Posted on 12/15/2009 1:26:11 PM PST by GonzoII
While the Democrats appease Senator Lieberman, they still have to worry about other recalcitrant Democrats including Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson. Though Lieberman has been out front in the fight against the public option and the Medicare buy-in, Nelson was critical of both. Now that those provisions appear to have been stripped from the bill, Lieberman may get on board, but Nelson's demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion has still not been met. 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.
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Why is this development not surprising.
You are correct, but we need to give LOUD VOICE and spread the word that BO is threatening to close the air base in Nebraska... the backlash will harden Nelson’s position against the bill. If you know ANYONE in Nebraska, tell them.
Maybe Ben Nelson should reach across to his old buddy Chuck Hagel. Nelson used to be a Republican, maybe it’s time to be one again.
If not, you can put a fork in him.
I didn’t think the White House was supposed to HAVE the power to add a base to the BRAC list. I thought that was the reason for the BRAC Commission in the first place.
wasn’t this air force base one of the stops Bush 43 made during 9-11?
This is Liberman's contact info
If one way doesn't work try another.
(202) 224-4041 Voice (of course the DC one is full
(202) 224-9750 Fax
For TTY Call 711
Local office 860-549-8463
Look up their local offices and call those numbers as they have busied our and limited their emails. Use their fax numbers too.
Call your own senators even if they are voting NO, ask them how they can let the VA cuts and the new fees for the retired Military insurance Tri Care for Life go through. Tell them NO compromise bill!
I've already called Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander's offices, along with Liberman's. This IMPACTS all the US, not just their puny states, therefore you have a right to contact any and all of them.
You’re probably right, but maybe the WH could threaten to cut or redirect funding for the base.
These people are insane...Gawd, I hate them....btw...welcome AQ to Illinois!
Yes, Offutt is where GWBush went on 9/11. Before the national news came out, I got a call from my wife who said the local media reported that Air Force One was at Offutt, and GWBush was in the underground bunker.
I have seen countless air shows at Offutt over the years. In fact, the Blue Angels and Thunerbirds would fly over my house in Bellevue during their shows. I even saw the space shuttle land there on a 747 on its way back to Florida one year.
I even had the priveledge of getting a guided tour of the underground strategic complex one time. Got to see the “big board” just like they show in the movies.
I didn’t think the White House was supposed to HAVE the power to add a base to the BRAC list. I thought that was the reason for the BRAC Commission in the first place.
Blackmail and Bribes. The Chicago way.
That would be funny if it wasn't so scary.
Nelson might not want to go public with this threat, but that doesn’t mean we (and others) can’t.... force Nelson’s hand to oppose this monstrosity.
In 1972, the area around Selma, Alabama voted in favor of George McGovern over Richard Nixon. Sixteen months later, Selma’s Craig Air Force Base, the Air Force’s largest pilot training facility at that time, was shuttered as part of the “post-Vietnam economic drawdown”. This cost Selma about 12,000 jobs.
To these goons, unfettered access to abortion right up to the moment of birth trumps national security and just about every other issue.
It’s demonic, really.
Promise him a big job if he loses the election like good ole mafia guys will do!
I said yesterday that President Barry is getting desperate and he will resort to bully-boy tactics. Well, here is a prime example.
“threatening to put Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn’t fall into line.”
Simple solution. The state seizes all the equipment and takes over the base. Presto! Nebraska has its own nuclear strike force.
Someone needs to give Rahm an offer he can’t refuse....
The only difference between Congress and Monica Lewinsky is stains!
The BRAC is finalized in 2005. Cannot add and subtract bases to the list by the executive branch.
According to the BRACK lists I have from 2005, no Florida base is on it - no Offut AFB.
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