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White House using base-closure process to extort Nelson’s vote on ObamaCare?
hotair.com ^
| 12/16/2009
| Staff
Posted on 12/16/2009 4:35:53 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
How desperate has the White House become to get anything passed under the name of health-care reform? According to Michael Goldfarb’s source on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration has targeted the last remaining Democratic holdout, at least among moderates — and they’re willing to damage national security to extort his support. The White House has threatened Ben Nelson (D-NE) with the closure of Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska if he opposes Reid’s latest version, despite its status as the headquarters of US Strategic Command:
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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: benedictarnoldnelson; benedictnelson; bennelson; benodictarnoldnelson; benodictnelson; bribe; nebraska; nelson; offut; offuttafb
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Treasonous SOB's!
To: Red in Blue PA
WHERE ARE THE FRICKIN REPUBLICANS ON THIS ONE
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:39:13 PM PST
by
notaliberal
(Palin supporter)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:40:08 PM PST
by
gunnyg
(Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'n Commie Basterd!)
To: Red in Blue PA
Pay to play.... nothing new for these gangsters.
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:40:24 PM PST
by
Gator113
(Obama is America's First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
To: Red in Blue PA
There are reports out there that this came directly from Rahm Emmanuel. I do not recall an unelected White House Chief of Staff threatening a duly elected US Senator, nor do I recall any Administration who treated National Security so casually.
If this is true, Ben Nelson has a responsibility to say so, in order to get to the bottom of what really happened here.
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:40:40 PM PST
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts....)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:41:25 PM PST
by
gunnyg
(Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'n Commie Basterd!)
To: Bean Counter
Is this Legal? Constitutional? Where is Fox, GOP, etc. on this?!!!!
Chicago politics gone nationwide; more hoax and chains.
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:43:46 PM PST
by
Freedom56v2
(olopoolo)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:44:54 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Corruption and treason; great bedfellows for these feces.
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:44:58 PM PST
by
ExTexasRedhead
(Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:44:58 PM PST
by
Enough is ENOUGH
(Select conservatives for the coming primaries, now. Vote out the incumbents.)
To: Red in Blue PA
To: Red in Blue PA
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. SAC headquarters...
I toured it in the '80's and the underground installation was very impressive indeed.
Well, he promised CHANGE.
I wonder how many of the idiots who voted for him are still willing to admit it?
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:45:31 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Red in Blue PA
In the near future, communist-marxists (a.k.a. democrats) will begin shooting dissenters with a single shot to the back of the head (KGB style).
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:46:34 PM PST
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: Red in Blue PA
This needs to be investigated and Rahm (the dick head) should be in jail for extortion.
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:46:42 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: bushwon
Glenn Beck had it on tonight.....let’s see if anyone else has the ba&&s to follow up.
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:46:42 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
To: notaliberal
WHERE ARE THE FRICKIN REPUBLICANS ON THIS ONEAs long as there is a thumb available to suck...
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:47:49 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Enough is ENOUGH
Glenn Beck had this on his show today.
To: Red in Blue PA
Ohhhhh, Obama, just give up, go*****it!
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:49:59 PM PST
by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
To: Red in Blue PA
Agreed. It is mob-style extortion; Chicago mob-style politics. This is not American. If Nelson was SMART. He would flip off Rahm and move to the GOP!!!!!!
Nelson would be a hero if he would.
To: bushwon; All
Agree. And further, he is foolish to cover for them in this age. Nothing is kept secret forever.
This will come out....and when it does, he will look bad for covering for these criminals!
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posted on
12/16/2009 4:51:51 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
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