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The O'Reilly Factor
Thursday, June 28, 2012
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare
Guests: Bill O'Reilly

The Supreme Court has upheld most of President Obama's health care law, but Republican lawmakers and Mitt Romney are vowing to repeal the law if they win in November. Laura spoke with Bill on the phone and asked for his take on the landmark decision. "Everybody has to take a deep breath and step back from emotional analysis," he advised. "This basically says the Supreme Court will allow the federal government to take over the health care system. It's good for poor Americans because the government is going to 'give' them health insurance, it's another entitlement. For more affluent Americans and some working Americans it's bad because their taxes are going to go up. And for businesses it's bad because they don't know how much health insurance is going to cost them. Justice Roberts said this is a tax, so the government can tax you as much as they want. The uncertainty continues, the hiring is going to be blunted, and the economy is going to be harmed." Laura added that this is a huge tax on middle class Americans: "Under this ruling, the middle class that Barack Obama said he was going to protect is going to get shafted. They're going to pay for this monstrosity one way or another."

O'Reilly also opined on the contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder issued by the House in a largely partisan vote. "This is all about the Democratic Party walking out on the family of the Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was killed," he declared. "Nancy Pelosi and her acolytes who walked out of that chamber today instead of casting a vote walked out on this family. The Terry family has a right to know how their son was killed, but the Democratic Party and President Obama say, 'Blank you, we're not going to tell you!' That's outrageous!"
Kelly analyzes the Supreme Court decision
Guests: Megyn Kelly

Laura welcomed Fox News anchor and attorney Megyn Kelly, who provided her analysis of the Supreme Court's decision. "The amazing thing is that Chief Justice John Roberts justified this as a tax," Kelly said. "As the dissent points out, a previous version of Obamacare was rejected by Democrats when it was creating a tax. So they created a 'penalty' for not buying health insurance and the President went out and told the whole world, 'It's not a tax.' They had to sell it this way, and then when they went to court the administration did a 180 and said it's a tax." Laura accused Congress and the administration of deceit, asking, "Wasn't it fraudulent for Congress say this was a 'penalty?'"
Republicans vow to repeal Obamacare
Guests: Rep. Michele Bachmann

Continuing with the lead story, Laura was joined by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who is urging repeal of the health care act. "This was like a knife was stuck in us and twisted," she said of Thursday's ruling. "We were shocked and incredulous, and people now recognize that there is one option left, and that's the ballot box in November. It's a very clear contrast â?" it's Barack Obama and you keep Obamacare or it's Mitt Romney and you repeal it. People shouldn't be fooled into thinking we have to have 60 Republican seats in the Senate; we need 50 plus one, that's all we need to repeal Obamacare. Don't give up hope, we can get this done."
Democratic reaction to the Obamacare ruling and contempt vote
Guests: Rep. Dennis Kucinich

Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich entered the No Spin Zone and applauded the Supreme Court's ruling. "A lot of people were surprised that the Supreme Court validated this as a tax," he conceded. "Is that a political issue? Of course. But it's also going to be a matter of whether Americans want to see millions more without health care and whether they want to set back the cause of those who are now covered. This is going to be a battle over health care all over again." Laura reminded the Congressman, "The needle has not moved in terms of public approval of the health care reform law, it's never gotten above 50%." Kucinich also explained why he joined other Democrats who walked out of the House chamber when Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt. "We certainly have to have compassion for the Terry family, but we also have to be careful that we don't throw the Constitution out the window. Congress has an obligation to investigate things, but the question here is whether Congress had a complete investigation. We should have been resolving this without a partisan battle."
How will states react to the Obamacare ruling?
Guests: Gov. Bobby Jindal

Laura next talked with Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who opposes the Affordable Care Act. "I was extremely disappointed," Jindal stated. "Think of the precedent the Supreme Court is setting â?" they're saying our federal government can tax us for not doing something. Where does that end? Can they tax us if we don't buy a Chevy Volt? This is a ridiculous expansion of federal government power. The only good thing is that the Court was more honest than the President â?" they called it what it is, a tax!" Jindal went on to savage President Obama's overall record. "Over the last five years we've seen a 70% growth in food stamp enrollment, we're seeing the federal government advertising to get more folks to sign up for food stamps, and we're creating an entitlement culture. I'm worried that we're going to have more people in the cart than pulling the cart."
Brian Terry's family reacts to the Holder contempt vote
Guests: Bob Heyer and Josephine Terry

Finally, Laura welcomed two close relatives of Brian Terry, the Border Patrol agent who was killed by an illegal immigrant wielding a weapon that was lost by the feds in the botched "Fast and Furious" sting operation. Brian's mother Josephine reacted to the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. "I'm happy about what happened today," Mrs. Terry said, "it's a step forward to get justice for my son. And I was totally shocked at the members of Congress who walked out, but I think it was a disgrace to them and not to my son." Brian Terry's cousin Bob Heyer denounced the Attorney General and his underlings for keeping the family in the dark. "Our only desire is to get answers, to get truth and justice for Brian. We've wondered whether this is arrogance or incompetence, and we are very disappointed that it's been eighteen months since Brian died and we still don't have the answers. When Brian was killed, not one government official had the courage to come to the Terry family and say the weapons found at the murder scene were part of this gun trafficking operation."
Ann Curry
Thursday's Patriot: Ann Curry, who tearfully acknowledged her departure from NBC's Today show.
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