Bellweather State Rejects Obama’s Socialism…71% Vote Against ObamaCare

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As time moves on and more people are beginning to understand the ramifications of our Government forcing us to buy health insurance, the polls are sinking:

CNN – 54% Disapprove
Rasmussen – 59% Favor Repeal
Pew – 47% Disapprove

But the biggest poll so far has to be the Missouri vote that occured last night.

Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a federal mandate to purchase health insurance, rebuking President Barack Obama’s administration and giving Republicans their first political victory in a national campaign to overturn the controversial health care law passed by Congress in March.

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With most of the vote counted, Proposition C was winning by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1. The measure, which seeks to exempt Missouri from the insurance mandate in the new health care law, includes a provision that would change how insurance companies that go out of business in Missouri liquidate their assets.

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Missouri was the first of four states to seek to opt out of the insurance purchase mandate portion of the health care law that had been pushed by Obama. And while many legal scholars question whether the vote will be binding, the overwhelming approval gives the national GOP momentum as Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma hold similar votes during midterm elections in November.

What’s the numbers? 71% don’t want ObamaCare in their State. That’s huge.

This trend is getting stronger and stronger everyday and only goes to prove that opposition to Obama’s version of Socialism is growing.

Ed Morrissey:

Bear in mind that over 315,000 Democrats turned out to cast ballots in the primary that nominated Robin Carnahan, while over 577,000 Republicans hit the polls. That is about a 65/35 split — which means that a significant amount of Democrats either supported the ballot measure repudiating ObamaCare, or didn’t bother to cast a vote to defend the program. Actually, Prop C got more votes than the combined voting in both Senate primaries — which tells us something even more about the passion in the electorate.

The MSM and the libs are already spinning this result

The LA Times believes the significance of the rejection is limited. “Think of Proposition C not so much as a referendum on the entire health care bill, but one specific part.” The New York Times added “The referendum, known as Proposition C, was seen as a first look at efforts by conservatives to gather and rally their forces over the issue. In the end, though, the referendum seemed to draw relatively little attention in the state”. The amount of time the story spends above the fold is usually a good measure of how significant the news industry regards an event.

But come November Missouri may in fact hold true to it’s name….the bellweather state.

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The LA Times believes the significance of the rejection is limited. “Think of Proposition C not so much as a referendum on the entire health care bill, but one specific part.”

This is the meme that the MSM and their apologists, including a few here, will present as their argument against the perception that Obamacare is unpopular. The problem is, the individual mandate to purchase healthcare is one of the pillars of Obamacare, and as such, the overwhelming vote against it by one state cannot be overlooked.

The question is whether the GOP will be smart enough to latch onto this issue and embrace, finally, the cause of conservatism. When the GOP has persued conservative principles, they have won elections. When they have wavered, and capitulated, they have been shelacked at the poles. The American voters have stated very clearly that they want to be governed by people with no appetite for controlling every aspect of our lives. The question now is, are they listening yet. If not now, what on Earth will it take?

@Flyovercountry asked: “The question is whether the GOP will be smart enough to latch onto this issue and embrace, finally, the cause of conservatism.”

In SC the state GOP placed a similar question on the ballot in the Republican primary. 83% rejected Obama Care’s mandate. This result in MO is a blowout as it includes Dem voters.

As for the national GOP, I hope you recall how leaders like John Boehner in the House and many, MANY others have said one of their primary goals is the repeal of Obama Care. Even if we retake both the House and Senate that repeal will be a long process and we must also take the fight to the next level and boot Obama out of the White House before we can be ultimately successful.

If not now, what on Earth will it take?

It will take the same determined and unmistakable rejection of the Obama Regimes policies
and the removal from elected office in November of every Member of the Parliament of Whores
that voted for every Obama and Marxist inspired piece of legislation, unwarranted and undisciplined spending program that the Current Regime has placed on the Taxpayers. It will take a replacement of those fools that increased the deficit at an unprescidented level with true fiscal conservatives by anyone able to balance a checkbook for starters.

It will take a group of folks that believe that the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution limits the illegal meddling of the Federal Government in issues that the Constitution does neither grant authority or permission to the Feds, either at Agency, Czar or Department level.

It will take a more prudent and better educated class of Voters to put a stop to the tyranny.
Period.

