Back in 2010, US Senator from New Hampshire, Jeanne “IRS Letter” Shaheen,voted along party lines to kill a Republican Resolution designed to repeal the grandfather rule in Obamacare…

Washington (CNN) – Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to support the Obamacare rule that is largely responsible for some of the health insurance cancellation letters that are going out.

In September 2010, Senate Republicans brought a resolution to the floor to block implementation of the grandfather rule, warning that it would result in canceled policies and violate President Barack Obama’s promise that people could keep their insurance if they liked it.

Emphasis mine.

If your memory is not too short you will recall that the same Jeanne Shaheen who asked the IRS to investigate 501(c)4’s (an act from which she could benefit politically) later said there needed to be an investigation into why the IRS was investigating 501(c)4’s and other non-profits.  This is the same Jeanne Shaheen who refused to delay Obamacare in exchange for spending concessions to avoid a shutdown, but recently suggested that maybe, just maybe, we should delay Obamacare.

In case you didn’t follow me there, Shaheen voted to keep the Obamacare rule that made it likley that 93 million people would lose their existing health plan (by regulatory design) and now wants to put that whole mandate thing on sabbatical until after her re-election campaign in 2014.

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“VaporVotes“

After voting 40 times to repeal Obamacare in the US House, why should I trust the DC Establish Republicans?  Yeah, I get it – for the last 3 years I’ve listened to “we’re gonna repeal it!”.  First couple of times, rah-rah!…and then snoresville.  There comes a time when credulity just breaks down from sheer repetition of doing the same thing without a result.  Even if all of the TEA Party AND Establishment Senate candidates had won their Senate races, the Senate Repubs still would not have had a filibuster proof margin – and no where enough votes to override a veto.  The Framers gave the US House the ultimate last resort on paying for the functioning of the government – even to the point of not funding “settled law” (and yes, go back to Viet Nam history).  Progressives and Big Governmentalists were all agog – “what do you mean you wouldn’t fund the Federal Government!!”.  Well, when the Senate’s Reid decided not to pass a “regular order” budget for 4 years and decided to go with indecipherable Continuing Resolutions (that hardly let us Citizens know what we were spending where) instead, why not?

Thus, smoke and mirrors, pure political theater – vaporvotes. As in vaporware.  As in  Flash!, no substance.  The ONLY chance to stop Obamacare was to use the power of the purse – defund it.  They knew it.  Harry Reid knew it.  And Obama knew it (as his sycophants in the MSM). Constitutionally (Article I, section 7, clause 1; Article 1 Section 7 Clause 9), the US House has the authority to fund what it wants.  Or not.  Period. And the Republicans got scared of:

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From the Daily Brief – a prior military gal turned writer and freelancer (to pay the bills).  She’s not a constant blogger and there’s a lot she puts out that I’ll read and go “oh” but this is the first time in a while enough to link and post – because it is indicative of an undercurrent that is re-establishing itself. A couple of excerpts (emphasis mine, reformatted):

I am the son of immigrants who valued the risk of America’s Freedom above the safety and security of their homelands – they answered Freedom’s beckon.

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Progressives are nothing but Socialists, and Socialism is nothing more than an exercise in greedy enviousness: what can I get for nothing?  And how can I get more from Government – after all, in a Socialist State, that’s “from whom all blessings flow”.   And since Government is responsible for handing out “the spoils”, it becomes a very vicious selfishness as well (“I don’t have enough, so I’m going after your’s – simply because you have more than me”).

There is little regard in that what you might get for “free” from a Progressive Government in that it  means someone else must suffer a loss and that, for me, is as good a definition for what a Progressive Government engenders in it “citizens” as any. They are all about what they can “give” to people but can’t be honest to admit that they do take from others – but justify it by first demonizing to the point of making them “the Other” (how often have you seen Obama do exactly that?).   Government, at that point, no longer is functioning in the way the writers of the Declaration of Independence meant (“That to secure these rights, [ that would be Liberty -Skip] Governments are instituted among Men”). Doubt me?  Here is a CONGRESSMAN that shows EXACTLY what is in our Progressive future and remember, we already give him $174,000 / year.

