Good old Nancy Pelosi, the rather demented leader of the House Democrats. You know, they say even a broken clock is right twice a day and that even a blind squirrel will find an acorn every now again, such is also the case, apparently, with Ms. Pelosi. And the only reason I say that is because in a recent
interview, one that took place on Thursday with National Public Radio, Nancy said that many Republicans do not "believe in government." And I could not agree with her more. But while that assessment of hers is correct up to a point, a more accurate statement would have been for her to say that what we do not believe in is government that's grown too big, too intrusive and way too expensive. But she's not going to say that!
In her interview with NPR’s Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, Pelosi said, "There are many members in the Republican caucus who do not believe in government." And in sounding like the pathetic dingbat that she is, she added, "And bless their hearts, they act upon their beliefs. And then she launched off out into la-la land saying, "So day to day, we vote here on issues that eliminate government initiatives for clean air, clean water, food safety, public safety, public education, public transportation, public housing, public health, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security." Right, we Republicans WANT dirty air, dirty water and we see absolutely no need for any government involvement, whatsoever, in the internal workings of our country..
She droned on saying, "They don't believe in a public role," Pelosi said. "And if you don't believe in a public role, then why do you even have to have taxes to pay for it? ... They're anti-government ideologues, and that's what the speaker has to deal with." No, what we are, are anti-big government. All of us that she describes as being anti-government ideologues recognize the fact that there is need for a certain level of government involvement, but where we disagree with the big-government ideologues like Pelosi is the level of that involvement that should be tolerated and where that involvement should be permitted to take place. One place where government has absolutely no place is in American access their healthcare.
I think it has become pretty common knowledge, at least among we anti-government Republicans to which Pelosi refers, that everything in which the government chooses to insert or involve itself, the result is, more often than not, completely opposite of what was intended, and we're always very much worse off. Our public education system is a disaster, public housing, no matter where you look, has deteriorated into slums and Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are either broke or will be soon. I've never been able to understand the confidence that so many, other than folks like Pelosi, have in the government's abilities or possess the belief that it is, somehow, more capable than private institutions to provide those services to the public that are actually necessary.
Pelosi did offer praise for the "Grand Old Party," which she said has made "enormous contributions to the success of our country," but that the party has changed to be one that wants to destroy government. She said, "While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government." She made the statement that Republicans should "take back your party." to which I would respond by saying, "We're trying!" And then is making it plain that the Botox truly has eaten away at her brain, she said, "The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class. ... We need to have a marketplace of ideas." Pelosi, talking about, 'ideas,' RIGHT!
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