In preparation for this short article, I have just completed exhaustive field research regarding the intellect of the American public.
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THE DATA:
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1. > 75% of the public can name at least 2 of the 7 Disney dwarfs.
< 25% can name 2 Supreme Court justices.
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2. > 75% can name the Three Stooges.
< 20% can name the 3 branches of government.
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3. > 99% of all Republican voters are so well-versed in the complexities of constitutional jurisprudence, that each has thoughtfully concluded that the Individual Mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 exceeds the scope and purvey of both the Interstate Commerce Clause and the Necessary & Proper Clause of Article 1 of the United States Constitution, and is, a fortiori, clearly unconstitutional.
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How lucky for the Republican Establishment that the average American — one who cannot name our Vice-President, but knows all the cast members of Jersey Shore — has such a depth of knowledge regarding Constitutional adjudication.
And how embarrassing for me to now admit that whenever I had heard that Republican rant (“We must repeal ObamaCare because of that damned Socialist’s unconstitutional Individual Mandate”), I had just assumed it was simply a raw display of hatred for anything Obama-esque.
I now understand that what I took for a rant is simply the enlightened legal assessment resulting from each Republican’s thorough and conscientious analysis of this extremely complex Constitutional issue.
I’m so embarrassed.
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the politically challenged 