The Fall Of Obamacare McCarthyism
SAHIL KAPUR – MARCH 8, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
Obamacare McCarthyism jumped the shark in the Texas primary this week.
No politician has deployed the tactic more fervently than Texas Rep. Steve Stockman, and his underdog campaign for the GOP's Senate nomination failed spectacularly. For all his woes and lack of effort in other areas, the congressman went above and beyond when it came to accusing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) of harboring a secret love for Obamacare, the law that Republicans roundly detest.
Stockman created a website, CornynLovesObamacare.com, which treats the viewer to a dire warning about the No. 2 Senate Republican's "intimate, cozy relationship with" President Barack Obama's signature achievement and a nifty logo replete with an Obama symbol and heart to drive his point home. Scroll down and the website feature a lengthy timeline of news stories portraying Cornyn -- unfairly -- of protecting Obamacare since its inception by steering away from scorched-earth tactics to destroy it that were unlikely to bear fruit.
"If Republicans re-elect John Cornyn, who voted twice to fund Obamacare, it will send a message that Republicans are beginning to embrace Obamacare," Stockman pleaded with voters. "You can help stop Obamacare by helping me defeat an Obamacare funder."
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