Surely you've seen this tearful presser, but can you frickin' believe it?
Let's look beyond the crocodile tears for a moment and examine what she's really saying here...
"I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made. Some of the people hearing the message are not as balanced as the person making the statement might assume,"
Translation: The right-wing rabble-rousers need to be careful what they say, because the tea-baggers are nuts. (no pun intended)
"Our country is great because people can say what they think and they believe,"
Isn't it interesting that when Liberals say things like this regarding conservatives, there's always a BUT coming next?
"But (told ya) I also think that they have to take responsibility for any incitement that they may cause."
Like when you compared townhall protesters to Nazis? By Nancy's logic, Jody Foster should take responsibility for Hinckley shooting Reagan. Yeesh.
"I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco," (*sniffle*) "This kind of rhetoric was very frightening."
Please notice the intentional vagueness here. Exactly which words are bringing her to tears? Freedom? No new taxes? Fire Congress? I must assume the late 70's violence in San Francisco she refers to is the anti-gay violence, particularly the the 1978 murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk by nutbag city Supervisor Dan White. While violence against homosexuals or any other group is utterly deplorable, one must concede that (in the long run) anti-gay violence in 1970's San Francisco backfired badly.
Madame Speaker to anti-war activists at a town hall in 2006: "Advocacy is very American, and very important...There's nothing more articulate, more eloquent, to a member of Congress, than the voice of his or her own constituents. I understand your anger...I'm a fan of disruptors, people who make change".
Madame Speaker regarding protesters at town halls in 2008: "These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. "
Which is it, our-lady-of-the-perpetual-surprised-look? I suppose it depends on who's ideas are being criticized.
Nolanbuck
Showing posts with label liberal hypocrisy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liberal hypocrisy. Show all posts
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Things That Make Me Go WTHeck?
Originally posted at: 2BucksWorth.com
Riddle me this: why did the media and congressional Democrats have a hissy fit over the the supposed outing of supposedly covert agent Valerie Plame, and why did we need a special prosecutor to charge Scooter Libby (although we later found out it was Democrat Richard Armitage who blabbed); when the Obama Administration and ABC News outed the two CIA contractors who oversaw the waterboarding program?
Valerie Plame hadn't done anything more covert than mowing the lawn for two years before she made herself news by sending her husband to Niger (who was not a spy) when then wrote a column about it, yet the mere mention of her name (which was widely known in Washington) was a breach of national security. Where's the outrage now that the White House has signed these two men's death warrants?
You can argue the merits of waterboarding as an interrogation technique all you want, but how has putting these two men's name, picture, and life's story in the public eye making us any safer? If fact, I would posit that doing so makes the two contractors much less safe, open to the attacks of nutball activists or worse, jihadis bent on revenge.
Remember, when the Democrats gained majorities in congress in 2006, the Valerie Plame incident was examined as possible grounds for impeachment of President Bush. I suppose now they'll be looking into giving President Obama the same treatment. I won't be holding my breath.
Nolanbuck
Riddle me this: why did the media and congressional Democrats have a hissy fit over the the supposed outing of supposedly covert agent Valerie Plame, and why did we need a special prosecutor to charge Scooter Libby (although we later found out it was Democrat Richard Armitage who blabbed); when the Obama Administration and ABC News outed the two CIA contractors who oversaw the waterboarding program?
Valerie Plame hadn't done anything more covert than mowing the lawn for two years before she made herself news by sending her husband to Niger (who was not a spy) when then wrote a column about it, yet the mere mention of her name (which was widely known in Washington) was a breach of national security. Where's the outrage now that the White House has signed these two men's death warrants?
You can argue the merits of waterboarding as an interrogation technique all you want, but how has putting these two men's name, picture, and life's story in the public eye making us any safer? If fact, I would posit that doing so makes the two contractors much less safe, open to the attacks of nutball activists or worse, jihadis bent on revenge.
