Reports: Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson to oppose radical SEIU appointee; Update: SEIU e-mail coordination; Update: Becker nomination defeated
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I filled you in last October on Craig Becker, the radical SEIU lawyer whom President Obama nominated for a slot on the National Labor Relations Board.
Well, in the wake of his abominable health care takeover sellout, beleaguered Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson is reportedly joining the GOP opposition to Becker. The Massachusetts Miracle increases the chances of torpedoing Becker’s nomination.
Via The Hill:
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) on Monday announced he would oppose Craig Becker’s nomination to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) — a move that could ultimately scuttle Becker’s confirmation indefinitely.
Senate Democratic leaders needed the help of their entire 59-vote caucus, plus one Republican defector, to invoke cloture this Tuesday on Becker’s nomination, which has awaited a full Senate vote since the summer of 2009. But Nelson’s decision to oppose the White House’s top candidate for the job seriously threatens those plans, as it now appears Democrats will not have the votes they need to proceed as intended this week.
Nelson outlined his objections to Becker’s nomination in a statement issued late Monday, stressing he felt the former AFL-CIO lawyer would “take an aggressive personal agenda to the NLRB, and that he would pursue a personal agenda there, rather than that of the Administration.”
“This is of great concern, considering that the Board’s main responsibility is to resolve labor disputes with an even and impartial hand,” Nelson added. “In addition, the nominee’s statements fly in the face of Nebraska’s Right to Work laws, which have been credited in part with our excellent business climate that has attracted employers and many good jobs to Nebraska. Considering these matters, I will oppose the upcoming cloture motion and the nomination.”
Those Rat Rallies, Joker posters, and letters are working. Keep ‘em coming.
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Via Washington Alert, Jeri Thompson obtained an e-mail revealing the extent of SEIU coordination with the Senate committee handling Becker’s nomination:
An email sent from an Service Employees International Union (SEIU) lobbyist to Democratic members of the U.S. Senate shows that the SEIU had advance knowledge of when key votes on Craig Becker were to be held. Becker is one of Barack Obama’s nominees for the National Labor Relations Board.
The email was released by Jeri Thompson, co-host of the Fred Thompson Show. She will be discussing it in detail on her show, which begins at 12PM.
Thompson described the email as “marching orders to the Senate HELP Committee, telling them what their schedule was going to be.”
According to the email sent from Alison Reardon, legislative consultant for SEIU, “Your attendance is crucial to appointing Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Please attend Thursday’s HELP Ex. Session to report out President Obama’s nomination of Craig Becker for Senate confirmation.”
The memo continues, “This is the highest priority for organized labor, and Majority Leader Reid will file Cloture on Friday 2/5, and has assured us that Senate will vote to end debate at 5 p.m. Monday 2/8.”
The email also asks for Senators to confirm their attendance at the executive session of the HELP Committee.
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Update: Via Daniel Foster at NRO…
The nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board was just defeated on a cloture vote 52–33. Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.), Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D., Ark.), and Sen. Scott Brown (R., Mass.) all voted against cloture.
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I hope Nelson will vote as he suggests he will, but I won’t count on it until the vote is counted.
The arm twisting will be strong and relentless.
The last time Nelson opposed anything he was just holding out for a bigger bribe.
I guess being run out of a pizza parlor by his unhappy constituents encouraged him to rethink his position on a number of things.
… but, I wouldn’t trust him …
Exactly.
The man is unprincipled; a political chamelon, who is only interested in his hide. We have had enough of such politicians, left and right.
A hopeful sign … but … I’ll believe it when I see it!
A hopeful sign … but … I’ll believe it when I see it.
Politicians love to “talk the talk”. I’ll wait to see him “walk the walk”. I suspect he knows he’s in trouble in his district, so he’ll say anything to appease his voters.
It’s hard to straddle that fence between doing what is right and doing what is wrong. Sit there long enough and you get splinters in a tender spot.
I suspect his hold out will only be as long as it takes the administration to pull out their little “goodie” bag for Nelson.
Maybe we should be guessing WHAT “goodie” he’ll be offered.
Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking. When he thought no one was looking, he made a deal with the devil. Now that he knows we are watching, he’s doing the right thing.
Vote against Craig Becker, Ben. Then, in 2012, get out!
More Joker Posters please. If he helps stop Craig Becker’s appointment this is a good thing–but I sure hope our friends in Nebraska still send the coward into retirement.
Better.
All of these valueless, wormy little turds like Nelson are now attempting to change their spots. Sorry Ben we know what you are and it won’t work.
hey — I’m fine with them changing positions in a desperate attempt to get re-elected. They’ll do what we need them to do and still won’t get to come back, so as far as I’m concerned, it’s a win-win for us!!
After Brown won in Mass. I took a long hard look at the Rat party and tried to make a guess on who would scurry to the middle and make believe they are centrist and who would remain on the hard left Socialist/Progressive side and not change at all. The Socialist/Progressives need to be thrown out en masse but, so do the ones that change their position to suit their agenda which is only to remain in Washington. Bottom line, throw them all out.
