Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Nelson should just "Fade away...."

When I heard the news that Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska had decided to not seek re-election, I felt a great sense of relief. Such a Christmas present from the man who just two years ago was the lynchpin vote in destroying America's future with his 60th vote on Obama Care.

Praised by such left-wingers as Patty Murray of Washington State, Nelson hopes that the person who follows him will, "look for common ground" in planning the country's future. I certainly hope that the person who follows him has a large cart and a team of shovelmen handy. It will take a lot of effort to overturn the travesty of legislation that Nelson helped write into law.

Nelson, who leaves office with some three million dollars in campaign contributions, was anything but the consensus builder his reputation was built on when he toed the Reid/Pelosi express line in railroading the American people over healthcare, financial reform and credit card reforms. The pressure from Democrats and NoBama must have been enormous, or Nelson's will must have been weak. He caved in every time, siding with the liberal wing of his party and against the vast majority of Nebraskans, who overwhelmingly opposed the measures.

I am proud for my part in keeping the word going on Nelson's failure to assist Nebraskan's in keeping their hard-earned wages and isolation from the federal government masters. I know I struck a nerve as Mr. Nelson responded several times to editorials I had placed in the Sun Teletrash. How gratifying it is to know that I alone possessed the ability to drive such a despot out of power.

Nah.. I had little to do with it. Nelson, who by leaving before spending any campaign money, gets to keep it all for himself. Make sure you follow that money closely.. might end up as a fungible asset in someone else's campaign, or perhaps a lobbying group who needs his influence...

It is more than likely that Nelson is stepping aside because even he cannot  not see the writing on the wall. Democrats, who after 6 years of control in the Senate and only four years in the house, have squandered their capital on behemoth programs that people rightly see will bleed this economy and them to death. The time has come and Nelson knows it: A center-right nation cannot long abide the kind of garbage this President and his willing stooges in Congress have foisted upon them. Rather than face a certain defeat, he is taking his three million balls and is going home. Should have happened 11 years ago, but that was then and this is now.

Thanks for the memories and nightmares Benny. I hope the good people of Nebraska will never forget, nor ever surrender their good sense to another such as you.