Beware of RINO's

It's hard to fathom why the new Republican majority thinks they were swept into power in a landslide vote.

They seem to think they all ran on some moderate platform of compromise and Obama rehabilitation. I suppose if that were true their actions might be defensible right now. As it is, most Republicans ran on a big platform of nothing or on a heated anti-Obamacare/anti-deficit platform.

That makes it all the more baffling that the Republican leadership refused to allow a vote on removing $105 billion dollars of ObamaCare implementation money slipped into the idiotic continuing resolution.

They claim it's because you can only address discretionary spending in the CR, not allocated funds. Ridiculous. This country has a 14+ trillion dollar debt and you're quibbling over the rules that both party routinely vote to circumvent? Pathetic. The real reason is that Republicans are for some reason terrified that there will be a non-essential governmental shutdown. Why they have turned cowardly in the face of an easy budget choice when the people sent them there to make hard budget choices is beyond me. But, in the spirit of helpful unity, I'll offer the following justification for defunding ObamaCare that the Leadership pillow biters can offer up to the American people.

Congress' first obligation is to the Constitution. That obligation trumps everything else, including House rules. As such, Congress is not in any way obligated to fund a law that violates the Constitution. As of right now, ObamaCare is unconstitutional pending appeal. I know leftists love to point out that a couple of judges upheld ObamaCare but the way he law works is that if any court rules something unconstitutional, it is held to be so until a higher court can make a ruling resolving the conflicting the lower court rulings.

Judge Vinson made it clear in his opinion that the States were exempt for continuing to implement the law until the issue was resolved so why should Congress continue to blindly fund something that seems destined to be repealed or at least heard by the Supreme Court?

Just imagine leftists if Congress passed a law requiring all gays in the military to out themselves so that they could be trained in all gay units and live in all gay barracks, for the mental peace of mind of the straight soldiers. Now, this law is clearly unconstitutional, that kind of segregation has long been held unconstitutional. Once the inevitable lawsuit occurred, the District Court would void the law as unconstitutional. Now, in the time between the District Court holding it unconstitutional and the Court of Appeals hearing the appeal, should Congress continue to fund the military's effort to build the new facilities used to segregate the gays? Of course not.

It'd be nice if Congressional Republicans could recognize when they were on the right side of an issue and act appropriately. I suppose it's not shocking that they've gone weak kneed in the face of actual responsibility. If it weren't for the Tea Party and other fiscal conservatives kicking them in the ass, most of these people never would have been elected or even known what message to run on. If they screw this one up they deserve as serious steel-toe shot in the back.