I loved President Obama's speech, but Nancy Pelosi looked like a clown-faced

[bertman]

Jill-in-the-box. I hope they show her the video before the State of the Onion so she can practice NOT grimacing and doing her facial yoga contortions during these occasions.

[camera obscura]

1. Grimacing? She looked fine to me.

[Hieronymus]

29. She looked good, and showed enthusiasm.

[NYC Liberal]

2. How about when she practically jumped out of her shoes standing up to applaud?

[Shoelace]

23. after 8 years of looking at the back of Bush's head, wouldn't you jump for joy too

seeing Obama who gave one helluva great speech tonight??:shrug:

[question everything]

24. Um... she had to look at the back of Bush's head only twice.. (nt)

[Muttocracy]

65. State of the Union is every year, not just inauration year, right? nt

[ddeclue]

68. She has only been speaker since 2007...

before THAT she had to look at the FRONT of his head the previous six times....

:rofl:

[NYC Liberal]

27. LOL I actually thought it was funny--not knocking her

:)

[Jennicut]

3. She always looks that way. But at least she looked proud of Obama.

[XemaSab]

4. I was entranced on her heaving bosoms

They also need to tell her and Biden both not to fidget. :P

[Jennicut]

7. I think Joe has a hard time sitting still to begin with...lots of excess energy. Nancy too.

[NatBurner]

49. ^^

i knew i wasn't the only one

[OnyxCollie]

63. So was I.

A vast improvement over Denny Hastert's heaving bosom.

[liberalmuse]

5. She was great.

She's older, and has had work, but that's no reason to disparage her. I think her enthusiasm for our new President more than made up for any superficial image she may have presented to some.

[tridim]

6. I think she was just happy.

Nothing wrong with that.

[vaberella]

8. I love Pelosi..she was like a Proud Mama. n/t

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[bertman]

17. That is positively, disgustingly hilarious, TTUBatfan2008.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[grasswire]

10. why was she wearing her bathrobe???

That was on my mind for many, many minutes until I finally saw that it was a quilted suit, two piece. The top sure looked like a robe!

[Jennicut]

14. LMAO! It was not a good choice of wardrobe but I will let it go.

She seemed proud, happy, and supportive of Obama.

[grasswire]

20. yes, I agree

And I did like the color on her very much. She's a beautiful woman. I just found the "robe" very distracting.

[avaistheone1]

36. God! I thought that pea-soup green color on her was horrific.

I wanted to spit-up after time the camera panned to her. :puke:

[hlthe2b]

11. I keep seeing these comments. I think Nancy gets "dry mouth"

(badly) when she is nervous and thus, the occasional facial contortions. Face it, it IS hard to be on camera the entire time. Frankly, I think she would benefit from some beta blockers before hand.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

12. The alternative might be Botox, but that would make her look like a zombie nt

[kestrel91316]

16. Yeah, I think she mainly needs to ease up on the Botox. It makes her

look entirely too creepy for my tastes.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

56. I hate Botox - some of my friends have had it and they look like clowns nt

[BuyingThyme]

13. I don't know how people can sit still with cameras rolling away like that.

My face would be twitching and itching and I'd go into convulsions and fall to the floor before crapping myself and sliding off the stage on a trail of my own filth.

Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a little.

[Uzybone]

26. LOL

Jesus.

[Beacool]

44. You get used to it.

After a while you forget the cameras and they become part of the background. Nancy overreacts because that's just Nancy, nothing to do with the cameras.

;)

[Beaverhausen]

15. is this really necessary?

Lets see how you do with a camera trained on your face for 45 minutes. jerk

[bertman]

19. Yes. It is absolutely, unequivocally necessary. Pull violently.

Besides, she's a national politician. They're SUPPOSED to be trained to do that kind of stuff. Plus, that's what we pay her for. Cause it sure as hell isn't to be a Democratic leader.

[onehandle]

18. Nice. So this is what DU is now.

This is why I don't have a star anymore.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

39. I thought

it was because you were cheap. :hide:


Nancy "I'm taking impeachment of the table" Pelosi can kiss my ass.

[PBS Poll-435]

21. Boo

:thumbsdown:

[FrenchieCat]

22. I think that Speaker Nany Pelosi was just fine!

[bertman]

25. That's good for her. Maybe it'll get her brownie points when she appears as a special

guest at the Hague.

[aaronbees]

28. What are you talking about?

She was smiling like she was proud-as-can-be the whole damn time. It was nice to see.

