She doesn’t have the votes

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 23, 2009 12:01 PM


Photoshop: Ray D.

Know your failure, Nancy. And own it:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi counted votes Thursday night and determined she could not pass a “robust public option” — the most aggressive of the three forms of a public option House Democrats have been considering as part of a national overhaul of health care.

Pelosi’s decision—coupled with a significant turn of events yesterday during a private White House meeting—points to an increasingly likely compromise for a “trigger” option for a government plan.

Administration officials have been telling POLITICO for weeks now that this the most likely compromise because it can probably satisfy liberals—albeit only reluctantly and after many vent frustration and some even threaten to walk away from the bill.

This would clear the way for backers to sneak a limited public option through the Senate by attracting moderate Democrats and then to win President Barack Obama’s signature.

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  1. #1
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm, cheapseat said:

    michelle; this b***h will castrate weak kneed politicians until she gets the votes. this person is despised and feared, with good cause.

  2. #2
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    She’ll get the votes. She’ll pass out the pork.

  3. #3
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm, pueblo1032 said:

    Hey NANA, do you smell 2010 coming???

  4. #4
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm, wren said:

    We absolutely must vote Nancy Pelosi out of office in 2010!

    Dana Walsh is running against Pelosi in San Francisco.

    http://www.DanaWalshForCongress.com

  5. #5
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm, jangar said:

    She doesn’t have the votes

    …but she’s got the nads. BIG ones too.

  6. #6
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 pm, tre said:

    This would clear the way for backers to sneak a limited public option through the Senate by attracting moderate Democrats and then to win President Barack Obama’s signature.

    In other words, by hook or by CROOK, they’ll get it any way they can!

  7. #7
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:37 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    points to an increasingly likely compromise for a “trigger” option for a government plan.

    That will shoot more holes in the Constitution and our sovereign liberties, no doubt!

  8. #8
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Nothing that a wooden stake and a wreath of garlic couldn’t cure.

  9. #9
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm, zyzzyg said:

    Well, it does not really matter. What should happen is an up or down vote.

    Yep, there is the tradition and accepted practice of vote counting. Does not matter. People misrepresent what they are going to do all the time.

    Just vote.

  10. #10
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm, zyzzyg said:

    Well, it does not really matter. What should happen is an up or down vote.

    Yep, there is the tradition and accepted practice of vote counting. Does not matter. People misrepresent what they are going to do all the time.

    Just vote.

  11. #11
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Lindsay said:

    Good news this Friday from DC. The Blue Dawgs must be worried to jump the sinking ship of the public option.

    Speaking of Dawgs, and completely off topic, am rooting for the MSU Bulldogs tomorrow against the Florida Gators!

  12. #12
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Lindsay said:
    Speaking of Dawgs, and completely off topic, am rooting for the MSU Bulldogs tomorrow against the Florida Gators!

    What if the bulldogs end up like this?

  13. #13
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pm, right_on said:

    Pelosi’s book title was misprinted…it should have read;

    “Know You’re a Failure.”

    I’ll bet the ghostwriter received more money writing the book, than Pelosi received from actual sales of whatever you want to call this tome.

  14. #14
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm, Lindsay said:

    Dear Rogue Cheese: won’t happen. Florida hasn’t won since 1985 in the haunted state. Of course, Tebow could change that. Don’t count MSU out of that game.

  15. #15
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm, Lindsay said:

    Regarding Pelosi: I am thinking her botox may be having problems fighting the growing Democrat frustration these days. I am sure she needs some work to fight her furrowed brow.

  16. #16
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I thought they passed this bill before the August recess? They had the votes back then too. Or did they? This gang that can do “more than one thing at a time” seems to be unclear on a very important concept: it’s not how many jobs you put in the hopper but how many you finish.

    Lucky for us, these guys can’t finish anything they start.

  17. #17
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm, letget said:

    I just pray ‘she doesn’t have the votes’ the next time she is up for re-election. This old gal needs to go by- by!
    L

  18. #18
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm, John Deaux said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm, Lindsay said:
    Dear Rogue Cheese: won’t happen. Florida hasn’t won since 1985 in the haunted state. Of course, Tebow could change that. Don’t count MSU out of that game.

    They hadn’t beaten the Canes since 1984. But that changed last year.

