Posted on 08/19/2010 1:03:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Nancy Pelosi had some choice words for the American public yesterday: Shut up.
If you’ve got an opinion about the N.Y. mosque controversy, better keep it to yourself or you could end up under investigation in the House Star Chamber. Pelosi says she wants to know how opposition to the mosque is being “ginned up.” She wants to know who’s funding this anger. She wants to know what the hell is wrong with the 61 percent of Americans who evidently disagree with her views. (Her disingenuous view being that this is a “zoning issue” only and all the national controversy is much ado about politics.) Ah, if only she could threaten to take away a prized committee from the average Joe out there, the independent bastards, then things would run so much more smoothly.
Don’t get her wrong. Speaker of the House J. Edgar Hoover is perfectly willing to look into the finances and god knows what else of those who are behind the mosque, too. She has gone berserk with prosecutorial tics.
In a statement issued by her staff “clarifying” her first statement, the speaker wants us to know she was simply calling for an openness of debate. Transparency is the word of the day, according to her staff. Another one might be intimidation.
Pelosi’s efforts to walk back her provocative call for an investigation were about as clumsy as the president’s I-voted-for-it-before-I-voted-against-it statement about the mosque--one day he was for it, until he met an immediate political backlash, and the next day he was against it.
Pelosi--safe in her politically surreal balloon that is San Francisco--is not nearly so malleable as President Obama. She’d still like to gavel somebody in a courtroom and get to the bottom of this “concerted effort to make this a political issue by some.” For the sake of fairness, she’ll gavel everybody. Quick, somebody find the FBI’s old cointelpro files. We can toss Joe the Plumber’s file in there alongside Martin Luther King’s and John Lennon’s.
Pelosi’s comments are appallingly reminiscent of her views during the heated town halls of the healthcare debate. The ones that gave birth to a movement fully formed, angry that its government would force a liberal version of healthcare reform down its throat despite all national polls showing the public’s opposition.
This was not legitimate protest, Pelosi and the White House claimed at the time. It was, they asserted, a concerted effort to make this (healthcare) a political issue by some. Sound familiar? It wasn’t that the public could possibly have been upset with the healthcare bill; it had to be a case of evil genius Republican operators “ginning up” false controversy.
One wonders when Nancy Pelosi last had to run a real campaign for reelection. Having managed some myself, I remember simply trying to gin up a good crowd for a fish fry or watermelon festival. Couple hundred people turning out for a member of Congress was excellent. A couple thousand? You take note of that--something way beyond a political machine is at work here.
This, however, is Pelosi’s way: You’re either with us, un-American, or a Republican-manufactured mob.
Evidently, Pelosi’s nightmare mob reared its ugly manufactured head again. Unfortunately for her--and more so for vulnerable Democrats on the campaign trail--the “mob” is, once again, the American people--sometimes known as voters. The ignorant, malleable clods.
As for me, now that I have dared speak about that which shall not be named, I plan to watch my back. Pelosi’s people could be anywhere. Keep your blinds closed and your voice down.
Thanks!
The GOP and conservatives have a major losing streak, when it comes to any candidates from within all U.S. cities, and, whenever the GOP does win any political races from within any U.S. cities, the winning candidates are, almost always, RINOS! Leftist politics will really be dying, if conservatism ever does take over in all U.S. cities, but I’m not convinced that conservatism will ever take over all U.S. cities. Where are all of the conservative special interest groups who are only focusing on getting true, full conservatism into all U.S. cities and for the long-term? The left is, already, working on getting rid of the Electoral College, and eliminating the Electoral College will succeed in, eventually, getting rid of conservatism for the long-term!
Brett said: "I would like to know who the "others" are! Who are "those" who are calling for an investigation?"
Hi Combat Boots. What does the graphic say? It’s Greek to me!
Nice message management from the Squeaker. I hope she keeps it up through Election Day.
[US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT??!?
They went far to the left at one point. Are they back? Or is this an exception?]
Yeah- what’s going on here?
That portion of the voter base is probably 20% of the population. The other 80% would be outraged.
I think you are giving too much credit to the engagement level of our population.
My opinion? “Outrage” is an emotion that 60% of our population would PERHAPS achieve when they got hauled out of their homes for possession of forbidden hate speech, like an NIV Bible.
The moderates never set the agenda or really care that much. We’re lucky if we get 60% of eligibles to show up and take 20 minutes to vote every four years.
If the polls are correct that 60-70% of Americans oppose the Ground Zero Mosque (and I believe it may be even closer to 80-90%), that would mean that Nazi Pelowsi would have to investigate 180-210 million red-blooded Americans. Give it up Nazi! Throw her ass out of office and straight into prison for un-American activities.
The ugly rabid skank can go to hell.
> I’m not backing down, are you?<
Well the queen has spoken .. oh wait a minute .. this is AMERICA ....
SCREW YOU PELOSI!
NO MOSQUE - it is hallowed ground!
It’s not fascism when WE do it
>> She wants to know who’s funding this anger.
Islam is funding this anger!! Every time they blow up a civilian or kidnap a reporter or knock down a building, they fuel the anger.
So, Princess Nancy, go investigate that!! Or are you afraid of the Religion of Peace??
It would be better to put her in an SS uniform!
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