Are Democrats Just Trying to Lose, Really Is That Their Agenda?



Offending the Electorate, One Issue at a Time



Really, Why?



Do the Democrats just want to be so offensive to voters that they force voters to vote for a Republican, any Republican.  This certainly seems to be the case.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D, Ca) named three members of the House to the deficit reduction panel.  One of them was Rep. Xavier Becerra.  Mr. Becerra immediately seized the opportunity to leverage his appointment into a fund raising pitch.

Political supporters of  Rep. Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.), one of the appointees to deficit-reduction committee, have already figured out how to raise revenue—by touting his seat on the panel to raise money for his political campaign.

About two hours after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi named Mr. Becerra to the committee on Thursday, a political supporter began notifying Wall Street lobbyists about a $1,500-per-person fund-raising event on Aug. 31.

And the story goes on to say about the invitation to the fund raiser

This will be Mr. Becerra’s first event since being named to the commission and may be one of the first for any of the twelve members of the group,” the invitation continued. “This even could give all attendees a glimpse into what will most assuredly be the primary topic of discussion between now and the end of the year.”



The One of the Left Should Smack the One of the Right

This has to be considered an extreme example of blatantly selling influence, even by Congressional standards.  If Ms. Pelosi were truly a strong leader she would invite Mr. Becerra into her office, give him a good “dope slap” and lay down rules that nobody should ever do something like this again.  Of course, the other 11 members of the panel will just be unhappy that they were not first to think of doing this and hope that there is enough lobbying money leftover for them.

Mr. Becerra later said



“I did not know, did not ask, would not ask and I will not ask any of my supporters to use my appointment to the select committee for purposes outside its principle focus.”

Right.