Nancy Pelosi takes swipe at President Obama's campaign promises

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, piqued with White House pressure to accept the Senate health reform bill, threw a rare rhetorical elbow Tuesday at President Barack Obama, questioning his commitment to his 2008 campaign promises.


A leadership aide said it was no accident.


Pelosi emerged from a meeting with her leadership team and committee chairs in the Capitol to face an aggressive throng of reporters who immediately hit her with C-SPAN’s request that she permit closed-door final talks on the bill to be televised.


A reporter reminded the San Francisco Democrat that in 2008, then-candidate Obama opined that all such negotiations be open to C-SPAN cameras.


“There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail,” quipped Pelosi, who has no intention of making the deliberations public.

People familiar with Pelosi's thinking wasted little time in explaining precisely what she meant by a “number of things” — saying it reflected weeks of simmering tension on health care between two Democratic power players who have functioned largely in lock step during Obama’s first year in office.

Senior House Democratic leadership aides say Pelosi was pointedly referring to Obama’s ’08 pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class, which she interprets to include a tax on so-called Cadillac health care plans that offer lavish benefit packages to many union members.


The House aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Pelosi has been miffed with Obama’s tilt toward the Senate plan and his expectation that the House would simply go along with the Senate bill out of political necessity.

Nancy Pelosi takes swipe at President Obama's campaign promises - Patrick O'Connor and Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com

 

[Big Black Dog]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

 

[Baruch Menachem]

He has been pretty much irrelevant all the way through the process. He didn't propose any legislation, and he didn't do much to push it through. He just stood around and gave his blessing.

 

[Claudette]

He has been pretty much irrelevant all the way through the process. He didn't propose any legislation, and he didn't do much to push it through. He just stood around and gave his blessing.

So true. He stood back and let the left wing loons in the House and Senate write the bills. He did call some Senators and Congressmen in to try to strong arm them into going along but he basically just waited to sign..

 

[hjmick]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

She would chew him up and spit him out.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

"Hope & Change" and "Yes we can" were always simple mantras for simple minds. Some of the simpletons who bought into that shyte are now beginning to wake up though. Better late than never i guess.

 

[keee keee]

the lying rats are now starting to jump ship. all these losers deserve the unemployment line!!!!

 

[Political Junky]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

That's something a con would most likely do, isn't it?

 

[gautama]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

That's something a con would most likely do, isn't it?

Probably more than that if he was normal.

After what Pelosi has done I still expect someone kicking the shit outa her.

 

[txlonghorn]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

Ha....sounds like Pelosi is the one taking the bitch slap to grand new heights. I'm sure she didn't even realize what she had said until is was too damn late. She's such an idiot. And I think she's beginning to realize it herself.

 

[txlonghorn]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

That's something a con would most likely do, isn't it?

Damn that was a stupid question.

Actually any self respecting leader of the free world should get the attention of his/her speaker after a gaff like that.

Why does it have to be a liberal or conservative reaction? Or is that your only option as a response to another Pelosi BIG MOUTH fuckup?

 

[oreo]

Nancy best be careful. Obama might bitch slap her...

That's something a con would most likely do, isn't it?

Damn that was a stupid question.

Actually any self respecting leader of the free world should get the attention of his/her speaker after a gaff like that.

Why does it have to be a liberal or conservative reaction? Or is that your only option as a response to another Pelosi BIG MOUTH fuckup?

Pelosi has said alot in the last year--but there is no doubt she is the originator of the stimulus bill--the health care bill, etc. etc.--making BO just the sales guy for all her wishes.

However, Obama promised transperancy in government--even is on video promising debate of this health care bill would be aired on C-Span--& Nancy stating--"well he promised alot of things--didn't he"--. Yeah Nancy we know. In fact BO has broken more promises--than I still have coins left in my pocket.

"Change you can believe in"---




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