Guess who used the secret ballot … again?
posted at 6:10 pm on November 20, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Henry Waxman succeeded in torpedoing John Dingell for his chair on the Energy and Commerce Committee for the 111th Congress. Waxman beat Dingell in a caucus vote by only 15 votes. Who voted for Waxman? Unlike in American workplaces if Waxman and his allies get their way, you’ll never know:
In a major win for environmentalists, Democrats in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to put Rep. Henry Waxman of California in charge of a key panel that will have oversight over global warming issues in the new Congress.
He’ll head the House Energy and Commerce Committee, bumping Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, 82, the most senior member in the House.
Thursday’s Democratic caucus secret ballot, 137-122 in favor of Waxman, mirrored a decision a day earlier by the Steering and Policy Committee to replace Dingell, who’s been the top Democrat on the panel for 28 years.
Gee, another secret ballot? The Senate caucus resolved their dispute with Joe Lieberman the same way this week, after Democrats in the upper chamber decided that having their identities known by the netroots would be dangerous to their political health. Too bad Waxman, Dingell, and other Democrats support Card Check and don’t seem inclined to give American workers the protection of the secret ballot that they have enjoyed on two occasions this week.
The replacement of Dingell will have significant impact on the entire auto-bailout mess. Although a liberal, Dingell resisted efforts to impose even more draconian mandates on automakers for global-warming policy. Waxman explicitly campaigned for Energy and Commerce in order to enable more liberal legislation, which means that the automakers will have yet more mandates to burden their businesses — just when they’re already choking on the mandates Dingell couldn’t block before now.
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Amazing: a Democrat Hypocrite: I’ve never seen such things happening in that party before……….
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Janos Hunyadi on November 20, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Another example of the Democratic way, “Do as I say, not as I do.”
Sir Corky on November 20, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Ed check you email.
The Congress wants to poush left. But will Obama allow them to drag hin there ?
Will have to see. I expect Obama to still try to keep a moderate face yet sneak in leftist policies under the radar.
William Amos on November 20, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Ed check you email.
The Congress wants to poush left. But will Obama allow them to drag hin there ?
Will have to see. I expect Obama to still try to keep a moderate face yet sneak in leftist policies under the radar.
William Amos on November 20, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Freakkin’ Mortimer Snerd!
thomasaur on November 20, 2008 at 6:13 PM
What do you expect? They eat their young.
Chewy the Lab on November 20, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Does it matter? They’re both awful… although Waxman does have the win in the ugliest politician ever contest.
Y-not on November 20, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Red State State of Mind on November 20, 2008 at 6:18 PM
How long before all Congressional votes are by secret ballot?
Hog Wild on November 20, 2008 at 6:22 PM
I might have to take a few days off of the web and talk radio. I’m getting very discouraged. Naaa, scotch.
marklmail on November 20, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Democraps lusting for power. One set of rules for the “Ruling Class” another set for “the little people”.
Zorro on November 20, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Great. Tree huggers on steroids. From Cally-fornya no less.
Interstate-5 will soon become a bike trail.
tru2tx on November 20, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Secret ballots, Rats scurrying for cover!
A despicable lot the whole batch of whom need to be replaced with citizen legislators and term limits imposed!
Disgusting!
dhunter on November 20, 2008 at 6:32 PM
What remains to be said,
Liberals are Cowards.
Period.
franksalterego on November 20, 2008 at 6:32 PM
LOL,..it’s like the “Lord of the Flies”.
christene on November 20, 2008 at 6:42 PM
I’m thinking Animal Farm — All
animalspeople are equal but someanimals(legislator) people are more equal than others (worker/voters).EconomicNeocon on November 20, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Oh, and I should have added, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.”
EconomicNeocon on November 20, 2008 at 6:48 PM
I remember back in the day when Newt and the Boys took over the majority in the House in 1994, one of their first bills passed was to make the legislature follow all the laws that they had passed for the rest of the American people, but didn’t have to follow themselves……..
………… now that the Democrats control the House, Senate, and the Exewcutive Branch, what do you think their tendancies will be?
This is not going to turn out good…….. no, this is not going to turn out good.
Seven Percent Solution on November 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Oh….but the Dems will act responsibily, they won’t do anything radical, level heads, cheerio-pip-pip and all that ROT!