It used to be that Family had the responsibility for each other and sacrificed for each other – now, it is just WONDERFUL that taxpayers will instead (even as he is amongst “the 5% (I think the 1% starts around $360K) (emphasis mine and reformatted):

During a House Energy and Commerce Committee on Obamacare, Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he thinks Obamacare will save him money by subsidizing an insurance policy for his 33-year-old son.

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The recourse of people without facts or principles is to make false charges, often calling opponents liars and users of hate speech.  An example is Denise Doyle’s letter of October 29, 2013 in the Laconia Daily Sun. (Alternate link)

Ms. Doyle’s letter was published just after NBC documented (and Marilyn Tavenner, the head of federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, confirmed, that since July 2010, President Obama has been falsely claiming “If (you) already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.”

July, 2010 administration documentation indicates that new Obamacare regulations and requirements will force insurance companies to cancel as many as 12 million policies that individual purchasers choose today.

Replacement insurance policies usually cost hundreds of dollars more per month for what many people consider worse insurance, e.g., current deductibles of around $1500-3500 generally increase to $5000 for individuals and $10000 for families.

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A Solar Plant didn’t just go bankrupt after wasting millions in Democrat backed Green energy stimulus, it left a hazardous wasteland for taxpayers to clean up as well…

The Abound Solar plant, which got $400 million in federal loan guarantees in 2010, when the Obama administration sought to use stimulus funds to promote green energy, filed for bankruptcy two years later. Now its Longmont, Colo., facility sits unoccupied, its 37,000 square feet littered with hazardous waste, broken glass and contaminated water. The Northern Colorado Business Report estimates it will cost up to $3.7 million to clean and repair the building so it can again be leased.

“As lawyers, regulators, bankruptcy officials and the landlord spar over the case, the building lies in disrepair, too contaminated to lease,” the report stated.

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How many times do we have to say it?  There is just so much our Democrat Friends ‘Believe’ that just isn’t so.   And we can add drilling our way to

lower gas prices to the list.  (I can’t believe we even have to make the case that increasing the supply of anything can and typically does reduce prices.  Basic. Economics.)

Despite all the efforts of Democrats, Progressives, their Green with envy socialist Enviro-wacko-water-carriers to make finding and drilling for domestic energy as expensive and impossible as can be, the US is in the midst of an oil and gas boom; and OMG, gasoline prices are falling.

Barack Obama said it and all the liberal sycophants (plus the media) parroted him.  “You can’t drill your way to lower gas prices.”

Bu**Sh**!

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If any of you take your kids out Trick-or-Treating, do me a favor.  Pay attention to see who if anyone is handing out those letters from Michelle Obama about how some kids shouldn’t be out getting their ‘Fair Share” of the free candy and goodies.  Write down their addresses and email them to me.

I’ll share them with our team of investigators so they can see who registered to vote from those homes in previous election years.

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How’s that for a sales pitch!

Everyone will be happy.

“If you LIKE your NH voter fraud – you can KEEP it!”

I just want to get along with everybody.

Most progressives like voter fraud because it primarily helps them and their constituents – who have no qualms about using it to gain an advantage – Saul Alinsky would be proud.

There is a level of Republican who fears stirring the voter fraud pot will only crank up the Democrats and make them harder to submit to.
I get that.

But what about the average Joe’s, the 60% – 70% of Americans who want clean elections, how about them?

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“The essence of modern Democratic progressivism is: “You will participate in what we have created for you, and you will comply with the law’s demands.”

– Daniel Henniger, WSJ

Doubt me?  Just review Steve’s post on Laura Pantelakos: “I Don’t Care About Protecting People’s Liberty“!  Good to know – it will now add to my growing Pantheon of NH Democrat truthful gaffes on their abusive views of the Proper Role of Government (“…legislate behavior…protect us against our own stupidity….everyone must be all in”); each in their own way reinforcing what Henniger’s above line.  He also follows that up with this non-rhetorical question:

“Do I want to live with this level of personal enforcement in the U.S.?“

Supposition Fact followed by Question. Go ahead, give me some Progressive laws that have been put into place that ENHANCE your ability to choose (and if you find one, doesn’t restrict someone else just so you can have more?).  You can’t listen to Progressives’ words – judge them by their actions and results.  That is the fact followed by my questions:

• Is it the Proper Role of Government to demand Absolute Obedience?
• What IS the kind of Government that demands Absolute Obedience?

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