Posted on 02/28/2010 7:17:53 AM PST by tobyhill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged her colleagues to back a major overhaul of U.S. health care even if it threatens their political careers, a call to arms that underscores the issue's massive role in this election year.
Lawmakers sometimes must enact policies that, even if unpopular at the moment, will help the public, Pelosi said in an interview being broadcast Sunday the ABC News program "This Week." "We're not here just to self-perpetuate our service in Congress," she said. "We're here to do the job for the American people."
It took courage for Congress to pass Social Security and Medicare, which eventually became highly popular, she said, "and many of the same forces that were at work decades ago are at work again against this bill."
It's unclear whether Pelosi's remarks will embolden or chill dozens of moderate House Democrats who face withering criticisms of the health care proposal in visits with constituents and in national polls. Republican lawmaker unanimously oppose the health care proposals, and many GOP strategists believe voters will turn against Democrats in the November elections.
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Well, this should be interesting. It’ll be like watching ROACHES scramble for cover when the lights come on... ;)
Maybe the Dem theme song come November will be “Many a tear has to fall, but it’s all in the game.”
You could almost believe this was satire, except for the fact that Pelosi is really this crazy. I guess she doesn’t much care if she’s speaker anymore, either. Of course, she WILL have to give up that freaking airplane she loves so much.
More like do a job ON the American People. At least the Commies are being exposed. How many Crats will join in the final BANZAI sucide attack?
Make the sacrifice Nancy, QUIT!
They all think behind her back:
“Easy for you to say, Ms. safe San Francisco district.”
Skeletor’s Bride knows she safe. The San Fransicko’s will never give her the boot.
Easy for that San Francisco marxist to say, she has so many sex perverts and communists in her district the only way she gets beat is if the local head of NAMBLA runs a primary challenge.
They truly are driven by their lust for power and their hope of dismantling America.
Somehow they don’t see what the end goal of that would be.
Man, I loathe Pelosi. She needs to go.
“You guys take a bullet for the team”. “I can’t because I represent San Francisco.”
“Make the sacrifice Nancy, QUIT!”
Exactly. All Nancy stands to lose is her big plane.
I would like to see a revolt in the Dem caucus. That would be fun.
She is a communist. She thinks that the government should own all the means of production (in other words, be the sole employer).
Pelosi sits in an ultra secure seat.
“It took courage for Congress to pass Social Security and Medicare, which eventually became highly popular,” she said, “and many of the same forces that were at work decades ago are at work again against this bill.”
I am not sure that we are happy with these two programs, it is just that we are currently stuck with them, so we work within the systems that we are given. Probably most Americans would tell you, that in fact, they aren’t totally happy with either.
"We're not here just to self-perpetuate our service in Congress," [Pelosi] said. "We're here to do a job on the American people."
There. Fixed.
Q: What do you call it when you govern against the express will of the people?
A: Tyranny.
Scorched earth mode. Convince them they are going to lose anyway so they might as well push their agenda.
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