Pelosi: Townhall protesters 'un-American'

Pelosi/Hoyer op-ed in Monday USATODAY calls townhall protesters 'un-American'...

Really??!?

Protesting, is unAmerican?

Did Pelosi Join The NRA?

Pelosi throws cold water on weapons ban
By Mike Soraghan
Posted: 02/26/09 11:59 AM [ET]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed cold water on the prospect of reinstating the assault weapons ban, highlighting Democrats’ reluctance to take on gun issues.

Attorney General Eric Holder raised the prospect Wednesday that the administration would push to bring back the ban. But Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated on Thursday that he never talked to her. The Speaker gave a flat “no” when asked if she had talked to administration officials about the ban.

“On that score, I think we need to enforce the laws we have right now,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. “I think it's clear the Bush administration didn’t do that.”

Outside of the dig at the recent Republican president, that phrase is the stock line of those who don’t want to pass new gun control laws, such as the National Rifle Association.

The White House declined to comment on Holder's remarks, referring reporters to the Department of Justice. The DoJ did not respond to The Hill's request for comment.

Pelosi has consistently voted against gun rights, and the NRA grades her with a F on gun control (the lowest possible rating).

Maybe even the liberal gun grabbers are starting to realize that the Clinton ban did nothing to prevent crime.

Obama can't bring the ban back without the support of congress.

This is good news that gives us more time to stock up on assault weapons for the revolution!

Partisan Obama getting off on the wrong foot

Bi-partisanism is not just an ideal... it needs to be the result as well. You can't say you are being bi-paritsan (or non-partisan as Nancy Pelosi says) when the result is dramatic division. You can't strut around saying "we won" and that is is my way or the highway and ever expect to get anything constuctive done. Obama has not offered one olive branch to Republicans, he does not seem to want to work in a united front on this, quite the opposite really.  As of yesterday only 42% of Americans think this is a good idea and the bill in the House didn't even get 100% Democratic support.  "This isn't about playing the game, this is about doing something good for the American people," Republican Jon Kyl said at a briefing with several of his Senate colleagues, accusing the Democrats of ignoring their objections. "It doesn't seem they were interested in the same kind of bipartisan outreach that the president was," Kyl said. "We are too often met with this response: 'we won.'" Senator Roger Wicker echoed his colleagues in calling for more time for debate, highlighting a full-page ad by more than 300 free-market economists in the Washington Post against the stimulus package. "Ladies and gentlemen, a trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste," he said. "Let's be careful we're not making the situation worse in an attempt to make it better." "We've reached out to Republicans all along the way and they know it," she told reporters, citing the inclusion of Republican tax-cutting proposals and the party's participation in an open House debate. "They just didn't have the ideas that had the support of the majority of the people in the Congress," Pelosi said. "We need to act and we need to act now," she said, highlighting the latest news of job losses, adding she looked forward to marrying the House bill with the version eventually passed by the Senate. But Republican Senator Jeff Sessions said the US public was only just realizing the enormity of the stimulus bill. "I don't think the American people like this. I think after the ground shifts with public opinion, hopefully we'll be able to make some changes," he said.