In the case of Missouri Prop C, the electorate spoke loud and clear. Lets see if the Current Regime listened. If not, there may be the devil to pay in November for incumbents.

Wise up and Wake Up America. There is no Free Ice Cream but the consequences of electing unqualified Adult Delinquents to public office has consequences. If You like the Recession, vote stupid again and stay tuned for the Depression that should hit in the next year when the US Treasury can’t sell any more debt and the FED prints monopoly money to wipe your backsides with.

@Mike’s America:

Mike, thank you for the answer. Here is my fear. I have seen this movie before. As a coon skin capped lad growing up in an earlier age, I remember seeing Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. I remember him swinging Ole Betsy in a dying effort to hold the Alamo. When I saw John Wayne playing the role of Davy Crockett on T.V., shockingly the movie ended the same way. I rush to vote for GOP candidates, and they ultimately let me down by slowly becoming Democrats with an R after their name. My follow up question is more about what happens next. Am I going to be watching CSpan 5 years form now listening to Some other version of John McCain propose government control of carbon emissions, also with an R after his name? I voted for George Voinovich, a couple of times, and found myself betrayed by his capitulation repeatedly. His replacement is so much worse, I know, but at least I wasn’t betrayed personally. As somebody involved with GOP politicians, I ask you, do these guys understand the message this time around? More importantly, will they remember that message?

@Flyovercountry

Excellent questions pertaining to the GOP. One has to wonder at the GOP leadership, if not outright denouncing the TEA Party, they are very obviously trying to avoid and distance themselves. Others, like Ms. Bachmann in MN have embraced the populist group and their message. We wish for smaller government, less taxes, and less governmental control over our lives. That message should be shouted from the mountaintops and never forgotten by those GOP members fortunate enough to be elected to represent us, no matter how long they become entrenched in DC.

As an independent conservative, I have some bitterness at the GOP in general for capitulating to the progressives from the other side. So much so, that at times I wonder if they are just two different groups trying to achieve the same result from differing directions. The rise of the TEA Party and it’s popularity should be enough to show all politicians that the message of smaller, less intrusive government is the desire of the populace.

The “significance of the rejection is limited…” Well hell, the LA Times believes the significance of VOTERS and AMERICANS to be LIMITED!!! After all, not being among the ruling elite, who do those shlub voters think they are anyhow!!!!

@Flyovercountry: The long and the short of it is that no matter how disappointed some of us may be in Republicans who often stray from their core values, the alternative is always worse.

Another concern will be that should the GOP retake control of the House and please GOD the Senate, there will be a rush of excitement among disaffected conservatives and Tea Partiers expecting immediate results to overturn Obama’s policies.

It won’t be that easy, nor that quick. Obama has the vetoe and Dems will likely retain the power of the filibuster in the Senate (something which they will not hesitate to use).

We are playing a long game here and the ultimate goal must be replacing Obama in 2012.

Ultimately, our goal must be a conservative governing majority. But getting there isn’t easy and we will have to swallow some unpleasant compromises along the way.

It’s the socialism stupid … And that is not going to stand.

Suspect if a special election could be held right now we could get rid of Obama post haste.

Anyone else see this graphic from the MO Sec of State?

The two dark colored counties are the only places where Prop C got a minority of the vote.

I can guarantee you this defeat was rattling around in the White House last night like a marble in a tin can.




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Minuteman26 — I suspect you are right… 😈

MSM spin today….. mostly Republicans.

Don’t know the significance but I think the MSM habit of putting out the message for all to report is down right goofy. Can’t any of those morons think for themselves?

@Tom in CA:

I heard that “mostly Reps” meme today too but the graphic I posted in #11 pretty much throws that theory out the window.

Are there really only two counties in MO where Dim turnout was heavy enough to overcome Rep opposition to Prop C?

Nah, they’re just caking the lipstick on the pig while whistling past the graveyard.

@Aye

Well, now they (MSM) can push the Missouri story to the side and inundate us with the Federal judge ruling in CA.

Quite ironic – the will of the people in MO vs. the will of one man in CA.

Perhaps the jury ruling in Chicago will move the pendulum back the other way.

Another thing I noted in this is how far off the “poles” have been on this. We must remember the only “pole” that counts is the actual vote.

@Flyovercountry: I call the republicans “republicrats” because they have taken on the democrat’s values, or should I say lack of. Another reason I don’t belong to any party.