Why Ed Markey is Desperate to Avoid Voting on His “Green New Deal”

DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon

[EyesOfTX]

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)

Oh. Why, nobody could’ve seen that coming. Oh, wait… – Useless North Carolina RINO Senator Richard Burr told the leering press yesterday that the incredibly mis-named Senate Intelligence Committee has found no evidence of “collusion” with Russia by the Trump Campaign, Trump Transition Team or Trump Administration. Go figure.

Like American Gestapo Chief, er, “Special Counsel” Robert Mueller, Senate Intel is winding down its fake investigation because there is no “there” there – never was, isn’t now, and never will be. Democrats and fake journalists who really bought into this fantasy play expressed their shock and dismay, but Burr and his partner in this fake investigation – Virginia Democrat Senator Mark Warner – are finally giving up the ghost and directing their committee to move onto greener pastures.

Hey, here’s an idea – maybe y’all can go back to doing your actual job and start exercising a little congressional oversight over the nation’s still-corrupt “intelligence” community. What a novel concept.

Sen. Ed Markey wants to “sponsor” the incredibly destructive “Green New Deal”… – but he just doesn’t want to “vote” for the incredibly destructive “Green New Deal.” That was the message sent out by the despicable Democrat from Massachusetts on Tuesday after Mitch McConnell told the press he is making plans to hold a vote on the hilariously inept congressional resolution that Alexandria Ocasio Cortez rolled out into the public domain last week.

“I’ve noted with great interest the Green New Deal,” McConnell said, “And we’re going to be voting on that in the Senate. Give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how they feel about the Green New Deal.” In other words, the Senate Majority Leader wants to get every Democrat member in that body on the record supporting things like destroying the miracle of air flight, destroying the nation’s thriving oil and gas industry, making cars too expensive for all but the wealthy to afford and throwing the United States quickly into an economic depression that would make the 1930s look like a walk in the park.

Sen. Markey wants none of that voting nonsense. He wants to be able to keep up his 30-year practice of being a rank demagogue on the “Global Warming” issue without actually having votes in favor of the invariably-Socialist/fascist “solutions” proposed by the fake “green” community dirtying up his record.

Thus it was that, shortly after McConnell made his promise to hold a vote, Markey issued this response that reeks of desperation:

“Don’t let Mitch McConnell fool you: this is nothing but an attempt to sabotage the movement we are building. He wants to silence your voice so Republicans don’t have to explain why they are climate change deniers. McConnell wants this to be the end, this is just the beginning.”

Yeah, it’s a “beginning” all right – Markey may or may not realize it just yet, but the roll-out of this creepy proposal to turn our country into just another starving, third-world socialist/fascist failed state is indeed the beginning of the end of the Democrat Party’s quest to regain the levers of power in Washington. Democrats have only managed to win elections over the past half-century by lying about their real beliefs and intentions. The Green New Deal removes that mask for all to see, and it is an incredibly ugly face that most Americans will never support.

So, in case you’re wondering, that is why Markey and other senate Democrats will do everything they can to avoid casting a vote on AOC’s incredibly destructive proposal.

Hey, maybe this is another reason… – You don’t have to believe me or any other conservative voice on how awful the Green New Deal really is – you could listen to the founder of the far-left eco-terrorist group “GreenPeace” if you want.

Patrick Moore, in an interview with the New American, basically characterized Markey’s proposal as a global suicide pact: “It is quite amazing that someone that is in government — actually elected to the government of the United States of America — would propose that we eliminate all fossil fuels in 12 years,” he said in an on-camera interview with The New American from Canada. “This would basically result, if we did it on a global level, it would result in the decimation of the human population from 7-odd billion down to who knows how few people.”

Oh. Well, gosh, maybe it isn’t such a great idea, then.

Hold the vote, Mitch. Put these soulless ghouls on the record for posterity.

That is all.

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[Old Retired Army Guy]

I predict that if Mc Connell holds that vote a bunch of Democrats will ne absent/out of town.

[Liz]

Thirty braindead Democraps sponsored Sen Markey's bill and assembled to support AOC's laughable rollout of the Green Dream.

Now Mitch McConnell is holding their feet to the fire....calling for a vote.

Prime sponsor, Sen Markey (at right in pic---and other Democrats?), are running for cover......
to avoid casting a vote on AOC’s creepy Green Deal....to turn America into another starving, Third-World socialist/fascist failed state.

Democrats manage to win by lying about their real beliefs and intentions. The gross Green Deal removes their masks, and it is an
incredibly ugly face that greets Americans.....the beginning of the end of the Democrats' savage quest to regain the levers of power.

[chief lee runamok]

"How would the vote harm the GOP senators?"

There is such a thing as "gop" senators?

That's news to me.

[Starboard]

the beginning of the end of the Democrat Party’s quest to regain the levers of power in Washington

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Its ironic that the wacky Left with its destructive proposals like the Greeen New Deal makes the GOP look good — by comparison. Without that foil people might actually expect the useless GOP to do something producutive.