Finally a politician of principle and character!
What? I’m kidding! I’m a kidder! I kid you not!
Now that everyone knows what Nelson is, they’re just haggling over price now. He’ll hold out until SEIU gives Nebraska union concessions they don’t give anywhere else.
Top that Mary Landrieu!
He’s either a weak weak man or as earlier stated holding out for another payoff.
Too bad his constituents didn’t see this in his character before he got elected (and did his damage).
“take an aggressive personal agenda to the NLRB, and that he would pursue a personal agenda there, rather than that of the Administration.”
Does Nelson have a clue that this administration has the same agenda as the radical SEIU lawyer? That was the reason for the nomination. Unless Nelson makes a complete break with the radical socialists in the White House, he is talk ain’t worth a fart.
Too little, too late.
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Credit where credit is due.
Assuming he doesn’t sell out …
We’ll see.
He’s not holding out for a payoff.
Amazing what one special election and raging anti-communist public sentiment will do to timid Democrats who want to hold onto their seats in office.
Ben Nelson was for the radical Obama agenda before he was against it. But now he is a man of principle and cannot be bought off with a measly $300 million bribe (or was that Landrieu’s price?) In any case it will take at least twice that, plus a promise of an ambassadorship, someplace far from his former constituents where he can eat his pizza in peace.
Nelson needs more money … Feed the kitty.
Here’s another funny Ben Nelson fail – Hilarity ensues:
One of the ‘Super Silent Auction Items’ (among many other groups) was a United States Capitol Book signed by Ben Nelson.We’re not sure what E.P.S. thought they might get out of the book or if they really thought about why they wanted to accept this item from Nebraska’s Judas Senator, but in an interesting turn of events an individual whose name we won’t disclose here went to the auction chairman and said he would donate $1000 to E.P.S. if they would simply remove the item and send it back to Nelson, who agreed to do so.
Don’t worry. He is gone.
This is more panic by Nelson. Had he not made a fool of himself on “Everything Obamacare” he would be going along with the nomination. I don’t believe Nebraska will be fooled.
Vermin always scramble when you shine a light on them.
Off topic, but not totally…I was wondering when the rest of the American People will be waking up to this President’ agenda. You know, the people who still are behind him and who make excuses for him even though they sound stupid doing so. There are still quite a few people out there who buy into the lie that this administration is trying to fix our problems when they are actually TRYING their darndest to make them worse! This nominee is just one more extremely radical apppointee by Obama and full of conflicts of interest. Are there ANY of Obama’s appointees who AREN’T radical? A comprehensive list shows that 95% of them have an agenda, just like the Pres. Our entire Government is being run by progressive/marxists who are trying to destroy our beautiful republic. I pray every day for our survival. And I am praying for this newest radical to be blocked! There had better not be one single Republican who votes for this guy, or her head will roll!!
Nelson can now join new global warming skeptic Nuisance “Newt” GinGrinch in the weasel Hall of Fame. That’s the plastic-veneered building on wheels with all the wind-socks on the roof. You can’t miss it. The color scheme is “post-motley moderne”.
Who put that Sean Hannity billboard in front of the Weasel Hall of Fame? Very gauche.
Speaking of billboards, did you hear about the one here in liberal Minnesota?? Someone put a billboard up somewhere on Hiway 35 that shows a picture of GW Bush with the words, “Do you miss me yet? I love it! No one knows who put it up, but it had to have been pretty expensive!
Here is a link to that billboard…
http://www.thepowerhour.com/news4/bush_miss_me_yet.htm
Yeah, that’s a clever billboard. The lefty blogs are apoplectic. I expect Powerline to figure out who put it there.
Anything that makes the lefties apoplectic is fine with me!! For the first time in my life, I am proud to be a Minnesotan.
Wait until the Dems allow his tax cuts to expire and all those “evil corporations” are forced reduce expenses -
Well hell, according to the White House critics of the Empty Suit are “Serving the Goals of al Qaeda”. Now I had to read that twice. Is this projection on the part of our Dear Leader?
Oops! forced [to] reduce
(I’m jumping between too many windows.)
I think they were talking about soccer. I haven’t seen any Al Qaeda anywhere near Obama as he scores on his own goal.
Nelson is just one of many that need to go in order for our country to survive. Both Parties included, with the GOP needing to lead the way….a good start would be McCain, a great start would be McCain, Nelson, and Corker.
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HI HAPPYSCRAPPER #31. You are “cutting more slack” for Comrade Obama than I do. I think that He is either completely incompetent or is a “Manchurian Candidate” for a new United Socialist States of America.
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His background, mentors, votes in both the Illinois and U.S. Senates, and his choices for cabinet, department, and high government offices seem to show these goals. Our Congressional Record states the goals of the Communist Party of the U.S.A.–a lot of them have already been realized in our country.
