Malkin: The Death Of Deliberative Democracy

[Terri]

By Michelle Malkin
November 6, 2009

In 2006, the minority party in Congress issued a dire report on the "unprecedented erosion of the democratic process." Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, then the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, authored the scathing document. She blasted the majority Republicans' violations of "procedural fairness," short-circuiting of debate, and late-night meetings "to discourage members and the press from participating" in legislative deliberations. My, how history repeats itself.

Fast-forward to 2009. The Imperial Congress has returned. The oppressed have become the oppressors. Democrats have met the enemy of deliberative democracy, and it is they.

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[onewildman]

These sitting liberals are the biggest hypocrites to ever hold office in the great history of these United States! I'm sure that they have always been hypocrites. I've seen it for years in the way the will persecute a Republican and white wash a Democrat. They are doing it right now. they will never stop unless we the people hold their feet to the flame. We can not count on the general press for any help, because the also white wash every thing Democrats do wrong. Where is the outrage with the disclosure of a CIA operative. They sure were loud when this happened with the Bush white house. At least the press and the Democrats loose credibility daily. DOWN WITH PELOSI, READ, OBAMA and THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

[elmerck1]

Let's vote all those s.o.b's out of office in 2010.

[Charie]

Meanwhile, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., performed an end-run around debate over her massive global warming bill on Thursday by using a "nuclear option" maneuver on the Senate Environment and Public Works. She and 10 Democrats rammed through the legislation without considering amendments and in defiance of GOP protests.

I'm all at sea with all these bills coming and going and bsing voted on and then they're not done.

Is this the "Cap and Trade" bill and has it cleared the House? If so does it now go to the Senate?

Now I know these people are insane. They go from a couple trillion dollar health care bill and then ram through what will probably end up setting us back to the 7th century because it will cost so much.

They should all be horsewhipped from one end of Washington to the other.