GOP: Inversion of politics |
In a stunning move, Chief Justice Roberts abandoned the conservative bloc of the Supreme Court to ally with the liberal wing when he opined that the Healthcare Individual Mandate clause was constitutional.
Needless to say the Fox Nation wing of the GOP is calling Roberts a traitor:
In his majority 5-4 opinion on Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the constitutionality of the signature domestic policy achievement of President Barack Obama's administration, the Affordable Care Act. In doing so, he and his court earned the ire of conservatives.
"This was an activist court that you saw today," Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told reporters. "Anytime the Supreme Court renders something constitutional that is clearly unconstitutional, that undermines the credibility of the Supreme Court. I do believe the court's credibility was undermined severely today," she said, later adding that Congress could now force you to buy Ikea furniture.
"The Supreme Court has abandoned us," Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said.
"Today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States is simply disappointing," Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) said. "I stand with Justice Kennedy that the entire act should have been held invalid."
Outrage over Roberts' decision also blew up online. Former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer tweeted, "I miss Justice Harriet Miers," referring to the nominee who withdrew after being questioned by conservatives. Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) tweeted that he was "truly disappointed in Justice Roberts and others who allowed this assault on the Republic stand" -- and later deleted the tweet. Conservative writer Ben Shapiro tweeted, "Chief Justice Roberts was the worst part of the Bush legacy."
The politics of inversion or perversion marches on unabated in the GOP. For instance:
- The party hates government investing in health care for the working class, middle-class and poor, yet they are strangely mute regarding government spending trillions of unaccounted dollars on unnecessary war.
- They hate big government, unless it is telling women what to do with their reproductive bodies and regulating who can marry whom.
- They fight an income payroll tax cut for the middle-class, yet they vigorously fight for unpaid Bush tax breaks for the uber rich.
- They obstruct any legislation to bail out Main Street, yet they facilitate the bail out of Wall Street.
When I think about the flawed politics of this party, I can only recall an old school nursery rhyme:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's menCouldn't put Humpty together again.