Monday, January 11, 2010

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid continue to look the American people in the eye and lie right to your face.

Despite all their promises for fairness and transparency, when it comes to ObamaCare, the President, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid continue to look the American people in the eye and lie right to your face.

As California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger -- once a proponent of ObamaCare and certainly no staunch conservative -- said recently, the so-called health care "reform" bill has become nothing more than "a trough of bribes, deals and loopholes."

That was putting it nicely. The truth is, the process that Obama and Democrat leaders are employing in their efforts to put the government in charge of one-sixth of the nation's economy -- your family's health care decisions -- is perhaps the most corrupt and non-transparent process in the history of our great nation.

In fact, Obama, Pelosi and Reid are so intent on keeping ObamaCare behind closed doors - out of sight from the American people -- that they are going to bypass a conference committee process altogether to try to avoid more public opposition as they seek to combine the House and Senate versions of ObamaCare.

The New York Post summed up what is going on this way:

"Congressional Democrats plan to take final negotiations on the massive health-care overhaul behind closed doors - far from the prying eyes of the public and most lawmakers."

Forget transparency... forget a recent request by C-SPAN to televise further ObamaCare proceedings (something the President himself promised on numerous occasions)... forget about the American people knowing what's in this next ObamaCare offering before it comes up for a final vote in the House and the Senate.

The Heritage Foundation was more blunt in describing the situation:

"These secret meetings will not be a 'traditional conference committee,' nor will they be a conference committee in any sense of the term. The only individuals allowed in the room will be those invited by both the House and Senate Leadership. Why the secrecy? Pelosi and Reid want to be sure they can secure the votes they need to pass the bill again."

Why the secrecy?

That's easy... operating behind thick and guarded doors... utilizing intimidation, political payoffs and ideological fanaticism... that's the only way that Obama, Pelosi and Reid will be able to jam ObamaCare down the throats of the American people.

But we're not going to let them get away with it.

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