The Pelosi Republicans
I rolled my eyes a few weeks ago when GOP Whip Eric Cantor whined that Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t meet with Republicans.
Instead of wasting breath looking desperate, the GOP leadership should have been making sure each and every member fully understood the devastating impact of cap-and-tax and had properly girded their loins against being bought off.
Pelosi had no qualms meeting with turncoat Republicans before Friday’s vote. Happy now, Rep. Cantor? Via The Hill:
Pelosi does not usually meet with Republicans, but she met with at least seven GOP centrists. Five of them (Reps. Michael Castle (Del.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Leonard Lance (N.J.), Frank LoBiondo (N.J.) and Dave Reichert (Wash.)) subsequently backed the bill. Three other Republicans – Reps. Mary Bono Mack (Calif.), John McHugh (N.Y.) and Chris Smith (N.J.) – voted yes. Bono Mack had backed the bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee. McHugh, if confirmed by the Senate, will be Obama’s secretary of the Army.
Maybe Rep. Cantor can tell us what Pelosi and her cap-and-tax Republicans discussed in their meetings besides the weather.
Show us your earmarks and payoffs.
The Hill looks at how fence-sitting Democrats crumbled:
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas). Doggett had called the legislation crafted by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) “weak” on the House floor, adding he could not support it. He later changed his mind in a huge blow to GOP hopes of taking down the bill.
Alan Grayson (D-Fla.). Grayson may be a freshman, but he knows how to horse-trade like a veteran legislator. For his “yes” vote, Grayson secured a $50 million hurricane research center in his district.
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). The Ohio lawmaker is not shy about blasting House Democratic leaders on various issues and bucking them on the floor. Like Doggett, she went to the House floor to complain about the climate bill, but subsequently voted for it.
Frank Kratovil (D-Md.). The freshman lawmaker was seen on the House floor on Thursday shaking his head no as Pelosi buttonholed him. Kratovil, one of the most vulnerable Democrats, voted yes on Friday. He likely was leaned on by fellow Maryland Democrats, Reps. Steny Hoyer and Chris Van Hollen, who are Pelosi’s deputies in leadership.
David Scott (D-Ga.). Scott, an Agriculture Committee member, was on the fence earlier this week, but was persuaded to support the measure.
Heath Shuler (D-N.C.). The former Redskins quarterback seems to enjoy being a maverick, publicly ripping Democrats on immigration reform and other matters. Shuler fell in line on this vote.
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Rush is asking the question what would the 8 get? He seems to think money for re-election from wall street. Gobs of money will be made for the carbon crud, etc. Nan, bho, mo, and so many others to name will make millions. GE and tboone are in big time.
L
Centerists, as in “self-centered.”
Its all about them and how they can line their pockets – they make out whether or not they are reelected. Who cares about constituencies. Constituencies don’t pay well for a life-style to which these vermin have come to enjoy and expect.
Shuler’s vote was a small surprise to me. I thought he had more sense than to support something this patently insane.
I hope the good people of North Carolina send him a strong message next November and replace him. You deserve what you get when you vote for a socialist party!
This bill (pronounced Crap Sandwich), is worthy of “spirited debate” much like those that occurred between 1774 and 1781…. If this POS passes, we need to make these scoundrels aware of their political mortality. The real voters need to get out and vote in 2010!!!
Are you all aware in the bill is if you want to sell your house, a gov. person comes in to see if it is up to the new standards and you can not sell unless you up-grade to their standards? Rush is talking about it now. It is in the 1300 page ‘bill’.
L
It looks like she made them an offer they couldn’t refuse.
So if you are flat broke and need to sell to avoid foreclosure, you might as well just let it go. Because then the bank has to fix it up to regain anything. BONUS, it usualy takes 6 months to foreclose, thats 6 months rent free!!!
If I ever do move back to New Zeland, this might be what I do because I sure won’t have the money to fix up anything to mythical warming standards.
These politicians remind me of the old joke about an exchange between a handsome businessman and a lady he met in a lounge.
After a lengthy amount of time making small talk the business man says to the woman, “You know you are really an attractive woman. Would you sleep with a man for $2 million?”
The woman replied, “That’s quite a question. I suppose for $2 million dollars I would.”
The man then asked, “Would you sleep with me for twenty dollars?
The shocked woman replied, “Twenty dollars! Just what kind of a woman do you think I am?”
The man responded, “Your answer to my first question established that. Now we are just haggling over price.”
With these bottom feeders, it is just a matter of using our tax dollars and more debt on our kids to provide Nancy with the “right price.”
Why hasn’t LGM been here to inform us that we believe in the flat earth theory and call us holacaust deniers yet???
Be careful what you wish for.
I suspect that eventually a commisar, under Dear Leader’s administration, will be assigned to make sure your house is up to “their” standards even you’re not selling it. Also, perhaps to see how many more people your house can accomodate. It’d be a shame to waste a 4-bedroom house on just two people, now, wouldn’t it?
Trust me, David Scott (D-GA), was never “on the fence.” I don’t think he has ever voted against Madame Nancy or the Democrat leadership. He doesn’t represent his constituents and the only creditials he has for being elected are related to skin color and political affilitation.
