Eleanor Holmes Norton: Government Shutdown is Like "Bombing Innocent Civilians"

Allrighty, then.

So in this analogy is Barack Obama still the Commander-in-Chief? Just wondering.

There is so much ignorance in this clip it's not even worth commenting on. But I figured you might enjoy the spectacle of watching Norton foam at the mouth for a few minutes over the prospect of a federal government shutdown.

Of course, she makes the obligatory nod towards the "new tone" that is sweeping the Beltway - by suggesting her constituents tell Congress to "go straight to hell!"



Via Breitbart.

Cross-posted.

Surprise! Democrat To Campaign Before 'Non-Political' Stewart/Colbert Moronapalooza

Sure, it's all non-political. Just so happens it two of the biggest liberals on television, but let's pretend it's not a political rally. Of course it'll be a colossal failure, so they laugh will be on them.

On Saturday morning, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) of Washington, D.C., is planning to hand out signs that promote the city's voting rights in Congress to people attending the satirical rallies being held by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Norton and the voting rights group, D.C. Vote, said they plan to be stationed on Pennsylvania Avenue handing out signs that read, “BE SANE. Let DC Vote” to people heading to the rallies, which are slated to begin at noon on the National Mall.

Colbert and Stewart announced their events — “The March to Keep Fear Alive” and the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” respectively — after Fox News pundit Glenn Beck and other conservative figures held a large rally on the National Mall in August.

Norton urged D.C. voters earlier this month to post on her Facebook page the reasons why they think the city should gain a voting representative in Congress, using “as much wit as Colbert uses to make fun of us for not having our full rights,” she said at the time.

“The buzz surrounding the Colbert and Jon Stewart rallies coming to D.C. on October 30, is too great an opportunity to miss to pay back Colbert and to remind those who come that, unlike Colbert, D.C. has a cause worthy of a rally,” said Norton.

Some folks on Twitter have come up with pleanty of creative names for this alleged "non-political" Democrat rally.

Messiah Inaugural to Bankrupt DC Budget

You would think with the hundreds of millions Obama raked in for his campaign he could probably foot the tab. But why do that when you can stick the taxpaying suckers with the bill?

Soaring costs expected to accompany huge crowds in town for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama could stick cash-strapped Washington, D.C., with a record-breaking bill for services.

Security and capacity measures recommended by the District’s congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others will almost certainly surpass the $15 million the federal government gives to the District each year to defray the cost of events, Norton said.

In 2005, with an estimated 300,000 in attendance, the second inauguration of President Bush cost the city more than $17 million, some of which was reimbursed with federal funds. This year, officials estimate nearly five times that many people for the swearing in of President-elect Barack Obama.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier expects to use an additional 4,000 police officers from all over the country in addition to her 4,000-member force, she said earlier this month. The city’s inaugural budget allows for only 3,000 extra uniformed officers.

“There will be an additional amount necessary to handle the unprecedented crowds, and I am now working with my colleagues to deal with that amount,” Norton said, adding “it’s an outrage to have costs incurred for federal events.”

These estimates for four million people showing up are way overblown. Once those from far-flung regions of the country take a look at the late January forecast in DC, watching at home will be a far better option.

None of that will stop the fat-cat celebutards from showing up. Here's an idea: Maybe they can help pay the tab.

Hollywood celebrities are using their sparkle to lure DC powerbrokers to an A-list party celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration - while hitting up corporations and lobby firms for $150,000 to join the action.

Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon and Anne Hathaway are just some of the big names on the long roster of celebs hosting the Creative Coalition's Gala Inaugural Ball the night Obama gets sworn in.

Attendees would be among some 5 million people expected to flock to the historic inauguration. The largest inaugural to date was Lyndon B. Johnson's in 1965, which drew 1.2 million.

Five million? C'mon. Yesterday it was four million. Let's not get out of hand here.