Via RealClearPolitics, Mike Allen broke this disgusting story:
Phil Schiliro, the White House congressional liaison, has told the Senate to aim to take up an energy bill the week of July 12, after the July 4 break (and after the scheduled final passage of Wall Street reform). Kagan confirmation will follow, ahead of the summer break, scheduled to begin Aug. 9. The plan is to conference the new Senate bill with the already-passed House bill IN A LAME-DUCK SESSION AFTER THE ELECTION, so House members don’t have to take another tough vote ahead of midterms.
A White House aide has the official word: “President Obama reiterated his call for comprehensive energy and climate legislation to break our dependence on oil and fossil fuels. In the coming weeks he will be reaching out to Senators on both sides of the aisle to chart a path forward. A number of proposals have been put forward from Members on both sides of the aisle. We’re open to good ideas from all sources, and will be working with Senators on a comprehensive proposal. The tragedy in the Gulf underscores the need to move quickly, and the President is committed to finding the votes for comprehensive energy legislation this year.”
Gary Peters, Democrats in Congress, and Democratic President Barack Obama know that the people don’t want this cap-and-tax bill passed. They know without a certainty of a doubt that the voters DO NOT want the bill. The will of the people has been clearly expressed to them, and the Democrats totally understand that there is no way that voters want anything to do with this bill. And yet they intend on passing it anyway.
If you tell someone not to do something, you demonstrate through actions (like an election) that you don’t want someone to do something, and then they look at you and do it anyways, what are they telling you? Gary Peters, Democratic Congressman from Michigan’s 9th District, is telling his constituents “screw you.” Barack Obama, Democratic President, is telling the people of the United States “screw you.” They know that people don’t want the bill passed, and yet are going to pass it anyway, in defiance of the public will, in disregard to the public will, and in disrespect to the public will.
This isn’t Bush surging troops in Iraq when the ‘public was against it’- polling data was pretty inconclusive on the War in Iraq, and if it was unpopular, it was marginally so (although vocally so in a certain segment of the population). And Bush was proud of the surge- he thought it would work and that voters would reward his party in the coming elections from its success (it did work but voters are idiots and punished him for winning an ‘unwinnable’ war). The cap and tax bill is different- voters are solidly against it , and have been for a long time, and in a consistent manner, and getting more and more against, and Democrats know it won’t work, are not proud of it, and don’t want to run on its success because they know it is going to be a failure. And yet they’ll pass it anyway.
“Screw you America” is the new slogan of the Democrats. I’m not going to take this any more- everyone in my Congressman’s district needs to know that this is how the Democrats think. Throw the bums out.
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Matt
I believe that future generations should have the same opportunities that myself, and those that came before me, had. My parents taught me that I could do anything I wanted to do. I don’t want to have to tell my daughter, “You can do whatever the government tells you to do.” We are at a crossroads in this country; are we going to be free, or are we going to be slaves to the nanny state. I choose freedom.
It is as if the Dems are wanting to self implode. They might pass it this way, but once the GOP takes office after the elections, then you will see this crap de-funded and then in ’12 El Presidente will get his comeuppance. I am thinking that he would fit in well down in Venezuela.
Senator Inhofe was warning us about this- he saw it coming.
Obama will first get a hollow shell of an energy bill put together ASAP. Then, pack it in committee with all the statist goodies that morph it into the epic power-and-tax grab he’s really after.
In November -after his party receives a harsh rebuke from the voters- he’ll just flip-us-the-bird and ram cap n trade through a final floor vote by lining-up all lame-duck Dems behind the unpopular and radical legislation.
The only upside is that -according to Inhofe- Obama’s math is a tad off, and even that won’t be enough… seems to be little interest in another expensive, harebrained scheme from Obama in the depths of this gruesome recession… let alone one based on discredited junk-science.
It has become clear that Barack Obama does not care what the people want, only what he wants. And he will do whatever it takes to get his way, even if he is bending the rules a little as he did on healthcare. This is a dangerous man and he needs to be stopped.
Well CT, this post got some hits from the House of Representatives. Then, a bunch of military sites. You clearly got some attention.
Then again, some staffer from the SCOTUS hit my post about ACORN burning down the Easter Bunny’s factory. Go figure?
““Screw you America” is the new slogan of the Democrats.”
That has always been the motto of the left, they lie, slither, weasel, cheat and steal to win power, when they win, they proceed to screw you for everything you have. If only people would learn.
Sadly this is what I feel they have been saying to us for a long time. I myself thought that it was just me that felt that way. I guess I had to feel the flames on my back to know that Ole Glory was aflame.
While there is little doubt that there will be a change in the balances of power I suspect that the liberals have counted on that and are willing to lose some battles to win their war. God help America for those in power are pushing Americans to their emotional limits. Indeed. We are damned if we do; damned if we don’t.
Thanks Teach,
Ken Minor