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Home Front: Politix
Bitter end for Pelosi, the US Speaker
2010-11-04
Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi, the first woman to serve as US speaker of the House, appeared out of a job today after a short but productive four years in office as Republicans retook the chamber she ran with gusto.
I'm not real sure about that word "productive." I think maybe they meant "destructive."
Six of one, half a dozen the other, in her case.
Ms Pelosi, 70, won the distinction of being the highest woman ever elected to office in the United States.
*blink* One sincerely hopes that's a translation error.
But while she earned the affection of Democrats for her strict and skillful running of the 435-seat House of Representatives, she swiftly became the woman the Republicans most loved to hate.

Always impeccably turned out, the senator
She's not a senator...
In the original sense of "wise old man", perhaps?
from Caliphornia is an influential and powerful politician and a charismatic speaker. President Barack B.O. Obama has credited her with helping to push through some of his key reforms.

Married to a millionaire and a mother of five, Pelosi won admirers in party ranks for her fund-raising abilities as well as her success in uniting Democrats against Republican legislation.

But some Republicans have spoofed her as Disney's would-be Dalmatian skinner "Cruella de Vil," and portrayed her as a "wicked witch" of high taxes in a television commercial that sees her challenger melt her down to nothing with a bucket of water.

Pelosi, whose office says she has raised 52.3 million dollars this election cycle and held 212 political events in 24 US states plus Puerto Rico, recently shrugged off the attacks. If "no one's talking about you, you have to wonder what you were doing," she said, calling the often personal criticism the "highest compliment" and stressing US politics requires "a suit of armor" and the ability "to take a punch."

Pelosi, who as House speaker is technically third in line to the presidency after Mr Obama and VP Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden, now looks set to be replaced by House Minority Leader John It is not pronounced 'Boner!' Boehner come January when the new House gathers for the first time. Boehner has described himself as "hopping mad" over some of Pelosi's hardball tactics -- notably the 11th-hour unveiling of the text of the controversial climate bill.

There have been many women advisers to US presidents, three women US secretaries of state, and two women US vice presidential hopefuls from major parties. But Ms Pelosi was the first to be House speaker.
Posted by:Fred

#15  Ms Pelosi, 70, won the distinction of being the highest woman ever elected to office in the United States

Yeah, but she had a prescription for it.
Posted by: DMFD   2010-11-04 21:23  

#14  What are you gonna do with that gavel now, Madame Minority Leader? Rig it up to vibrate?
Posted by: tu3031   2010-11-04 19:50  

#13  Its like this for me. Know all those real crappy commercials which came out recently, some of which have been changed multiple times since release...well those commercials were crap for sure..but..they also had to go through a series of approvals before being shown on the air. To me, those people are just as responsible as the ad company for the crap commercial.

But I guess the House doesn't have that problem anymore either.

And to those booted for this bag of hoopla, do me a favor in your retirement...note how long from this week until the first socialite party you go to when nobody knows who you are, or worse knows you took one for the team and does not care.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-11-04 18:28  

#12  eyes so beady that the toniest of clothes and plastic surgery can't distract from. Buh bye creep.
Posted by: PrivateEye   2010-11-04 17:49  

#11  
Posted by: Uleatch Dribble8106   2010-11-04 16:50  

#10  Too bad we can't drop a farm house on her.
Posted by: SR-71   2010-11-04 16:03  

#9  Bitter for whom? She is the most divisive Speaker we have had. "You are going to have to pass the legislation to find out what's in it" Nancy. This woman won by 80% in San Francisco this past election. Go figure. They are all high on weed out there.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-11-04 12:22  

#8  Actually, she is married to a billionaire, which makes her insistance on the USAF providing her with a personal plane even more disgusting.

Posted by: Frozen Al   2010-11-04 11:31  

#7  Might I make one small favorable comment in San Fran Nan's favor? I have noticed that she was always beautifully and tastefully turned out, when attending on public occasions. Classic, flattering suits and dresses, well-chosen accessories (the oversized gavel being the sole exception). Very much a pity she could not have given Mrs. Obama lessons in the art of of wearing clothes instead of having the clothes wear you.
Posted by: Sgt.Mom   2010-11-04 11:29  

#6  She also has the distinction of being the greatest CO2 spewer in the history of the Congress.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-11-04 11:06  

#5  I'm not real sure about that word "productive." I think maybe they meant "destructive."

I think a better word is either "Despicable" or "Deceptive". (or both)
Whatever word you prefer, GOOD RIDDANCE.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-11-04 10:05  

#4  time to give the jet back you arogant bitch. That picture just brings it out in me.
Posted by: armyguy   2010-11-04 09:39  

#3  Married to a millionaire..

Just who is the Party of the Rich(tm)?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-11-04 09:32  

#2  Boehner has described himself as "hopping mad" over some of Pelosi's hardball tactics -- notably the 11th-hour unveiling of the text of the controversial climate bill.

She is the slimiest of the slimy politicians. What else would you expect?
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-11-04 09:21  

#1  Ms Pelosi, 70, won the distinction of being the highest woman ever elected to office in the United States

That explains a lot.
Posted by: charger   2010-11-03 23:55  

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