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 Nebraskas Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesnt 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 Nelsons 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 Nelsons 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 doesnt 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 were 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!
2010 will be know as the year of creating heroes and cowards.
This is really getting out of hand, and just how far will Obama go to meet his Marxist goals?
Will he tell the FAA to ground the planes, call Amtrak and stop the trains?
Or call his Muslim buddies and arrange the transportation of them to create an incident at a major theme park.
I think its about due time to bear a direct broadside at Obama now.
Don Obamacorleone is making an offer Nelson can’t refuse?
“not send them marching off to slaughter?”
...in mid-winter. In the mountains of Afghanistan.
The Executive buys the Legislative. And with that, enslaves each American citizen.
Sen. Nelson is to be on KFAB on the early am show in the morning. This should be interesting.
Obama = F*ck National Security.
Nebraska should NAIL OBAMA’S ASS!
You are correct, this should be in breaking. I’ve asked the mods to move it (if it has not been done already)
Thanks
It’s a good thing Nelson doesn’t own any Chrysler dealerships.
The Marxist Has Spoken.
At what point will this crap STOP?
No, they will enslave people that live here. No American will be alive . Americans will give their lives fighting this if necessary. They will die as free men/women. A real American will never live as a slive.
Thanks. If this is true it is a national security issue. Not to mention thousands of jobs at risk. This is nothing short of blackmail and the more people hear about it, the better.
This gives Obama what he wants - full control over health care and an end to US Nuclear Weapons where he call sell them to his favorite dictators and terrorist nations.
I’m honestly beginning to believe there will be no choice to save this country but full revolution.
I feel the same way. I keep hoping for some sort of divine intervention.
Hannity’s covering it right now at 7:09 p.m. in our area.
LOL, sort of.
Me too. I don't want what I think is going to happen - to happen.
One can only hope. And hope it happens without too much agon for the rest of us.
Maybe we can exile him with Zelaya?
I re-posted on breaking
IIRC Richard Shelby was threatened like this early in the first Clinton Administration.
He switched parties. Nelson has the option to do exactly the same. It would be nice if, in doing so, he just happened to release phone tapes of Rahm or whoever threatening Offutt.
bttt
Good. People need to hear this.
Tin foil here, but could this be part of the big plan? First “they” get their president in, then they infiltrate the country (open borders and now Gitmo), then get the sheeple full of koolaid and indoctrinate the children, and disable the military. Sounds suspicious.
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