Unlike a
shrill chorus among her fellow Democrats, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
hasn’t – yet – accused congressional Republicans of committing sedition with
their opposition to Obamacare. Even so, her charge that the Republicans are
“sabotaging” the program is just as poisonous to the health of the political
system. Sedition is widely understood to be incitement to insurrection for the
purpose of overthrowing established authority. Sabotage is the act of
obstructing or otherwise disrupting something, though not necessarily with the
aim of subverting established authority.
So how can
Pelosi’s corrosive rhetoric be as destructive as that being peddled by the
likes of Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee and Democratic activist groups such as
Moveon.org? Cohen described Tea Party Republicans as “domestic enemies” – which
associates them with sedition – while Moveon.org called for the arrest and
prosecution of House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans who oppose
Obamacare, which is to say of all of them....To Read More....
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