Let the cameras in: Calling Pelosi’s blinky bluff

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 5, 2010 05:33 PM

Normally, I’d wonder how a politician could tell such a bald-faced lie while keeping a straight face.

But it’s Nancy Pelosi, so she was undoubtedly able to maintain that same, blink-blink-blinky expression she always has without any difficulty at all. Via The Hill:

Pelosi tells C-SPAN: ‘There has never been a more open process’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Congress’ work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency, just as C-SPAN mounts an effort to open the negotiations.

C-SPAN wrote a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday asking that TV cameras be allowed to film negotiations to reconcile the House and Senate versions of healthcare reform legislation.

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.

Patients First is calling Pelosi’s bluff:

In response to CSPAN’s request that cameras be allowed to capture the happenings of the House-Senate conference on health care, Speaker Pelosi responded that “there has never been a more open process.” Yet, she won’t let cameras in—in spite of President Obama’s promise that the negotiations would indeed be aired on CSPAN.

Therefore, Patients First, A Project of Americans for Prosperity, will launch a website tomorrow: www.letthecamerasin.com. The Facebook page is already up and running and by tomorrow morning, people will be able to visit the website and sign a petition to demand that the health care legislative process be even more “open” by allowing Americans to see what is happening.

Make them walk the transparency walk.

Let the cameras in.

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Allahpundit’s got video clips a plenty. Take special note of “The Democratic Speaker of the House, laughing out loud — at a press conference — at what a shameless liar Bambi had to be to get elected.”

Takes one to know one, eh, Nan?

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  1. #1
    On January 5th, 2010 at 5:40 pm, jamesgreenidge said:

    The arrogent smugness of her Highness.

    This strokes my ire to see this monster bill repealed at any cost.

    James Greenidge
    Queens NY

  2. #2
    On January 5th, 2010 at 5:44 pm, glockomatic said:

    Few things piss me off more than this kind of arrogance. Just imagine how stupid politicians of either party think we all must be to lie straight to our faces so blatantly.

  3. #3
    On January 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Do you think she confesses to her priest the lies she’s GOING to tell?
    Unbelievable.

  4. #4
    On January 5th, 2010 at 5:56 pm, Hangfire said:

    I’ll be sooooo glad when that Stepford Be-otch is out of office.

  5. #5
    On January 5th, 2010 at 5:57 pm, Hangfire said:

    You can’t believe a word that comes out of either of her faces.

  6. #6
    On January 5th, 2010 at 5:59 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    Pelosi tells C-SPAN: ‘There has never been a more open process’

    Believe this, and I have some really nice oceanfront property in Colorado to sell you.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  7. #7
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:00 pm, walterc said:

    Hangfire said:

    I’ll be sooooo glad when that Stepford Be-otch is out of office.

    I’m guessing she’ll be voted out the same way Ted Kennedy was voted out. . . feet first and no longer breathing.

  8. #8
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:03 pm, Southpaw said:

    Normally, I’d wonder how a politician could tell such a bald-faced lie while keeping a straight face.

    The Lithium dosage prescribed is spot-on.

  9. #9
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:09 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:03 pm, Southpaw said:
    Normally, I’d wonder how a politician could tell such a bald-faced lie while keeping a straight face.
    The Lithium dosage prescribed is spot-on.

    More like a Botox injection right before a press conference.

  10. #10
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:11 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:00 pm, walterc said:
    I’m guessing she’ll be voted out the same way Ted Kennedy was voted out. . . feet first and no longer breathing.

    You are sadly correct. Just another reason I’d rather cough up a yak hairball than go to San Francisco.

  11. #11
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:15 pm, deadlywit said:

    Personally, the biggest shock to me is that the leatherfaced hag is capable of blinking at all.

  12. #12
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:16 pm, 24Klady said:

    Hangfire (I’d rather cough up a hairball)
    Me too. And, I’m from there.

    If her mouth is moving she’s well – being completely untruthful. ;)

  13. #13
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:17 pm, MTConservative said:

    It will take torches and pitchforks to get rid of this witch and her disgusting ilk. Washington full of Democrats is a cesspool!

  14. #14
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:18 pm, cheapseat said:

    the iranians admire todays democrat party. rig elections, rule from the mountaintop, crush any dissent, make laws in secret with no input from th people. and jimmah cahtah supports both elections as fair and correct. i hope when these fine progressives have driven every business out of business or the u.s. their workers will place the blame where it should be placed. but alas, they will blame the greedy people in charge of the businesses. ANY BUSINESS HAS 1 PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY, TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE INVESTORS. SO WHY DON’T THESE EMPLOYEES BUY THESE FAILING COMPANIES? IT’S ONE THING FOR THE GUBMINT TO SEND GM INTO BANKRUPTCY, AND THEN EMINENT DOMAIN THE COMPANY MINUS THE DEBT TO THE UAW. IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING FOR THESE UNION YOKELS TO PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR LOUD MOUTHS ARE.

