Well, fingers are pointing fast and furious about who is to blame for the failure to pass the bailout package.
I wanted to pick up on one thing my fellow blogger Patrick Edaburn brought up in a recent post. He was not sympathetic on the reasoning of some Republicans who said they voted against the bailout because of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech:
But if you see the bill as necessary and important to our economy but vote against it because someone said something you didn’t like, that is DISGUSTING.
To put your personal feelings before your country is WRONG WRONG WRONG.
While I do agree that politicians shouldn’t be so petty in a national crisis, I think it behooves people to see what Pelosi said on the House floor.
Below, is a part of the speech (h/t: Hot Air)
Here is part two:
The Weekly Standard has a very rough translation of the speech.
Again, the GOP should have just swallowed their pride and voted for the bill and not get so rattled by one congresswoman, even if she is the Speaker.
However, this was the wrong time for Pelosi’s speech, which was condescending and highly partisan. She could have talked about this at some other time, NOT on the day of such an important vote. Did she put country before party? No.
Say this in a speech after the vote, say it in an interview. But don’t get so partisan at this point.
So, I agree with Pat that the GOP should have bucked up but there is a lot of blame on both sides.