Elections Have Consequences
Jan 25, 2010 Political
Since the day Obama won I have heard the words in the title more times than I care to remember. The same people who told me that Bush was evil and did not have a mandate to carry out an agenda are the ones who tell me Obama was elected for this reason or that and that he has a mandate to do what he wants to achieve his agenda. Elections have consequences, they say.
Yes, and just as those who did not favor Bush’s agenda (and I did not like some of it) were free to oppose him, we are free to oppose Obama. It does not make us racists or obstructionists or anything else. I recall the left telling us dissent was patriotic when they were the ones dissenting. Now it is racist. It is only true in the world of moonbats who see racism in every thing that a tea party gathering does but never once denounced the vile behavior of the Che T shirt wearing moonbats who opposed Bush and wished violence on him at every turn. I remember visiting the site of one person who comments here just after that grenade was thrown (or found) near Bush (the grenade did not go off) and the people commenting at that site were happy that Bush was not killed. Not because he was president or any thing other than they were worried that Bush being assassinated in another country would give us an excuse to have another war. They were OK with him being murdered here.
Well, elections do have consequences and even though many Democrats said (before the Massachusetts election) that a Brown victory would mean little and that they would still ram health care through (and they would try to do it before Brown was sworn in) they are now doing a 180. The support for the plan among Democrats has diminished and it is very unlikely that they will have the bill before Obama in time for the State of the Union Address.
While some Democrats are vowing to go full speed ahead (most notably, Obama) many are rethinking their position. Some are saying they need to take a month off from the issue, some are saying that the public must really be serious about not wanting it and others are saying that they might need to pare the bill down to the things that Republicans in Congress and the general public can get on board with.
The election of Republican Scott Brown in Democrat stronghold Massachusetts has turned the Democrats upside down. They are worried about their jobs and they are now trying to find a way to scuttle the health care bill without disgracing Obama (though they are more concerned with keeping their seats). Don’t be surprised to see the House and Senate reconcile a bill and send it to the Senate to have Republicans vote it down so they can blame it on the right and save face for Obama.
They went from ramming it through to trying to avoid it in the course of a week all because an unknown Republican won a Senate race in a very blue state.
Michael Goodwin of the New York Post has a great piece entitled; End of O’s cowardly lyin’, which begins:
We the people of the United States owe Scott Brown’s sup porters a huge debt of gratitude. They didn’t merely elect a senator. They ripped the façade off the Obama presidency.
Just as Dorothy and Toto exposed the ordinary man behind the curtain in “The Wizard of Oz,” the voters in Massachusetts revealed that, in this White House, there is no there there.
It’s all smoke and mirrors, bells and whistles, held together with glib talk, Chicago politics and an audacious sense of entitlement.
At the center is a young and talented celebrity whose worldview, we now know, is an incoherent jumble of poses and big-government instincts. His self-aggrandizing ambition exceeds his ability by so much that he is making a mess of everything he touches.
As the Cowardly Lion would say; “Ain’t it da troot, ain’t it da troot?”
America owes a debt of gratitude to the people of Massachusetts for electing Brown. That one act has the Democrats scurrying like the rodents they are.
The unraveling is fun to watch.
They might pull it together before the next election but I would not bet on it. They will tact to the center but can we trust them after what they did during Obama’s first year in office.
James Carville said that the Democrats would be in charge for 40 years after Obama was elected. At the rate they are going they might not make it a whole two years.
Who knows what will happen? They might change their game plan and get things right. Of course they can always drop back tot heir fail safe position.
Related:
FT.com
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Tags: health care, Obama, scott brown, unraveled
Democrats Between Barack And A Hard Place
Jan 20, 2010 Political
The Democrats suffered a huge defeat last night, a defeat that could spell disaster for them because it leaves them between Barack and a hard place. Their leader, Barack Obama, is determined to press on with his health care takeover plan. Fortunately for him he does not have to worry about being reelected for nearly three years unlike every Democrat in the House and many in the Senate who will face the public in ten short months.
Some Democrats have expressed that maybe, just maybe, they need to slow down on this health care issue. Maybe they need to scale it back, involve some Republicans and work things out rather than just ramming through a poor bill.
