Americans who are fed up with Obamacare won a victory yesterday. The
House voted to defund Obamacare while still funding the federal
government to avoid a “devastating” shutdown. (I shall not digress, but
it’s beyond distressing to hear liberals try to convince Americans that
any government slowdown is comparable to “terrorism.”)
Now the battle goes to the Senate, and we’ll find out if Harry Reid
is so committed to the horrendous “Un-affordable Care Act” that he’ll be
the one to shut down the government to fund the unworkable Obamacare.
Let’s be clear. Republicans in Congress aren't advocating a
government shutdown. That’s why they voted in the House to fully fund
our bureaucracy while defunding Obamacare. The conservatives in Congress
are listening to the majority of Americans who do not want Obamacare.
Following the will of the people is apparently a novel idea in D.C.
these days. Just ask Senator Ted Cruz and his liberty-loving posse on
Capitol Hill who have led the charge to defund Obama’s train wreck.
Those of us who hang in there supporting a major political party with
our energy, time, and contributions would like to believe that that
party would praise principled conservatives like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee
for following through on campaign promises. We’d like to believe that
the GOP establishment would applaud the way these bold leaders have
rallied the grassroots to their cause. But, no, such praise would
require a commensurate level of guts and leadership, and the permanent
political class in D.C. is nothing if not gutless and rudderless.
We’re now, once again, subjected to the “anonymous sources”
backstabbing game. The Capitol Hill cowards are rushing to anonymously
denounce Senator Cruz to any reporter with a pad and pen.
Welcome to our world, Ted. The same people have been denouncing
conservatives like me for years (right after they ask for help
fundraising for themselves or endorsing the latest candidate they’ve
suckered into paying their exorbitant consulting fees). We can compare
shiv marks next time we meet, my friend.
If the Senate doesn’t get behind Ted Cruz’s efforts to defund
Obamacare, it won’t be because of any failure on Ted’s part. It’ll be
because there weren’t enough principled leaders to stand with him, and
that would be a tragic loss, not for Ted, but for America.
More and more Americans are waking up to the nightmare of Obamacare
as its rollout continues. Hardworking families are losing their
employer-provided health care coverage. Businesses are cutting back
their employees’ hours to skirt Obamacare’s mandates. Americans barely
scrapping by are discovering that Obamacare has made health care
completely unaffordable. Those who aren’t part of a protected special
interest group have been left in the cold.
When you’re living on a fixed income, having to pay hundreds of
dollars more each month for health care will cut into your ability to
pay for basic necessities like food, electricity, or gas (which has
increased 90% under Obama). Open your eyes, America. When the full
reality of Obamacare strikes home, we’ll thank God that principled
leaders like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee took a stand to stop it in its
tracks.
But the permanent political class is handwringing and howling that if
there’s a government shutdown the media will blame Republicans for it.
Here’s a little newsflash, GOP establishment: Whenever anything bad
happens, the media blames Republicans for it. That’s not an excuse to
roll over and play dead. It’s a call to follow the advice I give my
daughters: Woman up, stand your ground, and fight like a girl!
I want no pity. I need no empathy. But use me as a barometer. Over
the years, the leftwing media has falsely and irrationally accused me of
everything from faking a pregnancy to abetting murder. They lie. Deal
with it. More
