Caribou Ken Sues the Feds - Alaska joins anti-HCR lawsuit [View All]

My dears, sadly Caribou Barbie has been replaced with Caribou Ken.

Tuesday, Governor Sean Parnell and Attorney General Dan Sullivan announced plans to sue the federal government over health care reform.

Every GOP/Republican dog whistle was blown during the press conference. Parnell was partisan, pathetic and pure pander. Governor Parnell had a personal feeling the health care bill was unconstitutional and had the department of law look it over. "This is not about health care. It's a battle for freedom." He stated the federal government "is taking our freedoms".


He had no choice; the government could decide to mandate we "all buy gym memberships to fight obesity" or force us to buy GM cars. He claimed to protect "liberty interests". Huh? He won't "trade freedom for health care". Really? Easy to say when you have state paid health insurance for you and your family.

My favorite bite of this Parnell word salad? "It's time for us to breathe again, and deeply, of this American air rather than labor like colonists for an individual mandate." Oh, good, Palin's speech writer has a back-up job.

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In 1993, Sean Parnell was a state representative. I have looked high and low for his outrage and response to a Republican bill co-sponsored by Senator Ted Stevens. In November, 1993, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., introduced what was considered to be one of the main Republican health overhaul proposals: "A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States" that MANDATED HEALTH INSURANCE. So, Uncle Ted Stevens and the Republican party were trying to take away our freedoms? Well, where were you, Sean? Why didn't you speak up then? Oh, wait. You weren't running for governor.

In October of 2007, Sean Parnell endorsed to Governor Mitt Romney. "I am supporting Governor Romney because his record shows that he can improve America." Wow, is the mandated health care that Romney ushered in during his governorship of Massachusetts "improving America?" Parnell went on, "Additionally, he earned respect by keeping government spending under control as Governor of Massachusetts." What? How could Parnell support a man who killed the "liberty interests" of his own citizens?

Quite a day for the "Wish-I-Were-an-ELECTED Governor" Parnell. He basically called the founding fathers "unconstitutional"; accused Senator Ted Stevens and company of "taking away our freedoms" in 1993, and must now be horrified he endorsed candidate Romney after Romney implemented legislation that enslaved the fine folks of Massachusetts! What would Parnell say about the Bush Administration spending almost a billion dollars to implement universal heath care...in Iraq?

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After the string of Tea Party bumper sticker slogans, the governor was asked how much he expected the state to spend on the lawsuit. He said he didn't know. Sean, when you put something in the shopping cart that you aren't paying for, you should know what it's going to cost...or put it back on the shelf.