An Open Letter To Nancy Pelosi

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 An Open Letter To Nancy Pelosi

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Good morning Leader Pelosi:

I am not one of your immediate constituents in California, but in your position as Leader of the House Of Representatives you do have a hand in the process that affects me as well as the people in the rest of the country.

I wanted to share an article regarding the need for TRUE, bi-partisan give and take when it comes at least in this case to getting this spiraling economic crisis to find a bottom and provide the potential for improvement.

I tried to send this to your office, but not being a constituent I wasn't allowed to, and the email address you provided for non-constituents bounced back so I am hoping that someone that reads this knows how to get it to you.

Please read the article in this blog from yesterday, and take these thoughts for how to handle this situation in the spirit that they are given:

End the verbal platitudes, end the blame game, end the endless politicking, put the country first and your career second, stop looking for what is in it for you and instead look for what is in it for all of us, understand that what you in Washington think is a big card game is peoples lives that are at stake.

What we have here is not a number on a Gallup poll or the potential loss of position on a committee for going against what the party leaders are saying. What we have here are the stores up and down the street closing, whole industry's being crippled, kids not being able to go to college, families losing their homes and kids going hungry.

You and your constituents who I will call the other members in Congress have your health insurance, good pensions, dining room, paid staff and paid office rent as well as other perks I don't even know about.

You can take as much time and play as many political games as you have to so that you look good for the people back home.

The rest of us do not have that luxury!!!

By the way, if you happen to see Chuck Shumer, Steve Israel or Harry Reid please ask them to get back to me on the letters I sent them.

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Comments: 12

Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. Feb 3, 2009, 7:43am EST

Obama and the Democrats have reached out to the Republicans and they are drawing back a bloody stump. This letter would be better sent to them. All their talk about burying the hatchet is just that. Where they want to bury it is Obama's back. Pelosi's no saint, but this is ridiculous.

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Nora J A. Feb 3, 2009, 8:46am EST

Pelosi is mentally ill. She has lost touch with reality.

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Michael Haltman Feb 3, 2009, 9:12am EST

Both sides are to blame. There is plenty of time to get back to the political arguments of left and right, but in this case both sides are playing Russian Roulette with our futures!

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Mickey B. Feb 3, 2009, 11:16am EST

I agree w/ the author. There is too much at stake. Politics as usual needs to be put aside.

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Michael Haltman Feb 3, 2009, 11:21am EST

Thanks Mickey. I can be reasonable at times.

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Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. Feb 3, 2009, 10:37pm EST

Yeah well, tell that to Republicans that refused to talk about the stimulus with Obama, when he offered, and try to make it better, but just rejected it outright. That's not anything but partisan politics as usual. Let's face it, it's not in Republican interests for Obama to meet with any success, and they are determined to make sure he doesn't.

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Michael Haltman Feb 3, 2009, 10:40pm EST

Doesn't that go both ways? That's why we get nowhere.

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Marilyn M. Feb 4, 2009, 10:47am EST

Ron, Pelosi refused to let the Republicans say anything. Obama does listen, but then he basically says, "up yours, we're doing it my way" - with a smile, of course. Obama's approval rating dropped from 80% to 69% over this. And I predict it will decline even more.

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Tammy N. Feb 4, 2009, 11:44am EST

Michael... You are right... BOTH sides are to blame. BOTH sides could compromise if they chose to.

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Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. Feb 5, 2009, 2:45pm EST

Obama offered to meet with Republican congressional leaders to come to some compromise on the package, and they flat refused. They had already resolved to simply refuse to try to make the stimulus plan better, and reject it outright. Spin it any way you choose, but the only way they want to bury the hatchet for the good of the country is if it's in Obama's back, get real. It isn't in Republican interests to have Obama emerge as the savior of us all, they'd rather we went down in flames with Obama, than compromise to save this nation. It cannot be read any other way, by those other than the ideologues of the right. I'm not saying the Democrats in Congress are any better, but this simple fact says it all.

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Good Luch Peter Tremulis May 20, 2009, 1:58pm EDT

Anybody have an opinion on this?

http://www.macdonaldbank.com/GETTY+HITLER.htm

Doesn't offer much hope for a bi-partisan anything!

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Michael Haltman May 20, 2009, 2:05pm EDT

Agreed. Here is more fodder for the Pelosi fire:

Are These Democrats Kidding Me?

Question: What Is More Important Than National Security?

Answer: Trying To Help Nancy Pelosi Keep Her Job With Further Attempts To Undermine The Credibility Of The CIA!

In yet another stunning example of partisanship over patriotism, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, David Obey, came out on Tuesday with the incredible revelation that the CIA had taken incorrect attendance at a briefing held in 2006, where a staffer, Paul Juola, was alledgadly listed as present when in fact he was not....

More at http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com

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