Victory With No Honor – Senate Passes Healthcare Bill
Just when you thought Elections 2008 had reached its pinnacle, given its stream of unprecedented events, there is more, at least one more. Perhaps it’s the final pumpkin in the patch just a few days before Halloween, but I guarantee you that this one is no scary tale.
Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired U.S. Army General, Colin Powell, who served under President George W. Bush from 2001-2005, endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Sunday, Oct. 19). Powell said, “I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that’s why I’m supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain.” Powell also expressed his disappointment in the tone of his long time friend, Sen. John McCain’s campaign.
Frankly, when a highly respected Republican chooses to endorse a Democratic presidential candidate just a few days before a presidential election, one has to wonder, what went wrong? The question here is for the Republicans, because whether or not the Democrats thought Powell’s decision was forthcoming they now hold a major trump card they do not need to question.
What does this mean for Sen. Obama? Moreover, what does it mean for Sen. McCain? Get aboard my “straight-talk” express, because the writing is on the wall and not even a prognostic, political pundit can alter it. The war veteran and his “GOP strategy”, Gov. Sarah Palin-who, ironically was featured on the September 15, 2008 cover of Newsweek with a rifle slung across her shoulder-need to hang up their guns. The battle is over! Frankly, it won’t surprise me one bit if President Bush decides to endorse Sen. Obama, since many Republicans have become very disappointed in McCain, primarily in his choice for running mate.
So will the Supreme Court take up the question of the healthcare bills constitutionality? We might want to refer that question to the birthers who after enduring almost two years of public ridicule are still looking for one honest judge to give them and the American public the right to glance at the real Obama birth certificate. The BC is only one of about twenty or so other documents about Obama’s past that remain mysteriously albeit conspicuously missing from anything that might be construed as an open and public record on Mr. Transparency.
So is the new Supreme Court an important constitutional change that will endow our courts with a greater sense of independence and a strengthened role in protecting the rights of individuals?
Or is it a costly re-branding of an institution that was working perfectly well and needed no tinkering?
Only time will tell.
Author Verónica Carrillo
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