    Sorry, but I’d bet on the Gators.

  19. #19
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm, jangar said:

    it’s not how many jobs you put in the hopper but how many you finish.

    Or stuffing it full of crap and expecting to get prime beef squeezed out the other end.

  20. #20
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm, Rorschach said:

    When I see the phrase “trigger option” a whole different image comes to mind.

  21. #21
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm, TigerLady said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:
    Nothing that a wooden stake and a wreath of garlic couldn’t cure.

    You also have to cut off her head.

  22. #22
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Rob said:

    I was in a local high school yesterday and was in one of the classrooms. There was a professionally made poster of “Rosy the Riveter” from WWII with a smiling Nancy Pelosi face… it was frightening. There were several
    “Yes we can” posters of Obama and a very tiny one of Bush with “Is our students learning” printed under it…

    What they are teaching our students… oh my.

  23. #23
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm, iamsaved said:

    Trigger? Any one think it will be a “hair” trigger that will go off with just the lightest of pressure?

  24. #24
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm, lewisge said:

    Don’t believe this for a minute. This is nothing more than a ploy to get people to let down their guard.

    Keep the pressure up on these crooks. Don’t let up for a second.

  25. #25
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm, Lindsay said:

    If conservatives can hold their feet to the fire—the RNC’s collective feet and without Newt’s hot air—then we will see the pendulum swing in 2010.

    That is my hope and prayer, for what it is worth… The nation’s eyes are on the next few races for governor (in VA and NJ) and that seat in NY-23—’bye, Dede. There is a sense of fear in the Democrats this season.

    Is the new conservative party the “Tea Party?”

  26. #26
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm, nail49 said:

    rooting for the MSU Bulldogs tomorrow against the Florida Gators!

    Lindsay: Good luck, my Razorbacks came THIS close last week but the refs blew it! Because of their late (and BAD!) calls that kept Gator drives alive, the crew was suspended for several games by the SEC. Had they been in Arkansas, they would have been suspended alright, by a rope with a noose in the end!

  27. #27
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm, Rorschach said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm, iamsaved said:

    Trigger? Any one think it will be a “hair” trigger that will go off with just the lightest of pressure?

    I certainly hope so! Oh wait, you meant the OTHER trigger….

  28. #28
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    If we could only get close enough to dunk a bucket of water on her!

  29. #29
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    …but she’s got the nads. BIG ones too.

    Botox settling ponds…

  30. #30
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm, Speakup said:

    All this giant load of liberal government takeover BS for what should be a four year bid process for large group private insurance.

  31. #31
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm, cicerokid said:

    Administration officials have been telling POLITICO for weeks now that this the most likely compromise because it can probably satisfy liberals

    Love those qualifiers!

    Mr. Obvious says: “I can’t get no satisfaction”.

  32. #32
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm, swede said:

    Botox settling ponds…

    Visceral imagery causing unsettling stomach reaction.

    Must…Regain…Thought.,,Process.

  33. #33
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm, beenthere said:

    Not having the votes has never stopped the democrats. They will borrow, steal, and spend, threaten, cheat, and cajole to make sure every illegal democrat, their relatives, friends, and miscellaneous acquaintances gets the healthcare they need to vote correctly or at least be counted correctly.

  34. #34
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm, Uplander said:

    Trigger

    Maybe they’re talking about Roy Roger’s Trigger and they’re just going to stuff us all.

  35. #35
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 pm, jangar said:

    TigerLady said:
    Rogue Cheddar said:
    Nothing that a wooden stake and a wreath of garlic couldn’t cure.
    You also have to cut off her head.

    The way they coddle Islamofacists, you may not be far off.

    nail49 said:

    Ooo-Pig-Sooie!

  36. #36
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    She’ll get the votes. She’ll pass out the pork.

    More likely, she will see to it that any “trigger” is “triggered” both through design and execution.

    The Donks know better than anyone that there’s more that one way to skin a cat, or as in this case, a Nation.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  37. #37
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, jangar said:

    there’s more that one way to skin a cat

    …without gettin’ hair in yer teeth.

  38. #38
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm, Rob Roy said:

    Part II

    Own Your FAILure.

  39. #39
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    Man I would LOVE to see MSU pull off the upset, but I just can’t see them scoring more than 10-13 points. Anthony Dixon’s a great back, but Florida is brutal at stopping the run.

