So it would appear that when he’s not trying to figure out a way to shove an immigration bill, which is actually an amnesty bill, down our throats, Paul Ryan keeps himself busy by trying to come up with a plan that result in all of us, except members of Congress, being permanently saddled with Obamacare. Whose side is this guy on? And why do I say this? Well, that would be because our esteemed Mr. Ryan said just a few days ago that there were "more effective ways" of ending Obamacare than defunding it. But, of course, as is usually the case, he didn’t bother to specify exactly what those "more effective ways" might be. Nor, apparently, could his office be bothered with returning calls from those inquiring minds that wanted to know what he thought those more effective ways were. In a interview on "Face the Nation" Ryan put it this way, "You know, rather than sort of swinging for the fences and trying to take this entire law out with discretionary spending, I think there are more effective ways of achieving that goal."
Now as I am sure most of you are most likely aware that Sen. Mike Lee (R.-Utah), one of the few conservative in Congress, has said a number of times that he intends to offer an amendment to any continuing resolution that comes through the Senate to prohibit the necessary funding to implement any part of Obamacare. Under Lee's proposal, the administration would have no legal authority to spend money on Obamacare in any way. So long as the amendment was in effect, Obamacare could not be implemented. Lee has called on House Republicans to incorporate such language into any legislation they pass through their chamber to fund the government past Sept. 30, which is when the current government-funding law expires. Now if by some strange chance the Republican-controlled House were to actually have the necessary spine to do as Lee suggests, which we all know is unlikely, the Democrat-controlled Senate and Barry "Almighty" would then have to make a choice.
Democrats would either have to agree to a government-funding bill the prohibited any action to implement Obamacare in fiscal 2014, or they would have to refuse to pass and sign such a bill--thus shutting down the government, which in reality would be far from being totally shut down, in their effort to force Republicans to submit to their demand for Obamacare funding. Ryan, of course, rejects Lee's strategy saying, "We think that we can do better by delaying this law." Then going on to tell what most will recognize a being nothing more than an outright lie, Ryan said, "We've already had votes to delay other parts of it. Democrats have supported us in that. And so I think there's going to be a better strategy to actually achieve our goal of ultimately delaying it, ultimately replacing Obamacare." The show's host the old, and quite senile, Bob Schieffer then asked Ryan if he thought it was a good idea to shut down the government in a showdown with Barry "Almighty" unless he agreed not to fund Obamacare.
Schieffer put it this way, "Let me ask you this – we're going to have this battle come fall about whether to shut down the government if we can't get this fiscal situation worked out, but now some members of your party are talking about threatening to shut down government unless the administration agrees not to fund Obamacare, the president's health care plan. Do you think that's a good idea?" To which RINO Ryan responded, "Well, look, we all, Republicans, want to repeal and replace Obamacare. So it's not a matter of whether or not we want to get rid of Obamacare, we do. We're having a debate about the best course of achieving that goal, the best strategy." Ryan went on to say, "And with the government shutdown, so to speak, we're talking about discretionary spending, just government agency budgets, but it doesn't affect entitlements. Obamacare is an entitlement like Medicare and Social Security is, and so the entitlement carries on even under a government shutdown scenario. So it's just not that simple and easy."
Ryan added, "You know, rather than sort of swinging for the fences and trying to take this entire law out with discretionary spending, I think there are more effective ways of achieving that goal. We think that we can do better by delaying this law." I'm sorry, but I just no longer trust this guy, and I question the commitment of many Republicans in working to get rid of this albatross around the country's neck. And especially with them no longer having to abide by the same rules that we, the unwashed masses must abide by. I just don't see, what I would describe as being, any real sense of urgency, at least in the House, for making this entire thing go away. Every time there has been an opportunity to defund Obamacare, the House GOP leadership has done nothing more than to take a pass. So I think I'm quite justified in being none too quick to believe anything that Mr. Ryan, or any of our leadership team, has to say on the topic of Obamacare. They tell us one thing and when they get behind closed doors they say something entirely different.
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