Posted by
arandomguy on Friday, April 13, 2007 12:54:06 AM
Liberals are becoming increasingly angry with Nancy Pelosi, as they accuse her of drifting to the right, and becoming more moderate. "People are saying, 'When will it be our turn?'" said liberal Rep. Raul M.
Grijalva (D-Ariz.). "I just hope the pendulum starts to swing where there's more
attention, consultation, respect and understanding around our issues."
Nancy Pelosi did give a campaign promise to "govern from the center" (if her version of the "center" is to be believed as the real "center" of American politics). Yet liberals in the house are worrying that she has overplayed this promise, and has rejected long-standing liberal issues that were supposed to be brought up in the House after Democrats finally took power in January after a 12 year hiatus.
The best example is liberal opposition to the Iraq spending bill, which funds the war but imposes a timetable for withdrawal (wrongly) on the Bush administration. They blocked its passage for an entire day, but eventually agreed to let it pass because it was better than a GOP victory (god forbid).
If Nancy Pelosi is governing from the center, then the moderates have totally lost all support I ever had for them. They haven't of course, I'm being facetious. However, for the congressional progressive caucus, being anything less than an ardent Marxist makes you an "authoritarian right wing hack."
If a belief in smaller government, more economic freedom, and that the US should defend itself in the utmost is radically right wing, I'd take that over Marxism any day.... And the congressional progressive caucus scares me. Anybody who thinks Nancy Pelosi is too conservative scares the beejeezus out of me.