This is because they know what happened in Massachusetts can happen in any state in the union. They are aware that they can be defeated and lose their cushy, all expense paid jobs.
The problem the Democrats now have is that they forced a vote before Christmas which means it was before the election in Massachusetts. In their haste to pass something, anything, before Obama’s State of the Union Address they shot themselves in the foot. Why would they have had anything to worry about? Massachusetts is considered a very blue state and an easy win. Looks like they took Massachusetts and its people for granted.
The Senate Democrats rammed this through in the dead of night and forced it upon us. The people saw this and decided that electing a Republican would take away the filibuster proof majority and put some checks in place. That is how Scott Brown, a virtual unknown, came out of nowhere to beat the name recognition candidate on the left.
Democrats have spent quite some time telling us how wonderful this bill is and that they are looking out for us and they would not vote for it if it were bad blah, blah. Now they might have to decide if they really want to vote for it. Those who did then but don’t now will lose credibility because the public will see that they were lying about how wonderful it was. The public will see that when they said they were willing to lose their jobs to pass it they really did not mean it. And if they do not pass the bill it will be perceived as a failure by the left wing base.
If they decide to pass it with no regard for what took place in Massachusetts then they will be siging their own political death warrants.
Make no mistake, this was about health care. A lot of things can be said to have played in on this such as Coakley being a poor candidate or running a poor campaign but the reality is that Brown campaigned on being anti this legislation. He signed autographs with the number 41 indicating he would be the 41st vote and would end this mess.
Barack Obama flew up to Massachusetts like Mighty Mouse to save the day and he did not once mention health care in the speech he gave (neither did Coakley). If the health care was so wonderful and Obama wanted it passed and people loved it so much, why did they not mention it?
They did not mention it because people are not in favor of it. People do not want the mess they are peddling and Obama knows this and that is why he did not mention it. Any other time he is talking about it and the need for it. He did not discuss it here because it was the defining issue in the campaign.
Perhaps the voters of Massachusetts noticed that he failed to speak about his signature legislation and figured that there was a reason.
Whatever they felt, the people of Massachusetts did a wonderful thing for this country by driving a stake through the hearts of the blood suckers in the Democrat machine.
Hey Washington, can you hear us now?
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Tags: brown, coakley, health care, Massachusetts, Obama
Democrats Are In Panic Mode In Massachusetts
Jan 10, 2010 Political
US Army veteran and candidate for the US Senate in Massachusetts Scott Brown is causing quite a stir among those in the liberal establishment who believe that the Senate seat in question is “Ted Kennedy’s” seat and that Martha Coakley is the rightful owner of that seat but has yet to go through the formality of an election. Rasmussen found Brown 9 points behind Coakley last week but my liberal commenters discounted this because they say Rasmussen is a shill for Republicans and if -9 is all he could scare up then she is doing OK.
This week finds us using a left wing polling organization, Public Policy Polling, which shows Brown with a 1 point lead which makes this race a toss-up. Brown could certainly lose this election very easily because the Democrats have a lot of tools at their disposal. SEIU is out in full force and supporting Coakley and MoveOn.org is in the mix helping her. Add in ACORN and its criminal activities and we see the shenanigans the left is known for. This is especially true when one considers that Massachusetts is a very blue state and, for some reason, the Kennedys think they own that Senate Seat.
Let me be clear, this seat is not Ted Kennedy’s seat, it belongs to the people. It was the seat held by Kennedy but he did not own it despite what Democrats will have you believe. No one can blame them because Ted Kennedy acted as if he owned the seat. He acted as if he and his Democrats owned both of them. He worked to have the law changed so if John Kerry won the presidency in 2004, Mitt Romney could not appoint a Republican to the seat. There had to be a special election. When Kennedy was near the end of his life he asked the legislature to change the law back so that the now Democrat Governor could appoint a Democrat to fill the seat when Kennedy died. They did that and we are now faced with the typical shenanigans Democrats are known for.
