We all knew that Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts would send shockwaves through the Democratic establishment. This is very possibly one result of those shockwaves.
As top Democrats cast about for a way to get health care reform back on track, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took one option off the table Thursday, saying her caucus doesn’t have the stomach to pass the Senate bill unless changes are made.
“In its present form, without any change, I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House,” Pelosi said. “I don’t see the votes for it at this time.”
The White House and Senate Democrats had hoped the House could simply approve the Senate’s bill and send it to President Barack Obama’s desk, easily the quickest option available to the Democrats. But Pelosi’s remarks remove that option from the mix of strategy and policy solutions party brass has considered to move forward in the health care fight.
“‘Unease’ would be a gentle word in terms of the attitude of my colleagues toward certain provisions of the Senate bill,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday morning.
… Also Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that congressional Democrats are weighing a quick pathway to passage because “I don’t think we want to do health care the next three months.”
“Obviously, you cannot just proceed as if nothing happened, because something very significant happened,” Schumer said referring to the party’s defeat in the Massachusetts Senate special election. “There is a strong view in both caucuses that we want to do some good things in health care and the question is how — how much and how quickly.”
Brown’s win in Massachusetts sent a strong message to Democrats. Their arrogance is finally starting to crack a little, because now they’re realizing that there are indeed consequences to ignoring the will of your constituents. When someone like Scott Brown, who has promised to vote against the health care bill, was able to win Ted Kennedy’s old seat, Ted Kennedy who fought for universal health care for so long… well, it speaks pretty loudly. Democrats have ignored the anger of voters for months at town hall meetings across the country, and they’re finally getting the fact that they can’t ignore them anymore. They’re realizing that voters didn’t really consider universal health care to be that much of a priority anyways. Trying to ram this down our throats will have disastrous consequences, as Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts has proven.
This is a huge loss for Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.
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Loading ...Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are organizing secret conferences to ram the unpopular Obamacare down our throats as we speak, and I’m sure that many Americans are feeling hopeless. But fear not, my friends — all is not lost. Not yet, anyways. GOP House Whip Eric Cantor is taking action, and so can we. Before Obamacare can become a reality, it still has to be voted into law. When these secret, closed-door conferences to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill are finished, the House and Senate will both need to once again vote on it. Pelosi and Reid are very close to not being able to pass it a second time. Reid cannot afford to lose one Democrat vote, and Pelosi can’t lose more than two. So we need to start aggressively targeting Democrats in the House — if we can turn just three of them, then we can stop Obamacare in its tracks now.
This is assuming, of course, that all of the Democrats and Republicans who voted against the bill previously continue to vote against it. That’s why we want to turn more than just three Democrats to our side. 39 Democrats voted against this bill, and Eric Cantor was able to identify 37 more Democrats who might be vulnerable or hesitant about Obamacare. These 37 are the ones we need to be targeting. We need to write them, call them, and fax them. We need to send a strong, clear message: that Americans do not want this bill, and if it is passed anyways, that there will be repercussions.
The 37 Democrats Cantor identified are listed below, with all of their contact information. Cantor was able to find what you might call “weak spots” for each of these Democrats. Use them. For some its abortion. For others, it might be Medicare. Still others are concerned about the budget. So, if you contact a Democrat who is unsure about Obamacare due to, say, Medicare Advantage, then hammer them on that point. Be polite and courteous, of course, but drive the message home about how Obamacare will cut funding for Medicare Advantage. If they’re concerned about the budget, then emphasize the effect this will have on the budget. You get the point. Cantor separated the 37 vulnerable Democrats into three groups (abortion, Medicare Advantage, and budget), and so they are divided below. Contact as many of them as you can and use each one’s weak point to make them understand how devastating this will be to the country.
It’s not too late to stop this. The time to take action is now.
