Posted on 12/15/2009 4:07:05 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!
This is pure Treason.
That would be a huge mistake. FYI, Offutt houses one of four NAOC 747’s for the POTUS’ airborne command post in case of attack. That’s where Bush went on 9/11, and he slept in the underground bunker that is specially fortified for this use.
Let 0bama do this and see what happens to his anti_American ass in an emergency.
The President has no say on what bases are added to the BRAC unless he twist the arms of the SecDef and then the BRAC Commission has to agree. With everything at Offutt not way this will ever be closed as it takes years to go through the BRAC process.
Impeach Obama for even suggestioning such a move. The Chicago thug at work.
Is this treason? If not, technically, it certainly is in spirit. IMPEACH THIS THUG TRAITOR!
They are political. If not, why then did George AFB get closed? Because our RINO Rep. (Lewis) cut a deal with the Klinton admin.
Even though I might get flamed for this. Probably most of those systems are obsolete, Most of what is there is command and intelligence which is duplicated in other places, maybe not many times over but it's more then just one place. Tell me what is obsoletely necessary at that base that can't be moved to another base.
Cash for clunkers
Gold for grannies
Cash for caulkers
Alms for the poor. Alms. Alms.
What a kenyan thug! If this is true, no one should vote for anything he proposes. Resist! Resist! Resist!
I admit that he is between a rock and a hard place.
Between now and the 2010 election, Obummer, the Marxist now posing as a Fascist, can do his state irreparable damage.
But the way to fight it is to put the Obummer, the Marxist now posing as a Fascist, threat on the front pages of every paper in the country.
Nelson should go on every TV talk show including the late night talk shows and lay it out for all to see.
Call their bluff and they will be forced to back down.
What low life.
“threatening our national defense in order to push through his agenda”
Like these guys, flapping in the breeze?
OEF
http://icasualties.org/oef/Nationality.aspx?hndQry=US
12-15-2009
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Not yet reported
Omaha World Herald article where Nelson aid says it is false:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20091215/NEWS/712159842
This is going to get interesting!
One clarification:
The acronym for Strategic Air Command is SAC, not STRATCOM, which used to be the Strategic Communications Command
I keep daydreaming that one of these days, this idiot is going to piss off our military to the point the poor young marine who stands outside the oval office is going to walk in and deck the SOB.
I’ll chip in for his defense!!
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