From today's The Washington Times:
In ruling against President Obama‘s health care law, federal Judge Roger Vinson used Mr. Obama‘s own position from the 2008 campaign against him, arguing that there are other ways to tackle health care short of requiring every American to purchase insurance.
“I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because he was at that time strongly opposed to the idea, stating that ‘if a mandate was the solution, we can try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody to buy a house,’” Judge Vinson wrote in a footnote toward the end of the 78-page ruling Monday.
I care little for federal judges (or State judges or city judges for that matter), but this is heroic pwnage. I just hope Obama does not pull a Lincoln and try to have Judge Vinson arrested for calling him out.
(H/T Manuel Lora)
It matters not. Obama will ignore the decision, as he did the one on the gulf drilling ban, and full steam ahead with this and all of his agenda until he is actually stopped. He will also remain in office until he can be proven ineligible and actually be removed, highly unlikely.
Posted by: Chris Taus | February 02, 2011 at 12:05 AM
You're preaching to the choir, Chris. But I still think it funny that a federal judge pulled Obama's card like that.
Posted by: Brutus | February 02, 2011 at 11:52 PM