[V K Lee]

You are right on the money. Clergy has failed their flock.
For substantial proof: Nanny P freely endorsing abortion, and yet her church continues to allow her to practice her ‘faith’. Or the fact that Cuomo and Cardinal Dolan remain friends with no mention of retribution.
As to the ‘gimme crowd’. Had one of these in my family, my youngest sibling. She went on to marry another one and together they produced and reproduced even more hungry mouths yearning for the ‘free cheese’. They find nothing abnormal or immoral in this. Total embarrassment from this direction.

[Starboard]

Seems like both parties don’t like to actually vote for what they say they want too often.

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They all wants the jobs. They just don’t want the repsonsibilities that go along with it. They hate being forced to make decisions and the thought of being held accountable.

[Leep]

Ironic that massive government spending is what is actually destroying America.
And the solution..of course..is even more massive government spending..?
Throw in open borders and multibillion dollar drug trafficking and how does even a great country survive?

[babble-on]

Got to give McConnell some credit on this one. Very clever move.

[Joe 6-pack]

“This would basically result, if we did it on a global level, it would result in the decimation of the human population from 7-odd billion down to who knows how few people.” Oh. Well, gosh, maybe it isn’t such a great idea, then."

This is where many conservatives are unwilling to admit the obvious. This is a great idea for those who wish a drastic reduction in the human population for that exact reason. Many on the right are simply afraid to acknowledge that the left desires just that.

[allendale]

Markey is the “Schizoid of the Senate”.

[chuckee]

Markey who co sponsored the bill in the senate is probably embarrassed now that he will be put up to ridicule if the Senate votes on it. Either he liked the name and did not read it before he sponsored it or he actually read it and believed it. Either way he loses.

[TakeChargeBob]

On the surface this sounds like a clever move but unfortunately we know for sure based on recent experience that this will be worthless and at best gains no benefit.

I believe that there was a vote on something to do with healthcare (perhaps medicare- don’t recall) that McConnell wanted to put the Ds on record for. They called it a show vote and voted present eliminating any talking point. The MSM dutifully reports it as such. Thus the impact that McConnell wanted was not realized at all. A vote on the Green New Deal will have a worse effect. The votes and logic will be the same and the MSM plus some on our side will ridicule McConnell’s vote.

The Green New Deal is not ready for making law and it is an obvious show vote. (Even those on our side who want to embarrass the Ds with this realize it is a show vote.) This proposal is a godsend to us. (Caveat if it is effective to gain public support for the Ds we are doomed as a country.) We do not need to play obvious politics and weaken our hand. When the Ds are self destructing leave them alone. The way to get people on the record is to ask them during the campaign about the Green New Deal. Also we need to bring this up in every race. Especially for the D reps in conservative districts where even if they do not support the Green New Deal we can run against the radical D leadership.

[Ancesthntr]

Not the main topic of this thread, but WRT this quote from the subject article:

“Like American Gestapo Chief, er, “Special Counsel” Robert Mueller,...”

Perhaps David Blackmon could explore whether there is any relation between ours and theirs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_M%C3%BCller_(Gestapo)

Bobby M needs to constantly be referred to by our side as “Gestapo Mueller.” Go full Alinsky on the corrupt SOB, and don’t let up until he blows a fuse.

[HotHunt]

Not to deride your home state or you personally, but what, may I ask, supposedly makes MA a "smart" state.

I always thought the state to be riddled with liberal democRATS and therefore immune from the any claim of being smart.

Seriously, what do you mean exactly?

[ClearCase_guy]

Well, note that I used the term “supposedly” and I also put “smart” in quotes as well. So I hope my skepticism came through loud and clear.

But the basis for the my sentence is that MA believes that it is much smarter than other states. We have a lot of colleges. Boston is full of colleges. And across the river, in Cambridge, we have Harvard. Also MIT. Mass is generally seen as a highly educated state.

But this begs the question — does this make the state smart? How many of these college graduates have useless social science degrees? How many spent 4+ years going into debt and have little to show for it except Marxist indoctrination?

Ask any Mass Liberal, and they will tell you quickly that Mass is a really, really smart state.

But what I say is that MA is supposedly a “smart” state. Andy my question to people in MA is: How come we keep electing such terrible politicians?

[HotHunt]

If MA is so smart, ".... How come we keep electing such terrible politicians?..."

If the state is very liberal, they might not think that the democRATic politicians they elect are as terrible as folks like you and me on the right think.

I mean the Kennedys are revered as near gods in MA. But there seems to be no logical excuse for Kerry, Markey, Warren, and what was that gay guy's name? Ah, Barney Franks either.

Logic and rationale are inexplicable when trying to explain why democRATS do what they do.

To a democRAT, there can be nothing bad about the politicians they elect. And so the vicious, incomprehensible cycle of electing terrible politicians continues.

[NormsRevenge]

Just don’t build any wind farms off the coast of his state, OK?

[gogeo]

Markey is just a straight-up idiot. He’s not smart enough to be evil, but he’s dumb enough to do damage.

Just...DAMN.