Nancy Pelosi

The democrats have been on a role the last few days. They apparently have decided to do whatever is necessary to get their approval ratings out of the basement, even if it means taking on tactics that would do Stalin proud.

In this video of the YearlyKos Military Panel shout down then censor the speech of a Soldier. Little Green Footballs has the video. I started to put it here - but it’s long and pretty boring. The part you want to pay attention to starts at about 41:00. The moderator shouts he’ll come down there and they’ll take it outside, off the record. You can hear Wesley Clark in the background saying ‘oh no’. Then the Soldier’s microphone apparently is shut off. The audio comes back on when the moderator speaks and back off when the Soldier is speaking.

So much for free speech at the progressive hatefest.

Michelle Malkin points out a left-wing blogger who was at the even and wrote her reaction to the witnesses the crushing of dissent.

As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The moderator largely freaked out. When other members of the panel tried to answer his question, he demanded they “stand down.” He demanded the questioner give his name, the name of his commander, and the name of his unit. And then he closed the panel, no answer offered or allowed, and stalked off the stage,

Wes Clark took the mic and tried to explain what had just occurred: The argument appears to be that you’re not allowed to participate in politics while wearing a uniform, or at least that you shouldn’t, and that the questioner was engaging in a sort of moral blackmail, not to mention a violation of the rules, by doing so. Knowing fairly little about the army, I can’t speak to any of that. But it was an uncomfortable few moments, and seemed fairly contrary to the spirit of the panel to roar down the member of the military who tried to speak with a contrary voice.

Meanwhile, Pelosi, Reid and Emanuel have canceled their appearances at the YearlyKos conference. I don’t guess that would have anything to do with the publicity they’ve been getting for pandering to the hardcore socialist/communist left.

Along the same lines, the democrats have apologized for manipulating the votes in the House on Thursday night. How embarrassing was THAT! It had an air of Chevezism about it, didn’t it?

Their willingness to manipulate votes and play adolescent games with the workings of our government should give us all pause. These people are in control of our government right now and they will get their way regardless of how far they have to go to suppress the will of the people.

All of this is so that they can claim to have accomplished SOMETHING during their time in office. They are pandering to those they hope will be their base. In the case of the third - world - whoops - the - voting - machine - broke - tactics they were trying to force ‘rights’ for illegal immigrants.

Hot Air has more on the YearlyKos fiasco.