reply to post by On the Edge
I'm sorry for this, and it exposes my own personal weakness.
Pelosi is trash. If she was one of my relatives I wouldn't let her in the door.
PlastiGirl has put on her old thinking cap to generate some new ideas to help her get the votes she needs to pass ObamaCare. Obviously, she does not have the votes needed right now even though she claims that she does or they would have passed the Senate bill through the House in order to avoid reconciliation. Today, Plasti delivered a speech at the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties (NACo). This year marks the 75th anniversary of the organization....("blah,blah,blah,...")
She started her comments with, “Your common responsibilities bring you to Washington with a common cause: to strengthen the partnership between America’s counties and the federal government. It is in that spirit that I have come here today....
“As you are in Washington this week, we stand at the doorstep of history, ready to realize a centuries old dream, started by a Republican President, Teddy Roosevelt. He was the one who started this country thinking in this direction, and we are deeply in his debt. But, we are a hundred years late.” She went on to relate that Teddy wanted universal healthcare. She then made this preposterous claim, “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” WHAT!? They have to pass the bill so we know what is in it?! I thought they have been telling us for a year what is in this legislation. Who has ever heard of passing a bill so we can actually she what is in that bill?
CNSNews.com: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”
Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”
CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”
Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a "serious question."
“You can put this on the record,” said Elshami. “That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.”