The latest poll shows that Republicans and Independents heavily favor Brown. Coakley has name recognition and has a lot of liberal support but many folks are unhappy with the health care reform being rammed through Congress. Most folks who supported Kennedy’s dream of universal health care do not believe what is going through Congress is anything close to what he wanted. Democrats are less enthusiastic about this election and the youth will likely not be out in force like it was in 2008.
Republicans and Independents are fired up and the seniors are always a reliable voting block. This is going to mean trouble for Ms. Coakley but she still has 9 days to get the SEIU and ACORN bandits out to work some magic.
The Weekly Standard says the poll is likely to spur the Democrat machine to get busy in Massachusetts and that is spot on.
Democrats have already begun contingency plans in case Brown wins. The state of Massachusetts must wait 10 days after a federal election for absentee and military ballots. The state will wait to certify even if there is no mathematical possibility for Brown to lose because of these ballots. The state plans to delay signing the election certification as long as it can so that the interim appointment can vote on the health care bill in the Senate. The Democrats have a plan to delay the duly elected Senator from Massachusetts if that person happens to be a Republican. If Coakley wins she will likely be certified very quickly and sworn in as soon as humanly possible.
These Democrats are the same ones who whined about Al Franken even though he was involved in a legal recount. These Democrats are the ones who want people in DC and sworn in immediately when they are Democrats. These people are showing the American public exactly how underhanded and unethical they are. They are willing to thwart the will of the people in Massachusetts in order to get what they want. As Gateway Pundit reports, Democrats are stripping amendments that Republicans had put in the bills and that were approved. They are unethical and will do what they want regardless of what it means.
If Brown wins it will be a clear sign that NO ONE is safe. If a Republican wins in Massachusetts it will be another shot heard round the world and will signal that Democrats are in real trouble. But it will also tell them to ram as much as they can now because it will be their last chance.
We need Scott Brown to win. The lawyers can work on what happens after in order to get him in the Senate. All of it will be moot if Brown loses so you folks in Massachusetts need to elect Scott Brown in order to stop the run away government.
Remember folks, the same government that is running TSA and Homeland Security wants to run your health care.
Others:
Riehl World View
Big Government shows exactly how they will obtain power and push in universal health care. Be very careful of what you let these people do. THIS IS A MUST READ.
Wall Street Journal – Where America Ranks Number One In Health Care
HillBuzz talks about the Democrats refusal to seat Brown should he win. The word is people will set up an office for Brown on the Capitol steps if they have to. Screw that. If they will not seat him I say we enter the Capitol by force of arms and PUT him in his office. If they want to play hardball let’s show them what hardball is.
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Tags: corruption, deception, health care, lies, martha coakley, Obama, scott brown, senate vote, ted kennedy
Ben Nelson Should Have Waited
Jan 7, 2010 Political
Ben Nelson sold his political career in the US Senate for Obamacare. Nelson was opposed to provisions of the plan and eventually took a payoff to give his vote even though the payoff did not correct that to which he was opposed. It did, however, give him a provision that requires the rest of the country to pay the tab for Nebraska’s Medicare.
Ever since Nelson sold is soul for party politics his constituents have been letting him have an earful and he has been running around trying to explain why he sold out. Nelson is now saying that Democrats should have waited on health care and focused on the economy.
Mr. Nelson, YOU could have forced them to wait. You claim that Democrats should have waited but you had the power to slow down the process and allow the debate (such that it was with Republicans blocked out) to continue. You sold your vote and now you are trying to blame your party.
You are really a pathetic little man. You voted for the bill and regardless of the reason you should have the testicular fortitude to stand up and take responsibility for YOUR vote. The voters know why you did it so all the rationalizing in the world is not going to save you on this issue. Be a man and accept the responsibility for your actions. The only thing you have going for you is that you are not up for reelection until 2012 but I believe that will be the end of your time in the Senate. Nebraskans will not forget how you betrayed them and how you sold your vote in favor of party politics.
You folks in the great state of Nebraska need to keep pressure on this little man and hold him accountable. It did not take C-SPAN for Americans to see how Nelson betrayed is constituents.
