Source: White House threatening Sen. Nelson with military base closures in Neb. if he doesn't vote for Health Care Bill
scotia
punching the cocksucker. He and Obama are the Chicago crime machine all the
way and now they are in the White House. I told everyone to not vote for
the cocksucker but he smooth talked his way in.
excerpt:
According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put
Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall
into line.
While the Democrats appease Senator Lieberman, they still have to worry
about other recalcitrant Democrats including Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson.
Though Lieberman has been out front in the fight against the public option
and the Medicare buy-in, Nelson was critical of both. Now that those
provisions appear to have been stripped from the bill, Lieberman may get on
board, but Nelson's demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion
has still not been met.
Offutt Air Force Base employs some 10,000 military and federal employees in
Southeastern Nebraska. As our source put it, this is a "naked effort by Rahm
Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson's vote." They are "threatening
to close a base vital to national security for what?" asked the Senate
staffer.
Indeed, Offutt is the headquarters for US Strategic Command, the successor
to Strategic Air Command, and not by accident. STRATCOM was located in the
middle of the country for strategic reasons. Its closure would be a massive
blow to the economy of the state of Nebraska, but it would also be another
example of this administration playing politics with our national security.
from:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Source-White-House-threatening-Sen-Nelson-with-military-base-closures-in-Neb-79326897.html
Draccus
Lies Snipped for what they are indeed garbage. The source of this
rumor was a twitter post and the author of the article stated that he
in fact did not have a source outside the others saying the same
baseless rumor. This also falls apart with one single fact, beyond
that Nelson and the White house both say it never happened. The base
closing hearings will not happen until after the next Presidential
Election. Stop getting news from Beck and other right-wing nuts you
will be better served.
Lamont Cranston
More lies.