"Cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right?" ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.It's absolutely untrue that we can't defund Obamacare in the upcoming Continuing Resolution, despite the discouragement of the pundits, the consultant class and the GOP wimps on Capitol Hill. What it takes, though, is the will to do so, and that's where the problem currently resides (among a host of decisions, not just this one, that involve principle).
There are multitudes of comparisons that can be drawn from the capitulation that we've seen and heard lately. And last night, Mark Levin drew one based on our nation's founding independence and what the likes of the current GOP establishment would have done...
"Can you imagine if the Republican establishment today, let alone the Democrats, and the Roves and all the rest were advising the colonists, do you think they would have advised them to take on the British crown?"Related links: Republicans Declare Soviet Union is Here to Stay
“Lip Service from the Get Go” – RUSH LIMBAUGH: Republicans were never serious about repealing Obamacare
Sen. Bob Corker says defunding Obamacare effort is ‘silly’ and it ‘lacks courage’. He’s an idiot.
Effort To Defund Obamacare Is Separating The Leaders From The Cream Puffs In The GOP Ranks
At some point, the spine of more than only a few must be stiffened to take on this fight. And Ted Cruz has taken up the mantle with Mike Lee to push this effort through every plausible outlet. First, you have to understand where the timidity originates, and why the GOP is 'terrified' of fighting to defund Obamacare...
Related link: Exclusive–Cruz: Obmacare subsidy 'Chicago-style' vote buyingBreitbart: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News that Republicans in Washington are scared to fight the Democrats and President Obama on efforts to defund Obamacare in the next two months.
“The House has voted 39, 40, 41 times to repeal Obamacare,” Cruz said in a phone interview. "Every one of those has been an empty symbolic vote that had no chance of being enacted."
"If we can get 41 Republicans in the Senate to stand together, or if we can get 218 Republicans in the House to stand together, we can win this fight," he claimed. "The dirty little secret is an awful lot of Republicans are terrified of this fight. They’re very, very happy to cast symbolic votes against Obamacare so they can go to their constituents and point to how terribly, terribly opposed to Obamacare they are."
"But this fight scares them because they believe Republicans will be blamed politically for shutting down the government," Cruz explained.
As for how to approach defunding Obamacare, Cruz agreed with the approach Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) proposed in a recent interview with Breitbart News. Cruz said, "Here’s how I think we should proceed: I think the House should pass a Continuing Resolution that funds the federal government in its entirety except for Obamacare and that explicitly prohibits spending any federal money on Obamacare."
"What will happen next, we know very well because we’ve seen this play out before, President Obama and Harry Reid will scream and yell that 'the mean, nasty Republicans are threatening to shut down the government over Obamacare,'" Cruz predicted.
"At that point, Republicans have to stand up and fight and make the argument and say 'no, we have voted to fully fund the government, every bit of the government, why is it that President Obama is threatening to shut down the government in order to force Obamacare down our throats? He’s already granted a waiver for big corporations, why does President Obama want to shut down the government to force the same burdens on hardworking American families that he’s willing to exempt big corporations from?'" he explained.
Then, an interesting Heritage Blogger Briefing this morning picks up on the necessary strategy. After laying out why the fight to defund Obamacare is important, how we can win, and what needs to happen on the ground, Ted Cruz laid out a familiar framework...
theRightScoop: Earlier this year the grass roots mobilized and convinced enough senators to vote against the Obama administration’s gun control legislation. Ted Cruz believes that is a great example, a template, of how we can get more senators and House members on board and fight to defund Obamacare.WATCH in FULL: Sen. Ted Cruz on Defunding Obamacare: A Matter of Principle
Heritage: Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is challenging both House and Senate members to “stand up for principle” with his defund Obamacare bill — and he’s refusing to stay quiet until they do.The grassroots have work to do while our congressional members are recessed and back home: we must engage them!
With the continuing resolution expiration date only 62 days away, Cruz thinks Congress has just enough time to stop U.S. tax dollars from feeding the Obamacare beast.
