The Principles of a Free and Independent Citizenry Fought For
Buried in the news yesterday was the triumphant slap in the face delivered to the jerks in Washington by the free citizens of Missouri, and God bless them for it.
Here’s another take:
More than 7 voters in 10 on Tuesday supported Proposition C, a ballot measure designed to allow state residents to ignore the federal law’s mandate on individuals to either buy health insurance or become insured with government help. With nearly 1 million voters participating, typically light turnout for a primary election day, 29 percent opposed the measure.
Although the ballot measure focused on just one element of the health reform law – the individual mandate – the vote was to some degree a test of public opinion of the law itself. It comes as other states are mounting legal challenges to the law and as both Democrats and Republicans are focusing on health care as a core issue for congressional elections this fall.
Normally I’m too full of the milk of human kindness to encourage slogans like “It’s the Socialism, Stupid,” but I begin to think it’s the only way to get this message across to these lunkheads. Hawkins may be right; Socialism makes you stupid. And why wouldn’t it? Socialism means never having to say “I can do it!” It means always saying “We’ll do it!”—and by “we” they mean “you.”
So thanks, Missouri, and I’m proud to hoist your flag today. Love the bears, by the way.