Remember, when the Democrats gained majorities in congress in 2006, the Valerie Plame incident was examined as possible grounds for impeachment of President Bush. I suppose now they'll be looking into giving President Obama the same treatment. I won't be holding my breath.
Nolanbuck
Friday, April 24, 2009
"Torture" Cases Now Tormenting Democrats
Originally posted at 2BucksWorth. com
Just last week, even as he kicked the chair out from under the U.S. intelligence community by releasing memos regarding the interrogation of terrorists, President Obama stated that he had no interest in prosecuting officials of the previous adminstration that were involved in using or sanctioning so-called "aggressive interrogation techniques". That was last week, and with each week dawns a brand new approach in the current administration as the political winds have now shifted to a blistering hot gale out of the left.
This week, in a transparent cave-in to the far-left, the President did an about-face and called for the prosecution of certain individuals involved in what we now call "torture" (Of course, many veterans and military academy grads still call water-boarding "hazing".) Also, please keep in mind that these "torture" methods where only used on a handful of detainees...such princes among men as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks, and Abu Zubaida, who was invloved in many foiled terror plots and has already been sentenced to death in Jordan.
This latest pronouncement by the White House unleashed a pack of ravening congressional Democrats who had been plotting such prosecutions for months, including House Speaker Pelosi and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, who were almost giddy at the proposition of raking these neo-con fascists over the coals for all of their secret plots to torture innocent terrorists and besmirch the reputation of the U.S. as the largest, richest pansy on the globe.
But, alas, in every rush of self-indulgent euphoria there is often a catch, like the fact that Nancy Pelosi has known about the water-boarding for 7 years... and said nothing until it was too late to prevent any "torture" but just in time to make political hay out of the subject. Yes, you read that right, she knew about it. There were over 30 meetings in which this subject was discussed, one in which the cherub-like Khalid Sheik Mohammed was discussed in particular, and yet Madame Speaker (then a mere ranking member) did not bat an eye, much less go to the press or demand investigations.
One has to wonder: why the sudden case of congressional scruples now? And also one wonders how long it will take for the Dems to spin this issue now that they've been exposed for frauds who are demagoguing our national security for political gain. Again.
Nolanbuck
Just last week, even as he kicked the chair out from under the U.S. intelligence community by releasing memos regarding the interrogation of terrorists, President Obama stated that he had no interest in prosecuting officials of the previous adminstration that were involved in using or sanctioning so-called "aggressive interrogation techniques". That was last week, and with each week dawns a brand new approach in the current administration as the political winds have now shifted to a blistering hot gale out of the left.
This week, in a transparent cave-in to the far-left, the President did an about-face and called for the prosecution of certain individuals involved in what we now call "torture" (Of course, many veterans and military academy grads still call water-boarding "hazing".) Also, please keep in mind that these "torture" methods where only used on a handful of detainees...such princes among men as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks, and Abu Zubaida, who was invloved in many foiled terror plots and has already been sentenced to death in Jordan.
This latest pronouncement by the White House unleashed a pack of ravening congressional Democrats who had been plotting such prosecutions for months, including House Speaker Pelosi and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, who were almost giddy at the proposition of raking these neo-con fascists over the coals for all of their secret plots to torture innocent terrorists and besmirch the reputation of the U.S. as the largest, richest pansy on the globe.
But, alas, in every rush of self-indulgent euphoria there is often a catch, like the fact that Nancy Pelosi has known about the water-boarding for 7 years... and said nothing until it was too late to prevent any "torture" but just in time to make political hay out of the subject. Yes, you read that right, she knew about it. There were over 30 meetings in which this subject was discussed, one in which the cherub-like Khalid Sheik Mohammed was discussed in particular, and yet Madame Speaker (then a mere ranking member) did not bat an eye, much less go to the press or demand investigations.
One has to wonder: why the sudden case of congressional scruples now? And also one wonders how long it will take for the Dems to spin this issue now that they've been exposed for frauds who are demagoguing our national security for political gain. Again.
Nolanbuck
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