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Republican Senator: Cruz‘s Texas Victory Means ’We‘re Going to Bury’ Obamacare ‘And Dance on Its Grave’

Mike Lee Says Ted Cruz Win Means GOP Will Bury Obamacare and Dance on Its Grave

Sen. Mike Lee (UT).

One sitting Utah senator is making a strong prediction: The victory of Ted Cruz means conservatives will “dance on the grave” of Obamacare.

In an impassioned exclusive to TheBlaze, GOP Senator Mike Lee of Utah punctuated the importance of the Ted Cruz victory in the Texas race for U.S. Senate runoff Tuesday night. Lee, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Cruz in the primary, spoke to TheBlaze from FreedomWorks headquarters in Washington, D.C. moments after the win.

“It’s impossible to overstate the significance of this win tonight,” Lee said. “With people all over the country trying to predict the demise of the conservative movement this proves them all wrong.”

The senator went on to assert that the majority of American people are looking for a federal government that is limited in enumerated powers.

“The federal government has simply become too big and too expensive,” he said. “It has become that way because it is doing to many thing that is was never intended to do.”

Lee, who was voted into office on a harsh rebuttal of the president’s agenda in 2010, referenced the lack of checks and balances that occur in today’s federal government as the root of the problem.  The senator particularly targeted the oversight breakdown between the Supreme Court and Congress.

“Congress has sort of taken the signal from the Supreme Court that because the Supreme Court has been willing to allow Congress to do a lot of things without interference from the courts, Congress has read that as a signal that anything it wants to do is constitutional,” he explained. “That isn’t really true.”

Lee berated the “mindset” that government will provide for all the countries needs.  He cited the federal takeover of healthcare and the auto industry as gross overreaches of federal power.  He noted that the practice of constitutional overreach has “had a good long run for 75 years.  It hasn’t worked.  It’s gotten us nearly 16 trillion dollars in debt.”

Lee went on to say that this form of government will end with the election of “true constitutional conservatives” like Cruz.  When asked what the Cruz victory means for the fate of Obamacare, Lee colorfully came out swinging, lauding the potential to “bury” the polarizing piece of legislation:

“[Obamacare's] days are numbered.  That ill-conceived piece of legislation is going to meet its demise.  We’re going to bury it.  And we‘ll dance on it’s grave.”

The American voting public will have a chance to rebuke a great deal of the presidents agenda in November, where Cruz will likely be a favorite in the growing GOP momentum to take back the Senate.  The Republicans are four seats shy from securing a senate majority and therefore having the authority to hypothetically defund and repeal Obamacare.

Listen to the senator’s impassioned interview below: 

 

Comments (121)

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  • 4wheels
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:52am

    Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings. Obamacare is not dead yet and Obama has not lost yet. The left will pull out every dirty trick they can think of to win this election. Everything from start a war to rig the election results. They are not above anything. This is why they must be defeated. We can’t compromise with them. But it’s not just democrats – it’s progressiveism. Progressive democrats and republicans.

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    • Man-On-A-Mission
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:12pm

      Yes….us Dem’s will pull out every dirty trick just like you conservatives. Your man Romney went over sea’s and praised the Health Care of England, Israel and Poland. Which all have Socialized Health Care which is what our great President is fighting for…..Do you even know this Man or what he stands for.

      He is a JOKE and so is the so called ‘ I love everybody ’ GOP. You only love folks that look and act like you, but guess what….everyone does not look and act like you.

      Good luck too ya…I smell defeat for Mitt ( question mark ) Romney…..

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    • jzs
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:19pm

      Texas has the highest rate of uninsured residents in the US. Texas also is ranked the lowest in the nation for the quality of healthcare for the average resident.

      So way to go Texas. You’ve elected a guy for whom being the worst is not good enough. He, I guess, won’t be happy until healthcare reaches the level of third world countries (unless, of course, you’re rich). Then maybe Texas will at last be free.