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Some of his video statements and actions support this idea. His July 2, 2008 speech in Colorado Springs talked about setting up a NATIONAL CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCE AS STRONG AS THE U.S. MILITARY”! I thought this was a bizarre statement–it reminded me of Hitler’s SS, SA, or Gestapo–or of the U.S.S.R’s KGB.
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President Obama also came down on the side of President Zayala of Honduras when he tried to violate their constitution and become President for Life–Mao, Stalin, Castro, or Hugo Chavez style. Why didn’t he support the democratic rights of the people to elect a new president in accordance with their laws?
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I’ve never seen worse choices for high government positions in our country. Van Jones–a self confessed communist! People with conflicts of interest and tax problems. And I don’t think they are accidental–these clowns are there to advance The Messiah’s agenda for the U.S.A. He did promise to fundamentally change our country.
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John Bibb
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Nelson has discovered the concept of every action has an equal and opposite reaction. His betrayal of the folks who brought him to the dance has all but assured he will be retiring to the maryland shores (or wherever he has his d.c. bribe chateau) soon. He hopes we rubes are too stupid to remember in November.
“completely incompetent or Manchurian candidate”
I say both.
Both. O’Bambi is the enemy. Too many people tell him daily that he is destroying the country…..he knows it.
Way to GO BENNY BOY!!! You just keep the OL’ NOSE clean from now until election day, and you will be a SHOOO IN!!! Of course BENNY BOY you know that VOTERS are the STUPIDEST people in the world… You just CLEAN up you IMAGE, and keep it CLEAN at least 90 days before the ELECTION, and BOOOOM, you are back in the saddle again… GO BENNY BOY!!! How pathetic, how sad, HOW TRUE…
…a Completely Incompetent Manchurian Candidate…
My thoughts on the matter. I have said this from the beginning of the trickle of information we started to find out about The Won, and I doubt I will change my mind. I will probably be proven correct.
SEIU – minions on loan from hell
Nelson’s quote is stated in a pejorative sense, because he himself has NO “personal agenda”. Why? What’s wrong with “personal agendas”? Isn’t THAT what conservatives look for in a candidate; someone who stays the course? Apparently not. Politicians today have learned that in order to get elected they have to follow their constituent’s leanings. If the wind of public opinion blows Left, then that’s the direction they’ll go. If it blows Right, then those same politicians will change course, JUST to get elected. I have more respect for a liberal who lives up to their “personal agenda” than I do for chameleon RINOs who change directions at a drop of a hat! Send Ben Nelson home (after he votes against Becker, of course)!
Desperation makes people do the funniest things.
Nelson must be a city boy because any Nebraska farmer knows that once the horse is out of the barn it doesn’t matter if you shut the door.
And let’s not forget Miss Lindsey!
So, if Nelson couldn’t stand up to Dingy Harry, how does he expect to stand up to the same kind of people that made Hoffa disappear?
Listening to Obama summing up what he and the bipartisan Congressional leadership discussed on getting a health care bill.
Seems that although things “went well”, his exit comments are nothing but the usual litany about Republican “obstructionism”.
I thought “things went well”?
“Labor dispute…”
Laughable.
The only “labor dispute” I’ve ever seen in a union environment (former unwilling union member, 8 years) is “union member doesn’t want to work hard, ownership tries to relive itself of dead weight.”
Unions. Rewarding sloth for over 100 years.
Does Obama know anypne who ISN”T a card carrying thug or communist?
OT – Here’s the Repubs response to Obama’s idea of a lil get together on health care – good move in my opinion:
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/09/boehner-to-white-house-why-are-we-going-to-talk-about-a-bill-that-cant-pass/
The most disturbing part of this is verification of the fact that the SEIU is playing our elected officials like puppets, telling them where to be and when, and what to do when they get there. The “Don’t worry; we’ve arranged everything” attitude in this e-mail is frightening to me!
At least Scott Brown gave his reason for voting against this union thug…the rest were stuttering like Obama off teleprompter. The real reason? The Tea Party and Conservatives are ready to vote their collective corpses out of office.
I can imagine this bho and team getting ready to spring an eo to see this little darling has a ‘czar’ post sometime soon. Dear andy will NOT take this well. Just keep an eye out this bho will somehow see this happens. This has not been a good day for this bho.
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Since Scott Brown and other recent Tea Party results, Dumbocrats sure have been running for the tall grass a lot, even with a 59/41 edge. Funny how one little ol’ senator can make a massive difference
To whom it may concern:
I do wish Mr. Obama would improve his vetting process. He (and his associates) keep appointing radical leftists who are completely alien to his “temperament” (h/t to “Christo” Buckley and David Brooks). This is tragic. It is undermining the effectiveness of his administration which I so want to succeed. Please Mr. Obama: correct your vetting process as soon as you possibly can lest your aims be misunderstood and misinterpreted by evil republicans.
Yours in obedience.