Video: The Waffle House
posted at 3:04 pm on July 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
The NRCC would like to challenge Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA) to a debate on cap-and-trade with … Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA). Nye sent letters to two different constituents this week, taking two different positions on the House bill that narrowly passed almost two weeks ago. Nye attempted to both take credit for its passage and highlight his vote against it:
VO: Anyone want a waffle? Because Glenn Nye is sure serving up some waffles. In a recent letter to a constituent Nye praised the Cap and Trade Bill, but on the very same day he wrote another constituent disapproving of its passage. Which is it Glenn? You’ve only been in Washington for 6 months and you’re already playing the game. Glenn Nye – Waffles, yes. Honesty, no.
I’d call this one a home run. Also see Jim Geraghty’s take.
Update: The comments section suggested that Nye may have taken his cue from the great Charles Durning in his Academy Award-nominated part from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
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Too easy — he was for it before he was against it.
BigD on July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
I was for Cap and Trade before I was against it.
Thunderstorm129 on July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Did they get the music copyright from scott joplin!??!?!
/sarcasm
battleoflepanto1571 on July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Looks like he didn’t read either letter – either.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Can’t he just eat his waffle?
Torch on July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Let’s call it a tie, shall we? ;)
Thunderstorm129 on July 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Of course. He’s a Democrap.
Jaibones on July 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM
This is what happens when they don’t read shit.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Hit ‘em hard, RNC. And don’t let up.
UltimateBob on July 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Hey, he’s just taking one out of Dear Leader’s playbook…
Wyznowski on July 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Glenn Nye the Science Guy…not so much. Next time I visit the capital I would love to see where politcians get their labotomies.
WashJeff on July 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM
The don’t read it, then we have to eat a sandwich made out of it.
UltimateBob on July 9, 2009 at 3:09 PM
oh let him eat his waffle…./sarc
SHARPTOOTH on July 9, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Obama likes waffles so it’s OK.
Guardian on July 9, 2009 at 3:12 PM
You guys haven’t been doing your doublethink exercises. I’m tellin’…
ROCnPhilly on July 9, 2009 at 3:12 PM
keep them coming
:-)
cmsinaz on July 9, 2009 at 3:13 PM
don’t forget the syrup :-)
cmsinaz on July 9, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Nye is my Congressman. I received the second letter.
He’s a known weasel
darwin on July 9, 2009 at 3:16 PM
How ’bout a big plate of ‘take your waffle arse out of office’?
HornetSting on July 9, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Coniving little weasel.
If only the donks spent more time doing the job they were elected to do, and less time thinking up new ways to fool their constituents.
Boy, they must think their constituents have skulls full of mush.
…. ok, I’ll give ‘em that one.
fogw on July 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM
I bet his lips were moving.
jukin on July 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM
In this case, he is for it WHILE he is against it!
gonnjos on July 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Heh. I’m thinking showing a certain brand of syrup would be most appropriate here. >X-}
Dark-Star on July 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM
I have an email from him, patting himself on the back for voting against it. Does anyone need to see it? He was pretty proud of himself.
Cindy Munford on July 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM
When his constituents see this, he’ll probably run unapposed because they have finally found the bottom of the barrel.
volsense on July 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM
The disgusting dolt is one big pile of rat crap.
rplat on July 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM
This reminds me of Candidate Obama vs Elected Obama.
Topsecretk9 on July 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Was this guy a NUTROOTS pick?
Topsecretk9 on July 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Yep, the one in the article is the same one I got. Surprise. He’s slick./
Cindy Munford on July 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
I am shocked by the cynicism evident in the responses here. Cap and Trade is obviously such an important piece of legislation that having merely one opinion is insufficient. ;)
jwolf on July 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
I’m shocked, shocked I say that a DEM congressman would waffle.
Jeff from WI on July 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Channeling the Eagles: You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes, and your smile is a thin disguise…”
College Prof on July 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM
It won’t matter, his DEM constituents won’t care what he does.
Jeff from WI on July 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM
This is what conservative talk show hosts meant when they pointed out that the 44 Dems who voted against this were given permission to do so by Queen Pelosi. We know that if she hadn’t known that she had the vote she would never have brought it to the floor and these newly elected Dems would have never dared to oppose her.
Jvette on July 9, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Way to lead Rep. Nye, way to lead.
myrenovations on July 9, 2009 at 3:35 PM
“I’ve been consistent in saying that I’ve been forgainst this bill from the beginning.”
Bishop on July 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
True. This shows he’s aware of conservative unrest.
ROCnPhilly on July 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mNDHTfdn1A
Ewwww… I love to dance a little sidestep…
Charles Dunning, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas…
Best example of a Washington Politician I’ve ever scene on the silver screen…
Romeo13 on July 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Scientific folks. In the laws of non contradiction, two contradicting statements can’t both be true. Democrats soar above natural laws. They have the power to say it is true because they said so.
seven on July 9, 2009 at 3:42 PM
This reminds me of Charles Durning as the governor in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”.
