God Save the Debate
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
Next week the House Republicans are going to vote to repeal the health care reform law. It’s a symbolic gesture they got the right to make when they won the majority, but it would be nice if they could leave God out of it.
I am thinking about you, Representative Steve King of Iowa. On Friday, King gave a 58-minute-and-20-second speech on the floor of the House in which he made it abundantly clear that God did not want more federal regulation of health insurance companies. “We will carry on this struggle until in God’s good time, with all his power and might, he steps forth to the rescue and liberation of our God-given American liberty,” King declared.
The Republicans have set aside seven hours for debating the repeal, but once one side has announced that God is their co-signer, there’s really not a whole lot more to say.
We are going to be hearing a lot about Representative King in the coming year. “I have more words in the Congressional Record than anyone else,” he bragged during an interview with a newspaper in his district. And he is one quotable fella. Just the other day he jumped into the health care fray to defend his party’s leadership against a Democratic attack, declaring that Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor had “established their integrity and their mendacity for years in this Congress.”
(More here.)
NYT
Next week the House Republicans are going to vote to repeal the health care reform law. It’s a symbolic gesture they got the right to make when they won the majority, but it would be nice if they could leave God out of it.
I am thinking about you, Representative Steve King of Iowa. On Friday, King gave a 58-minute-and-20-second speech on the floor of the House in which he made it abundantly clear that God did not want more federal regulation of health insurance companies. “We will carry on this struggle until in God’s good time, with all his power and might, he steps forth to the rescue and liberation of our God-given American liberty,” King declared.
The Republicans have set aside seven hours for debating the repeal, but once one side has announced that God is their co-signer, there’s really not a whole lot more to say.
We are going to be hearing a lot about Representative King in the coming year. “I have more words in the Congressional Record than anyone else,” he bragged during an interview with a newspaper in his district. And he is one quotable fella. Just the other day he jumped into the health care fray to defend his party’s leadership against a Democratic attack, declaring that Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor had “established their integrity and their mendacity for years in this Congress.”
(More here.)
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