    However, I would bet on the Gators losing at least one game before the regular season’s over. Georgia’s got this week off before facing them next week, and while their D stinks, their biggest weakness is pass defense – and Florida really doesn’t have a passing game. Then Florida plays SC in Columbia – a game you know Spurrier’s already dreaming of.

    SEC football > MLB playoffs > politics > all other American sports > Nancy Pelosi in lingerie > MSNBC primetime lineup > soccer.

  40. #40
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm, T-Bone said:

    I’ll bet the ghostwriter received more money writing the book, than Pelosi received from actual sales of whatever you want to call this tome.

    I’ll bet Pelosi received a lot of money for her failure of a book. This is a way for Democrats to skirt campaign finance laws and funnel money directly to Nancy. The publisher itself probably takes little to no profit to pass money through to its favorite politicos. Yes, call me cynical when it comes to Democrat politicians.

  41. #41
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm, Rorschach said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, jangar said:

    there’s more that one way to skin a cat

    …without gettin’ hair in yer teeth.

    Oh man, now you’ve gone and done it. I just ate for crying out loud! I did NOT need that mental picture.

  42. #42
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 3:48 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm, jangar said:…but she’s got the nads. BIG ones too.

    I hope so, Obama is going to need a pair before his presidency is over and he sure can’t use his own.

  43. #43
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 3:50 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Does she weigh as much as a duck?

  44. #44
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 4:28 pm, swede said:

    Does she weigh as much as a duck?

    Fly – This is a grave insult to witches. Please consider recanting. I understand SEIU will soon have control of the wizzard industry. Be vewy careful.

  45. #45
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Fly – This is a grave insult to witches. Please consider recanting.

    Oh ……. all right. I recant

    I was hoping we could use her for bridge material….. SIGH

  46. #46
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm, jwm said:

    We just have to keep fighting. These people don’t have the stomach for a real fight. Refuse to submit! Punish those politicians that are traitors! Answer all insults and attacks immediately. As Bruce likes to sing, no retreat, no surrender!

  47. #47
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm, Rob said:

    A picture to add to this thread:

    Nancy Pelosi

  48. #48
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 5:31 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Rob,

    Swede is NOT going to like that picture.

    Nice thing to display during the Haloween season, however.

  49. #49
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Rob said:
    I was in a local high school yesterday and was in one of the classrooms. There was a professionally made poster of “Rosy the Riveter” from WWII with a smiling Nancy Pelosi face… it was frightening. There were several
    “Yes we can” posters of Obama and a very tiny one of Bush with “Is our students learning” printed under it…

    What they are teaching our students… oh my.]

    My next stop would have been the school office. Political indoctrination isn’t supposed to be part of the curricula for high schoolers.

    In which school district was this?

    ECS

  50. #50
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 6:41 pm, TanyaB said:

    Someone said that she is going to shoot holes in the Constitution. I say if things keep going like they are, we soon won’t have a Constitution.

  51. #51
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm, swede said:

    Fly & Rob

    She’s a witch!

    But how do youknow she is a witch?

    Wull, she turned me into NEWT!

    AAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!

  52. #52
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 7:56 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    It’s desperation time for the Obamacare clowns. I just got this email from everyone’s favorite Vice President, Joe Biden:

    Elm Creek –

    We’ve got a fight on our hands. Powerful insurance companies are pulling out all the stops to defeat the President’s plan for health reform. They’re spending seven million bucks a week on lobbyists, blanketing the country with deceptive TV ads, and just funded two high-profile “reports” to distort what reform would mean for you.

    I know their game. I was in the Senate the last time health reform came around, and I saw the special interests savage our efforts. Frankly, under the old rules of Washington they were nearly impossible to beat. But now, thanks to you, the rules are changing. All the lies, scare tactics and lobbyist shake-downs in the world are no match for the incredible work of Organizing for America supporters like you. That’s exactly what frightens them so much — and it’s what Barack and I are counting on.

    After decades of false starts, we’re now just a short time from finally passing real reform. Every member of Congress will soon have to cast their vote. As real change draws near, you can bet the insurance companies will hold nothing back. That means OFA will need the extra resources to beat back whatever attack they can dream up next. Here’s the bottom line: it’s not time to let up — it’s time to double down.