If anyone thinks the 111th is going to sit on it’s hands the they need to sit on a spike.
Limerick on November 20, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Only if you leave Lurch out.
CantCureStupid on November 20, 2008 at 7:03 PM
So who are they hiding their vote from??
Their constituency?
Nice…pathetic cowards. Franken will fit right in.
BigWyo on November 20, 2008 at 7:04 PM
The Energy and Commerce Committee.
This is going to get interesting. As bad as Dingy was, at least he had to listen to the auto workers in Michigan.
The only thing that Waxedman has to answer to is fruitloops and illegal aliens.
HornetSting on November 20, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Yuk!!!!…..
DL13 on November 20, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Secret ballots are fine for the vanguard of the proletariat. You need card check only when there’s a possibility that the unenlightened will vote the wrong way.
jl on November 20, 2008 at 7:14 PM
My vote is for Waxman… the pig faced boy.
beththebaker on November 20, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Even impresses me as a whack-job. Hope I’m wrong…?
DL13 on November 20, 2008 at 7:28 PM
With that mustache, he looks like the little hill-billy guy from the Bugs Bunny cartoons
PappaMac on November 20, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Henry Waxman – Nostrildumbass.
AubieJon on November 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM
I think this is great. Why have dems hiding behind moderates like Dingell. Let the true red commies like Waxman making policy. Give the country the full measure of socialism not the half baked variety and then watch whether Obama squirms or vetoes the measures that come from the dems’ Red Square.
eaglewingz08 on November 20, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Waxman is why I hate California. They inflict extremist nut jobs on the rest of the nation. Waxman – you represent ONE district, not the entire country.
DerKrieger on November 20, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Hypocrite synonymous with democrat.
4shoes on November 20, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Revolution is coming.
marklmail on November 20, 2008 at 7:50 PM
The goal of Waxman et al is to gain control over our energy economy. Proof that there is no man made global warming will mean nothing to them and will in no way slow or stop their socialist agenda. I only wish the Dem voters could suffer alone.
DerKrieger on November 20, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Waxman has wasted more time and money on show trials than Stalin and Mao combined, and done less for it.
An incompetent man who has used his office and subpoenas to gain the nickname “Inquisitor” on the Hill.
Besides being singularly a unattractive specimen of the male species. If Linda Tripp was a liar because she was kinda dumpy, Waxman is beyond redemption as a poseur and fakir.
It is not going to be pretty and Bama will be done in unless he panders to this ambulatory endorsement of Congressional term limits and similar losers.
Harry Schell on November 20, 2008 at 7:52 PM
It’s 1976!!
I’m fond of saying that but it is not 1976. It is 2008 and we have very significant factors that will make 1976 look like a cakewalk.
1. The dollar WILL collapse. The globe is deleveraging. That means assets that are in dollars are being sold. So perversely the dollar is going up. But this will not last. The moment the world stops buying our 2 year t bills the dollar will fall like a rock. The dollar will not recover until we start to produce our own energy AND have competitive wages that will bring manufacturing back to the United States.
2. The money hole. The defecit is going to be enormous. The auto bailout is just the beginning. The entire country, at the city, state, and county level, will face the retiring of baby boomers. Many cities and counties are BROKE. New York is going under, San Diego has a 43 million dollar defecit, that is just this year. As tax revenues decline expect it to be bigger next year. Chicago is going to have large cuts in its workforce. Where do all these jobless people go? Onto the unemployment payroll. Union pensions across the country will be voided. To try and paper over this the money hole will be feed large amounts of defecit cash. This is classic 1976. Rapid inflation when we just print money as countries stop buying our t-bills and interest rates will have to shoot through the roof.
3. This admnistration is going to reach farther than Carter ever imagined. Rahm’s little warning to the business sector is not bein embraced by the market. Real panic may set in after the Christmas numbers are released. And the Dow could hit dude levels. At that point the power grab begins.
4. If the media NYT, Washington Post, LAT have to go under or declare bankruptcy and are bailed out we will be entering a dark dark phase in our history. When the NYT does not need to sell papers or advertising how will they report the news? We would be garaunteed a fairness doctrine under a different name.
We need to gird our loins…
Oh and buy gold!!
