Outrage Called For

Although National Review's Mona Charen piece could have listed additional equivocations, the Obamacare experience has shown that increasingly glorious ends justify absolutely any means whatsoever. "Lying for justice," indeed. Historically, we understood the game and would look the other way and wink when politicians stretched the truth a bit. But when Washington tries to nationalize - no longer your grandfather's definition, but the modern American equivalent via systemic control - one sixth of the U.S. economy, and the sales job is so blatantly fraudulent, outrage is a necessary but still insufficient reaction to restore order and confidence in government. We've been played! November 4, 2014 can't get here too soon, but will it be too late?