The ‘Slaughter Solution’ Is Nothing Short Of Treason Against The American Republic
Despite the shocking loss of Ted Kennedy’s old Massachusetts Senate seat and the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia and opinion polls consistently showing an overwhelming majority of Americans opposed to ObamaCare, progressives in the nation’s capital show no signs of backing off. They are hellbent on forcing change down the throats of Americans even if it means shredding the Constitution by using the so-called Slaughter Solution that would allow ObamaCare to pass without a vote on the legislation.
President George W. Bush, vilified as he was by the left when he was in office, didn’t try to impose his will on the American people without lawmakers taking a vote. Faux conservatives Karl Rove and former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) pushed the misguided, useless Medicare Part D plan (prescription drugs for seniors) and twisted lawmakers’ arms to get it passed. As contemptible as their behavior was to real conservatives (i.e. people who believe in limited government), even they didn’t try to ram their legislation through without the people’s representatives voting on it. They acknowledged by their behavior that Congress makes the laws.
But leftists don’t care about the Constitution and are content to transform America into a kind of low-grade dictatorship if it helps their healthcare nationalization legislation go through. They want it done and they want it done now by any means possible. (Historian Michael Zak likens the healthcare proposal to the infamous Enabling Act.)
If the flagrantly unconstitutional Slaughter Solution is used and allowed to stand it amounts in a sense to a coup d’etat, that is, a fundamental structural change in our system of government without the consent of the governed. Nothing will stop the Democrats in the future from imposing their will on the American people without taking a vote. Hello cap-and-trade and card check. Anyone who supports the Slaughter Solution supports a kind of treason against the Republic.
This is not a rhetorical flourish. Congress passes the laws of the land. If the laws of the land can be approved by Congress without a vote being taken in which lawmakers are forced to take a stand for or against, the whole idea of representative government is washed away.
Radio talk show host Mark Levin was dead on last week when he said on his show that House Rules Committee chairman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) should be expelled from Congress for promoting her authoritarian plan for avoiding a vote on ObamaCare. It should surprise no one that Slaughter is a longtime ally of organized crime syndicate ACORN which she voted to keep federal tax dollars flowing to even after ACORN workers were shown on video enabling the sexual exploitation of underage girls.
She’s not the only one who should be expelled from Congress. Anyone who supports the Slaughter Solution supports the overthrow of the American system of government. Anyone who votes for it should make their peace with the political gods because electoral judgment is coming in November.
I agree, this is treason. This is how dictators like Hugo Chavez acquire power. We've all seen it before in Nicaragua too. They also tried in Honduras last year and Obama supported the attempted takeover of the Constitutional Republic. It was fair to question their commitment to our constitution then, and now we know.
I suppose if they can do this they will think they can end two term Presidential limits and Obama can become president for life like they do it in Latin America?
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Why is no one bringing treason charges against any of these traitors to the Constitution???? Is everyone afraid to stand up to these people?
I agree in spirit, it's just that your terminology is wrong.
Technically, the way I would express the sentiment, is as follows:
They're doing something unconstitutional, that's potentially even more damaging to our country than an act of of wartime treason.
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Our Founders deliberately designed our government to make it difficult to pass laws. This attempt to circumvent the Constitution should be opposed by members of both parties.
Wait, I just forgot that we no longed have a representative government. Our objections and opinions are no longer important to our new overlords.
Why do we need a Constitution any more? Why do we need a Congress any more? We only need our dear leader-for-life Dr Obama to make all the correct laws.
Well said, Matthew. Treason is about to be committed by the legislative branch of our government and it is supported by the executive branch. It is without a doubt a coup by the Left which will enable them to complete majority control of the American economy (56%,) and cede precedence to the passage of legislation while ignoring Constitutional law going forward.
If the HCB passed using this or some other trick, all bets are off. We will have to face the reality that we are dealing with a dictatorship. Once the rules are thrown out- I think it will be impossible to enforce them ever again. A November election will not be enough to save us unless every person who took part in the betrayal of our nation is removed from office and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
I hope that the Democrats realize that they are setting a new precedence. One that could easily be used against them in the future.
Great observation!
That means if we can get a veto proof majority in 2010, we can overturn all of this crap.
Now the odds of getting a veto proof majority are probably between slim & none, however I could still see us overriding an Obama veto if we sufficiently scare the crap out of those not up for reelection in 2010, that they might just vote to override just to save their own pathetic a$$e$.
Me thinks this is something worth mulling over.
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Demo dirtbags at their finest…screw the laws. Obama is the Obamination of the office of president…we need to take everything back in Nov and then impeach him and jail all the thugs for life!
What you expect from a socialist thugs who take their marching orders from the politburo of Obama, Reid,
and Pelosi. Before is too late we must pressure those Wavering lapdogs. If we don't America is cooked
So how long until the blood starts flowing? Because none of this will end well.
If it's unconstitutional, can't the Supreme Court overturn it?
Better yet, can't the Supreme Court stop it like they did the counting in Florida?
If it's unconstitutional, why can't someone file an injunction? Is Congress above that?
because it is constitutional , in fact republicans have use reconcilliation several times . dont like it ? WANNA SEE CHANGE WITHOUT "BLOOD FLOWING "?
FLAT TAX /TERM LIMITS – THAT'S WHERE YOU START ….if you're serious . Otherwise money talks & b.s. goes to the cleaners .
crusader…your an idiot. this isn't about reconcilliation, this is about bypassing a direct vote on the bill. that is unconstitutional. it opens up a pandora's box…if they can do this they can make any law they want without a vote. that in affect would constitute a coup..a take over of america by the socialist..blood will flow then…i guarentee you.
I'm pretty sure this article is about the Slaughter Solution.
Liz Blaine – You said it so perfectly. To tell you the truth, though, I cannot fully come to grips
with what this all means. I stay well informed and certainly don't have my head in the sand,
but the demagoguery and the wickedness of all this is almost too much to comprehend.
It is all coming SO fast and furious. Can the Republic be saved?
At this point, if this bill passes it will transform – perhaps forever – the most beautiful form of government ever created. We have elected a person more dangerous to a free society than the threat posed by the USSR, Castro, and Hitler combined.
If the states would all pass a 10th Ammendment bill, they could drasticly move closer to what the founding fathers had in mind for this great country. They could refuse to participate in any aspect of Obamacare, there would be no worry of gun confiscation, etc. Best of all, this monsterously large government would have no choice but to drasticly reduce its size. Check it out at firstammendment.com. I would to God that North Carolina would do it…