  15. #15
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:27 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:16 pm, 24Klady said:
    Me too. And, I’m from there.

    (Psst. I actually like to visit San Francisco, but I don’t want anyone to know. I am always afraid that I’ll be caught in Sodom when the big one comes. Besides the scenery, there’s Copenhagen Bakery and Deli in Burlingame, Happi House, and Pancho Villa’s Taqueria at Mission and 16th. Just don’t tell anyone…..)

    It sucks.

  16. #16
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:37 pm, 55dodger said:

    i’m a dodger fan in the bay area. I won’t even go to SF for a Dodger/giant game. But I probably will be going to the West Coast Walk for Life on the 23rd.

    Not much better then Pelosi, I have George Miller as my congressman. Time for him to move on as well. Only know of one repub running against him so far, Virginia Fuller (fullerforcongress.org). Only can hope/pray and VOTE….

  17. #17
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:38 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Will the camera lenses be coated with vaseline? Is that the compromise?

  18. #18
    On January 5th, 2010 at 6:46 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), assistant to the Speaker, said the healthcare bill had been “subjected to unprecedented level of public scrutiny.”

    Yeah, we “scrutinized” without having access to the actual 2,000+ pages of the bill. Must be a new euphemism for “didn’t scrutinize”. Anyway, that’s enough transparency for now. Time to go opaque.

  19. #19
    On January 5th, 2010 at 7:08 pm, coffee said:

    Pelosi also hinted that holding informal negotiations–likely without TV cameras–might be the most practical way to push the legislation through.

    Cockroaches do like the dark.

  20. #20
    On January 5th, 2010 at 7:22 pm, jjmurphy said:

    “…just remember: It’s not a lie if you believe it.” George Costanza

  21. #21
    On January 5th, 2010 at 7:47 pm, sbw999 said:

    “The system worked”.

    “There has never been a more open process”.

    These people so audaciously LIE right through their teeth and to our face, it is incredible, and the propaganda arm media lets them get away with it. I really feel like we have moved into some parallel dimension where everything is backwards. If there is a creature more despicable and deserving of our disgust than a democrat politician, I haven’t yet seen it.

  22. #22
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:02 pm, T-Bone said:

    Even if she can always win a house seat from her stupid district, there is no way she should be elected to the leadership as speaker and therefore be 3rd in line to the Presidency. Congressional districts all have their quirkiness and political leanings but to have that minority philosophy foisted on the whole nation is pure absurdity.

    Shame on Democrats in Congress for electing her as speaker. Are their choices for speaker really that lame or does she have them by the ….

  23. #23
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:06 pm, cicerokid said:

    Do they even wonder care why the approval level is the lowest in the history of the world?

    Hey, sea-hag: the devil pays in couterfiet money.

  24. #24
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:12 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Normally, I’d wonder how a politician could tell such a bald-faced lie while keeping a straight face.

    Botox.

  25. #25
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:20 pm, tbear44 said:

    On January 5th, 2010 at 7:47 pm, sbw999 said:
    “The system worked”.

    “There has never been a more open process”.

    These people so audaciously LIE right through their teeth and to our face, it is incredible, and the propaganda arm media lets them get away with it.

    And the left sucks it all up.

  26. #26
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:51 pm, Republicanvet said:

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (DLiar-Calif.)

    YOU LIE!

  27. #27
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:52 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    This administration is indeed transparent, but not in the way that they intended.

  28. #28
    On January 5th, 2010 at 8:58 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Pelosi tells C-SPAN: ‘There has never been a more open process sore, than the festering gob I call my mouth’!

    FIFY

  29. #29
    On January 5th, 2010 at 9:28 pm, dan708 said:

    I’m no longer surprised by anything Nan does. A pox on the voters who elected her!

  30. #30
    On January 5th, 2010 at 9:53 pm, docflash said:

    The way she laughed and moved that filthy sewer looking mouth I think she was drunk.

  31. #31
    On January 5th, 2010 at 10:17 pm, verogolfer said:

    Normally, I’d wonder how a politician could tell such a bald-faced lie while keeping a straight face. That’s simple. Botox.

  32. #32
    On January 5th, 2010 at 11:23 pm, desertdweller said:

    If she says it, it MUST BE TRUE!

