If You Can't Beat 'Em, Manufacture a Scandal  October 17, 2013
RSS Feed Print Kathleen Sebelius and Barack Obama.  There's a
new tactic by critics of the Obama administration: Off with
their heads!  Or, if you can't beat 'em on policy, demand they
resign or try to force them out of their jobs.  First, there's
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus says
should go. Why? Poorly-handled technology Sebelius surely had no
role in developing or operating.   But is this a fireable
offense? You get fired as a cabinet secretary when you take
bribes or show up drunk at a cabinet meeting. Yes, it's clear
the RNC hates the Affordable Care Act. But if they really think
it's a "train wreck,'' why not let the choo-choo hit the wall?
Demanding that Sebelius be fired diminishes the seriousness of
the legitimate opposition to Obamacare, and just makes the RNC
look raving mad.  [See a collection of political cartoons on
Obamacare.]  Then there's Jonathan J