    Please donate $5 or more to power OFA’s fight for change as we head into the final round.

    When I talk about you changing the rules in Washington, here’s what I mean: This week, crucial negotiations on Capitol Hill are shaping a comprehensive reform proposal. At the same time, the insurance companies’ phony reports are grabbing headlines and their lobbyists are twisting arms. But your work is keeping them from setting us back.

    On Tuesday, OFA supporters around the country organized more than 1,000 local outreach events and generated an astounding 330,000 calls to Congress from constituents telling their representatives that “it’s time to deliver.” From my years in Congress and my conversations with Senate colleagues this week, I can tell you with confidence that your message broke through and you helped keep us on track.

    If this fight were only about guaranteeing the choice of secure, quality, affordable care for every American, it would be worth everything we could throw at it. But as Barack reminded us this week, this fight for change is now about something even bigger: a test of whether or not “we as a nation are capable of tackling our toughest challenges, if we can serve the national interest despite the unrelenting efforts of the special interests; if we can still do big things in America.”

    I believe we can. And Barack believes we can. But what really matters is whether you believe we can. If you do, now is the moment to make it happen. Please contribute today:

    https://donate.barackobama.com/FinalRound

    Thank you,

    Vice President Joe Biden

    Heh-heh! Like I’d contribute. Note the “clever” use of Da One’s first name like he and I are buds. I wonder who wrote this for ol’ Joe?

    Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force! Honest, I just signed up for the SEIU online “healthcare summit” to see what would happen. Now I’m getting all this funny stuff in my email. The resistance is here; the resistance is now! RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ECS

  53. #53
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 8:28 pm, Rob said:

    In which school district was this?

    ECS

    San Diego… little Mexico.

  54. #54
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 8:44 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Trigger? I knew it fely like someone was holding a gun to our heads…and the Dems don’t even like guns. Fact is, why use them when they can take what they want without a shot being fired.

  55. #55
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    On October 23rd, 2009 at 8:28 pm, Rob said:

    In which school district was this?

    ECS

    San Diego… little Mexico.

    I would still have gone to the office on this. If the principal wouldn’t do anything, I’d complain to the school board, and I’d be hammering the school district in the newspapers, on radio, and TV.

    I was the CFC officer for our headquarters back in my Army days and had to go to the local DODDS school to give the teachers a opportunity to contribute. One of them said, “I hope there’s a depression so a Democrat will be elected President.”

    When I asked her if she understood the ramifications of a world-wide depression and asked her what she had against people in general, she got snooty like I was one of the great unwashed and uneducated. (I was just an Armor Captain at the time working as the Installation Coordinator and Site Security Office for a Corp-level Headquarters.) BTW, she didn’t contribute.

    Yes, I went to the principal whose major concern was that I would report this to the community commander. She didn’t contribute, either.

    ECS

  56. #56
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 9:22 pm, Laree said:

    Chickaboomers got a poll up Should Roger Ailes of Fox News run for President in 2012 there is a Glenn Beck for his VP option GRIN.

    poll is in the top right hand corner.

    http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/

  57. #57
    On October 24th, 2009 at 4:54 am, backwoods conservative said:

    She doesn’t have the votes, but she has a lot of gall.

  58. #58
    On October 24th, 2009 at 9:31 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    “She doesn’t have the votes” COULD be true, could be just a ploy but whatever Health Care Reform these Leftist SOBs pass will be a horrible assault on our Liberties, autonomy as a free people, constitutional government and Rule of Law.

  59. #59
    On October 25th, 2009 at 2:32 am, dadinseattle said:

    Social Security will look like a bargain compared to this health bill… in any form.

    Please note: 100′s of millions now depend on an unauthorized contract made by the government(SS). The government never had the authority to bind anyone to this contract. How can you impose a contract on yet to be born people? The government collects for this contract, spends the money elsewhere, borrows money to pay for the shortfall, and steals everyone’s money to do all this.
    Still they are $trillions in the hole!

    Good read here, someone tell Nan she should really know this stuff…it’s kind of important!

  60. #60
    On October 26th, 2009 at 8:16 pm, simon77047 said:

    Let them pass the damn thing. We just need to get enough conservatives elected in 2010 to over turn it.

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