Ah yes, if only we all thought the way Nancy Pelosi and the Left does, then there would be no problems in our world. I suppose those pesky other points of view and beliefs just get in the way of running our ungovernable country.
From Mediaite is this little but of the former Speaker's wisdom (video at the link):
"Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi gave a speech at Tufts University in Massachusetts where she shared some 'friendly' advice with the opposing side in Washington. Clearly frustrated with the lengthy and acrimonious budget fight, Pelosi said 'elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do' and warned that it would be problematic for the country if both parties do not have shared values.
"Pelosi challenged Republicans:
"'To my Republican friends: take back your party. So that it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election, because we have shared values about the education of our children, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, our security and civil liberties, how we respect our seniors.'
"Might the old saying 'elections have consequences' be replaced by Pelosi’s new version of 'it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election?'"
She then goes on to say that "Elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do." Does anyone have a problem with that last line? Anyone?
Of course this is coming from a prominent member of the same political party that declared the Democrats had been given a mandate from the people following the '08 elections. And this is coming from the same party whose presidential candidate declared that his own election marked the moment when healing would start and the ocean levels would begin to recede. Hmm.
I am also curious as to what exactly were the the shared values that caused Pelosi to push ObamaCare through with a parliamentary trick past massive protests. Some mysterious value not shared by the majority of the American people it would seem. It's little wonder that Pelosi should believe that elections shouldn't matter so much in America.
She's missing the good old days of "compassionate conservativism" (i.e. progresssives in (R) clothing). Well, she's got it easy now. Wait until she sees the influx of out-of-control "extremists" we send to D. C. in 2012. And in 2014. She'll be on the last old socialist progressives there (her district is insane, just like her), so she'll learn just how much elections matter. Up close.
ReplyDeleteTypos abound, but there's a point in there. Somewhere. :p
ReplyDeleteI know that have to play down political defeats, but this is more than a little much. "Elections shouldn't matter as much as they do"? I think there's a lot of contempt in that statement.
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