Theworldisnotenough on November 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Normally I don’t like commenting on or making jokes about someone’s appearance; but ever since I saw Waxman smugly chairing the tobacco hearings he reminded me of an arrogant rat. (will all due apologies to actual arrogant rats)
rbj on November 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Ugliest Politician Award? You guys come across as pretty darn narrow minded. I’m willing to hand this California Cyrano the Ugliest Biped trophy right here and now!
rileytod on November 20, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Henry Waxman looks like a member of the rodent family.
Mark1971 on November 20, 2008 at 8:01 PM
I just saw the photo on the front page. I didn’t know that Tobias Funke was in the House of Representatives.
“Tobias, you blowhard!”
Mallard T. Drake on November 20, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Hey guys! Did you know that if you scream at Henry Waxman’s face, you can hear echoes coming from his nostrils like a cave?
I’m just sayin…
gryphon202 on November 20, 2008 at 8:04 PM
At the risk of being considered shallow, that is a scary looking little man.
Cindy Munford on November 20, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Did you Photoshop that image?
Wow!
FireBlogger on November 20, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Nostrilitus is one ugly mofo.
JammieWearingFool on November 20, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Sorry, my bad. That was an improvement.
Sir Corky on November 20, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Let’s be honest here. Waxman is just plain yukky looking. There must have been a total media blackout during his election.
and tobacco-economy Virginians don’t like him either.
kelley in virginia on November 20, 2008 at 8:27 PM
My cat coughs up better looking things than Waxman.
Chuck Schick on November 20, 2008 at 8:31 PM
My Lord-is he ever an ugly looking little worm.
Goodale on November 20, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Waxman gives the ugly public hope, though. They, too, could ascend to Congress.
Wonder if O’Biden could give Waxman some advice on where to go for “a little face help”?
kelley in virginia on November 20, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Mikulski isn’t a thing of beauty either.
kelley in virginia on November 20, 2008 at 8:35 PM
I’m trying to see the humor here, ok?
kelley in virginia on November 20, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Okay, so this means I am either not shallow or just in fine company.
Cindy Munford on November 20, 2008 at 8:51 PM
I don’t know what’s more difficult, listening to his mindless liberal gibberish or just looking at him! sheesh.
katy on November 20, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Didn’t I read today that The One criticized Bush for using a ‘weak carrot and a weak stick’ in Iran? Clearly Waxman et al plan to use a great big hammer to force the Big 3 to kneel at their enviro altar in exchange for our taxpayer dollars.
They should file for chapter 11 now and stick it up Waxman’s nostrils.
Buy Danish on November 20, 2008 at 9:02 PM
You mean this Henry Waxman is actually a real live person? I thought ‘Henry Waxman’ was some kind of cartoon character, a caricature of the daffy left as portrayed by a neo-con.
Well then, you go Henry. Knock yourself out. You and Bawny Fwank, Chris Dodd, and the other cartoon characters seem to have the world in your hands.
George Orwell, are you enjoying this?
petefrt on November 20, 2008 at 9:03 PM
My gosh, if this guy were to lay on his back, his head would like like a two car garage.
Children. Don’t pick you nose or ….
kurtzz3 on November 20, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Westley from The Princess Bride, talking to Henry Waxman:
Westley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I’ll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, “Dear God! What is that thing,” will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.
Always Right on November 20, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I see it the same. So what’s left? If there’s any cash, buy gold?
petefrt on November 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM
The.Ugliest.Man.Alive.
anniekc on November 20, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Nuclear Option:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/Joey24007/dgds.jpg
joey24007 on November 20, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Waxman looks just like Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera.
fitzsweetpea on November 20, 2008 at 9:30 PM
that is one ugly dude right there … I would probably have to empty the nuclear arsenal just to balance his presence on this thread
MAD
joey24007 on November 20, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Hold on, now…you’re talking about a very distinguished actor here.
James on November 20, 2008 at 9:33 PM
I know, I’ve been saying it a lot lately, but I’ve seen better heads on an iodine bottle.
Zorro on November 20, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Waxman? Yucky Yucky!!! That man sucks big time!
sheebe on November 20, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Maximumus Nostrus Toothum
What a f’n cartoon!
deedtrader on November 20, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Waxman is one of those people who’s exterior appearance mimics his character because inside he’s so ugly that his appearance is forced to belie his soul.
Sméagol Hnry.
