Jul 012013
Congressional Republicans are warning professional sports leagues to stay away from any involvement in promoting Obamacare. Jonathan Cohn rightly accuses the GOP of trying to keep people in the dark about public benefits that will be available to them; benefits that were passed into law and affirmed by the Supreme Court. It’s clear that the GOP still can’t accept the legitimacy of Obamacare to the point where they are openly interfering with its implementation.
There are plenty of other ways to get the word out. Advocates and grassroots organizations will make sure of that. But this is just further evidence that Republicans are no longer a party of opposition. They are a syndicate whose only tools of persuasion are fear and intimidation.
