Jay Rockefeller makes Salient, Cogent, and Thoughtful Points on Why Critics Don't Like Obamacare: They're Racists

Guys, it's getting beyond comical.

Via HotAir:

Two noteworthy details here. One: Rockefeller couldn’t be more casual in lobbing his grenade. He’s not out at a fundraiser with a drink in his hand, mindlessly babbling to some reporter with his guard down. He’s at an actual Senate hearing with a Republican senator sitting right in front of him, and yet it’s bombs away — and not for the first time. Congressional rules of decorum forbid swearing and personal insults, but if you want to charge the other side with racism for questioning Obama’s pet boondoggle, fire away. Two: Unlike most instances where this accusation is made, the target was present and eager to respond. Watch the very beginning and then the last few minutes of the second clip to see Johnson hit back. I would have walked out if I were him, but admittedly, his approach is smarter.

He says "It's not something you're meant to talk about in public." Really? It seems like you guys can't wait to talk about it ad nauseum. Second, the failure of Obamacare is documented. The broken promise of "you can keep your health care" is well known. So. We criticize a law that's unsuccessful and that's racism. So should we have assumed failure? Is expecting success racist by their measure? So it's racist to assume competence from a black man? That expecting failure and incompetence is somehow not racist? Then who are the real racists?

Sorry Senator Byrd. How could I believe that dems are the real racists? That's just crazy.

I'm Not Telling You Where I Stand Until You Elect Me

Why would you vote for someone who won't answer a simple question?

Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic challenger to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, refuses to say whether she would have voted for Obamacare. Asked the question twice directly by the Associated Press on Wednesday, she dodged it both times.

If you vote for someone who won't answer a question about a vote she will never actually have to make, what does that say about you? Is party above all for you? This is mystifying to me, even if she says she would have at the time, she could explain it with "but I understand now that it is flawed and it needs to be overhauled" or SOMETHING. Instead she only shows herself to be a gutless coward who will only take a stand for political expediency.

Why would you want someone like that in office, no matter which party they are representing?  

And yet People Still Defend this Dirtbag: Obama didn't Actually Give Back 5% of Salary

Yup. Don't you even think about feigning surprise.

Obama promised last April to take a 5 percent pay cut in “solidarity” with federal employees who were furloughed as a result of the automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester. The cut was meant to equate to the level of spending cuts imposed on nondefense federal agencies. 

“The president has decided that to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury,” a White House official said at the time. 

According to his tax returns, Obama is still receiving the presidential salary of $400,000 per year. Last year, he earned $394,796 in wages from the Defense Financing and Accounting Service (DFAS-CIVPAY), which handles the salaries for civilian members of the Defense Department.

Of course he didn't. A meaningless gesture that really, wouldn't cost him anything. He would make it all back after his term in speaking engagements and whatnot. But even this little bread crumb of a promise, even if it was a cynical ploy to garner sympathy (which it was), he couldn't even execute on that. But sure, let him overhaul the health care system. He's more than competent.

Yeesh.

**Update**
Jay Carney "believes he did." Well. Then it must be true.

Carpool Conversations Episode III: Free speech, Racism and The Transformers

Episode III: Revenge of Michael Bay

So check out some of the articles I wrote on Blind Squirrel as well as Toure's ridiculous reactions to the tea party. We wrap it up with a discussion on Michael Bay and his destruction of the Transformers movies. Enjoy! Download here

What? Interact with Those Filthy Racists in The Tea Party? Toure says "Unpossible!"

Toure is such a racist, it's unbelievable this man gets a forum on a major network. But then it's MSNBC so he fits right in. Look at the incredulity on his face, it doesn't even register to him that the tea party is animated by anything other than racism. 

If you shut down an entire group and paint them with a broad brush and you believe they are all one race, what exactly does that make you? 

Toure. 

Blind Squirrel Part III: New York Times sees Obamacare Might Be *gasp* Causing Less Choice

Three Stories showing liberals aren't all on board the liberal train now? Is that a trend? I hope so. We'll see.

From the NY Times(!): 

 In the midst of all the turmoil in health care these days, one thing is becoming clear: No matter what kind of health plan consumers choose, they will find fewer doctors and hospitals in their network — or pay much more for the privilege of going to any provider they want.

It's amazing to see these all starting to pile up lately. Obama and the liberal agenda in general may be showing cracks. The results of Obamacare are plain to see. The political correctness shutting down free speech is really starting to get to people. The idea that every criticism of liberalism can be answered with "RACIST!" is starting to ring hollow. Is this the beginning of the end? Let's hope so, as the we can't shift to the right too soon.

Blind Squirrel Part II: Bill Maher (Bill Maher?!?!) Defends Free Speech

Well when he's right, he's right. I may disagree with most of everything Bill says but in this case (starting at 2:15) he is absolutely right.

Free speech and privacy in your home should be sacred. We should be able to say any fool thing we want and not be wondering if someone is taping us so we can get our stuff taken away. Donald Sterling may be an ass but the method he got taken down was a little scary.

Via HotAir:

Must we live on constant hair-trigger alert, prepared to pronounce ourselves grievously offended at the drop of a hat?  The whole thing is exhausting.  It’s suffocating.  I happen to be a believer in the Golden Rule.  If we all generally made an effort to treat one another the way we’d prefer to be treated ourselves — even in the midst of sharp disagreements — the world would be a far better place. I’m also a devotee of free speech, and an imperfect defender of our (theoretically) open and pluralistic society. We ought to “live and let live” to the greatest extent possible, model our morals and values as best we’re able, and work to persuade each other of the best course forward for our government and society at large. We have regular elections to resolve some of these disputes. But we’ve lost something when a ruthless, conformity-enforcing circus is poised ’round the clock to pounce upon controversies and banish heretics.

The religious persecutors willing to brand a person with a scarlett "R" are now on the left. This didn't go too well for the original moralizing christians, the left had better start learning from that. Because if you are losing Bill Maher, it's time to re-evaluate.