Speakup on November 20, 2008 at 11:08 PM
NOSTRILDAMUS STRIKES AGAIN!
FlatFoot on November 20, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I don’t know how to link the picture, but Waxman looks just like Mr. Potato Head.
gracie on November 20, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Ugly is as ugly does, and Waxman has plenty of experience in that department. Look out. We are in for a world of ugly with this upcoming Congress.
onlineanalyst on November 20, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Oh Waaaaxman….you wascally wabbit!
csdeven on November 20, 2008 at 11:44 PM
You can’t compare these two!
If a worker angers his union by voting the wrong way, he can have his work sabotaged, can be beaten or have a nasty “accident” and there is always the car to vandalize in the parking lot or something bad couyld happen to your home.
As was written above, senators would have one of their own angry, too, if their votes were known. This could lead to having to work harder for somebody else’s votes to replace the peer with ruffled feathers and extra work in finding other support to make sleezy deals for earmarks or get the floor to speak. They could also be snubbed in the cafeteria.
Poor senators!
What are the odds that MSNBC finds a way to spin this? I just can’t imagine how…
IlikedAUH2O on November 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Can we get rid of that picture of Henry Waxman now? I’m gonna have nightmares.
Cicero43 on November 21, 2008 at 12:19 AM
“Through a disclosure challenged determination process, Henry Waxman replaced John Dingell as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee for the 111th Congress. Waxman beat Dingell in a caucus meeting by only 15 opinions.”
Laura in Maryland on November 21, 2008 at 12:34 AM
That is Peter Schiff’s advice. He sees gold going to $2000. Maybe even $5000. They are killing the dollar by printing the heck out of it. Don’t forget the Fed lent 2 trillion in secret. The moe they print the less it is worth.
Theworldisnotenough on November 21, 2008 at 1:07 AM
Dick Dastardly….
d1carter on November 21, 2008 at 1:22 AM
OK, that is damn funny.
I saw him on a news clip tonight, he looks like he is about 5′0″ tall or everyone else in the room was standing on boxes.
quax1 on November 21, 2008 at 2:48 AM
Waxman is SO ugly!!!
Waxman’s SO ugly that when I saw Ed’s fronpage picture for this post, I was expecting a story about Bob Barr!!!
SteakRules on November 21, 2008 at 4:55 AM
Another one of the “New” faces of change in the Democrat Party where everything old is new again. He’ll stick his foot in his mouth soon enough.
Done That on November 21, 2008 at 5:02 AM
Is it just me or does this guy look like he’s related to Porky Pig somewhere along the line….?
*squoink*
Spiritk9 on November 21, 2008 at 7:01 AM
Half man – Half pig! Pure communist.
Griz on November 21, 2008 at 7:49 AM
I wonder if Waxman knows he has Scleroderma?
Redglen on November 21, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Was Waxman one of the aliens in “Men In Black”?
bloggless on November 21, 2008 at 9:11 AM
I think David Axelrod could be called “Waxman Lite”
http://images.newsmax.com/headline_vertical/axelrod.jpg
bloggless on November 21, 2008 at 9:16 AM
At the very least, though I’m starting to side with the end-timers the way things are going.
O.M.G! That is one of my favorite comedy scenes ever! I laugh just thinking of it. Thanks for that!
pannw on November 21, 2008 at 9:26 AM
I hate you for that. Now I’ve got this horrible thought of Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig getting their groove on with Barry White playing in the background. Uggggh!
Laura in Maryland on November 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM
*
Make it stop! Pleeease!
Laura in Maryland on November 21, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Thanks Ed. My appetite has gone and I’m skipping lunch (I don’t think i could keep it down anyway). I can only imagine him and Barney together having a tete a tete.
Fuquay Steve on November 21, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Add Maxine Waters for a menage a trois. MY EYES, MY EYES…
Fuquay Steve on November 21, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Waxman could perform all the characters in Animal Farm without any costumes.
Fuquay Steve on November 21, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Waxman is someone I would actually like to see on the radio. He has the perfect face for it. Yikes!
Barney Frank wouldn’t even give HIM the time of day.
robman27 on November 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Does anyone smell bacon?
DJ from MA on November 21, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Mr. Waxman always makes me think of Rodents of Unusual Size.
el rey on November 21, 2008 at 5:39 PM
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