BRAGADAYJAH 139

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Republicans Acting Like Hooligans

I say, regardless of which party you belong to or support, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Tea Party or no party, what the Republican/Tea Party members of the House of Representatives is wrong, dead wrong. To intentionally and maliciously hold the government and the people of the United States to ransom as a way of hitting back because The Health Care law was passed over their strong objection is ethically, morally and procedurally wrong and mean; and in due course the electorate should make them pay. What the Republican Party in Congress is doing goes against the grain of the Two Party System and also that of the Democratic institutions that we have long held dear. What would happen to the Parliamentary/Democratic process if every time the opposition is defeated over the passage of a piece of legislation they do not like, they become obstructionists? Whether in congress, a social club, or other organization where matters are discussed and finally voted upon, the outcome should be and must be respected by all sides. In the premises, the Health Care Law was fought tooth and nail all the way up to the United States Supreme Court, which court ruled with regard to its constitutionality which was challenged by the other party. Since that time there was a Presidential election which the President won hands down although the Health Law was made a pivotal high point of campaign wrangling. It must be taken, therefore, that the electorate gave the President and his Party a mandate to carry into effect Healthcare and to have it funded; and Republicans, however much they resent it, have a constitutional, moral and moral duty to support it. I say finally, the electorate have a right to expect a much higher standard of behavior from their elected representatives, who are in this regard acting like a bunch of hooligans.

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