"Constitutional? So F***ing What?"

That's the unsurprising attitude of Republicans in the wake of yesterday's landmark decision upholding the Affordable Care Act. After months of congratulating themselves in advance and cautioning against "spiking the ball" in excessive victory celebration, the decision went the other way and they are pissed. And when things don't go their way, the R's always behave like petty, vindictive, spoiled children.


Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, and Eric Cantor have already flipped off the Court and the President and vow to repeal the ACA no matter what. Not one word about actual health coverage or benefits to real people -- just vitriolic sour grapes over their unexpected loss.




Ohio Gov. John Kasich and his Insurance Director Mary-Mary-Quite-Contrary Taylor are digging in their heels already, resisting the ACA's requirement to set up a state-run insurance market/exchange. And they're not sure if Ohio will go the expanded Medicaid route. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has already said that his state will not do a damn thing to comply with the law. Just "fuck it", eh Bobby?










Mitt Romney's been campaigning against the ACA with a "repeal-and-replace" mantra that was shaky to begin with, and now looks like really weak shit. The Glove is the Godfather of ObamaCare, his Massachusetts health care law being the blueprint for the federal model. Why should we repeal a good and constitutional law, Willard? Death panels are fine and dandy at the state level, but awful at the federal? I think the Glove will now be shutting up on this issue.

Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that the law's penalty for failing to carry insurance will effectively operate as a tax (which it does). Government has the power to tax, and he therefore wisely declined to invalidate the ACA over a semantic detail.

So now the R's are going to go off on another of their anti-tax tirades, and try to club Obama to death with the T-word: "It's a tax. Roberts said it was a tax! Big government!! Tax, tax, tax!!!!"


In a speech yesterday at a medical supply company, Ohio's adorkable pre-pubescent Senatorial candidate Josh Mandel called the ACA "the biggest tax increase in history" and said that, as Senator, he'd make sure we have judges "who understand the Constitution." (You mean, like you do, Joshie?) Mandel went on to claim that the law will mean job losses at small companies "just like this one." The host company's president told Mandel that wasn't necessarily so. Mandel replied that he thought he'd heard somebody say something like that, somewhere, at some point. Josh closed by reminding those assembled that he was a Marine.

The last moment of Republican graciousness occured when John McCain phoned Barack Obama to concede the election and offer his best wishes. But that was three and a half years ago, and lasted about 30 seconds. Since then, it's been a non-stop shit storm.