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Democrats Begin Eating Their Own

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 25th, 2009 at 05:25 PM  | 

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It was only a matter of time before it started. The Democrats are beginning to turn on each other as their poll numbers sink and Republicans’ numbers start to rise.

John Adler (D, NJ) says the healthcare legislation is bad for America. And he doesn’t care whether there’s a public option in it or not.

The Weekly Standard notes

“The bill that’s coming through the House, with or without the public option, isn’t good for America,” Adler said matter-of-factly. “We have Congressional Budget Office projections of a trillion-dollar increase in costs that will have to be borne by taxpayers or insurance purchasers; meaning businesses and households. Either way, that’s a cost we can’t afford.”

But it’s not just Adler. Seriously endangered Democrat Parker Griffith of Alabama believes Nancy Pelosi is too divisive to be Speaker.

Rep. Parker Griffith, a former oncologist from Alabama, told a town hall meeting this week that Pelosi is too divisive to be speaker. “I would not vote for her [again],” he added. “Someone that divisive and that polarizing cannot bring us together.”

With one Blue Dog Democrat speaking out like that, it can only be a matter of time before other Democrats also start speaking out against both Pelosi and Barack Obama.

It’s also time to get other Democrats on the record about Nancy Pelosi. In fact, if you are going to a town hall meeting (see the calendar on the right) you might want to ask, “Do you agree with Blue Dog Democratic Congressman Parker Griffith that, in his words, Nancy Pelosi is too divisive?”

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  • grayhoundm20

    I thought Republicans were the only ones that did that! How refreshing to see the Dems go at it for a change. I’m going to make some popcorn & find a comfy chair to watch from.

  • banzaibob

    what Pelosi was like. The first order of business for the freshmen Democrats should have been an alignment with other moderates and the Republicans in the House and voted the a**hole out.

  • proudgop

    Wow, Griffith has shown such political courage in complaining about Pelosi when he voted for her to be speaker of the house on his vote in congress all the way back in Jan.

  • Swamp_Yankee

    You know this one drives Obama crazy:

    http://www.bookerrising.net/2009/07/rep-artur-davis-barry-may-be-my-homie.html

  • OccamsRazor

    To the point that it’s divided and conquered itself. Pleasing everybody isn’t leadership. Pleasing everybody is simply impossible and now that they’ve infused every pseudo intellectual professor and pot smoker, they’re fracturing. It’s natural law.

    They stand for nothing except blind passion and self guide their philosophies through self declared intellectual superiority that hasn’t been practiced personally or practically, and of which has instead been proven historically horrendous. An example of this has been their proposed Healthcare legislation.

    We need to not forget what’s at stake here and with our small victories, keep pushing Healthcare into oblivion while we have them off balance. Stay focused on this, and as it’s defeat becomes more and more clear, then we remind everybody that BO is an effectual president who has left us nothing but more debt than all other administrations combined.

  • JustLeaveMeAlone

    and given the convoluted replacement process meant to circumvent Romney when he was guv, replacing him will take time.

    This could get very interesting.

  • derhoosier

    Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say they’re telling the truth and not quivering about the retribution from their Politburo?

  • Achance

    to get elected; they couldn’t get elected anywhere other than NY, LA, SF and the college towns if they didn’t lie about everything they stand for. It’s easy for the so-called blue dogs to say stuff for the homefolks critical of Comrade Obama and the Speaker of the Duma, but they’ll vote with them just the same and say they had to vote for it to get some goodie to bring back to the district.

  • Martin Knight

    Usually, only Republican “moderates” engage in fratricide … usually in a bid to get a few nice column inches and invites to liberal cocktail parties.

  • peg_c

    What they don’t self-cannibalize, we will finish off. Dick Morris thinks Dems could lose 100 seats. I think they know it.

  • mags

    This is it! To finally stop this thug and all his goons is to make our congressional reps fear they may have to go out and get a REAL job. They are starting to think that they were there BEFORE Obama and they plan on being there long after. Let them think what they want and start to implode as they turn Barry & his Czars into lame ducks 8 months into his term!

  • Read Chesterton

    He took the retiring Saxton’s seat in 2008. The seat could easily return to the R’s in the next election cycle if he plays this health care thing on the wrong side.