A U.S. Congressman (albeit a repub) says members threatened that unless the house votes for the bailout, there would be Martial Law in America.
I just came across this mind-blowing story while reading the comments on Nouriel Roubini's RGEMonitor web site. Apparently, during the floor debate on the Bailout package, a congressman said "on House floor Thursday evening that House Representatives were told on Monday that if they voted NO on the bailout that there would be Martial Law in America."
Here is a link: http://current.com/...
click the second link on the page (where it says
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/... ), and then choose Mr. Sherman (12 name down from the top) to see the c-span video.
Should we believe that (someone? the white house? whom? ) is actually saying this to house members? Martial Law?
Are things this precarious?
What is going on here?
Update: Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/...