Will Democrats accept anything?
By Brian Kirwin | Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | PolicyDemocratic Congressman Glenn Nye looks well on his way to capturing the Party’s nomination.
The Republican Party, that is.
Check this out from the Washington Post. Vote after vote after vote where Nye has ditched Democrats and voted with the Republican leadership.
32 cosponsors to H.R. 3463 to permanently repeal the Estate Tax. 30 Republicans including John Boehner and Eric Cantor…… and Glenn Nye!
And Democrats sit silently and offer nary a whimper.
The US Senate is destroying the Democrat Health Care plan, ditching everything that was promised in the “change” election, and Democrats are silently sleeping. Obama send thousands of troops to fight wars, and there aren’t any Bruce Springsteen concerts attacking Obama. Where are the Dixie Chicks anyway? Where’s the “Rock against Barack” concert calling a President a “warmonger” when he orders a surge?
And Glenn Nye figuratively high fives Eric Cantor day after day in the US House. And Democrats don’t care.
Nye is coasting along to a renomination by the Democrats in the Second District. Not a single Democrat has the nerve to stand up and say, “Congressman Nye, if we wanted a Republican Congressman we would’ve voted for one.” No challenges. No primary.
Come to think of it, that’s how he won in the first place. No Democrat stood up to offer a “choice.”
And they ain’t standing up now. Change? Ha! My guess is Health Care legislation is on the verge of collapse between the House and Senate versions, Cap and Trade is DOA, and the economy continues to sputter along. Democrats aren’t accomplishing a fraction of what they campaigned on.
And since local Democrats seem to be fine with that, they have Glenn Nye to thank for it.
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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7 Responses to "Will Democrats accept anything?"
I fail to see the problem here.
JR, but you’re no Democrat.
Depends on who you’re talking to.
There is a huge problem.
Why isn’t the Pilot editorial board blasting Nye?
If Drake made these same votes they would cast her as a right wing extremist bent on melting the ice caps and giving the rich a free ride on their inheritances to their coddled children.
More duplicity and BS from the Pilot.
In regards to Nye – he may be voting NO once in a while – so what.
He’s done nothing to actually derail the Democratic agenda.
Nye is voting with the GOP just enough to get by, in his hopes, with both parties. He’s avoiding the big issues of cap and tax and health care reform. He knows those are toxic. But he also votes with the GOP by focusing on procedural and parliamentary issues that don’t matter in the big picture.
Glenn Nye did more for veterans in his first 4 months in office then Thelma Drake did in her entire 4 years representing us.
I can live with Glenn Nye not always voting my way. What I couldn’t live with was Thelma signing on with the Fair Tax crowd. I was willing to vote for Bozo the Clown if he ran against Thelma. Fortunately, Glenn Nye has been proving that he is no Bozo.
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