Posted on 01/14/2010 10:36:53 AM PST by Talkradio03
Story from the Politico of Ben Nelson leaving a pizza restaurant in Omaha.."It was definitely a scene in there,” said Tom Lewis, a 41-year-old dentist and registered Republican who witnessed the incident...Story
(Excerpt) Read more at hotairpundit.blogspot.com ...
But, nope. He will not change his mind.
You see where being civil got us!!
They have no idea....
We need to shame and ostracize politicians and family members who give aid to the destruction of our culture. They MUST be required to pay a price and to pay it in a public and embarrassing way.
I have told the communists in my family that they, and people like them, are my personal enemies and will be considered as such as long as they support the destruction of our culture. They love what I hate and hate what I love, why would I want to socialize with them anyway. We have NOTHING in common.
We need to stop making nice with our enemies. It gets us nothing. May this be the first of many incidents like it.
Didn’t think you got a do over once you sold your soul to the devil obammy.
Not anymore...
They no longer represent the people...they represent specific interests. Either "theirs" or "special"....fill in the blanks.
You can just sit and eat in silence while someone sitting next to you is spitting and urinating on the Constitution and "represents" you...but I won't any longer.
fwiw-
Who'd have thunk it?
(Well done, restaurant customers!)
““I’d have to say that nine out of ten people that come up to me thank me,” he said.”
Those nine are LOBBYISTS, and they have a check in the other hand....
I don’t conflate tin-foil hat nuttery with ordinary citizens expressing their outrage.
Just how accesible has Mr. Nelson been to his constituents, eh? Do you really think he’s been listening to them? He is now.
Politicians who pull the sort of crap Nelson has should be shunned, publically humiliated and refused service everywhere they go.
It’s the civilized alternative to heads on pikes. For now.
You are correct. I did not think of it that way. He does work for them, so it was his choice to go eat with the people he works for. Thanks for the input.
Good points. Got it.
LMAO Bump!
Excerpt from a blog quoting a story from Politico.
Here, cut out the middleman. Original story (NOT on excerpt-only list):
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31488.html
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson and his wife were leaving dinner at a new pizza joint near their home in Omaha one night last week when a patron began complaining about Nelson’s decisive vote in favor of the Senate’s health care bill.
Other customers started booing. A woman yelled, “Get him the hell out of here!” And the Nelsons and their dining companions beat a hasty retreat.
“It was definitely a scene in there,” said Tom Lewis, a 41-year-old dentist and registered Republican who witnessed the incident. A second witness confirmed the incident to POLITICO.
It’s a new experience for Nelson.
He used to be a popular figure back home, a Democrat who served eight years in the governor’s office and was elected twice to the Senate by a state that’s as red as the “N” on the University of Nebraska’s football helmets.
But Nelson has seen his approval ratings tumble in the wake of his wavering over the historic health care bill, his deal-cutting with other Senate Democrats and, ultimately, his support to break a GOP filibuster and send the bill to a House-Senate conference committee.
Nelson, who has a track record of brokering bipartisan deals, said for months that he was unsure whether to back a Democrats-only bill, and he criticized language in the measure that would impose taxes and cut Medicare costs in order to pay for extending coverage to most Americans. But after weeks of negotiations, Nelson made his peace with the bill by striking deals on his state’s Medicaid costs and on abortion language — and, in the process, incited a furious backlash in Nebraska.
Anti-abortion activists who have supported him in the past have abandoned him; he’s been the target of a fierce campaign by opponents to push him to block the bill on final passage; and the GOP now sees the opportunity for a pickup in 2012.
Meantime, Nelson is still viewed warily by more-liberal Democrats who distrust his conservative leanings and remain upset with his opposition to a public option.
“He’s kind of a man without a state,” said Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life, an influential anti-abortion group that had endorsed Nelson’s previous election bids but has “pretty much cut [its] ties” with the senator over the abortion deal in the health care bill. The group plans a rally Jan. 30 in front of the state Capitol in Lincoln and will weigh whether to use its influence to go after Nelson ahead of 2012, when he is up for a third term.
The state Republican Party has set up a website calling for voters to eject Nelson from office, and it has already raised “tens of thousands of dollars” for advertising, according to Mark Fahleson, chairman of the state party.
And Democrats in Washington worry that the pressure may cause Nelson to defect in the end, particularly since the senator — once again — has made clear that his final vote on the bill is not guaranteed.
Nelson, who declined requests for an interview, is responding to the blowback with a major effort to reverse public opinion, criss-crossing the state county by county and holding interviews with a slew of local newspapers and TV and radio stations. He has explained his vote and the deals he made in several newspaper op-eds, held a news conference outside his home in Omaha and made a “sizable number” of calls to individual voters who have written him to express their concerns, according to his spokesman.
BTTT
The captains falling on their swords for the Emperor!
Also I think the article also stated that the diners let Nelson eat in peace and as he was leaving they heckled him. He deserves it and a lot worse. He wants my tax money to kill babies.
“I have told the communists in my family that they, and people like them, are my personal enemies and will be considered as such as long as they support the destruction of our culture.”
You sound just like me - blunt and truthful. If they don’t like it, don’t come around here anymore. I’ve had it with playing nice to useful idiots.
Some may remember the House Post Office Scandal and the treatment that then Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski got from his constituents -- chased down the street by a mob of senior citizens.
Our founders knew how to handle these self-aggrandizing traitors too. I highly recommend all here to read The First American Revolution by Ray Raphael. It recounts the Tea Party-like activities of Massachusetts patriots before Lexington & Concord. It came out a few years ago and was little noticed at the time. I've just been re-reading it and am struck by the parallels to present circumstances. Many may find it a useful manual for more hands on action than placard waving and emailing.
Pitchforks and torches in 2010; throw the bums out.
He was never in any real danger with that massive hair helmet protecting him.
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