[seaker]

30. An even pettier observation

Her outfit looked bad on TV behind our president. Like I said...petty on my part...I am ashamed.:dilemma:

[Divine Discontent]

31. meh, not a bad comment - I don't care about fashion but I was intrigued why she wore something that

looked like a rain coat? Also, she kept smiling while he was talking about horrible things - odddddd. I know she's happy we have an articulate man as president and all, but wow, listen to what he's talking about Nancy!

[Lars39]

33. I think she was trying to match the walls a bit and blend in.

It would have been really easy for her to wear a super bright red or blue suit that would have distracted the eye from Obama. :)

[seaker]

57. Thanks for a kinder point of view.

One of the things I like best about DU.

[onehandle]

32. Let's keep this lovely thread kicked.

Very representative of the core of DU.

[ClarkUSA]

34. You're a nasty one. She looked joyous and triumphant. More women should look so good at 70+.

[PBS Poll-435]

37. Nancy Pelosi is NOT 70+

Nice backhanded "complement."

[Jennicut]

42. She's 68 and looks really good for 68.

[ejpoeta]

35. i told my husband it looked like there was an applause sign near her.

she would just jump up jerkily. i would hate to have to sit BEHIND the president during a speech. the camera is right on you the whole time. It was interesting when they would cut away to people during the speech. I always like to see if I can see anyone sleeping or anything.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

38. She bugged me too.

She acted like she was about to leap out of her nylons and she was distracting. I will never forgive her for taking impeachment "off the table."

[jillan]

40. I thought she was great. I loved the fact that she couldn't hide her enthusiasm.

[Leo The Cleo]

41. She looked like a Proud Band/Choir Mom

She looked like the mom of a kid who just performed a solo in the band concert.

[Beacool]

43. I said that she seemed like a wack-a-mole on another post.

The over the top response from her was disconcerting coming from a Speaker of the House. Her behavior was more appropriate for a groupie. Then again, it's Nancy. Not much to expect from that woman.

:eyes:

[rvablue]

45. I think she was great! After 8 years of hell, it was a tremendous sight to see 3 Dems up there!

And frankly, the poor woman had to sit next to Cheney for two years....she probably had some pent up fear and anger to shake off!

[bertman]

46. Ahhh, she was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America

and you're saying she didn't have the guts to vent her fear and anger at Cheney? That is a very scary thing.

[rvablue]

50. Huh? I didn't say she didn't have the guts. I was making a funny about her enthusiasm.

:eyes:

[bertman]

54. My apology. I thought you were giving her a pass. Taken as you explain it, it is a funny.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

47. Hey, it got Heath Ledger and Oscar.

[babylonsister]

48. This is your criticism? Jeeze.

I'll save mine for Jindal and the rethugs. But have at it.

She was happy, so was I.

[Z_I_Peevey]

51. Hell, she looked like a statue compared to ME

during that speech. I was grinning like an idiot, jumping up and down and hootin' and hollerin' all over the house. I was THRILLED to see and hear a real, elected, Constitution-lovin' PRESIDENT speak to us.

[JustJeking]

62. *grinning*

Me too! I think in comparison to how I was behaving during the speech (doing little dances, whoopin' it up), Nancy behaved just fine. Stoic, even. ;)

[Cha]

52. Buzz off..I don't care about your

negative kill joy.

Nancy Pelosi was appropriately enthusiastic for the return of our country from the abyss.. but I might know there would be someone on DU who would find fault somewhere in that amazing Presidential Address to Congress.

[phleshdef]

53. State of the Onion? Typo or freudian slip.

[Occam Bandage]

55. How lovely!

[Hellataz]

58. I have to admit, I was a bit annoyed with her eagerness to jump up every 10 seconds.

Granted there were standing applause worthy moments in his speech, but Nancy looked silly like a puppy on crack on the edge of her seat waiting to jump up at any possible moment, almost like she she had a sharp spring sticking out of her chair. It was like she was either trying to hard or kissing some ass. it just didn't look natural.

[Binka]

64. You Are Not Funny And Your Grammar/ Writing Stinks

My first thoughts about you have now been confirmed. IGNORE. Bye now.

[Adelante]

59. I thought she looked beautiful

I loved her enthusiasm, too.

[Top Cat]

60. Nancy looked great last night

[Political Tiger]

61. Oh please! YOU sit there for an hour

with a camera on you the whole time and see if you can do any better.

[onehandle]

66. Keep this revealing thread alive. nt

[Beacool]

67. Well, you're doing a good job of keeping it alive.

:eyes: