A Convenient Lie From Madame Flutterby?
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When the lips moo, the bullpoo comes out. That’s the case with Madame Flutterby, our Speaker of the House, according to The Blog from The Weekly Standard (TWS):
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was “absolutely” committed to doing so.
We could not have expected the woman to keep her word, since she has managed to mangle and munge the truth since this administration came to power. But, we could have expected her to not be so open in her struggle with truth — but then, a lie is a lie, no matter how it’s packaged.
Read the rest of Madame’s lie, courtesy of TWS
First the democrats had, an inconvenient truth … now they have, a most convenient lie.
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There appears to be some disagreement as to whether Ms. Pelosi broke any pledges – none of which, on either side, seems to be getting much time in the mainstream press. This article from Media Matters – admittedly a left-leaning source – discusses the coverage by several sources as well as the 72-hour rule (House Resolution 554) and appears to cast serious doubt on the assertion that Ms. Pelosi reneged on her commitment or "lied" with respect to the posting of the bill. The Sunlight Foundation, which advocates transparency in government, has articles here, here, and here documenting the posting of the bill.
At issue appears to be the fact that proponents of the bill are continuing to negotiate amendments – however, it would also appear that amendments are not subject to the 72-hour rule. It is difficult to see, therefore, how Ms. Pelosi lied or reneged on a commitment to support the House rule, or failed to post the bill in compliance with that rule.
A nit in the nick of time? I don’t think so. The deal on the 24th was to have the final bill up for 72 hours (that was the question and that was the answer if we are to believe the source quoted). The answer, to the most recent query from the source to Pelosi’s folks was:
The question and answer on the 24th of September if we put the horse after the cart …so to speak was: