Are Most Republicans Hypocrites?

Are most Republicans hypocrites?

resident Christopher V. Lang III wrote an April 10 letter to the editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that claims as much, starting with the topic of .

"I'm well aware of the Republicans and their need for less government by the way of letting people govern themselves," Lang writes. "So I was wondering why Gov. Tom Corbett took all the rights away from our communities to handle the Marcellus drilling issues in our backyards."

Lang also opined on "Obamacare," known formally as the Affordable Care Act.

"Along the same line is the Supreme Court and all of the GOP's planted judges going to decide on the legality of Obamacare," he writes. "How can you force me to have automobile insurance and homeowners insurance and that is OK, but mandating that every American has some kind of health insurance is not?"

Read Lang's full letter here.

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