the United State Supreme Court. Article III, section 2 gives the judicial power to the Supreme Court, not Rep. Itse. 

There seems to be a LOT of dissenting opinion out there on what you have written there, Kathy.  It seems that there is a lot more firepower out there that would totally outclass you or Dan in the courtroom that would agree with Dan.  Otherwise, all those Conservative and Libertarian think tanks wouldn’t be wasting their time already laying out their cases to "take it out".  However, it can still fail to get to Obama’s desk if:

• It gets drop kicked by the Pro-Life Democrats for including subsidized baby killing (you folks call it "pro-choice").
• The Blue Dogs don’t go along with the 3-card Monte that Reid and Pelosi are pulling with the "collect the taxes now and spend it starting in 4 years" and take out the pay dock for the Doctors in another bill and fail to keep cutting (huh?  they wouldn’t DARE cut it now!) Medicare payments just to get a decent CBP score.

I’m willing to continue the debate, there Kathy!  Jim Splaine did, to his credit.  Dean, however, was a big FAIL – and never even had the manners to return a reply to poor Brett (I, on the other hand, had a marvelous time!).

I’m beginning to think you guys don’t believe you can win debates, eh?