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    • Silversmith
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:22pm

      @man on a mission – Romney is pretty progressive for sure, but a TOASTER could get elected over the anti American failure in the White House. And while I think that we could certainly have had a better candidate for President, there is more to getting back to the constitution in both houses, than the oval office.

      Silversmith

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    • HorseDancer
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:33pm

      More cliches please. And a side order of barbecue sauce.

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:59pm

      @man..
      really…looks like us and acts like us…really..hmm…can you see us all? do you know how we act? do you know what we look like?
      buts lets go with your IDIOT BIGOTED RACIST statement and see…
      hmm…
      I know quite a few- and no a few doesn’t mean 1 or 2 but dozens..and that is just in my circle of people
      Hispanics that are Republican Conservative Tea Party members – Catholics as well
      Blacks that are Republican Conservative Tea Party members – Baptist or AME
      Asians that are Republican Conservative Tea Party members – Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestants
      I even know some atheists, agnostics, lesbians, and gays that are Republican Conservative Tea Party members…and some of those gay and lesbians are ALSO Christians!! and Pro-Life.. NO!! it can’t be..
      they all have to agree with you right Man..
      if they don‘t they can’t be REAL people…
      you are so misinformed by the MSM and dellusional in your thought process that it is laughable…

      Tolerance right…
      Equal rights right..
      We are all entitled right…
      That is your belief isn’t it….
      but only if someone believes what you believe and thinks the way you think and speaks what you speak…
      HYPOCRIT!! BIGOT!! RACIST!!

      Don’t like the labels do you!! But you throw them around so easily…
      Look in a mirror you piece of garbage…
      Pull out the planck from your own eye before addressing the splinter in your neighbors…

      If you want to debate ideas and facts… BRING IT! Oh but you can’t..yo

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:25pm

      @JZS At least they have jobs in Texas the most business friendly state in the nation..less government control is good for job growth..what good is free heath care if you don’t have a job. we are going to dance on the grave of obamacare..the largest job killing legislation ever created,

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    • muffythetuffy
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:47pm

      When the TEA gets the power, we are not going to tolerate this broken Federal Form of government that is threatening our lives and dignity. The founders of the nation were right about the Republic form of government that it would not last and in 1860 the first crack appeared. We will not and we can not continue to live as slaves of a Communist government. The whole three branches of Government are broken and like Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together.

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    • LIBERTARIAN T38
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:48pm

      Man on a mission, my wife is from South America, immigrated legally, became a citizen last year and registered recently for the first time ever to vote, as a Republican. She despises Obama for all the same reasons (and more) than I, the resident Evil White Guy, do: he’s evil. She knows a socialist, racist, anti-Christian, America-hating, facist dictator when she sees one. And trust me, she’s seen a few…and she’s lived under socialism…

      You hate Republicans. You hate my wife and all of the many other conservative Latins I know. You are racist. Simple. Go kill yourself. It’s the only thing a racist liberal can do when realizing how evil he is…

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    • muffythetuffy
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:50pm

      We will by force expel the Blue States out of our nation. Lets see how long they last without oil, our cash, their windmills and solar shingles. We will have the power to make sure no other nation dares to help them.

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    • betennant
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 2:32pm

      @JDS What good is a car without an engine? What good is healthcare that will not only go bankrupt, but will harm the people who paid all that money into it that are still living. I paid into it for 27 yrs. What would you do if you got sick after working but before retirement age and (retirement alone is not enough for health care)and all the money you paid in was just gone and they tried to tell you “well you are older and you should just accept that you are dying and we will help you. You paid for many years, people who never paid will get it, but you can only have 5,000.00 maximum a year, maximum. What would you say and feel? Don’t even try to tell me you would not say anything or speak out against it.

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    • testandverify
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 3:42pm

      Your right about the chickens; but I sure I see her walking toward the stage at a quick pace!!!!!!

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    • RSHLUVER
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 4:46pm

      Hellooo
      Mass. Sen. Scott Brown’s election is in trouble. His opponent Elizabeth Warren is gaining on him in the polls. I would like to believe Sen Mike Lee but our side needs to keep it real.

