' I am the most powerful woman in America!'

[Bobbieo]

Did Nancy Pelosi actually say that? Or is that in the mind of the Freeper who wrote a letter to the AZ Republic. He also bashed Cindy

[Blue_In_AK]

1. I doubt that she said it,

although it has been said about her.

[KingFlorez]

2. I've never heard her say that

Freepers tend to put words in people's mouth's

[ET Awful]

3. No, she didn't say it, the Washington Times SAID she said it, and the

reich wing bloggers picked it up from there.

[valerief]

Washington Times! Who believes that rag? nt

[Clevenger]

4. I Thought Oprah Was the Most Powerful Woman in America n/t

[bahrbearian]

5. LOL n/t

[gratuitous]

6. That statement is utter bullshit

Unless it's uttered by Catwoman.

;)

[JacksonWest]

7. Here's the transcript of her being sworn in.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010401039.html

She didn't say it there.

[ieoeja]

8. She is the most powerful woman in America, isn't she?

I don't know what this is about, but doesn't being the highest ranking female in the United States government make her the most powerful woman in America? Is not the president frequently referred to as the most powerful man in the free world? How does this not follow?

Does someone have a problem with this?

[valerief]

9. Did she say it? Not likely. WT lies. nt

[ieoeja]

10. Like I said.

1. I have no idea what you people are even talking about, but...

2. If she did say it, so fucking what. She *IS* the most powerful woman in America today. She SHOULD say it. She should be PROUD of the fact that she is the most powerful woman in America today.

And this bothers you, why?

[ieoeja]

11. Fine. I'll say it then.

Pelosi is the most powerful woman in America!

There. I've said it. You should all celebrate this fact.

[ieoeja]

12. And again.

Pelosi is the most powerful woman in America!

[ieoeja]

13. You can't hear me?

Pelosi is the most powerful woman in America!

[ieoeja]

14. You want that louder?

Pelosi is the most powerful woman in America!

[ShortnFiery]

15. Even so, she works for US, not the other way around.

Our Democratic Leaders best remember WHY they were elected. No more gutless "go along to get along."

[Hippo_Tron]

16. Don't remember her saying that, regardless it's true

Speaker of the House is the most powerful position after President when there is a divided government.

[snowbear]

17. If Speaker Pelosi said such a thing, why not provide the link to the comment?

...Which would probably be impossible.

BTW, Thom Hartmann DID say it on his show a couple days ago (with great pride I might add )

But so what -- he's a radio host --- not the Speaker.

So... where's the link?

[talk hard]

18. well she is

& the Republicans better learn to deal with it

[harveyc]

19. Was this made up? w/link

--- "We have waited over 200 years for this time to come," Mrs. Pelosi said on the eve of her selection as speaker, a position that makes her second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney.

"We will not just break through a glass ceiling, we will break through a marble ceiling," she said. "In more than 200 years of history, there was an established pecking order -- and I cut in line."

After calling herself "the most powerful woman in America," Mrs. Pelosi flexed her right muscle like a weight lifter to much applause at an event yesterday titled a "women's tea."

"All right, let's hear it for the power," she screamed as the jubilant applause continued.


http://forums.argusleadermedia.com/viewtopic.php?p=15215&sid=dac106ec419a4e4a1c84576998633ab8

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

20. That's just a link to a forum post for the Argus Leader newspaper

(A newspaper I wouldn't trust, anyways.)
Still not a verifiable link for this quote.
And the only "news" link when using the first sentence: "We have waited over 200 years for this time to come," Mrs. Pelosi said on the eve of her selection as speaker, a position that makes her second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney."
still is the Washington Times, which has been known to create stories out of thin air before. (Look up the "I'm Prudenized" chapter in Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)

[harveyc]

22. Hard to believe someone would go to that effort

to make up a story about a women's tea with those quotes and detail ... just saying. I am sure someone can find out where she was that day, as a first step, if they really wanted to.

Doesn't really matter, but I am not a fan of Ms. Pelosi since she obviously isn't going to call for redeployment or defunding the Iraq war. She called for redeployment in August 2006 ... now not a peep about it.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

25. Like I said, Franken's had stuff made up about him in the Times

So I don't think it's that hard to make this kind of thing up.
The Washington Times is very adept at taking "creative license" with quotes from people.

And isn't it still rather interesting that the only newspaper to report on this was the Washington Times?
(I could whip up that much detail in 30 minutes if I wanted to. Hell, they do it on Fox News all the damn time.)

[Name removed]

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[harveyc]

27. Sorry

Sorry ... I didn't realize that the first link I provided may have included a bogus line about "most powerful." The following is a link from the AP ( I hope that is ok? ). It more or less confirms the "tea" and most of the quotes in the first link. I hope you understand my confusion.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FEMALE_SPEAKER?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=TOP_STORIES&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[newyawker99]

31. Hi harveyc!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Imagevision]

21. # weeks ago CNN listed Rice as the most powerful woman in the world @ 57%

Hillary was second and
Oprah was third...
Pelosi didn't even make the list?

[AZBlue]

24. Did you read the rest of the LTTE?

The Arizona Republican is a right-wing rag of the worst kind. I know - I used to work for them. And the quote is attributed to The Washington Times - yet, another right-wing rag.

That said - did anyone really read the rest of the letter? Yes, it bags on Pelosi but not without some good reason. Don't get me wrong - as a woman, I'm so pleased to see a female Speaker (and the fact that she's a Dem is just icing on the cake!). However, I see the point of the writer (who, by the way, shows no real partisanship, bagging on Pelosi, but then speaking about Condi and Hillary as both trendsetting females). The point was that women have broken through glass ceilings and this isn't a big deal - well, it is a big deal, but maybe one that was made too much of. Perhaps by making such a BIG deal when a woman accomplishes a milestone as this we're saying it's a rare and unusual thing - and that implies that it shouldn't happen too often. I'm not saying don't celebrate it, but maybe it's better to celebrate the bigger picture as well: that women are making strides in all walks of life every day and it's just getting better and better for us. It's an interesting point that I hadn't considered before.

[snowbear]

26. If you think that's bad.. you should see the profile of the dude Harvey sent us to..

....He claims President Clinton was to blame for 9/11, bitches about a woman being speaker, bashes General Clark continuously (spells his name "Clarke" of course) and it just goes on and on...

http://forums.argusleadermedia.com/search.php?search_author=sdventurecapital&sid=39667a457b79633197a19e1a17d1510d

It's just incredible that someone would create an account here, then send us to a loonie tune like that to try and prove a BOGUS claim.

Shame on you HarveyC.

[harveyc]

28. Sorry -- repeat

Sorry ... I didn't realize that the first link I provided may have included a bogus line about "most powerful." The following is a link from the AP ( I hope that is ok? ). It more or less confirms the "tea" and most of the quotes in the first link. I hope you understand my confusion.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FEMALE_SPEAKER?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=TOP_STORIES&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[ieoeja]

29. I'm still trying to figure out why anyone gives a fuck.

According to the Constitution of the United States of America, Pelosi *is* the most powerful woman in America.

Live with it!

[michaelwb]

30. queue Jeopardy music.

That would be "Who is Oprah?"

I'll take "U.S. Presidents who were also hermaphrodites." for $500, Alex.