Abortion:
Jerry Costello (IL):
2408 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone : (202) 225-5661
Fax: (202) 225-0285
144 Lincoln Place Court, Suite 4
Belleville, IL 62221
Phone: (618) 233-8026
Fax: (618) 233-8765
250 W. Cherry Street
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 529-3791
Fax: (618) 549-3768
1330 Swanwick Street
Chester, IL 62233
Phone: (618) 826-3043
Fax: (618) 826-1923
8787 State Street, Suite 102
East Saint Louis, IL 62203
Phone: (618) 397-8833
Fax: (618) 397-7065
2060 Delmar Avenue, Suite B
Granite City, IL 62040
Phone: (618) 451-7065
Fax: (618) 451-2126
201 East Nolen Street
West Frankfort, IL 62896
Phone: (618) 937-6402
Fax: (618) 937-3307
Kathy Dahlkemper (PA):
Erie Office
208 E. Bayfront Parkway Suite 102
Erie, PA 16507
Phone: (814) 456-2038
Fax: (814) 454-0163
Washington D. C. Office
516 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5406
Fax: (202) 225-3103
Butler Township Municipal Building
290 South Duffy Road
Butler, PA 16001
Phone: (724) 285-3595
Hermitage Municipal Building
800 N. Hermitage Road, Suite 417
Hermitage, PA 16148
Phone: (724) 342-2685
Joe Donnelly (IN):
1530 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3915
Fax: (202) 225-6798
207 West Colfax Avenue
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-288-2780
Fax: 574-288-2825
300 East Broadway Suite #102
Logansport, IN 46947
Phone: 574-753-2671
Fax: 574-753-7615
813 Lincolnway Suite 100
La Porte, IN 46350
Phone: 219-326-6808 ext. 2414
100 East Michigan Boulevard
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: 219-873-1408 ext. 354
Steve Driehaus (OH):
441 Vine Street, Suite 3003
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 684-2723
Fax: (513) 421-8722
408 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2216
Fax: (202) 225-3012
Brad Ellsworth (IN):
101 NW Martin Luther King Jr Blvd,
Room 124
Evansville, Indiana 47708
ph: (812) 465-6484
fx: (812) 422-4761
901 Wabash Avenue
Suite 140
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
ph: (812) 232-0523
fx: (812) 232-0526
513 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
ph: (202) 225-4636
Toll Free: (866) 567-0227
fx: (202) 225-3284
Marcy Kaptur (OH):
One Maritime Plaza – Sixth Floor
Toledo, Ohio 43604
Toll Free: (800)964-4699
Tel: (419) 259-7500
Fax: (419) 255-9623
2186 Rayburn Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Tel: (202) 225-4146
Fax: (202) 225-7711
Dale Kildee (MI):
2107 Rayburn Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2209
Phone: (202) 225-3611
Fax: (202) 225-6393
432 N. Saginaw Street Suite 410
Flint, MI 48502-2018
Phone: (810) 239-1437
Fax: (810) 239-1439
515 N. Washington Avenue Suite 401
Saginaw, Mi 48607-1370
Phone: (989) 755-8904
Fax: (989) 755-8908
916 Washington Avenue Suite 205
Bay City. MI 48708-5721
Phone: (989) 891-0990
Fax: (989) 891-0994
Daniel Lipinski (IL):
1717 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5701
Fax: (202) 225-1012
Toll free from IL (866) 822-5701
6245 South Archer Avenue
Chicago, IL 60638
Phone: (312) 886-0481
Fax: (773) 767-9395
19 West Hillgrove
LaGrange, IL 60525
Phone: (708) 352-0524
Fax: (708) 352-0927
5309 West 95th Street
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone: (708) 424-0853
Fax: (708) 424-1855
James Oberstar (MN):
Duluth Federal Building
Room 231
Duluth, Minnesota 55802
(218) 727-7474
TDD: (218) 727-7474
FAX: (218) 727-8270
Chisholm City Hall
316 Lake Street
Chisholm, Minnesota 55719
(218) 254-5761
FAX: (218) 254-5132
Brainerd City Hall
501 Laurel Street
Brainerd, Minnesota 56401
(218) 828-4400
FAX: (218) 828-1412
38625 14th Avenue, Suite 300B
North Branch, Minnesota 55056
(651) 277-1234
FAX: (651) 277-1235
2365 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6211
FAX: (202) 225-0699
Bart Stupak (MI):
