In a typical disconnect between the “progressive” left and real people, Robert Barnes of the once prestigious Washington Post yearns for an Obamacare victory when the Supremes hear the challenge to federalism and The United States of America, as it was conceived.

He argues (How the Robert’s court could save Obama’s health care-reform) that Chief Justice Roberts or Justice Alito or even, Justice Scalia may decide that the federal government can, by fiat, order you to buy a product you don’t want, may not need and in any event reject because someone else is paying for it – the principled opposition, if you will.  There is no doubt that he supports an end to limits on what the federal government can do, allegedly, for your own good.

Sadly, it would never occur to a modern “journalist” that he’s conveying a kind of profound and ugly trait among the enlightened left. He argues that, in his unhumble opinion, the  great thinkers on the bench, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor are incontrovertibly committed to Obamacare, arguments against, be damned. Facts, logic, reality? Be damned. The Constitution? Damn it too! Our open-minded “liberal” friends are simply totalitarians, unyielding, unwilling to learn, and mad for power. Conservatives are only worthy when they sacrifice their principles and see the light.

Robert Barnes is employed as an “objective” reporter, opining on the arguments before the courts and the rationale behind their decisions. Sadly, he can’t be trusted.