Nancy Pelosi, in what appeared to be a not so well acted emotional moment, was nearly brought to tears as she made her statement last week concerning the current degree of so-called anti-government rhetoric from the so-called right wing in this nation.
Republicans are rejecting comparisons made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who came near to tears Thursday when she compared anti-government rhetoric over President Obama’s health care proposals to tumultuous 1970s San Francisco.
”I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw this myself in the late ’70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi told reporters, her voice catching in her throat at her weekly press briefing.
Pelosi, though she didn’t elaborate on the reference, was alluding to the 1978 murders of Mayor George Moscone and city Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist immortalized in a recent movie starring Sean Penn.
Pelosi Health Reform Rhetoric Reminiscent of Violence in ’70s – Political News – FOXNews_com.htm
This is simply an attempt by Pelosi to suppress those protesting against this leftist, statist government by painting the protesters as dangerous since she does not agree with their viewpoints. Others have attempted to suppress the masses by painting them as racist. Perhaps it would serve this country better if Pelosi and company would stop worrying about imagined future violence and instead consider actually listening to the people. The people have a right to protest against this government. A federal government which over the course of my lifetime has continued to become more intrusive, unresponsive, and dictatorial. A government that continues to spend money as if there is no tomorrow, enslaving both the present generation and those to come with debt which can never be paid, a debt that will eventually lead to the destruction of our economic stability and our store of wealth. A government controlled, not by the people, but by those entrenched in power, maintained by the passing of laws and granting of special privileges to those in power. A government responsible for the creation of a dependency class, creating an ever growing population of those that depend upon the government for sustenance and daily living. The outcome of which is a belief among much of the population that all we have is a direct result of the government as opposed to hard work, capitalism, independence, individualism, liberty, and entrepreneurship. A dependency that creates a self-preservation desire to maintain the ‘hand that feeds’ so that incumbents are seldom voted out of office.
It would seem, that instead of warning of the dangers of the rhetoric of a few of the fringe protestors, it would make more sense to address the concerns of this obviously large group of people who are demanding a ‘government by the people.’ A government that upholds traditional American values. A government that is fiscally responsible. These grievances, however, will not be given serious consideration since they do not represent the view of those currently in control. Instead they will attempt to ‘shut up’ the opposition to the current state of affairs by labeling those who protest as ‘racist’ or to warn that such political speech could led some to violence, thus it becomes the responsibility of those seeking redress of grievances to not protest too loudly or speak to strongly as you may then be responsible for inciting violence.
Perhaps the leaders of this nation, including Nancy Pelosi, should open a good United States history book (not one on the current adoption list of any public school) and examine the history of political unrest and protest in this nation. I see nothing occurring today that is even close to some of the examples of protest that have occurred in the past. Protest that often was quite extreme, some of which I do not necessarily condone, but protest that helped to shape and mold this country, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Protest that included such acts as trespassing on private property and confiscating a shipment of tea and throwing it into the harbor, burning of presidents and other leaders in effigy, burning of American flags, riots that destroyed large amounts of both public and private property, bombings, secession and even violence in the halls of congress. I do not see any of this today. I see people standing up and petitioning their government in a civil manner, in fact, quite well behaved considering the passions that are rightly being exhibited.
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