2268 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225 4735
(202) 225 4744 – Fax
111 E. Chisholm
Alpena, MI 49707
(989) 356 0690
(989) 356 0923 – Fax
Iron County Courthouse
2 South 6th St., Suite #3
Crystal Falls, MI 49920-1413
(906) 875 3751
(906) 875 3889 – Fax
902 Ludington St
Escanaba, MI 49829
(906) 786 4504
(906) 786 4534 – Fax
616 Sheldon Ave. Room 213
Houghton, MI 49931
(906) 482 1371
(906) 482 4855 – Fax
1229 W. Washington St.
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 228 3700
(906) 228 2305 – Fax
Emmet County Building
200 Division St., Suite #178
Petoskey, MI 49770
(231) 348 0657
(231) 348 0653 Fax
575 Court Street
West Branch, MI 48661
(989) 345 2258
(989) 345 2285 Fax
Charlie Wilson (OH):
226 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
ph: (202) 225-5705
fx: (202) 225-5907
4137 Boardman Canfield Road
Canfield, OH 44406
ph: (330) 533-7250
fx: (330) 533-7136
258 Front Street
Marietta, OH 45750
ph: (740) 376-0868
fx: (740) 376-0886
800 Main Street
Bridgeport, OH 43912
ph: (740) 633-5705
fx: (740) 633-5727
202 Park Ave.
Suite C
Ironton, OH 45638
ph: (740) 533-9423
fx: (740) 533-9359
1200 Main Street
Wellsville, OH 43968
ph: (330) 532-3740
Medicare Advantage
Harry Mitchell (AZ):
1410 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone: (202) 225-2190
7201 East Camelback Road, Suite 335
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Telephone: (480) 946-2411
Fax: (480) 946-2446
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ):
1661 N. Swan, Suite 112
Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520) 881-3588
Fax: (520) 322-9490
77 Calle Portal, Suite B-160
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
Phone: (520) 459-3115
Fax: (520) 459-5419
1728 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2542
Fax: (202) 225-0378
Dennis Cardoza (CA):
1224 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6131
Fax: 225-0819
800-356-6424
Merced County Administration Bldg.
2222 M Street, Suite 305
Merced, CA 95340
(209) 383-4455
Fax: 726-1065
1010 10th Street, Suite 5800
Modesto, CA 95354
(209) 527-1914
Fax: 527-5748
137 East Weber Ave
Stockton, CA 95202
(209) 946-0361
Fax: 946-0347
Adam Schiff (CA):
326 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Ph: 202-225-4176
Fax: 202-225-5828
Brayley Building
Suite 205
35 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Ph: 626-304-2727
Dennis Moore (KS):
8417 Santa Fe Drive #101
Overland Park, KS 66212
Phone: (913) 383-2013
FAX: (913) 383-2088
500 State Ave. #176
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: (913) 621-0832
FAX: (913) 621-1533
901 Kentucky St. #205
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: (785) 842-9313
FAX: (785) 843-3289
1727 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2865
FAX: (202) 225-2807
Daniel Maffei (NY):
1630 Longworth HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3701
Fax: (202) 225-4042
P.O. Box 7306, 1340 Federal Building
Syracuse, NY 13261
Phone: (315) 423-5657
Fax: (315) 423-5669
1280 Titus Avenue
Rochester, NY 14617
Phone: (585) 336-7291
Fax: (585) 336-7274
100 E. Miller St Room 201
Newark, NY 14513
Phone: (315) 331-6903
Zack Space (OH):
315 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
ph: (202) 225-6265
fax: (202) 225-3394
137 East Iron Ave
Dover, Ohio 44622
TOLL FREE: 1-866-910-7577
or: (330) 364-4300
Fax: (330) 364-4330
17 North Fourth St. Suite A
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
TOLL FREE: 1-866-910-7577
or: (740) 452-6338
Fax: (740) 452-6354
14 South Paint St., Suite Six
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
TOLL FREE: 1-866-910-7577
or: (740) 779-1636
Fax: (740) 779-2352
Kurt Schrader (OR):
Washington DC Office
1419 Longworth Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5711
Fax: (202) 225-5699
Salem District Office
494 State Street, Suite 210
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 588-9100
Fax: (503) 588-5517
Toll Free: 1-877-301-Kurt (5878)
Oregon City District Office
112 8th Street
Oregon City, OR 97045
Phone: (503) 557-1324
Fax: (503) 557-1981
Christopher Carney (PA):
416 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3731
Fax: (202) 225 9594
521 Franklin Street
Shamokin, PA 17872
Phone: (570) 644-1682
Fax: (570) 644-1684
233 Northern Boulevard Suite 4
Clarks Summit, PA 18411
Phone: (570) 585-9988
Toll free: (866) 846-8124
Fax: (570) 585-9977
175 Pine St. Suite 103
