Posted on 04/14/2011 1:40:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With both sides attacking the budget compromise up for votes on Capitol Hill today, Nancy Pelosi wants everyone to know one thing:
The former Speaker said Thursday morning that no matter what happens — pass or fail — she takes no “responsibility” for the deal that cuts about $38 billion from last year’s spending deal.
“As is pretty evident House Democrats were not part of that agreement — I’d rather call it an agreement than a deal,” Pelosi said. “I feel no ownership of that or any responsibility to it.”
Pelosi can play Pontius Pilate all she wants — or Lady MacBeth, whichever you prefer — but washing her hands doesn’t take her off the hook for this deal. For one thing, she’s the leader of her caucus in the House. If she opposed it, then she would be whipping her team to vote against it and put Republicans on the hook for the deal. Instead, she won’t even publicly declare how she herself will vote on the bill. I know that the position of House Minority Leader is usually irrelevant when it comes to floor votes, but Pelosi is putting in extra effort to be purposefully irrelevant.
If she didn’t want to take responsibility for major policy positions, why did she force her caucus to reinstall her as its chief?
Fundamentally, however, Pelosi owns whatever budget ends up being produced. As House Speaker with a 77-seat majority in the 111th Session, with the Senate and White House controlled by her party, Pelosi could have easily passed nearly any budget she desired. Instead, Pelosi shirked her responsibilities then as she’s doing now, attempting to evade blame for the government budget. Democrats unhappy at the cuts coming in the final five months of FY2011 have only one person to blame, and that’s the woman trying desperately to wash her hands in the corner.
On the other hand, Pelosi has found someone to blame for her irrelevancy:
In a tense moment that may well have encapsulated the frustrations of three-plus months in the minority, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi snapped at a top presidential economic adviser, Gene Sperling, during a closed-door meeting between White House aides and House Democratic leaders Wednesday.
“Maybe you could consult with us just once,” Pelosi said, according to one source’s account. Others confirmed the basic content of the stand-out barb from the former speaker in the midst of an active but largely cordial meeting.
Why should they consult a leader who so assiduously avoids leading?
Hey, she’s not anywhere near being responsible for Obamacare either. I mean, she never even read it!
Not my fault - Isn’t that the politician’s credo? (snark) Seriously, Pelosi has never been responsible/accountable for anything in her life before...why start now?
I saw where the witch voted against it. Figures.
OT..but right now on DU...there is a thread urging posters to deluge facebook and other social media w/ links to stories about how awful the republicans are and making sure granny knows that she is going to be hurt by them. They are using any means necessary to win, as usual, but this is despicable.
Why is this person still bloviating?
Can we get a delusional Ping or something!? =.=
There is not enough water in the world to wash her hands of what has happened in DC. She started this spending spree while Bush was President and kept it up for as long as she could.
karl rove and the top three republicans in the house agree with them and say the same things... but about the TEA Party members like most of us. Shut the b!tch down today!
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Love your “Pontius Pilate” add on to the headline!
Hey, she’s not anywhere near being responsible for Obamacare either. I mean, she never even read it!
Did anyone read that 600+ page POS? I doubt anyone did!!! The OBAMA SOCIALIST HEALTH CARE PLAN wasw passed without anyone reading the whole law!!!
I was being sarcastic - thought it was obvious
Maybe you were.... I wonder who could hae read these laws when the bills are 600+ pages long. I could write a law that is 1 page long.
No bills should be more then 5 pages long!! Most should be 1 paragraph!!!
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