{"id":4297,"date":"2011-11-17T15:52:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2011-11-17T15:52:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T20:52:58","slug":"priceless-pelosi-backs-c-span-call-for-supreme-court-to-televise-obamacare-arguments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/17\/priceless-pelosi-backs-c-span-call-for-supreme-court-to-televise-obamacare-arguments\/","title":{"rendered":"Priceless: Pelosi Backs C-SPAN Call For Supreme Court to Televise Obamacare Arguments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KoE1R-xH5To?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh this is rich, Former House Speaker Nancy &#8220;We have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it&#8221; Pelosi, the woman who shut the American people out of the debate over health care reform is <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/healthwatch\/legal-challenges\/193969-pelosi-backs-call-for-supreme-court-to-televise-healthcare-arguments\" target=\"_blank\">now calling for transparency<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Supreme Court arguments over President Obama\u2019s healthcare law should be televised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Affordable Care Act is placed before the highest court in our country, all Americans will have a stake in the debate; therefore, all Americans should have access to it,\u201d Pelosi said in a news release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Right, will all due respect to Rep. Pelosi, it would have been nice if she had included the American people in the debate in the first place. Instead what we got were<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2010\/01\/06\/obama-takes-hands-role-push-final-health\/\" target=\"_blank\"> closed door meetings<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/arrogance-hoyer-pelosi-call-protests-against-obamacare-un-american\/\" target=\"_blank\">op-ed column<\/a> calling protests against Obamacare \u201cun-American\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Call me suspicious, but I suspect the only reason she&#8217;s backing <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/healthwatch\/legal-challenges\/193783-c-span-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-cameras-for-healthcare-case\" target=\"_blank\">C-Span&#8217;s request to televise the hearings<\/a> is because she think Democrats will be able to use portions of the video as a weapon against Republicans during the 2012 elections.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: <a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2011\/11\/16\/nancy-pelosi-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh this is rich, Former House Speaker Nancy &#8220;We have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it&#8221; Pelosi, the woman who shut the American people out of the debate over health care reform is now calling for transparency? House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[1221,131,779,774],"class_list":{"0":"post-4297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-care","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-c-span","9":"tag-nancy-pelosi","10":"tag-obamacare","11":"tag-supreme-court","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-17j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2585,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/arrogance-hoyer-pelosi-call-protests-against-obamacare-un-american\/","url_meta":{"origin":4297,"position":0},"title":"Arrogance: Hoyer, Pelosi Call Protests Against ObamaCare &#8220;un-American&#8221;","author":"Jeff","date":"August 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've seen politicians say more than a few amazingly stupid things in my time but this really takes the cake... For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to take to the pages of a major American newspaper and call those who disagree with them un-American is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2532,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/no-health-care-vote-before-august-recess\/","url_meta":{"origin":4297,"position":1},"title":"Reid: No Health Care Vote Before August Recess","author":"Jeff","date":"July 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid effectively pulled the rug out from under Pres. Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today by announcing that the Senate will wait until the fall to debate and vote on the presidents health care reform proposals: Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday abandoned plans for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2554,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/reid-and-pelosi-its-time-to-demonize-insurance-companies\/","url_meta":{"origin":4297,"position":2},"title":"Reid and Pelosi: It&#8217;s Time to Demonize Insurance Companies&#8230;","author":"Jeff","date":"July 31, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi appear to have a new strategy for pushing health care reform through Congress... They're going to demonize insurance companies: A day after formally delaying a vote on a healthcare bill and having to accept a further weakening of a public option to compete with private\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4154,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/12\/unconstitutional-11th-circuit-strikes-down-obamacare-mandate\/","url_meta":{"origin":4297,"position":3},"title":"Unconstitutional: 11th Circuit strikes down Obamacare mandate","author":"Jeff","date":"August 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, ruled today that Congress exceeded its Constitutional authority by requiring Americans to buy health insurance coverage. The 2-1 ruling also found that the rest of the law could stand. I'm still reviewing the 200 plus page majority opinion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Breaking News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Breaking News","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/breaking-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2829,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/07\/nancy-pelosi-value-added-tax-is-on-the-table\/","url_meta":{"origin":4297,"position":4},"title":"Nancy Pelosi: Value-Added Tax is &#8220;On the Table&#8221;","author":"Jeff","date":"October 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've mentioned before that the Democrats were laying the groundwork for a European style Value Added Tax or VAT... I wish I could tell you I was wrong but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed that a VAT tax is \"on the table\" during an appearance on the Charlie Rose show\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1994,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/pelosi-knew-about-harman-wiretap\/","url_meta":{"origin":4297,"position":5},"title":"Pelosi Knew About Harman Wiretap","author":"Jeff","date":"April 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Roll Call is reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed about the NSA wiretap's that caught Rep. 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