Mr. President, You Can’t Do That.

But he’ll sure try. You see, Barack Hussein Obama has the press on his side. To recap for those of you who slept through Thursday, he promised to set aside certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) because the public got angry when they realized he’d lied to them about keeping their policies and doctors.

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I know the Associated Press doesn’t use the word lie for this one, but that’s what it is. The legislation clearly sets it out and it was there all along. Even when Nancy Pelosi rammed it through in the middle of the night. Remember: You have to pass it to find out what’s in it.

Now our esteemed president (yes, capitalization is correct here) is offering to let it slide. But that’s the funny thing about laws: they are laws. The ACA isn’t his personal will writ large, it’s a law. One of those things that can only be corrected by another act of Congress and then signed by the president. No option to just “do it my way” and let people have their old policies. That would be dictatorship and rule by fiat.

Chew on that for a minute: the law means what the president says and nothing more or less. And next week, when he changes his mind again, it means something else. And when you let that slide, as his allies in the press have so far, it means we have no laws. We have the rule of one man. One very vain and self-centered man.

Since I know that none of you wish to be subjects, rather to be citizens, you’d best watch out for the imperial kleptocracy that’s emerging here. Once you give the president a precedent to do this it’s going to be awfully hard to go back. None of the insurance companies are keen on this either. They don’t know what to expect and as a result they are opting to stick with the letter of the law. Those policies aren’t coming back. And, without a doubt, the blame will be cast at the horrid capitalist swine who run the companies. (Keep in mind, they were making money on the old policies or they wouldn’t have sold them. But to go back now exposes them to huge liabilities.)

If Barack Obama wants to change the health care law, he’d best have Congress put it in a bill and pass it. He can sign it. But until then, no more rule by fiat. Simon Says is no way to run our country.

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Mr. President, You Can’t Do That. — 2 Comments

  1. I sat there watching Obama on the news yesterday and then looked at my husband and said, “Well, how can he do that since it’s a law? Does he really think he gets to just make changes at whim – to try to fix the things he broke??”

    He’s either totally clueless or scarily deceptive. I was glad to see some of the media, who are usually quick to bash the right, now lightly bashing him. Let’s at least call a spade a spade. This is a mess and I have no idea how they’re going to “fix” it. Certainly not with another law to undo the first law!

  2. This Obamacare is for the birds. Truth be told, I would not even give it to the birds.