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Pelosi’s Kamikazes?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 2nd, 2009 at 06:30 AM  | 

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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.

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  • makemyday

    as an idea for something we could send to Pelosi? Or maybe some of the Blue Dogs?

  • farstar99

    It should be us, but I don?t think it is.

    After all, they’ve caved in to Pelosi and Reid at every opportunity.

  • http://www.AmericanThinker.com Hammer2008

    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.”