Posted on 12/15/2009 3:06:37 PM PST by American Dream 246
Quite an explosive leak! I wonder how this will affect things? It is certainly a thuggish and dangerous thing for Obama to play with National Security over this craptacular idea of socialized medicine. Quite a desperate move.
According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn’t fall into line. Offutt Air Force Base employs some 10,000 military and federal employees in Southeastern Nebraska. As our source put it, this is a “naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson’s vote.” They are “threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?” asked the Senate staffer.
Indeed, Offutt is the headquarters for US Strategic Command, the successor to Strategic Air Command, and not by accident. STRATCOM was located in the middle of the country for strategic reasons. Its closure would be a massive blow to the economy of the state of Nebraska, but it would also be another example of this administration playing politics with our national security.
So much for the idea of Obama trying to save jobs and improve the economy!
Without Nelson’s vote, since all Republicans are still in line to oppose this, Reid is still left with 59 votes. So, some arm twisting is taking place. Nelson doesn’t want this bill to fund abortions so he is now being threatened, and national security along with him. How shameful this would be if Democrats felt shame.
Ed Morrissey:
The Obama administration has little left to use for leverage. Why not national security? After all, if we’re going to bring terrorists into Illinois, what does it matter if we put the US Strategic Command on wheels for a few years?
What a nightmare!
Nelson should reply, well I’ll have to call Larry Sinclair and give him sometime to tell Congress how Obama murdered a gay lover and how Biden and OBama illegally imprisioned Larry Sinclair, and how Larry is running for Congress and...
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Let’s just f’n do it anyway.
At what point does this blackmail become criminal?
Time to revolt, folks. This is unconscionable, and this POS is openly and cravenly using the strategic security of the United States as a bargaining chip to get his way for the socialization of America. He is holding the security of the United States hostage! No president in American history has been this evil.
“We desperately need American Revolution II to throw out the socialists, especially 0bozo the commie pig, and throw them all into prison for high crimes & treason against the U.S.”
I’m all for that.
Sounds good to me. Or maybe Mussolini-style...
This administration finds a new low all the time.
A determined man Obama is.
Too bad his determination will destroy our sovereignty.
Please Lord let Nelson be a brave enough American to come out and expose Obama for this. And anyone else in cahoots.
This has reached beyond parties and political ideologies, this is treason.
I don’t the Democrats are quite aware of how angry many people are.
Forget 2010 ...REVOLUTION NOW !
If you naive people out there in America land think that POTUS Barack Hussein Obama has any love for any American whether they are any color, religion, ethnicity, culture, etc., you must be ready to buy the Brooklyn Bridge from me. You best get it right folks, Barack Hussein Obama loves only two things in this order, “himself and his useless dogma”. He could care less about America, its future and its freedom. Wise up, kiddies!!!!
Because the representatives are wusses and afraid of being called names.
silverleaf wrote: “Closing SAC headquarters would deprive the TOTUS of such a wonderful photo op.”
..... Indeed. I think a portrait of 0bama next to a STEALTH bomber would be symbolic after a fashion.
It’s the Chicago way and it’s no longer funny! Sit back and let those AH’s take over this country. Pathetic, just pathetic!!!!! There are over 300 million Americans and they are held hostage by A handful of Chicago thugs and one Kenyan.
Good question.
Who is the Attorney General in charge of fighting crime?
Bribery: Landrieu scores $300,000,000.00.
Extortion: Nelson threatened with base closure.
What’s next, Kneecapping?
Does not surprise me. Any time there is difficulty with that pesky Congress, the trouble makers are “counseled” in the White House. Then they magically behave in the desired way.
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