Interesting how the Left press reports the news, and the Left TV networks.
Public rejection of a key provision of the Health Care Law was
overwhelming.
Here are the statistics, with a YES vote being rejection :
Yes 667,680 71.1% No 271,102 28.9%
That is as close to unanimous as votes ever get in the USA.
The NY Times did not print the tally, the TV networks did not mention the
vote count.
And the "take" on the story was to soft soap the results, other things
matter more,
besides, the issue was "really" about state government.
Get the idea ?
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NY Times
Missouri Voters Reject Health Law
By _MONICA DAVEY_
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/monica_davey/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: August 3, 2010
Missouri voters on Tuesday easily approved a measure aimed at nullifying
the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where
ordinary people made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box
The measure was intended to invalidate a crucial element of _President
Obama_
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
’s health care law — namely, that most people
be required to get health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Supporters of
the measure said it would send a firm signal to Washington about how this
state, often a bellwether in presidential elections, felt about such a law.
“My constituents told me they felt like their voices had been ignored and
they wanted Washington to hear them,” Jane Cunningham, a state senator and
Republican who had pressed for a vote, said Tuesday night. “It looks to me
like they just picked up a megaphone.”
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 not to capture the general population’s
attention. Instead, Republican primary voters (who had the most competitive
races on Tuesday) appeared to play a crucial role in the vote’s fate.
Practically speaking, it remains entirely uncertain what effect the vote
will have. The insurance requirement of the federal health care law does not
come into effect until 2014. By then, experts say, the courts are likely to
weigh in on the provision requiring people to buy insurance.
“While we’re disappointed that Missourians didn’t vote against this, we
think the courts will ultimately decide it,” said David M. Dillon, a
spokesman for the Missouri Hospital Association.
For some, the outcome was not merely about health care, but about the role
of states in setting policy.
“This really wasn’t an effort to poke the president in the eye,” said
State Senator Jim Lembke, a Republican. “First and foremost, this was about
defining the role of state government and the role of federal government.
Whether it’s here in Missouri with health care or in Arizona with illegal
_immigration_
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier)
, the states are
going to get together on this now.”
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