Jed Babbin has the top story at Human Events today.
Compared to Nancy Pelosi, former House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay was a pussycat. Speaker Pelosi means to force doubtful Dems to vote for the health care nationalization bill this week or next. But her tactic is anti-historical: she doesn’t remember that in World War Two, Japanese kamikaze pilots were all volunteers.
Pelosi is ordering her fearful members to vote for the Obama-cum-Pelosi healthcare “reform” bill that has voters up in arms all over the country. House Blue Dog “moderates” are already caught in a crossfire between their constituents and their leadership. The Tea Partyers have been heard, and they are watching carefully.
And the twenty-five Democrats whose seats we believe are up for grabs in 2010 — some not in the Blue Dog caucus — may not be willing to be the political equivalent of a suicide bomber just to avoid the anger of the hyperliberal Pelosi.
What have you got up your sleeve.......
makemyday Monday, November 2nd at 10:20AM EST (link)as an idea for something we could send to Pelosi? Or maybe some of the Blue Dogs?
When all else fails…….. Shoot!
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” –American author Mark Twain (1835-1910)
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.” –George Washington, letter to Philip Schuyler, 1777
It will all come down to who they fear most.
farstar99 Monday, November 2nd at 12:03PM EST (link)It should be us, but I don’t think it is.
After all, they’ve caved in to Pelosi and Reid at every opportunity.
Pelosi's willing to lose seats
Hammer2008 Monday, November 2nd at 3:52PM EST (link)She’s going to allow some blue dogs to cut loose and vote no. I’d like to be in the room when they come to sign up to be on the “no” list… some are going to be left out, which is why phone calls, emails, faxes and letters (especially to local offices) are vitally important. Need to scare up those not getting a Pelosi “get out of jail (health care vote) free card”.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703399204574505423751140690.html
It will be curious if pro-life Dems really accept the paying of lip service given to them when Rep. Stupak’s amendment gets considered. However, note his own shift on the matter:
October 23rd:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17485
October 29th:
http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/65297-i-am-not-trying-to-kill-health-reform-abortion-issue-is-key
“I have not made unreasonable demands. I have simply asked that there be a straight up-or-down vote on my amendment reflective of current laws. If we had a clean vote on this amendment and lost, I could accept that. My pro-life colleagues and I simply want, and deserve, a chance to vote our conscience.”
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Too much noise! “Noise! You’ll have noise enough before long. The Regulars are coming out.” ~ Paul Revere (April 18th, 1775’s eve…)