Rhetoric:
”Democrats voted for the bill and a Republican voted for the bill. That equals bipartisan.”
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-La-la Land, November 8, 2009
This would be the same Nancy Pelosi who a few short days ago considered the romping of President Hope&Change’s two gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey a win for the Democrats.
After several minutes, Cao cast a yes vote from his seat, making the bill bipartisan.
—Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post
Reality:
Um, no, folks. One single Republican vote does not a “bipartisan” bill make.
And if it does, than opposition to the bill is nearly forty times more bipartisan: 39 Democrats voted with the Republicans against Nancy’s unconstitutional life- and liberty-sucking bill.
Funny how that part doesn’t make news …
Jay, who’s “stuck in Massachusetts,” writes in his Marooned blog:
We do get a glimpse into the workings of the Democratic mind … One Republican out of 202 voted for the bill, so it’s bi-partisan. One half of one percent = a consensus. As long as someone somewhere on the other side of the aisle votes for it, it’s bi-partisan. By Pelosi’s criteria, Bill Clinton’s impeachment was overwhelmingly bipartisan, as all of five Democrats voted to impeach. Or we could consider that 39 Democrats voted against the bill—meaning that the vote against was a LOT more bipartisan than the vote for.
Yeah, we’re in serious trouble, folks. You wanted change? You got it. You are having your life and liberty stolen from you by a tyrannical government whose leaders are literally living in an alternate universe.
Welcome to the future, suckers.
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