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    • Halloween
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 5:29pm

      @ JZS– Your lies are but muffled whinny nubs of jocularity. Take your ball and go home little boy.

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    • ginger ghent
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:03pm

      But it is a sign to the Rhinos and liberals that WE THE PEOPLE want our country back and our Constitution defended if we have to do it ourselves…politicians are put on notice.

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    • TeaDestroyer
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:19pm

      FAIL. President Obamney makes you a 1 term do-nothing RINO rube because the ‘conservatives’ have all bailed on anything resembling Constitutionalism for Progressivism!

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    • KTsayz
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 7:58pm

      Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul endorsed Ted Cruz. But you know who didn’t… RINO Romney. Judging by many comments I read on this site, I know that the majority here want to kick out all the establishment, status quo RINOs and the best way to tell the GOP we’re not going to let them force RINOs upon us is to support Ron paul and ensure he is the Republican nominee for President. Ron Paul CAN still win it! Let’s have a President who actually knows what the Constitution says and who will honor his oath of office. President Paul! 2012

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    • Alessandre
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:15pm

      @JZS: 1) every county in TX must provide healthcare to every indigent RESIDENT. no photo ID required just some sort of proof that the person lives in the county. there’s no screening for illegals.

      2) urban areas have a # of charity clinics for people w/o health insurance whose income is too high for Medicaid/Medicare or the county program. the clinics are either free or offer a sliding fee scale (as low as $0). payment plans are avail. CHURCHES mostly run the clinics. TX lists the clinics on its website.

      3) 1/3 of Texans live in rural areas which are historically difficult to serve.

      4) disingenuously, you use the term ” uninsured RESIDENTS.” TX has the 3rd largest # of illegal aliens who are rarely insured.

      5) according to the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) 10 states have “weak” healthcare quality scores (the article you used isn’t fact). every other state is “avg.” only 1, NH, is “strong.” TX is not the weakest in quality of healthcare, WV is. and NHQR hasn’t any baseline data for TX which skews their statistics.

      6) NHQR scores are not adjusted for larger #s of seriously ill patients. TX medical centers attract very ill patients from around the world. NHQR‘s assumptions don’t apply to such hospitals nor do they account for any factors re successfully treating those diagnosed as terminally ill.

      TX cares for Texans (poor or not), the sick from around the world & illegals too. TX isn‘t perfect but we’re getting better. what of your s

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  • BloodSweatandTears
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:42am

    When is it time to give up? I thought Boehner was on our side? You can’t make this stuff up. See below:

    http://markamerica.com/2012/08/01/one-half-of-one-third-of-the-people-screwing-us-again/

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  • bumfuzeled
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:36am

    Obamacare does not improve the CARE provided for anyone. There was nothing about improving CARE in the bill. Anyone in America legally or illegally has access to the best health care in the world. Obamacare only provides insurance coverage to a few additional people at a much greater expense than if we just cared for them as we do now. The uninsured still get care, we already pay for the care. Now with the Obamacare tax we just have to pay more to insurers administrative cost to provide the same care. That’s progressive thinking for you.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:51am

      Actually it does not provide insurance either. It just says they have to be covered and they have to purchase it. No limit on what the insurance costs can be for that coverage. And if you cannot afford it there are supposed to be tax credits and state exchanges, but to keep the costs under the projection the bill does not allocate funding for these. So if the state cannot afford the exchange…The bill requires you to get health insurance but does nothing to make it more affordable. And costs actually went UP on existing AFFORDABLE plans, because of the new mandates on things the MUST be covered. So you can no longer get a cheep, basic plan. This bill was a big joke. I have a bumpersticker that says “OBAMACARE…If you’re FOR IT, you haven’t READ IT”.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 4:53pm

