Now even liberals are expressing outrage at House Democrat’s attempt to pass health care without voting on it, i.e. the Slaughter Rule. Here are the transcript and video of Cafferty’s comments on Nancy Pelosi. Note how Wolf Blitzer twice tries to make it sound like this is nothing unusual. To his credit, Cafferty disagrees.
CAFFERTY: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may try to pass the controversial health care reform bill without making members vote on it. Simply unbelievable. Pelosi says she might use a procedural tactic where the House will vote on the package of fixes to the Senate bill, and then that vote would signify that lawmakers “deem the health care bill to be passed.”
Politically speaking this is beyond sleazy. Republicans are jumping all over this, rightfully so. They are painting it as a way for Democrats to avoid taking responsibility which is exactly what it is.
WOLF BLITZER: We are getting a little civics lesson, aren’t we Jack?
CAFFERTY: We are learning a lot more about lack of political guts.
BLITZER: Yeah, but you and I know that’s been around for a while, right?
CAFFERTY: Not quite in the obnoxious form or noxious form. This reeks.
