In the latest example of liberal democrats targeting “evil” corporations, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) had this to say about insurance companies:
“…Of course, they’ve been immoral all along. They are the villains in this. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening, and the public has to know. They have had a good thing going for a long time at the expense of the American people and the health of our country.”
While Pelosi bashes these “immoral villains,” she fails to mention that her political action committee and her personal campaign have — since 2008 — accepted over $200,000 in donations from the “immoral villains” who represent the insurance industry. Democrat House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md) doubled-down on Pelosi by raking in more than $400,000 from that industry over the last two cycles.
It’s almost as if Pelosi and Hoyer were acting “Un-American.”
That type of hypocrisy would be akin to the same Democrat “leadership” vilifying the CEOs of the car companies for using their own corporate jets to fly into Washington for hearings on the bailout and then months later, ordering a fleet of corporate jets for their own pampered use. Luckily for all of us, that type of blatant sanctimonious behavior is still only the stuff of fiction.
While the Democrat leadership quotes from a partisan thesaurus, I would like to cite several (of countless) examples of immoral behavior which might resonate more clearly and realistically with the millions of employees (and constituents) from those Democrat-defined evil corporations. Such as:
Bulletpoint:Trial lawyers who reap billions in settlements from the health industry while exponentially raising the costs of health care for all of us.
Bulletpoint:Teachers unions, which continually put their self-preservation before the needs of America’s children.
Bulletpoint:Unions such as the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which helped to bankrupt the auto industry and the state of California, respectively, with the SEIU warranting special attention for dispatching violent thugs at town hall meetings.
Oh, but wait a minute. As trial lawyers, teachers unions, and the UAW and the SEIU contribute almost exclusively to the Democrats, there is no way their immoral, villainous tactics can be “evil” as defined by Pelosi, Obama, and Reid.
They should spare us the sanctimony. Americans are more and more anxious to hit the elected-official “reset” button.
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official and author of the novel, “The Apocalypse Directive.”
