Say Anything Blog

By Matt May

Forget Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrogance in voting to raise the gas tax on Americans five times while she is squired around the Federal City in a government SUV that is exempt from such a tariff.

Forget that a single trip on a presidential-like Defense Department jet for the Speaker and her minions from Washington to San Francisco and back would cost the Treasury $300,000 while round-trip tickets on commercial airlines start at a little over $200.

Forget that the amount of fuel it would take that plane to haul Speaker Pelosi’s fat staff would render her carbon footprint bigger than Sasquatch’s - or even Al Gore’s.

Forget that the Speaker is demanding a state-of-the-art communications system on her military plane that rivals that of the executive and forget that the White House is apparently not going to object to this abject ridiculousness.

Forget all that for a moment. Instead, try and remember when the Speaker of the House of Representatives suddenly ascended to the equivalent of the President and Vice President. When did that happen?

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Being Speaker of the United States House of Representative is a high honor. But as Speaker Pelosi is showing - and Speaker Hastert showed - most anyone can fill the office. Directing legislation, committee assignments, and ordering Steny Hoyer around is probably really taxing, but by no means requires the special accoutrements of power Speaker Pelosi is demanding. The Speaker is first among relative equals in the House. But if the Speaker needs a presidential plane, so does the President Pro Tempore and everyone down the line of succession. Where does it end? It’s time Speaker Pelosi - and, indeed, each Member of Congress - remember why they are in Washington and to whom they are beholden. It’s time they remember their place.

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As far as I’m concerned, Pelosi brought this on herself with her hyperbole about “draining the swamp” and the “culture of corruption” in the Republican camp.  Now we find out the truth, finally.  Too bad we didn’t know her true nature before the election.