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: (570) 327-1902
Fax: (570) 327-1904
Henry Cuellar (TX):
336 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202-225-1640
fax: 202-225-1641
toll free: 1 (877) 780-0028
602 E. Calton Road, Suite 2
Laredo, Texas 78041
phone: (956) 725-0639
fax: (956) 725-2647
117 E. Tom Landry
Mission, Texas 78572
phone: (956) 424-3942
fax: (956) 424-3936
100 N. F.M. 3167
Rio Grande City, Texas 78582
phone: (956) 487-5603
fax: (956) 488-0952
615 E. Houston Street, Suite 451
San Antonio, Texas 78205
phone: (210)271-2851
fax: (210) 277-6671
100 S. Austin Street, Suite 1
Seguin, Texas 78155
phone: (830) 401-0457
fax: (830) 379-0984
Adam Smith (WA):
2402 Rayburn Office Building
Washington D.C. 20515
Phone (202) 225-8901
Fax (202) 225-5893
2209 Pacific Ave, Suite B
Tacoma, Washington 98402
Toll free: 1 (888) SMITH09
Phone (253) 593-6600
Fax (253) 593-6776
Alan Mollohan (WV):
2302 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
ph: (202) 225-4172
fax: (202) 225-7564
Room 209, Post Office Building
PO Box 1400
Clarksburg, WV 26302-1400
ph: (304) 623-4422
fax: (304) 623-0571
Marina Tower, Suite 504
48 Donley Street
Morgantown, WV 26507-0720
ph: (304) 292-3019
fax: (304) 292-3027
Room 2040, Federal Building
425 Juliana Street
Parkersburg, WV 26101
ph: (304) 428-0493
fax: (304) 428-5980
Federal Building
Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
ph: (304) 232-5390
fax: (304 )232-5722
Ron Kind (WI):
1406 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
9am to 6pm
PH: (202) 225-5506
FX: (202) 225-5739
TTY: (202) 226-1772
205 Fifth Avenue S. , Suite 400
La Crosse, WI 54601
8:30am to 5pm
PH: (608) 782-2558
FX: (608) 782-4588
TTY: (608) 782-1173
131 S. Barstow St.
Suite 301
Eau Claire, WI 54701
8:30am to 5pm
PH: (715) 831-9214
FX: (715) 831-9272
Steve Kagan (WI):
700 E. Walnut Street
Green Bay, WI 54301
(920) 437-1954
Fax: (920) 437-1978
333 West College Ave.
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 380-0061
Fax: (920) 380-0051
1232 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5665
Fax: (202) 225-5729
Budget:
Jim Himes (CT):
Washington DC Office
214 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5541
Fax: (202) 225-9629
211 State Street, 2nd Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Phone: (866) 453-0028
Fax: (203) 333-6655
888 Washington Boulevard, 10th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
Phone: (866) 453-0028
Fax: (203) 333-6655
Sanford Bishop (GA):
2429 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington DC 20515-1002
Phone: (202) 225-3631
Fax: (202) 225-2203
235 Roosevelt Avenue
Albany Towers
Suite 114
Albany GA 31701
Phone: (229) 439-8067
Fax: (229) 436-2099
18 Ninth Street
Suite 201
Columbus, GA 31901
Phone: (706) 320-9477
Fax: (706) 320-9479
137 East Jackson Street
Thomasville, GA 31792
Phone: (229) 226-7789
Fax: (229) 226-7860
Melissa Bean (IL):
1701 E Woodfield Road
Suite 200
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 517-2927
432 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3711
Debbie Halvorson (IL):
116 N. Chicago St, Suite 401
Joliet, IL 60432
(815) 726-4998
1541 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3635
Leonard Boswell (IA):
1427 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3806
Fax: (202) 225-5608
300 East Locust, Suite 320
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 282-1909
Fax: (515) 282-1785
Toll Free Phone: (888) 432-1984
Mike Michaud (ME):
1724 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-1902
Phone: 202-225-6306
Fax: 202-225-2943
6 State Street
Suite 101
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: 207-942-6935
Fax: 207-942-5907
179 Lisbon Street
Ground Floor
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: 207-782-3704
Fax: 207-782-5330
445 Main Street
Presque Isle, ME 04769
Phone: 207-764-1036
Fax: 207-764-1060
16 Common Street
Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: 207-873-5713
Fax: 207-873-5717
Michael Arcuri (NY):
127 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3665
Fax: 202-225-1891
10 Broad Street, Room 330
Utica, NY 13501
Phone: 315-793-8146/8147
Fax: 315-798-4099
17 E. Genesee Street
Auburn, NY 13021
Phone: 315 252-2777/2778
Fax: 315 252-2779
16 Church Street, Carriage House Right
Cortland, NY 13045
Phone: 607-756-2470
Fax: 607 756-2472
Bob Etheridge (NC):
