We die for the glory of Empress Pelosi! '
Posted on 03/10/2010 5:24:17 PM PST by neverdem
And now the House Democrats line up at the instruction of their blind commanders for a final charge into glory as they battle to foist a health care system on a country that neither wants it nor can afford it. The charge may or may not reach its objective. But one thing is certain: The carnage among those who vote for health care will remind Civil War buffs of Pickett's Charge on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
As a French general who witnessed the spectacle said, "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre." (It is magnificent, but it's not war.) The sight of so many Democrats throwing away their political careers may be arresting, but it is not politics.
Before this last, demented attempt to pass health care, the Democrats would have lost control of the House anyway. But with it, they face the loss of a historically high number of seats -- perhaps more than 80.
The final fight over health care boils down to a simple formulation: The People vs. Pelosi. In district after district, the next 10 days will feature an aroused citizenry demanding a no vote while an ideologically motivated speaker demands assent. The echo of this push/pull will take place in the minds of the Democratic House members. Each will ask himself whether he is really prepared to throw away his career for this vote. Is this it? Is this legislation worth the end of line?
To arouse public opinion, anti-Obamacare groups are drilling down to the congressional district level and running ads in each swing congressman's backyard pressuring their member to vote no. The League of American Voters is now running ads in the following districts: Baron Hill, D-Ind., Mark Schauer, D-Mich., Michael Arcuri, D-N.Y., Dan Maffei, D-N.Y., Kathy...
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The Kamikaze ‘RATS!
Morris is wrong. The socialists will never stop trying to push their agenda so long as they control the White House and Congress.
My response to the rats is to say to the connoneers “Double Canister on the quick!!!!”
We die for the glory of Empress Pelosi! '
I do believe there was a British liason observer who saw the fateful charge.
“Such fateful folly I saw”
“The Democrats’ Pickett’s Charge”
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What a GREAT analogy:
“Pickett’s Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Its futility was predicted by the charge’s commander, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, and it was arguably an avoidable mistake from which the Southern war effort never fully recovered psychologically. The farthest point reached by the attack has been referred to as the high-water mark of the Confederacy.
Although some Confederates were able to breach the low stone wall that shielded many of the Union defenders, they could not maintain their hold and were repulsed with over 50% casualties, a decisive defeat that ended the three-day battle and Lee’s campaign into Pennsylvania.”
Oh! Cat Poop! The Civil War or the Crimean?? Whats the difference. The difference is an L.S.D! The point is clear!/s/
* Note: L.S.D.= Little Shi**y Detail
The “Stimulus” Act was designed to enrich Democrat individuals and groups at a huge cost to taxpayers. Cap-and-Trade enriches GE, Al Gore, Goldman Sachs and foreign oil. Administration moves to try terrorists in federal courts is an attempt to give them and their lawyers a venue to sue the U.S. for “torture” and “unjust imprisonment.” To figure out the “rationale” for ObamaCare is to follow the money. Obama is a cheap Chicago crook in a $2,000 suit.
There was an English Grenadier Guards colonel observing on the Confederate side, one Colonel Fremantle. He describes in his memoirs the extreme reluctance of General Longstreet to verbally order Pickett to proceed with the charge- he apparently only nodded his head, yes- go.
Hopefully, the result in November will be as follows (adapted from Shaara’s “Killer Angels”):
President Obama: “ Madam Pelosi, I want you to reform your majority in the house to continue the progressive charge.”
Pelosi: “Mr. President, I have no majority!”
However, that particular adventure is in a package of the Flashman Papers that still hasn't been released. I expect to read it when I finally follow George MacDonald Fraser to the other side of the river.
If they can take the wall, Pelosi’s casualties can be replaced in 2 years.
I think that the British officer at Gettysburg was Arthur
Freemantle. Hope I spelled his name right.
Mike
Calling this “Pickett’s Charge” give’s the Obama Pel Reiden team way to much credit! These fellow travellers deserve not comparison to whom came on top of Traveller, but rather to what Traveller left beneath him; and their troops deserve none of the honor of Pickett’s men. Pickett’s charge was an anomaly, a rare mistaken order by Robert E. Lee, yet was carried out honorably by those so ordered, in the best tradition of Western warfare. This is no anomaly. Better to call it the Democrats’ “Banzai Charge,” as it employs their usual desperation tactic in search of their usual red targets! Fortunately the proper model for conservatives against such tactics is having his story retold Sunday on HBO’s “Pacific” series, John Basilone on Guadalcanal. Keep firing gang, from every position you can find, and don’t let up! One man CAN make a difference!
I’m always amazed by Freeper’s knowledge of history - Pickett’s charge, in this case, and its relevance to today’s politics.
Calling this “Pickett’s Charge” gives the Obama Pel Reiden team too much credit! Pickett’s charge was an anomaly, a rare mistaken order by Robert E. Lee, yet it was executed honorably by those so ordered. These fellow travellers deserve not comparison to whom Traveller carried forward, but rather to what left Traveller's behind. In receipt of asinine orders, their troops, braying assertions rather than braving assent, deserve none of the honor of Pickett’s men.This is no anomaly, it's their standard behavior. Better to call it the Democrats’ “Banzai Charge.” Media blaring, stampeding their dotty team toward red dreams! Fortunately the proper model for conservatives against such tactics, John Basilone on Guadalcanal, is having his story retold Sunday on HBO’s “Pacific” series. Keep firing gang, from every position you can find, and don’t let up! One man CAN make a difference!
Good catch.
I dont give a Crap about any of these parasites in Washington But I do Care about My country,This Bill will destroy this Country but all they are concerned about is their Jobs
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