Johan Klaus on July 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM
He was for it…before he read it…
right2bright on July 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Romeo 13 beat me to it again.
Johan Klaus on July 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM
You have not heard? Bwany Fwank has legislation in the works to repeal the Rules of Logis… after all, they are not laws after all.
They are also working on Thermodynamics, and Conservation of Energy… but those are currently stuck in commitee.
Romeo13 on July 9, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Grrrr… rules of LOGIC…
Romeo13 on July 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Glenn Nye the waffle guy, what a disparaging thing to say about waffles.
fourdeucer on July 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Looks like Nye has been learning well from the panderer-in-chief!
Does anybody out there suppose this guy has even just a smidgen of embarrassment?
Nah.
Special K on July 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM
The title of this article is demeaning to one of my favorite dining establishments…
ladyingray on July 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM
He’s been on the job just six months and he’s already learned from Master Obama-wan Kenobi:
Remember that Obama’s aide filled out the survey form relating to gun control.
Or perhaps he learned from Janet Napolitano.
I’m sure Nye’s aide sent out the email before he approved it.
VibrioCocci on July 9, 2009 at 3:59 PM
one of the Va.Dem blogs i read sort of scolded Nye, but many the comments said “at least he’s better than a Republican”.
so Va. Dems prefer liars to Republicans. well, they’ve got one in the White House.
kelley in virginia on July 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Another Democrat thrown out on his worthless, corrupt and incompetent ass in 2010.
This is going to be even more fun than ’94, the way the Bammy show is playing out.
NoDonkey on July 9, 2009 at 4:21 PM
O/T: Check out Obama’s wandering eye on Drudge. Alternate link if the picture isn’t up anymore.
VibrioCocci on July 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM
you know, its one thing to lie, but don’t do it on paper (or over the internet where it can be captured). i learned that in 1st grade.
its not that the Dems are stupid, its that they know that their constituents are.
kelley in virginia on July 9, 2009 at 4:26 PM
vibrio! i just went to Drudge & saw that!
uh oh. just wait til Michelle, my belle, sees that! she might throw her $6,000 purse at bambi!
kelley in virginia on July 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM
LOL!
Michelle looks like she can hold her own.
VibrioCocci on July 9, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Fixed it.
My prior two Congressmen were Jim Moran and Dick Gebhardt. Never voted once for either of those clowns and they kept getting back in.
NoDonkey on July 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I’m shocked, shocked that a modern sensitive Democrat male would bother to even look at that rather than ponder the ladies intellectual skills.
Jeff from WI on July 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Second stimulus plan is in effect.
WashJeff on July 9, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Obama: Now that’s one red state I’d like to poll well in.
lorien1973 on July 9, 2009 at 4:40 PM
when can the american taxpayer vote these a–holes out of office and clean house?
workingforpigs on July 9, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Obama “Passion Index”: +11!!ty
Christien on July 9, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Is that a nuclear reduction treaty in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
NoDonkey on July 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM
This sounds like when Michael Steele tried to make people think he was a Democrat in 2006. This nonsense will put you out of office fast.
LevStrauss on July 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Yay?
Who is Glenn Nye and why is the NRCC pecking so far down on the totem pole? Nye is a nobody.
The NRCC needs to do their job and attack Obama. Then again – the Ayatollahs always aim for the little guys cuz they are too chicken to go after the head wolf.
nrcc – yawn.
HondaV65 on July 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Just like Barry, talks out of both sides of his mouth. Takes a stand in the middle.
GarandFan on July 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM
volsense on July 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM
+1
docflash on July 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Dissociative Identity Disorder: How many personalities does Glenn Nye have?
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Glenn Nye vs. Glenda Nye. Closeted patients like these such cases can be slippery.
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This neurosis representative displays the prima facie evidence for a doctor of psychology to discover if similar symptoms include borderline personality disorder.
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Glenn Nye has been reading some interesting books. His latest one is a non-fiction biography:
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Title: Will E. Mayket
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Author: Betty Wont
Americannodash on July 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Such pretty dreams. I don’t want to wake up, cause the reality ain’t so nice.
Squiggy on July 9, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Someone in Nye’s office is about to lose his job.
Besides, if Nye does support crap-n-steal, why is he using paper? Isn’t that contradictory?
madmonkphotog on July 9, 2009 at 8:41 PM
massrighty on July 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Reposting, to correct stupid formatting:
Sorry, Honda; I hate to disagree with you (I’m usually with you.)
NRCC is (in this case,) doing their job – from their website:
“Political committee devoted to increasing the number of Republicans in Congress.”
He’s their target – the RNC is the one that should wake up and promote alternatives to the Obama agenda.
massrighty on July 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM