How dare they? President Obama, Democratic leaders have decided to
bypass a formal House and Senate conference committee in order to
reconcile those two health care bills. Instead, White House and
Democratic leaders will hold informal — that’s another word for secret
— negotiations, meant to shut Republicans and the public out of the
process.

What a far cry from the election, when then candidate Obama pledged to
— quote — “broadcast health care negotiations on C-SPAN, so that the
American people can see what the choices are” — unquote.
President Obama hasn’t even made a token effort to keep his campaign
promises of more openness and transparency in government. It was all
just another lie that was told in order to get elected. The head of
C-SPAN wrote a letter, asked Congress to — quote — “open all the
important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings,
to electronic media coverage” — unquote. When White House Press
Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked whether the administration would
support televising the negotiations, he refused to answer, instead
mumbling something about, well, I haven’t seen the letter.

That wasn’t the question, Mr. Gibbs. You either support openness or
you don’t. The Democrats insist this is all on the up-and-up, with
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying — quote — “There’s never been a more
open process for any legislation.” — unquote.

Really? This is the same Nancy Pelosi who you may recall, after
becoming speaker in 2006, promised the Democrats would have — quote —
“the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history” —
unquote.

Here’s hoping the voters remember some of this crap when the midterm
elections roll around later this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pO1oJPps1I

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