Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) simple repeal of the failed socialist healthcare law was shot down Wednesday 45-55, with six establishment Republicans siding with the socialists in the Senate (pretty much the entire Democratic Party). A few weeks ago people were asking The Daily Jot who were the Republicans that are socialists in the Senate. This vote proved that the Jot had it right. Here you go: Dean Heller (R-NV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John McCain (R-AZ), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Susan Collins (R-ME). Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was the other prediction. Interesting that they had all publicly promised a repeal.
Here is what these people vowed about repealing socialist healthcare during campaigns or when they knew the previous occupant of the Oval Office would veto it:
Lamar Alexander, “The wisest course is to repeal Obamacare and replace it step by step with solutions that lower health care costs.”
Shelley Moore Capito, “I have consistently voted to repeal and replace this disastrous health care law, and I am glad that a repeal bill will finally reach the president’s desk.”
Dean Heller, “This DC bureaucrat-driven healthcare system will only result in limited health care choices and higher costs for Nevadans.”
Lisa Murkowski, “This law is not affordable for anyone in Alaska. That is why I will support the bill that repeals the ACA and wipes out its harmful impacts.”
John McCain, “It is clear that any serious attempt to improve our health care system must begin with a full repeal and replacement of Obamacare, and I will continue fighting on behalf of the people of Arizona to achieve it.”
Rob Portman, “I’m for repealing this broken law and replacing it with something better that gives patients more choice, decreases costs and increases access to quality, affordable care.” Now they will all give a bunch of double talk about why they did this or that, but the bottom line is that unless they know their constituents will vote them out of office and their tidy little gravy train will come to and end, they will continue to vote their socialist hearts. They are liars and hypocrites, just playing the political game.
Communists and socialists will point to the Bible, which by definition they don’t even believe in, to justify communism. Acts 4:32 says, “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.” This is not a justification of communism. First, Communism denounces God and all religion, establishing government as god. Second, the Christians in Acts were not forced to provide all things in common. They freely did so from their hearts in the liberty by which Christ set them free. Socialist healthcare is compulsory, it attempts to replace God, it is neither affordable nor good care. It needs to go, and so do those Senators who lied to us about repealing it. I wrote mine already, and I’ll remember come election time.
