The Art of the Escape

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Obama keeps fleeing the consequences of his own signature legislation.

Rich Lowry

12/26/13

 

In the great tradition of American civil disobedience, President Barack Obama is defying a law. Its just one that he himself lobbied for, signed, and lost a house of Congress over. Even Henry David Thoreau would be hard-pressed to understand this one.

 

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President Obama is in a much more awkward spot. At every turn, he is confronted by the irrationalities and inconveniences of his own health-care law. Not since Cary Grant was chased by the crop duster in North by Northwest has there been such an affecting scene of a man constantly on the run. The presidents tools of evasion are waivers, deadline extensions, reinterpretations, and last-minute demands on insurance companies. Really, any means necessary.

 

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Understandably, since the administration has a lot to be embarrassed about, it long ago stopped caring about coherence. After the latest big change, the individual mandate applies to you, except if it doesnt. It is absolutely essential to the functioning of the law, except when it isnt. The law is a Great Leap Forward for the cause of social justice. But it is also a hardship.

 

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It really needs to be noted that ACA is not the only thing this administration is running away from.