Not Compromising.
Am told that Mrs.Pelosi is frightening her Democratic members with her talk that she will force the healthcare vote on Saturday 7. The Democratic members are gazing disconsolately into mirrors and asking themselves if they look too old or impotent to get a job in the private sector after 2010 turns them out. Then it got worse when, late in the day, news arrived on the Hill that the 1900 healthcare insurance reform page bill still does not protect the unborn from abortions funded by taxpayer money. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops does not accept the present language. Democrat Bart Stupak (D-Mi) continues to push for an amendment that would prevent funding abortions, but so far he has not persuaded the Democratic leadership, chiefly Nancy Pelosi. This is a deal-breaker. The bishops are not compromising; they are leaning over the ramparts in a lean and relentless mood. This does not look like a gambit for a parley:
"The bishops urge readers to call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or email senators and representatives. A pre-written, instant email to Congress is available at www.usccb.org/action.
This is just the latest attempt to stop this thing or (at the very least) to slow it down. People from all walks of life know that, should this bill ever reach the president's desk, it would do irreparable damage to the very foundation of what it has meant to be American. Symbolically, this attempt by the Obama administration to take over one sixth of the economy can be compared to the Taliban training their guns on the Bamyan Buddhas.
I’ve been accused of being intemperate in my comments, especially in regard to comparing the Obama administration to the Taliban. I feel it is not enough to oppose this administration on single issues such as abortion, for example. By doing so, one would be implying that everything else this administration does is alright and perfectly acceptable. It also puts one in the position of being forced to horse trade, like, “we’ll agree to take out abortion funding but you, in return, will no longer oppose us on immigration reform, ‘cap and trade’, etc.” when, in fact, nothing this administration has done and proposes to do is acceptable. Everything is designed to bankrupt the nation; to diminish our influence in world affairs; to dismiss the idea of ‘American Exceptionalism’ in its entirety. Many of us now realize that we are being driven down to a place where the center cannot hold; that the ultimate result that this administration appears to favor is utter and complete chaos.
Look at Afghanistan: utter and complete chaos, corruption and fear. Once our own situation reaches a point where it would take a wheelbarrow instead of a wallet to buy a tank of gas or a pack of cigarettes, you will find out how fast civil society unravels. I have heard nothing from this president that would in any way indicate that he is not totally committed to pursuing some horrific version of the Marxist revolution on our own shores.
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Wedge issue. Abortion is the highest Sacrament in the Democratic party. Democrats in Catholic majority districts cannot vote for Obamacare, lest they be driven out by Catholic and pro-family Voters. Catholic Voters are much better organized and now can easily discuss Political and Social issues from the pulpit without putting their non-profit status at risk.
Need I remind the Democrats that Catholic Voters are swing voters and will vote for Sarah Palin? She is their heroine, kept a DS baby and supported her daughter's pregnancy.
This is one hill the Democrats should not die for. But the high priestesses of Liberalism are running the Dems right now.
AARP and AMA endorse the reform bill in the House today.
Peter, all of your statements have no basis or truth and are just rot.
"I have heard nothing from this president that would in any way indicate that he is not totally committed to pursuing some horrific version of the Marxist revolution on our own shores."
Apparently, you don't listen. You just hear what you want to hear from your cohorts in the real American Taliban