    Really!

    Honest.

    Uhhh. At least the media covered it, SO IT MUST … be … true … errrrr.

  33. #33
    On January 6th, 2010 at 12:35 am, Jet Jaguar said:

    Dodd retires == piece of filth realizes that itself is a turd and everyone now knows it

  34. #34
    On January 6th, 2010 at 12:54 am, kwrxxx said:

    Sen. Dodd Will announce his retirement tomorrow.

  35. #35
    On January 6th, 2010 at 1:42 am, mattm said:

    With Dodd retiring, CT AG Richard Blumenthal is considered most likely to be the nominee. The same guy who is fighting AT&T for laying off land line installers.

    http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/ATT-to-Cuts-160-Jobs–80731237.html

  36. #36
    On January 6th, 2010 at 8:43 am, Lan Astaslem said:

    You know how people who have been married a very long time sort of start to look alike? I popped over to Drudge, and the picture of SanFranNan reminded me of Dingy Harry. Just sayin’…

  37. #37
    On January 6th, 2010 at 8:55 am, jangar said:

    I honestly don’t know how these people can live with themselves.
    Their conscience must indeed be seared with a hot iron.

  38. #38
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:02 am, ThatSamIAm said:

    For Nancy ‘Plastic Face’ Pelosi every day is Opposite Day. She lies every time she opens her mouth so no matter what she says you can beleive the opposite is true. Transparent means behind closed doors. Bipartisanship means Socialist Dems only.

  39. #39
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:06 am, cicerokid said:

    Can’t we somehow grease the San Andrea’s fault and get at least part of California up into Canada a little quicker?

  40. #40
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:18 am, Ron said:

    Most ethical, most transparent, take your choice. Nancy P is the most lying sack of blatant self-contradictions we’ve ever seen in a position of such power. The has no redeeming qualities. The GOP needs the House back just to get rid of this woman. Even loathsome Harry Reid isn’t as bad as this spider.

  41. #41
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:19 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    Pelosi would lie to her own children if it meant she could steal their piggy bank money and use it as campaign donations. She is a despicable human being.

    If she and Charles Manson were drowning and I could only save one…. I’d really have to think about which one I’d save.

  42. #42
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:26 am, Savage24 said:

    The kooks in her district and the far left might believe her but I doubt anybody else does. What I really want to know is, where are the Republicans? Not a peep out of them. It’s time to throw them all out of office. Time to start voting for FREEDOM not for more corruption.

  43. #43
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:38 am, stillontheroad said:

    Nancy Legosi? A Virus garbed in Giorgio Armani who thinks nothing of talking out a three sides of that mug as long as it thinks it has the power.

  44. #44
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:38 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Mud. Yeah, mud is transparent.

    N. Pillosee

  45. #45
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:45 am, cntryjoe said:

    Nancy Pelosi is a deranged maniac and is sick in the head. The accumulation of power has led to this condition. She is not fit for her position.

  46. #46
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:46 am, stillontheroad said:

    A tad off topic but considering the Dirty DemocRATS and their games – look at this:
    Let’s look at the new numbers for 2010 Biweekly, Single, Payroll Period, after subtracting withholding allowances

    Not over $233: $0 in taxes
    Over $233 – $401: 10% payroll tax
    Over $401 – $1,387: $16.80 plus 15% of excess over $401
    Over $1,387 – $2,604: $164.70 plus 25% of excess over $1,387
    Over $2,604 – $3,248: $468.95 plus 27% of excess over $2,604 (Notice the large salary range is gone)
    Over $3,248 – $3,373: $642.83 plus 30% of excess over $3,248 (Notice the substantial increase and 30% tax rate on these wages)
    Over $3,373 – $6,688: $680.33 plus 28% of excess over $3,373
    $14,450: pays $4,169.99 plus 35% of excess over $14,450
    Hopey Changey Libtards -

  47. #47
    On January 6th, 2010 at 9:54 am, graysonret said:

    If she and Charles Manson were drowning and I could only save one…. I’d really have to think about which one I’d save.

    I would think about that long and hard. When I finally did make up my mind, both would have drowned. Problem solved.

  48. #48
    On January 6th, 2010 at 11:55 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    HI STILLONTHEROAD–#48. Good work! These numbers should be scary to all taxpayers. Real numbers like this showing up as bigger withholdings will wake up the fools who voted for Comrade Obama (PBUH). They didn’t think that “Hope and Change” would affect those making less than $250K a year.
    ***
    Reality check coming soon. Politicians can lie–but IRS will provide the reality.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  49. #49
    On September 24th, 2010 at 10:13 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

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