Pelosi: Past Tax Proposal Offer Was Ploy ‘To Smoke Out The Republicans’ TOPICS:andrea mitchelldebtfiscal cliffhikeincreasesmslsdmsnbcnancy pelosiPast Tax Proposal Offer Was Ploy To Smoke Out The RepublicansPelosispendingtaxWicked Witch of the West Posted By: BMartin1776 December 18, 2012 Uh huh sure. She came out and said this AFTER the emperor shot down Boehner. Who wants to bet that if he knew Boehners proposal had a Pelozei component to it it would have been shot down???