(It's important to keep track of what our state representatives are doing, for better or worse. - promoted by Jennifer Daler)
New Hampshire state rep. Dan Itse called into Rush Limbaugh yesterday to complain about the health insurance reform bill. Here is a transcript of part of the conversation (courtesy of granitegrok); it is bad enough that Itse spouts this nonsense here, but does he have to embarrass the state nationally?
RUSH: Dan in Fremont, New Hampshire, nice to have you with us, sir. Hello.
CALLER: Mega dittos Rush, from the live free or die state. Remember, death is not the worst of evils. What I wanted to talk to you about is that what the people need to do is get behind their state governments and get the state governments to stand up to the federal government and its overreaching, this usurpation of powers. We have a bill here in New Hampshire that's going to make it a misdemeanor to interfere with the health care or health insurance of a New Hampshire citizen based upon a federal law to which our general court has not given its consent.
RUSH: Well, it's an idea, except the states are being bought off. The reason the states are not going to oppose this is that they're all being bought off. Look at N! ebraska, look at Vermont, Louisiana, they're all being bought off.
CALLER: Well, New Hampshire wasn't bought off. Our Democrat senator wasn't smart enough to hold out.
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CALLER: Remember, too, that the Constitution only says that the Constitution laws pursuant to it and treaties are the supreme law of the land! . Therefore this monster is not part of the supreme law of the land. |
| 1. Death is not the worst of evils - listening to this discredited nullification nonsense may be, however. There will not be a law in New Hampshire requiring legislative consent to the health insurance reform bill after it is signed into law, because luckily the majority of our representatives believe in our American constitution, unlike Itse.
2. Note the refusal to use the proper adjective, "Democratic". Here is an adjective for Rep. Itse: silly!
3. He tries to insult Senator Shaheen by saying she is "not smart enough" to hold out for a special deal. If I were Itse, I would not get into a discussion of the intelligence of any particular elected officials, as Senator Shaheen has more smarts in her little finger than Itse has in the totality of his being.
4. Itse also should stay away from trying to interpret the Constitution. The "10-thers" always fail to remember the provisions of Article I, Section 8, which gives Congress the powers, inter alia, to provide for the general welfare of the United States, and to regulate commerce.
5. Itse should re-read his oath of office, which includes something about bearing faith and true allegiance to the United States of America and the state of New Hampshire, and supporting the constitutions there of. He doesn't get to pick and choose which sections he wants to support, and he doesn't get to misread and misintrepet the documents, either. He also does not get to substitute his interpretations for about 200 years of interpretation by the United State Supreme Court. Article III, section 2 gives the judicial power to the Supreme Court, not Rep. Itse. |
