Posted on 03/08/2019 9:22:02 PM PST by Olog-hai
A restive group of newcomers. Baffled party leaders. Fiery conversations behind closed doors that spill into public view and threaten to upend legislation.
After a wrenching week for Democrats, its hard not to wonder: Does Speaker Nancy Pelosi have a tea party problem?
Emboldened by their ability to seize the spotlight and shape the national debate, a core group of high-profile freshmen Democrats are driving an agenda that could define the party for years to come. Much like the tea party conservatives who vaulted Republicans to power a decade ago, these Democrats firm ideology and wait-for-no-one swagger have set off a fight for the future of the party. [ ]
That could be a preview of whats to come. Some of the same lawmakers who defended Omar are pushing the party to endorse drastic steps to tackle climate change with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs Green New Deal. Theyre ready to impeach President Donald Trump, openly defying Pelosis resistance to the idea.
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NOT.AT.ALL.
No - Nancy has a Kool-aid problem
This kind of talk is right out of the playbook of those who say:
“BOTH SIDES DO IT”
That is said very frequently by Cavuto, over and over again.
It is a line that is ALWAYS sure to get applause.
What they fail to discuss is what you both are saying:
That THERE IS NO, NO COMPARISON TO THE ACTIONS TAKEN.
One is for GOOD.
One is PURE EVIL.
Would be great if they did #WalkAway. How long can they keep their eyes closed?
Author of the 1965 report The Negro Family, The Case for National Action, he predicted much of the inner-city pathology, caused by the absence of fathers, that we see today. Leftist critics denounced Moynihan for it.
Did they really put it that way back then?
You could say that if by the "Deep State" you mean the federal bureaucracy, but the "Deep State" was usually meant to refer to the intelligence and law enforcement agencies, not to other branches of the bureaucracy.
The title can certainly be taken as a dig at the Tea Party, but the basic idea - that there is the Establishment and there are the insurgents - holds true, doesn't it?
To look for another example of similar conflict in Congress, you might take 1994 or 1974 or 1964, but most people's memories may not go back that far.
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