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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1076050" data-attributes="member: 1246"><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/03/pelosi-republicans-are-anti-government-ideologues-bent-on-destroying-the-government/" target="_blank">Pelosi: Republicans Are “Anti-Government Ideologues” Bent On “Destroying” The Government…</a>Pelosi worships at the alter of big government. Of course we believe the government has a role, just not the all-seeing, all-knowing, big brother knows best style libs believe in.<a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-many-members-republican-caucus-don-t-believe-government" target="_blank">(CNSNews.com)</a> – In an <a href="http://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/" target="_blank">interview</a>on Thursday with National Public Radio, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that many Republicans do not “believe in government.” “There are many members in the Republican caucus who do not believe in government,” Pelosi said in an interview with NPR’s Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep. “And bless their hearts, they act upon their beliefs. “So day to day, we vote here on issues that eliminate government initiatives for clean air, clean water, food safety, public safety, public education, public transportation, public housing, public health, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. “They don’t believe in a public role,” Pelosi said. “And if you don’t believe in a public role, then why do you even have to have taxes to pay for it? … They’re anti-government ideologues, and that’s what the speaker has to deal with.” [... “While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, ‘I want to destroy government,” Pelosi said. She said Republicans should “take back your party.” </blockquote>

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