      You got that right. Ever been to a VA hospital? That’s what everyone is going to be looking at…drive them through like cattle. IN THE HEALTH care bill (sorry can’t quote page and article) is a provision for doctors to hold GROUP well checks, so that they can spend just one hour and get co-pays and reimbursement from 10-20 people (I think the number was something like 15 or 17, don’t remember. It‘s been 3 years since I read the thing and I didn’t get all the way through.) Also, when it fully kicks in, I think in 2014, ALL medical transactions WILL be conducted via immediate transfer from your bank account. I guess you’ll have to start putting the electric bill on your credit card. No more putting expensive deductibles on credit and paying them off slowly. Funny, but I‘m sure they’ll wait a couple months before they actually get it to your doctor, because they’ll invest it to try to make it grow before they send it on their way, and keep the interest.

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  • pjr12345
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:28am

    Mr Cruz CRUSHED his opponent by 14 points! And the leftist-establishment media keeps calling this a “long shot” victory. It was only thus in the minds of the status quo statists.

    The vast majority of us real people want an end to compromising go-along-to-get-along Republicans. We stand squarely with true Conservatives who will beat back the over-reach of big government at all levels.

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  • Guitar Master
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:14am

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    From THE REPORTER
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    You want reform? Then go find the names of every single person in Congress that voted for Obamacare and vote them the h -ll out of office !! Other than that, all of you are a lot of hot air !!

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    • justangry
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:33am

      Yes, and while you’re at it… Vote out everyone who voted for the NDAA, against repealing the “indefinite detention” of American citizens portion out of the NDAA, the Patriot Act, HR347, etc. Because anyone who voted for this stuff is either a commie or a fascist.

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  • Chromo200
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:59am

    My objection to Obamacare is that it got shoved down my throat and I am still trying to barf it out. If people want socialized medicine then look at the rest of the world that provides this service. it is poor quality service and if you want better service you have to pay for it through non gov’t doctors.

    True that most amaericans want some improvement to our medical system, and the only way for solving such an emotional issue, we need to have town hall meetings to hear people. Not have screaming matches (us against them), but sit down in communities and listen to people what they want. Then compile the information, post it on the inetrenet/newspapers and let people see what others have said. These ideas could be published and people make their picks of the best ideas and then fine out what the cost will be and then people will back the ideas or reject them. When you involve people in major ideas they feel involved and get on board.

    If the Republicans don’t involve the masses in the healthcare issue, and do what the democrates did they too will fail. Listen to and ask the people and not just the connected few.

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    • BloodSweatandTears
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:31am

      @CHROMO “…. If people want socialized medicine then look at the rest of the world that provides this service. it is poor quality service and if you want better service you have to pay for it through non gov’t doctors…”

      Did Americans really want socialized medicine? No. This is a radical take over. Americans had the best health care services in the world. Problems yes, but not requiring a wholesale usurpation of the industry. Healthcare will never improve if you remove competition. Competition is the only thing that keeps the patient in the equation. Granted litigation has also disrupted the landscape, but these were things the Conservatives sought to address. As the balance tips from private to public you can feel the pull. The government is jealous of the abilities, foresight, efficiency and planning, of the private sector.

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    • billindallas
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 2:07pm

      There are more than a dozen (Republican) physicians in Congress. And none of them were consulted on the crafting of “Obamacare.” That tells me a lot.

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    • Chromo200
      Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:53am

      BloodSweatandTears

      I am not for socialized medicine .. All I am saying is that only a few had input into this. if we want to change then give us a chance. Issues like transportability, preexisting conditions .. Private companies collude with each other to keep these out .. No chance for the market place to compete.

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  • FundamentalistChristian
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:58am

    Their were three alternative bills introduced during the Obamacare debacle but you wouldn’t know that if you are indoctrinated by the left media/acedemia. I do agree that we need to be smart about getting rid of Obamacare as much as I hate it and make sure we have a good plan laid out before we pull the trigger. Instead of putting through a bill that is 2000 pages where no one can read it and ramming it through in the middle of night. Maybe we will get back to the doctor patient relationship without a middle man(employer based, Gov, heavily regulated health insurance club). Then the free market will thrive again! If we don’t we will be dancing like the UK in their olympic introduction. Try not to be in such a hurry to give up all your freedoms for percieved securities.

