The Hill newspaper is reporting that Speaker Pelosi is finding that the tough slog that the healthcare debate is having in the House of Representatives is the “price” she is paying for the arrogant rushing of the Cap and Trade bill that the Democratic leadership earlier forced through the House. The way that bill was rammed down the throats of Democrat moderates rankled them and they are getting payback by slowing progress, even opposing parts, of the healthcare bill.
Pelosi rushed the climate bill through without giving her own members time to read the bill and come to understand it. The result was a vote that has gotten moderates beaten up pretty well by constituents that were never given an opportunity to voice their opinions before their representatives voted.
Since the climate bill, moderates are “once bitten” on rushing to vote on an issue before they’ve had a chance to digest the thing and bring it back home to get a feel from their voters as to which way they should go. With that experience, they don’t want to rush into healthcare in the same way they did the climate bill that has caused so many of them so much heartburn.
What this all means, folks, is that even Democrats are starting to feel the heat over the gigantic price tag of this healthcare boondoggle as well as the other horrible aspects of this bill. So even if you have Democrat representatives you have the opportunity to voice your opposition to this nationalization of nearly 29% of our economy.
Call your representative and tell them you don’t want government rationing, government mandates, doctors eliminated from decision making, and crushing taxes raised to pay for this foolishness. There is still time to knock this deal down.
(Cross posted at HealthcareHorseRace.com)
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I think this is the second or third bitten
ceili_dancer (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 10:03AM EST (link)Considering that everything is a crisis, The porkulus bill and there is probably some other that I can’t currently recall.Hopefully, someone wakes up and grows a pair over there, but I doubt it. Strong-arm tactics are the hallmark of this Congress, Administration and their party.
But Obama's Saying It Can't Wait!
farstar99 (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 12:18PM EST (link)It’s a crisis.
Disaster is looming!
Don’t read it!
Just sign the damn check right now or I’ll sic the White House Press Corps on you!
Do it now!
Do it now!
Do it now!
Everything will be all better once you’ve spent the money!
Immediate relief!
Any politician who complies deserves death.
I concur
conteach (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 6:27PM EST (link)See my post
http://www.redstate.com/conteach/2009/07/18/mr-obama-can-i-just-say-back-off-my-take-on-health-care/
Obama must stop bullying and he has to stop artional Pelosi’s Botox before she goes all postal on the folks who are telling them to SLOW DOWN!
Gordon
Pelosi says she has the support of the American people.
NeoKong (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 10:31AM EST (link)http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/07/17/pelosi_on_health_care_we_have_the_support_of_the_american_people.html
Couldn’t embed it it.
Check it out. She is crazy as a jay bird.
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saw this
Janice Cantore Saturday, July 18th at 11:00AM EST (link)I saw rhis article and wonder what planet Pelosi is on. What scares me is she’ll repeat it over and over, so will the president and the state run media and soon we’ll have governement run health care because the American people want it
Janice Cantore
The Best Polling Data Says Only a Third
farstar99 (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 2:27PM EST (link)The best polls (from their standpoint) show that the only support is coming from out of her state and a few metropolitan areas in the east.
Everybody else smells the rat.
Empress Nancy has no clothes
Freedoms Truth (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 4:33PM EST (link)“She is crazy as a jay bird.”
I thought it was ‘naked as a jay bird’…
In any case, the Emperor or Empress has no clothes here, so to speak. They think they have a popular, workable answer to getting ‘universal healthcare’, what they really have is a bill that destroys healthcare freedom, innovation, efficiency and choice, and does at the cost of higher taxes, state budgets raided, and medicare patients screwed. Nice job, a sort of “we had to destroy this US healthcare system in order to save it” agenda.
They are stark naked and stark raving mad, both.
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"Empress Nancy has no clothes?"
oldphart Saturday, July 18th at 6:43PM EST (link)Please, why did you have to do that? Is there any way to disinfect an imagination? My minds’ eye has been severely injured.
Why did you say " naked " ?
NeoKong (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 8:24PM EST (link)Ick.
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Protest Rallies
Scope (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 11:25AM EST (link)The Dem Rep from my neighboring district (which I could throw a rock into) has had 3 protest rallies at his local office. The local Tea Party organizer advertised on his website, and it was announced on local talk radio, that there was a protest rally at Perriellos office before he voted for the Cap and Tax bill. There was no way he would have voted against it, because he is one of the biggest “Greenies” in Congress. There were a handful of people that showed up. After Perriellos vote, there was another rally, again at his office, where a few hundred people showed up. Yesterday, there was another rally at his office, this time asking that he not vote for the Healthcare Bill. The crowd got even larger. There is only just so much sidewalk space at his office location, the people are spilling into the street. The rallies are always held at 4PM on weekdays. They get local news attention, even though the city is very liberal. Those showing up are not just Republicans, they are from all parties. The Tea Party organizer never gave a public speech, never organized a lemonade stand before, and certainly is from the working/middle class. I would encourage anyone who has the time and the concern for what is happening with the Liberals to take to the streets. All you need is a bullhorn, and a bunch of disenfranchised citizens, and there are many. They will come. If you can get the rally announced as an event in your local paper or local radio, the word will get out. It seems to work better than a gazillion phone calls, faxes and emails. They just turn all of the stuff off, and vote as they wish.