Speaking of C-SPAN, CBS is now on the Obama is not transparent bandwagon. In a piece entitled, Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency, CBS reports:
During the campaign, though, candidate Obama regularly promised something different – to broadcast all such negotiations on C-SPAN, putting the entire process of pounding out health care reform out in the open. (That promise applied to the now-completed processing of forging House and Senate bills, too.)
Back when Republicans controlled Congress and George W. Bush was in the White House, it was Democrats who angrily complained about secret backroom deals.
Now the roles are reversed.
CBS and the rest of the Lame Stream Media carried the water for Obama and helped him get elected. He could not have gotten better treatment from them if he had paid them to campaign for him (and maybe he did) so it is interesting that CBS would point out this glaring lie that is Obama. But in a fashion for which the LSM is known, CBS comes to the table just a little bit late in the discussion. From the start of this debate it was obvious that it would not be transparent and that Democrats were hiding in rooms with the doors closed negotiating under cover of darkness. Democrats went extremely covert after Town Hall meetings in August where constituents let them have it with both barrels. Rather than address constituent concerns or take a new look, Democrats hunkered down in bunkers away from the public’s eye. Welcome to the party CBS, even if you are many months too late.
How long before you report on the moon landing?
As for cover of darkness, a Pennsylvania Democrat looking to unseat Arlen Specter, says that the blame for the drop in public support falls squarely on the Democrats.
Rep. Joe Sestak blames Democratic leaders for the plunge in public support for overhauling the health care system, saying Wednesday they failed to defend proposals that helped carry the party to victories in 2008.
“They said it would be transparent. Why isn’t it?” said Sestak, a Delaware County Democrat, in a meeting with Tribune-Review editors and reporters. “At times, I find the caucus is a real disappointment. We aren’t transparent, not just to the public but at times to the members.” Pittsburgh Tribune
CBS is pointing out the Democrat’s lack of transparency and a Democrat is pointing out the same thing and blaming it, in part, for the lack of support. When Republicans complain about the lack of transparency we are greeted with assurances that this has been the most transparent administration and Congress in history.
Evidently, some of their own are finding that the only transparency involved is how transparent the lies are.
UPDATE: Jack Cafferty of CNN rips Obama on transparency and hopes voters remember this in the midterm elections.
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Tags: cbs, Democrats, health care, Obama, sestak, specter, transparency. lies
C-SPAN Asks Congress To Make Good On Obama’s Promise
Jan 6, 2010 Political
During the campaign, candidate Obama promised that the health care debate would be out in the open and would be debated on C-SPAN but that has not happened. The health care debate has been carried out in closed door meetings where shady deals were cut to gain support. The so called transparency of Obama is out the window and regardless of how many morons claim he has not lied or broken a promise, the truth is that he has. He said the debate would be on C-SPAN and it has not been.
C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote to the leaders in Congress and asked them to open the last part of the debate to the public by fulfilling Obama’s promise, that is to put it on C-SPAN. Since the Democrats are already negotiating the bill behind closed doors and skirting the reconciliation process it is very unlikely that the debate will get any air time. I will make te prediction now that they will say no and it will not be debated in the open.
Nancy Pelosi just slapped the American people in the face by claiming that there has never been a more open process. I guess if weekend and middle of the night votes after closed door secret meetings define openness then she is correct. However, since the definition of open has a different meaning, Pelosi is lying.
It was Nancy Pelosi who told us that; “The Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical congress in history.” Well, they might have intended to but they certainly have not. Charlie Rangel, Timothy Geithner, and Chris Dodd lead the cast of many in the Democrat party who have had ethics problems. The corrupt manner in which votes were bought in the Senate in no way reflects openness and the closed door secret meetings defy the claim of “most open.”
Democrats are in trouble and some have read the writing on the wall and have decided not to seek reelection. Many others will become victims of their actions, a fate Obama and “safe” Democrats seem to be OK with.
The Democrats intended to be the most open and ethical and Obama promised to air the health care debate on C-SPAN. None of this has happened because they will say anything to get elected and to fool the public. They did what they had to do to get in office and now they are doing what they want, the public be damned.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for any of this to be on C-SPAN. You will die from lack of oxygen long before you get to exact your revenge in November.
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