    But don’t forget:) The guy who made the blueprint for Obamacare may be in the executive branch. Doesn’t he have to sign somehting?

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  • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:57am

    There is something…..EVEN WORSE….set to begin 1/15/2013….the REAL ID Card…a National ID. We will all be marked and unable to buy or sell without it. Beware the World Government is being built at a starteling rate while we’re watching the dog and pony shows in our Fed Gov. OUR BIGGEST THREAT IS THE UN!! The shadow world government is taking over while we’re still fighting for our independence AGAIN.

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  • FundamentalistChristian
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:56am

    Add your comments

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    • packer
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:13am

      Dont be fooled by Lee…he signed the Denfense Bill…here is another Neo Con GOP Progressive
      Hey Beck get off your A$$ and talk about this Health Bill and Denfense Bill….these are some scary
      stuff….Readers you better do your homework on the 2010 GOP that were elected most of them are big spenders and love to see what your doing in “YOUR WON BEDROOM” THEY DO NOT support the Constitution ( the new Benedict Arnolds) TRADERS and Theives

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:03pm

      @packer
      BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP…

      Oops sorry. My Paulbot detector just went off for some reason. I‘ll come back and comment when I find out what that’s all about.

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    • justangry
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:19pm

      Yeah Willy keep defending the nullification of our rights with name calling.

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  • supermurder
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:48am

    I wanna be there for that dance!

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  • Ronald Wilson
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:47am

    I just hope the constitution lasts long enough for a new government to be sworn in. Repealing that law won’t make much difference after economic collapse. Weeks or months are all that is left.

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    • makeemstop
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:58am

      We still have a Constitution?

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    • Spirit 72
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:00am

      I was at the victory party. If Ted had been a good ole Repub I still would have voted for him b/c Dewhurst used Dem lies throughout his campaign. I dont even want Dewhurst for Lt Gov any more.

      Cool logo! Wish I could have one as a flag for my front yard !!!

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  • team1blazer
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:42am

    Conservatisim is ALIVE and WELL in America….Time to boot out the commies for good.

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  • bsnrn98
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:35am

    Yeah, boy! Bury the thing and all that go with it. TEA PARTY!!!! power!

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  • grams09
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:34am

    G.E.’s healthcare unit announced this month it is moving overseas after 115 years. Do you think this has anything to do with the new tax in Obamacare on medical devices? You betcha.

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  • gingerbread
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:34am

    Before we bury this piece of trash, we must drive a wooden stake through it’s heart, so that it will never rise again. Because this is like a nosferatu, it will keep rising again and again, unless we do a proper job in killing it. This is like all these alphabet government agencies. Unless you drive a stake in it’s heart it will rise again and again.

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  • iamsaved
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:31am

    The lying liberal media keeps trumpeting the fact that the Tea Party movement is dead. It seems if it is dead, they’d move on and pay no attention to it anymore. It sounds to me like they are whistling past the political graveyard in the hopes that the ghost of the Tea Party won’t come and scare the devil out of them.

    If there are as many people as me yelling at their televisions when the news is on who get infuriated listening to the liberal left and their mouthpieces in the lying liberal media, then the “dead” Tea Party is going to go to the polling places like a voting tsunami and not only throw the Democrats and RINOs out but also elect conservatives in their places, and loudly repudiate the propagandists I keep yelling at.

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  • txannie
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:28am

    While I agree we need to do exactly what the title of this article says, remember, “don’t count your chickens until they hatch!” We need to go after this administration like a bull after a rodeo clown. We ALL need to get out and vote and be heard.

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:23am

    Let’s name what dace it will be. I vote for Irish River Dance. Although, being of Irish decent, I’m biased.

