Nancy Pelosi on elections: They “shouldn’t matter as much as they do”

  So much for the mantras “elections have consequences,” and “I trump you on that,” because Nancy Pelosi has a different one that she wants us to live by; “elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do.”

You do remember those mantras, don’t you? Just in case you do not, let me refresh your memory: Shortly after being sworn in as Dear Leader, Barack Obama held a meeting with Republicans under the guise of working together to build bipartisanship, but the bipartisanship was to be short-lived because Barack Obama rejected the Republicans proposals using the above mantras.

  Flush with the exhilaration of having won the White House, as well as a super majority in  the Senate and the House, Barack Obama was in no mood to compromise; he felt as if the people had spoken and he felt as if the people had rejected the Republican policies. And who could blame him? He–and the Democrats–were riding high because, after all, elections have consequences and they were prepared to make full use of them to fundamentally change America.

  But how times have changed and with the victories of last November the American people have rejected the policies of Barack Obama and the Democrats. Elections have consequences, right? And now it is time for the Democrats to compromise a little bit because the American people have spoken. But not according to Nancy Pelosi, here is what she had to say during a recent speech:

To my Republican friends: take back your party. So that it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election, because we have shared values about the education of our children, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, our security and civil liberties, how we respect our seniors. Because there are so many things at risk right now — perhaps in another question I’ll go into them, if you want. But the fact is that elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do…But when it comes to a place where there doesn’t seem to be shared values then that can be problematic for the country, as I think you can see right now.

  In her first sentence above she is pleading with Republicans to ignore the people who got them elected–the Tea Party–and is asking them to shed their beliefs and move toward the center because the Republicans and the Democrats have “shared beliefs.” The Republicans shouldn’t let the people who got them elected stand in the way of of letting Barack Obama pass his agenda. This is what Nancy Pelosi is saying and this is in direct contradiction to the idea of the republic America was founded on–and in direct contradiction to the position that Barack Obama held with his “elections have consequences” statement–but she didn’t even stop there because she also declared that “elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do.”

  How silly are these things that are called elections? How silly is it for the people to have a voice in government when that voice is in opposition to the agenda you are trying to pass? Those are the questions that Nancy Pelosi seems to be asking now.

   Elections are trifle little things and you shouldn’t put too much stock in the American people and the victory they gave you last November. You shouldn’t be persuaded by the voters but instead should realize that we–the Democrats–are right and the voters were wrong; because of this you should reject the voters and coddle the Democrats because we know what is best. You should ignore the message the voters sent to Washington and listen to me instead. This is the position that Nancy Pelosi now holds and this is what she is saying to the Republicans now that they have won the last election, and this is an elitist position that the American people hold in utter disregard and contempt. This the-government-knows-best attitude is exactly what the voters rejected last year, and here she is once again preaching to those that won victory because of her failings.

  When Democrats won total control of the government elections had consequences, but now that Republicans have fought back and won over the minds of the American people Nancy Pelosi feels that elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do. How can she justify this contradiction of positions? She can’t and she will not even try because the end justifies the means.

  Therein lies a fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives; when we lost the election we realized that Barack Obama was right when he said elections have consequences so we went to work getting our message and our positions out to the public in an attempt to change public opinion. We might have been upset at the results of the process, but we were not upset with the process. But when the process yielded results that were a repudiation of the Obama agenda Nancy Pelosi–instead of trying to change public opinion–bemoaned the process that brought forth a result she disagreed with.

  Conservatives believe that we can–and must–change the government, while liberals feel they can–and must–change the people. Barack Obama was right when he said “elections have consequences” and we have all felt the result of those consequences. Now it is time for Nancy Pelosi to own up to the fact that elections DO have consequences. A little consistence is all I am asking for, is that too much to expect from our government?