Lock-Out in Washington

Apparently, Democrats in Washington were paying attention to the NY State Senate debacle that we experienced this summer. You will recall that the Democrats locked the Senate meeting room and took the keys away so that the GOP could not operate as the majority party after two dissident Democrat Senators switched parties.

Now we have this report from The Hill, which details the shenanigans undertaken by Democrats on the House Government Oversight Committee who did not want to vote on an investigation into the Countrywide Mortgage sweetheart loan scandal.

The Dems claimed they had a conflict with another committee meeting, but a GOP committee staffer videotaped the Democrats leaving a separate meeting in private chambers after the OGR Committee meeting was supposed to have begun. He spliced the video to footage of the Democrats’ empty chairs in the hearing room and set it to the tune of “Hit the Road, Jack”.

The Democrats were quite upset at being caught at this deception. Committee Chairman, Rep. Edolphus Towns (Democrat from....you guessed it....New York) locked Republicans out of the Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren't present.

These guys are little better than clowns. They have contempt for their constituents, for the American people, and for their constitutional oaths and duties. As stories like these keep coming out, we can only hope Americans are paying attention. We will find out in November, 2010.