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    • TAXEVERYONE
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:28am

      Now on to Ohio to soundly defeat Sen. Sherrod Brown!!!

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:36pm

      Maybe the Jitterbug dance is in order, I had too much coffee this a.m.

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    • Ohio Guy
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 5:13pm

      TAXEVERYONE
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:28am
      Now on to Ohio to soundly defeat Sen. Sherrod Brown!!!

      From your lips to God’s ear. Brown is a Union hack if there ever was one.

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:20am

    The posted Blog, and this Catholic org add, should be another wakeup message to the Liberal Catholics who voted in Nov 2008:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd

    I also hope the Liberal Jews who voted in Nov 2008 view the above site, aswellas!

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  • Seriously-Why
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:18am

    I know I’ll be dancing when Obamascare is dead and buried! The most massive power grab and tax increase in history! This legislation is best put in the history books where it belongs, one really embarrassing, “big f***‘in’ deal” for the Liberals!

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  • perry1980
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:16am

    Qeue the Band

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  • Eric_The_Red_State
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:15am

    When I talk to my Conservative friends – they all say that the one thing missing from the Republican platform when it comes to Obamacare – is a PLAN for an ALTERNATIVE.

    Has anyone else heard of such a plan?

    Not trying to give the GOP a black eye – just curious if I am not informed or if there actually is none.

    IF there is none – then the GOP has some work to do.
    IF there is something in place – then the GOP has some work to do.

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    • the_system_disconnect
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:21am

      We should be replacing it with allowing purchase of insurance over state lines. That way we can get some real competition in the insurance market.

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    • Altair
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:26am

      The basic fault in the Act itself is in trying to solve ALL healthcare problems at once. There are lots of ideas, plans, intended to chip away at the healthcare problem, one aspect ata time. Tort reform being a huge one.

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    • Ronald Wilson
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:39am

      I’m tired of Washington trying to “fix” problems. They are incapable. The GOP should do nothing on healthcare. The economy will collapse first, and it will just have been wasted time.

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    • FundamentalistChristian
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:44am

      Their were three alternative bills introduced during the Obamacare debacle but you wouldn’t know that if you are indoctrinated by the left media/acedemia. I do agree that we need to be smart about getting rid of Obamacare as much as I hate it and make sure we have a good plan laid out before we pull the trigger. Instead of putting through a bill that is 2000 pages where no one can read it and ramming it through in the middle of night. Maybe we will get back to the doctor patient relationship without a middle man(employer based, Gov, heavily regulated health insurance club). Then the free market will thrive again! If we don’t we will be dancing like the UK in their olympic introduction. Try not to be in such a hurry to give up all your freedoms for percieved securities.

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:48am

      It will be replaced by many small bills. NO MORE 2700 page bills that no one reads. NO MORE Stimulus Bills with the set-up fees to HHS buried in them!

      The GOP has many great ideas to bring costs down. These reforms have been talked about over. Bring down cost of doctor liability insurance costs through reform of litigaiton. Allow compitition between health insurance companies across state lines. Health Savings Accounts. Decuctions to individuals for HC costs. Get rid of HMO and PPO. Let individuals buy their own insurance so when job is changed you still have health insurance. Let people buy catastrophic HC with higher deductible. Their are thousands of ways to make it a free market competitive system where WE WIN and drive costs down through individual responsibility and common sense. Here is a huge secret hidden from the masses: Faith in Jesus Christ can heal EVERYTHING.

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    • momj
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:06am

      There are good alternative ideas out there, but the most important think would be to let the “free market” actually be free again. I work in the health care industry and we are already so shackled by government regulations (with medicare, medicaid, etc., etc.,) that it is unbelievable. As in most businesses these days, those regulations are doing more to drive costs up than anything.

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:08am

      Get the Feds entirely out of the Business of Business and constrain them to their legitimate duties.

      Of course, that’ll take a full blown Revolution to get done; once a Parasite latches on it’s tough to get it off without killing it.