1533 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4531
Fax: (202) 225-5662
333 Fayetteville Street, Suite 505
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 829-9122
Toll Free: 1-888-262-6202 (BOB-NC02)
Fax: (919) 829-9883
609 North First Street
P.O. Box 1059
Lillington, NC 27546
Phone: (910) 814-0335
Toll Free: 1-866-384-3743 (ETHERIDGE)
Fax: (910) 814-2264
Paul Kanjorski (PA):
2188 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-3811
(202) 225-6511
(202) 225-0764 (fax)
The Stegmaier Building
7 North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard
Suite 400 M
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-5283
(570) 825-2200
(570) 825-8685 (fax)
546 Spruce Street
Scranton, PA 18503
(570) 496-1011
(570) 496-6439
102 Pocono Boulevard
Mount Pocono, PA 18344-1412
(570) 895-4176
Gerry Connolly (VA):
327 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-1492
Fax: (202) 225-3071
4115 Annandale Road
Suite 103
Annandale, VA 22003
Phone: (703) 256-3071
Fax: (703) 354-1284
4308 Ridgewood Center Dr.
Woodbridge, VA 22192
Phone: (703) 670-4989
Tom Perriello (VA):
308 Craghead St., Suite 102
Danville, VA 24541
Phone: (434) 791-2596
Fax: (434) 791-2598
515 S. Main St.
Farmville, VA 23901
Phone: (434) 392-1997
Fax: (434) 392-3254
313 2nd Street, SE, Suite 112
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 293-9631
Fax: (434) 293-9632
10 East Church Street, Suite K
Martinsville, VA 24112
Phone: (276) 656-2291
Fax: (276) 656-2293
1520 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4711
Fax: (202) 225-5681
Nick Rahall (WV):
301 Prince St.,
Beckley, WV 25801
(304) 252-5000
601 Federal St., Room 1005
Bluefield, WV 24701
(304) 325-6222
845 Fifth Ave.
Huntington, WV 25701
(304) 522-6425
220 Dingess St.
Logan, WV 25601
(304) 752-4934
2307 Rayburn HOB
Washington,DC 20515
(202) 225-3452
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Now that the health care bill has passed the Senate, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are all set to get this thing shoved down our throats once and for all. Nancy Pelosi promised us the most ethical, open, transparent Congress ever — and here she is, giving us secret closed door meetings to ram through legislation that America hates, without the input of Republicans and a lot of Democrats, too.
Democratic leaders are looking to forgo a formal, public conference to merge the House and Senate’s health care overhaul bills, giving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House free rein to hammer out the final measure behind closed doors and thwart Republican efforts to stymie it.
The maneuver gives Democratic leaders the ability to quickly work through hundreds of differences between the 2,000-page bills and to keep control over the deals they will need to make on politically touchy topics such as abortion, taxes and Medicare cuts.
… An informal conference is likely to reinforce claims that Democrats haven’t upheld Mr. Obama’s campaign pledge to keep the health care reform process transparent — complete with C-SPAN cameras.
“Harry Reid’s continued efforts to throw transparency out the window and shut out the American people on a bill that will affect one-sixth of America’s economy is an outrage,” said Brian Walsh, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. “It’s clear his past statements about supporting transparency were nothing but lip service by a professional politician who has lost touch with the voters who sent him to Washington.”
This health care bill is a disaster for America. Voters know it and politicians know it. Taxes will skyrocket, care will start being rationed, and abortion will be taxpayer funded. It’s why Reid and Pelosi are trying to hammer this out in secret — away from voters’ eyes (and C-SPAN cameras) and away from Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats who might be against this monstrosity.
Something like this would have greatly bothered Harry Reid a few years ago, of course. Today? Not so much.
The CEO of C-SPAN, Brian Lamb, wants Pelosi & Co. to at least let the cameras in . Pelosi’s response? Nein!
But Pelosi said Congress has already been transparent throughout the process.
“There has never been a more open process for any legislation,” Pelosi said at a press conference.
Pelosi also hinted that holding informal negotiations–likely without TV cameras–might be the most practical way to push the legislation through.