I was surprised last Friday when I saw him raise some question about the effects of this legislation in creating a new deriatives market. I am surprised because he ain’t that smart to have come up with that on his own. He wouldn’t know a a deriative market from a farmer’s market, but it allowed him to appear on tv, show some reservations, all the while knowing he was going to vote for the bill.
For those of us who pay attention, he wasn’t fooling anyone and for those who vote for him every election cycle simply for the (D) after his name it doesn’t matter.
I have no doubt Mr Scott will be properly rewarded for his little participation in the Democrat organized dog and pony show.
I’m betting Mark Kirk was blackmailed into voting “Yes”. He just ended his marriage of convenience.
Cantor insists on representing “the other Democratic party”. Did he or John Boehner even try to sway the Blue Dog Dems who are always complaining that the GOP never approaches them?
All of this post-loss whining by the GOP leadership is nothing but Kabuki window dressing. Defeating this bill was very doable but once again, the GOP hands the Dems yet another landmark victory.
No incumbents in 2010!!!
Well McHugh’s vote is understandable since he will be working for Obama. I wonder how he would make the Army greener? Perhaps he will trade A1M1’s for a squad of Prius cars? That should frighten American enemies.
Also, how credible are the Republicans on Cap and Trade when you take into account that this bill was originally introduced as the McCain-Lieberman bill last year? The party officially recognizes global warming as a serious problem.
I predict another “gang of McCain/McConnell” will guide the final version through the Senate and declare victory. Pathetic.
Michelle,
Can you bring up the issue from Fox news this AM regarding supression of an EPA report that questions the global warming “science”.
Link to video:
http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/23765754/hot-air.htm#q=epa+report
GOP Whip Eric Cantor Repeat after me:
Do not talk to the Bug Eyed Broad
Do not talk to the Bug Eyed Broad
Do not talk to the Bug Eyed Broad
Do not talk to the Bug Eyed Broad
Do not talk to the Bug Eyed Broad
Do not talk to the Bug Eyed Broad
Say it until you mean it.
RedRepub: Mark Kirk is meeting his true Love-the Idaho Studmeister- in a Minnesota men’s room at the moment so let’s not bother him. He is learning the Minnesota Men’s Room Double Tap as it were-not that there is anything wrong with that, certainly not.
*It’s all just political posturing on the part of the RINO’s that voted yes and the DEM’s that voted no; The drip, drip, drip of information about the Wacky-Marxist Bill will continue to open the eyes of more and more people; Then you can expect a lot of incumbents to get blown out of office when voting commences in November 2010.
*The Tea Party protests have to transform over time into a Web based Clearing House that identifies those incumbents to target for removal and the new faces to support in their place; And it has to be free of any party influence; And the slogan could be “Independent of Party, United for Liberty”, as we lay waste to these rat bastards who have declared “Death to America” through their seriously flawed socialist ideology; Let’s get it done in 2010 and 2012!
Don’t forget the Tea Parties this weekend and please don’t forget the eight that allowed this to happen.
Senate=corruption
Add history
Repeat
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By the way, this afternoon some of the Delaware Tea Party patriots were going to Komrade Castle (R? DE)’s “Healthcare Listening Session” to give him a word or two…
I wonder when the Right Reverand Al Gore will set up his confession booths(to confess your taxable soul),and have his goonish altar boys TAKE your donations for Indulgences as forgivness of future “carbon sins”…
I saw Kirk in a parade yesterday (no- not the gay pride parade) and shouted out “I can’t believe you voted for Cap and Trade”- he tried to ignore me, but eventually said something about “trying to avert the danger”. I guess he considers Pelosi dangerous.
Mary Bono Macks vote: “Payback for Enron.”
I’ll go one further, Michelle, and ask
’show us your knees’
If the gov wants to inspect homes to confirm the condition prior to selling, exactly why would anyone want to purchase or sell a home? I’m not feeling so great about owning one now. Do they want us all to default so they can hand the keys to ACORN?
spaceycakes
“I’ll go one further, Michelle, and ask
’show us your knees’”
And here I thought only the White House offered commemorative kneepads. Who knew?
bogtrotter,I believe Barney Frank has a cupboard full. Begorra!
Expose the earmarks and payoffs!!!
Perhaps the purpose of the placeholder was to capture all the unfinished deals for earmarks at the time.
Waxman was “concerned” over how much time the minority lead took to discuss the amendment (heaven forbid the house actually talk about what was in it), but putting through blank check placeholders is a-ok with him? Is there any procedural precedent in that?
I was mildly surprised as well considering the coal in the NC mountains. Heath should know better.
Nanci Pelosi is Satan. So is Obama. Together they have emerged from the Underworld to spread evil and death.
Exactly! In CA, owning a property is like nailing your feet to the floor while the government levies one tax after another on a property you can’t sell and that stands to lose another 25-30% in the next 12-18 months.