I think there is a great possibility of the thing not even coming up for a vote before the 2010 elections, as the Blue Dog Reps are all up for re-election in 2010. After that, they hopefully won’t still have the majority. It’s been fun watching Madame Pelosi cook her own goose.
I read a report about someone
Rapunzel46 Saturday, July 18th at 3:55PM EST (link)here is Arizona called Congressman Mitchell’s office (remember he beat out JD Hayworth for his seat) and got the runaround — basically what are you worried about, you can keep your insurance if you like it… the caller informed Mitchell’s office that is not in the bill and perhaps they should read it and get their facts straight, she hung up on him, he called back and got someone else and the same story and same hang up, then called Shaddegg’s office and not only was the person on the phone friendly and knowledgeable, but gave him some hints on how he can help defeat this bill.
Scope: do you have any links to news articles or videos or the web site?
ColdWarrior (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 6:44PM EST (link)Scope,
Thanks for posting your comment.
Do you have any links you could post regarding the protests, the organizers, the news media coverage, videos, etc.?
Thank you.
We had similar protests here in the Phoenix area and down in Tucson which got some media coverage. My Detbtocrat socialist Rep. Harry Mitchell had two protests out side office yesterday.
Here’s some video:
That’s Tom Jenney, the Director of the Arizona Chapter of Americans for Prosperity, which helped organize and get out the word about the protest.
And here’s a really good video of some of those protesting socialized medicine, in their own words, over in Mesa, AZ yesterday:
Thank you.
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What Happens To Pelosi If Her Caucus Gets Away From Her?
IJB Saturday, July 18th at 12:54PM EST (link)I think that’s the interesting question here, and this may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. She’s already had “issues”, and if Healthcare goes down on a floor vote, it might as well be a Vote of No Confidence in her leadership.
At that point, expect a full-on battle-to-the-death between the nutter Leftists, and the less Leftie-but-more-power-hungry, segments of the House Dem caucus.
It would not surprise me in the least if Steny Hoyer was Speaker of the House by New Year’s…
I wouldn't look for a change before Jan. 2011
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 12:58PM EST (link)I don’t see Hoyer taking a risk by m aking a move prematurely.
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Of course by then...
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 12:59PM EST (link)The post in question may be “House minority leader.”
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I Think If Hoyer & Obama See an Opportunity...
IJB Saturday, July 18th at 1:10PM EST (link)…To take Pelosi out, they’ll take it.
I could be wrong, but that’s the impression I’ve been getting.
He is still a liberal democrat
Rapunzel46 Saturday, July 18th at 3:51PM EST (link)but at least the man has a little bit of common sense, Pelosi is crazy as a loon, Hoyer is slick as a snake oil salesman.
I think Nancy is the one we want to run against
JoeG Saturday, July 18th at 5:42PM EST (link)Our best chance in 2010 comes from nationalizing the house races. She will be easier to demonize than Hoyer.
Democrats are running the train off a CLIFF!!
Fernman Saturday, July 18th at 5:41PM EST (link)All Democrat Leadership , from Pelosi to Hoyer from Reid to Boxer and the entire White House folks echo the same VP Bidens’ “… We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt” mentality. This is sheer lunacy.
We cannot spend ourselves out of the cap and tax problem and we sure as heck cannot spend ourselves out of this health care problem!!!
Are people so dumb they cannot see this!!!!!
Fernando Caballero
Why are Senate Republicans scared of Obama?
Blue Dog Democrats do not exist!!!!
Fernman Saturday, July 18th at 5:46PM EST (link)People who vote for Democrat candidates are dumb and foolish to believe that “my” representative is a Blue Dog Democrat. What bunch of morons… those things do not exist.
When Pelosi screams “JUMP” ALL Democrats ask “HOW HIGH?”
The 44 Democrats who did not vote for the Cap and Tax Bill did so AFTER the bill passed because they were all scared of contradicting Queen Pelosi. I can’t believe people so dumb as to believe in the existence of Blue Dog Democrats can even VOTE!!!
Fernando Caballero
Why are Senate Republicans scared of Obama?
I call them Pelosi Poodles
Freedoms Truth (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 5:49PM EST (link)PELOSI POODLE and a pic of French dog would make a
Of course, anyone knows how Pelosi is playing the game. She only needs 220 votes to pass bills, so she can let a few blue dogs loose on each vote and STILL get a massive liberal agenda passed.
We need to make people realize that ANY VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT IS A VOTE FOR PELOSI.
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I mostly agree as we have heard all this before - I will wait
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, July 18th at 6:51PM EST (link)for the final votes on the budget and health care to determine if any dems are really conservative on anything at all.
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