To call this transparency is to insult the American public. Obama could make these negotiations open and transparent, as they are taking place in the West Wing. But that won’t happen either. This is transparency in the eyes of Democrats: votes being held in the middle of the night, political bribes and afavors being used to buy off hesitant politicians, and secret committees.
(5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Perhaps I have a problem. But after I made my video, I thought, “Gee, how hilarious would it be if we had Obama and all of his little elves?” And I think I was right. It’s pretty hilarious.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...According to Nancy Pelosi, yes.
The 2010 congressional elections will be the “toughest midterm elections Democrats have ever faced,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) acknowledged today.
Pelosi made the statement in a fundraising pitch for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, urging supporters to help Democrats beat back Republican attacks.
“The Republican defenders of the status quo are shouting because they understand that this is the toughest Midterm Election that Democrats have ever faced,” Pelosi wrote, hinting at Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) outburst.
“They also understand that this is a critical month for health insurance reform and they are trying to deal a serious blow to President Obama’s agenda for moving America forward.”
Pelosi’s comments acknowledge a stark reality for Democrats. The president’s party almost always loses seats in a midterm election, especially in a president’s first term. But Democrats’ ambitious agenda–healthcare reform, climate legislation, etc.–combined with a still-lackluster economy makes Pelosi’s party particularly vulnerable in 2010.
Many analysts have drawn parallels to 1994, when Democrats’ suffered heavy losses in the midterms after an ambitious attempt to overhaul healthcare.
Pelosi implored supporters to help Democrats maintain their majority this time around.
“It is urgent that we stand together as Democrats,” Pelosi wrote in the email to supporters. “With all eyes on the coming Midterm Elections, let us use this critical September deadline to show the world just how prepared we are to maintain a strong Democratic Majority for President Obama so he can keep America moving in a New Direction.”
It’s interesting that Pelosi is urging Democrats to stand together. She knows that support for Obama is crumbling across party lines, Obama’s government run health care can’t even get unanimous Democratic support, and that Americans are furious at the amount of government expansion that’s been taking place since Obama, Pelosi, and Reid took over. They pushed too hard, too fast, and they’ve got Americans scared now. It has nothing to do with “shouting” coming from Republicans, like Nancy Pelosi says. It has everything to do with the liberals themselves. They elected Obama as a moderate Democrat and promised an end to partisan politics and corruption. Yet since Obama’s been elected, Democrats have been unable to restrain themselves at all, and showed everyone right away that they were nothing more than the same old extremist liberals, more corrupt than ever, shutting Republicans out of negotiations, and bringing Chicago-style politics to Washington. Americans don’t like what they see. They don’t like the big government expansion, they don’t like moving towards socialism, they don’t like Obama ruining the progress we’ve made in the War on Terror.
So yes, Nancy Pelosi should be afraid. If Democrats keep things up the way they are, they’ll see losses so extreme in 2010 it will make it look like 1994 was a victory for Democrats.
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Well well, what do you know? Here we have video proof showing that dissent was just more patriotic during Bush’s eight years in office than it is now, when we have the Anointed One, the Obamamessiah, to lead us. Nancy Pelosi is addressing constituents in San Francisco in the video below, talking about how she’s a fan of disrupters, and how very American they are. She just loved it then!
There’s a word coming to mind here. I’m pretty sure it starts with “shameless” and ends with “hypocrite”.
Hat Tip: Hot Air
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...It’s time to burn up those phone lines.
When we wanted to stop amnesty, so many Americans called the Senate that the switchboard crashed. It’s time to do that again.
H.R. 2454, or Waxman-Markey, is the cap-and-trade bill you’ve been hearing so much about. Nancy Pelosi is trying to ram this through the House, and we need to stop it in its tracks. This is the biggest tax increase in American history. It will also make energy and gas prices skyrocket. The economy is crippled as it is; this will punish businesses and families even more. And for what? It’s all in the name of manmade global warming, which has pretty much been discredited. Even NASA, led by global-warming alarmist James Hansen, has made the AMAZING! discovery that the Earth is heated by (gasp!) the sun. There is no manmade global warming, but that’s not stopping Democrats in Congress from trying to destroy our economy in the name of it. Even Greenpeace is against this monstrous bill.
So make your voices heard. Call your congressman now. You can get their contact information here. Tell them to oppose the bill. Remember to be polite and respectful, but be firm. We don’t need to be scrambling around to stop this bill in the Senate. Let’s just put an end to this madness today.