      Kill off Medicare/Medicaid/SocialSecurity/et al and let the private sector breath again. Take the Power from the Feds and give it back to the People and we’ll figure it out. It’s become clear, after 10,000 years of recorded History that Government is never going to make things better because it always grows until it consumes its Host (read “Us”).

      If We can’t do it what the hell makes you think They can?

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:16am

      I have only heard some suggestions to add or change some things, but not a complete plan.
      Whatever they o, they had better make it business and insurance friendly.
      Exclude illegals if they cannot show a green card. Penalize people who go to the emergency for a headache. Stop giving FAT people handicap placards, or the gastrointestinally-challenged as I call them. The only handicap they have is an open mouth.

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    • kat747
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:22am

      An alternative plan is not difficult.
      1. The insurance companies only pay out 10 or 15% over the Medicare allowable.
      Medicare allowables are approx. 1/3 of the charged fee.
      Insurance companies and reduce their premiums so everyone can afford insurance (by 50%).
      2. Open up the health insurance market so that employers and self-insured can purchase from
      any health insurance company in ANY STATE in the USA.
      3. Physicians and hospitals should only be able to “charge” everyone the highest fee that they
      accept from the insurance companies (10 or 15% over the Medicare allowable).
      In plain words, everyone gets the same discount whether they have health insurance or not.
      No more $10.00 for a box of tissues.
      In fact, most of these hospitals get their tissues and a lot of items for FREE from the manufacturers
      and if that is the case, they should not be allowed to charge a dime for it.

      If you still cannot afford health insurance, you should be able to qualify for welfare (mediCAID). Welfare (mediCAID) should start paying the Medicare allowable fees so more physicians and hospitals accept welfare (mediCAID), not the pittance they pay WHEN they pay anything at all.

      There are alternatives if Congress can think on their own for five minutes about the people of this country and not the lobbiests from the insurance companies, the AMA, the pharmaceutical industry and who know how many others.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:49am

      @ System…have to be careful about the “across state lines” idea since that will then open the common interpretation of the Interstate Commerce crap. Since “across state lines: would then indeed be interstate commerce.

      If you want “across state lines” start with your own state legislature. The state laws create the “no competition” rules. A better solution is to encourage states to create environments (and insurnance regs) that allow for competition.

      Do we really want to open the door for more Fed involvement?

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    • mdlwoods
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 2:17pm

      An alternative plan has been mentioned and talked about over and over and over. Open up medical insurance to the free market, across state lines. This will bring down the price of medical insurance dramatically. Right now, we have insurance companies who have cornered the market in some states and can basically charge what they want to. Also, there needs to be insurance co-ops like group medical plans for people who don’t have access to a group plan. This will also bring down insurance cost. Medicaid and Medicare need much stricter oversight. Cut out the fraud, bring down the costs and be able to cover many more people who need it. There are many many alternatives to Obamacare that will work, the main one being the free market and eliminating fraud in the system already in place.

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    • Copper Catfish
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 3:22pm

      The government has no business legislating this! They need to remove restrictions and let us make our own choices! Is whether or not to kill an unborn baby the only choice they are going to allow us to make? How long will it be before they take that choice away and start having mandatory abortions, like China?

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:10am

    …
    I not only want to dance on ObamaCare’s grave, I want to spit on it.

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    • scrudge
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:17am

      move over I want to piss on it

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:18am

      Damn Right!! Romney Administration needs to be the ‘administration of repeal’……there are too many federal laws………..repeal and ‘maybe’ replace some of the leftist adjenda….from EPA to Education to Energy……….Ho Ho they all gotta go!!

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    • cessna152
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:37am

      I want to cover it with more dirt, rocks and 5“ thick metal plates so there is NO chance of ”resurrection”!

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  • Individualism
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:08am

    don’t repeal obamacare without repealing regulations that prevent competition among insurance companies otherwise health insurance could skyrocket and the dems could come back into power.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:23am

      That’s right. That’s the important thing.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 10:04am

    Sweet.

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