Because I rent, I can pull up stakes and move my business to wherever I choose whenever I decide to. That’s the beauty of being self-employed with a book of clients. All I need is a computer, a phone and a place to sit. I can own again when (if) it becomes safe again to do so.
Let’s not forget Rep. J. Flake’s job is to represent his constituents of Az. not being an emotional support for his daughter in a contest. It was the quarter finals at that. This bill is a job and life style killing POS bill, it was important he vote.
Grant it, it’s only one vote, but they count and he should be counted out in 2010. He did not do his job for America nor for his constituents in Az.
McHugh obviously got his military marching orders — if you want to be Sec. of the Army for The One, vote for Cap & Tax. As for Mary Bono, well, RINO material. The others? I just don’t want to see them get any funding from the party when they run for re-election, and I want to see a conservative pitted against them in the primaries.
Tip O’Neill and the thieves of the Congresses of the 70’s and 80’s would be proud of these underhanded deals plunging our beloved country into socialism and dividing we the people like no others had done before.
My, it is so easy to promise things. Ole Nancy probably jetted back to San Fran after the vote to tell her friends how she put one over on the stupid repub turncoats. No wonder the demos are controlling things if there are idiot ass-kissers like these calling themselves republicans.
I called Congressman Manzullo’s Ill. office today, and thanked them for his NO vote and then told them of the trouble I’d been having in my numerous attempts to reach Congressman Kirk. I requested they pass the message on to Congressman Kirk regarding my invitation to my mother’s funeral sometime between 11/1 and 12/31 when she is forced to decide whether she will heat her home or pay for her medications. They were extremely polite and understanding, and I believe they may pass the message on to Manzullo in hopes that he will pass it on to Kirk.
I know some people advocate throwing out all Congressional incumbents, but we in the GA 7th District have excellent representation in the person of John Linder. He’s an R, but not a RINO.
John’s constituents got an email Alert from him about cap and trade this afternoon, in which he states, in part, “… the largest tax increase in decades, under the guise of energy. As discouraging as it is that this frightening bill prevailed, I want to remind you that this is just one step in the process and the fight is far from over. The Senate must still act on this legislation, so you still have an opportunity to have your voice heard by your Senators….”
Yeah. Right. Those Senators are another story. I don’t trust those two RINOs any farther than I can throw them. We almost got rid of Chambliss last year. In what was supposed to have been an easy victory, he ended up in a runoff with the Dim candidate. IMO, the Dim would have beat Chambliss in the runoff, had his campaign managers not run adds linking him closely with Obamessiah. Big mistake in Georgia; now no one even remembers his name.
We need a Liberty Party, and we need it now!
I am thinking Constitutional Party if we can’t stop McCain but I need
A BIGGER STOCKPILE OF AMMO, FOOD AND WATER-working here boss. At the moment I am building a bigger storage box for my handloads.
God Bless America except for the Blue States.
Constitutional Party sounds fine too, Arizona.
Ammo, yes; but I’ve been remiss – haven’t thought about stockpiling food and water for myself, even though I’ve advised a son on the subject, including having a well dug and surrounding it with a mini-fort. Is Consumer Guide a good source for advice? Or maybe ask some Mormons?
Come and get them!
Shuler is my Congressman (Western NC). With the exception of the Berkeley-lite crowd in Asheville, his Yes vote will not endear him to most of his constituents.
My guess is he would have liked to vote No to continue his maverick charade and boost his chances for re-election next year, but Nancy told him he got to vote with the Republicans the last time, so he has to wait until his turn comes around again. That’s how it works on the Democrat side of the aisle.
There are a lot of us here in the mountains that will remember this in November, 2010, Heath.
It would be easy to assume that given the Republicans are in the minority and up against great odds with liberal Democrats, they would at least get their own members in lock step to oppose destructive legislation instead of fawning after tv cameras, microphones, and begging to be let back into the cocktail party.
For some of these a-holes, it’s all about the club they belong to, and nothing about serving the people of the United States of America.
This bill is so horrible and corrupt, only bribery and blackmail can get it passed. Chicago mafia tactics at work. Please, can we get rid of these people NOW?? Anyone who is in the position to be bribed or blackmailed must go, as well as the thugs who are doing the arm-twisting. We already know where Obama stands on all of this. Just look at his stand on Honduras…the same as Castro’s and Hugo Chavez. He still chooses his friends by the same standards that he always used. Nothing has changed from the days of Bill Ayers, that Wright character, and Tony (The Realtor) Rezko. Spit.
If this passes, it will be interesting to see how many houses will “accidentally” burn to the ground to collect fire insurance, rather than have to adhere to impossible standards. Of course, by then, government will probably own all the insurance companies and ban the selling of fire insurance.
If you’re into storing food. efoodsdirect .com is a good if expensive source. Getting ammo is an increasingly hard thing to do.
Kabuki. The Repubs only fight when defeat is already certain. Keeps their ACU conservative numbers inflated. But when the game is on the line, Gangs of McCain. They always deliver just enough “maverick” votes to hand the Dems landmark victories.
Don’t look for help from the
RepublicansAssistant Democrats. It’s about conservatives, not parties.Go Sarah!