Make the call.
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Fasten your seatbelts, because this video’s a doozy:
It’s interesting that this is the position that Nancy Pelosi would choose to take. It’s especially interesting that she would be worried about keeping jobs for illegal immigrants, seeing as how unemployment for actual Americans is getting higher and higher. Shouldn’t she be worried about Americans having jobs first?
Also, the very concept of illegal immigration being patriotic is ridiculous. Illegal immigrants are coming here, breaking the law, and disrespecting our Constitution. Add in the fact that cities where you have large numbers of illegal immigrants see a sharp uptick in drug trafficking, violence, and overall crime, and I really don’t see the patriotism.
Look, I’m all for immigration… when people do it legally. You want to live here so bad? Do it the right way. And if you are willing to break our laws so cavalierly, then you clearly do not have the respect for this country that you ought to have if you’re going to live here as an American. This topic brings to mind a famous quote, and it’s what I’m going to leave you with here:
In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man’s becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile…We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language…and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Hat Tip: Hot Air
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Did anyone think she wouldn’t be?
Cindy Sheehan has been threatening to run for public office against Nancy Pelosi — as an independent, of course, since she now hates the Democratic Party as well — if she doesn’t try to impeach President Bush.
Well, today, she made it official.
I bet Nancy Pelosi is just shaking in her high heels!
Bidding farewell to her former peace camp near President Bush’s ranch, Cindy Sheehan began a nearly two-week trek toward Washington D.C. on Tuesday with her sights set on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Officially announcing her run against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn’t move to impeach Bush by July 23, Sheehan said she relates to the people in her home state and chided Pelosi for keeping troops in danger.
“I know what Californians care about,” said Sheehan, who plans to run as an independent. “They don’t care about the ruling power elite.”
Sheehan first told The Associated Press on Sunday about her plans to challenge the top-ranking Democrat. She made it official Tuesday at Camp Casey, named after her 24-year-old son who was slain in Iraq and whose death first led Sheehan to Crawford in 2005 to demand a meeting with Bush.
Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said Tuesday that Pelosi’s “focus is on ending the war in Iraq.”
“She believes that the best way to support our troops in Iraq is to bring them home safely and soon,” Daly wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “Democrats will continue to hold the Bush Administration accountable by having votes in July to change course in Iraq; to responsibly redeploy our troops; and to refocus our effort on protecting Americans from terrorism.”
But Sheehan said Tuesday that’s not enough.
“You can’t bring the troops home if you give George Bush $100 billion to wage this war,” she said. “You’re not supporting them. You’re keeping them in harm’s way.”
Sheehan’s caravan then plans to leave for Houston, the first stop on what her supporters termed a “journey for humanity.”
Sheehan, who turned 50 on Tuesday, in May stunned fellow anti-war activists by announcing that she would sell the 5-acre protest site. She said she felt her efforts had been in vain and that she had endured hatred and smear tactics from the left as well as from the right.
Sheehan said Bush should be impeached is because she believes he misled the public about the reasons for going to war, violated the Geneva Convention by torturing detainees and crossed the line by commuting the prison sentence of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
Sheehan has said she lives in a Sacramento suburb but declined to disclose which city, citing safety reasons. The area is outside Pelosi’s district, but there are no residency requirements for congressional members, according to the California secretary of state’s office.
Sheehan spent a final long weekend at her 5-acre lot before ceremoniously handing the keys to its new owner, California radio talk show host Bree Walker.
Come on — she can’t seriously think she has a prayer of winning!
Hot Air had this video posted, of Cindy Sheehan on Fox News saying that “the little voice in Cindy Sheehan’s head” was what told her to run.
I’ve said it so many times, but her son must be spinning in his grave right now. He joined the Army in 2000, and then re-enlisted in 2004 — after the Iraqi War had begun, and he apparently even knew his unit was being sent to Iraq when he re-enlisted.
Casey Sheehan is a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country — and his mother jumped onto that opportunity to exploit his sacrifice and dishonor him, in order to push her own radical agenda.
Is there anything sadder than that?
But, as I said, it isn’t like she has a prayer of winning. Nancy Pelosi has held that seat for 20 years. She ain’t going nowhere.
Meanwhile, my buddy John Hawkins of Right Wing News has what very well could be her very first campaign ad:
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