Protesting The Un-American Way? Pelosi and Hoyer Take On America

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says protesting too loudly against the healthcare bill is un-American. She is, of course, worried that her own loud voice may be drowned out.

The Democrats in Washington keep digging themselves deeper and deeper into the bottomless pit of healthcare. In an op-ed piece published in that bastion of liberalism, USA Today, Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer have this to say about "loud" protesters against the healthcare bill:

Insisting at the start of a long and politically heated summer congressional recess that healthcare reform can be achieved this fall, today are calling the disruption of town-hall meetings by vocal protesters "simply un-American."

"We believe it is healthy for such a historic effort to be subject to so much scrutiny and debate." (LA Times)

I've pointed this out before, but here is yet another shining example of the duplicity of leftist liberals. When liberals protest, the media cheers them on. When conservatives protest, the media vilifies them. Pelosi calls them un-American. Didn't conservatives just go through the media flak during the TEA Party protests?

Pelosi's and Hoyer's statement is abhorrent on other grounds, besides its duplicity. Here's a direct quote:

"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." (LA Times)

When these two members of Congress call conservatives "afraid" of facts, they spread "disinformation" (a term only a liberal could invent) about conservative Americans. The word we used to use was "lying." (It's interesting to note that the only time liberals used the word "lying" was in reference to Republicans, i.e., "Bush lied." This is yet another example of the duplicitous and deceitful language of the Left. But I digress.)

Moreover, Pelosi and Hoyer, apparently in all seriousness, consider loud protesters at townhall meetings able to drown out opposing views?

Seriously?

Conservatives are drowning out the two most powerful members of the House of Representatives, who write their views in a nationally published newspaper, which is then reported by every mainstream news media in the country?

Conservatives are drowning out the voice of the president of the US, who , like a slick used car salesman, voices complete support for the healthcare bill, and, in a moment of true presidential leadership, tells protesters to shut up?

Conservatives are drowning out the liberal, statist Congress which is determined to pass a healthcare bill, no matter the economic cost, no matter the political cost, no matter the concessions to special interests, no matter how badly written, no matter the permanent damage to the economy?

Really?

Conservatives merely want to be heard instead of shuffled off to the side as the "losers" in the last election. (By the way, the Republicans lost the election. Conservatives, however, still make up a majority of Americans. Please stop confusing the party with the ideology.)

Here's what conservatives want to say:

Americans do not want more government intervention in healthcare. Government had its chance to muck around with the healthcare system and government has broken the system. The fundamental truth is that government cannot pile mandate upon mandate, regulation upon regulation, and create anything but an expensive boat anchor on the American people.

Americans didn't want Hillarycare 25 years ago. We don't want Obamacare now. The only Americans interested in Obamacare are those who think they'll receive free medical care.

Americans are starting to understand that Medicare doesn't do what it was supposed to do. The Bush administration tried to fix Medicare and made it worse. The problem wasn't with Bush specifically, the problem was with government. Conservatives simply have no confidence that government can fix such a complex problem as healthcare.

Americans do not want healthcare with the possibility of abuses that the White House calls "rumors." Until these abuses are addressed - in public - and through the democratic process, conservatives will continue to point out the flaws in the bill. Conservatives are happy that Congress at least slowed down enough for a few people to actually get a chance to read the bill. The "rumors" about the bill stem from badly conceived and badly written clauses within the bill itself.

Despite the liberal lies, most Americans don't really view wealthy people as the center of all greed and evil. This is because most Americans are not Marxists and simply do not agree with Marxist ideals. Gouging wealthy people to provide added benefits for poor people sounds a lot like Marxism to most Americans. Conservatives don't buy into this economic model and, because of the past history of communism, understand that Marxist models have huge flaws and cannot be trusted.

Most Americans do not like government, government controls, government mandates and government intervention. Americans are tired of government. Americans understand that government should work for them, yet increasingly, they see more and more government control and intrusion into our daily lives.

After passing two huge spending bills ("stimulus"), passing the largest deficit budget in recent history, and considering a cap and trade bill that will create the largest tax increase in history, Americans are a bit wary of congressional strong-arm tactics. Many ask the basic question: Should Congress pass another expensive bill in the face of our national debt, federal deficit, and slow economy?

Pelosi and Hoyer ignore these facts when they say loud protesters are afraid of the facts. Yes, there are some crazy rumors running around about the healthcare bill. Obama and Pelosi would have us all believe that those rumors are driving the protests. (Of course liberals, like Rachel Maddow, also blame evil wealthy people for organizing the protests.) That is just smoke and mirrors to cover up their own fear that Americans have discovered the congressional agenda - to foist off another expensive, controlling, and potentially damaging bill on the American people before we realize what they've done.

Obama, Pelosi and Hoyer are afraid not just of differing views -- but of the facts themselves.