Something I noticed in the House today

[BattyDem]

When the cameras panned the Democratic side of the room, we saw men, women, young, old, black, white, brown, etc. We saw AMERICA!

When the cameras panned the GOP side of the room, we saw nothing but old, white men.

The contrast was very striking. It said a lot about both parties.

[Kingshakabobo]

1. Hastert ate all the women and minorities.....

[BattyDem]

5. I thought he looked bit larger than usual today

:evilgrin:

Look at that picture ... there's a woman sitting next to him. I didn't notice her today. She must have gotten lost in the sea of gray testosterone! ;-)

[MADem]

8. Is that his dessert to his left? He's sure eying that gal like she's pie and ice cream! NT

[BattyDem]

11. His dessert??

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MADem]

18. Well, King Shakabobo said he ate all the women and minorities, and she looks like the

lone one left....so, is she dessert, or his after dinner mint?

[kiteinthewind]

10. LOL! n/t

:evilgrin:

[lonestarnot]

25. OMG

:rofl:

[illinoisprogressive]

2. that is what the parties are:

The dems have always been the party of the everyman
The gop have always been the party of the white male country clubbers with martinis.

[Olney Blue]

3. The other thing on the Dem side today was JOY!!!!!!!!

[BattyDem]

6. The joy was wonderful to see!

I had a big, goofy grin on my face the whole time!

[Olney Blue]

7. Me too, my friend!

[Sydnie]

4. I agree and I hope

that Nancy gives in to C-SPAN's request for more cameras and the ability to do more panning of the chamber rather than just the static picture they usually broadcast now. We need to be able to see ALL of the action in the chamber like we did today, imho.

[BuyingThyme]

9. It's amazing that party can even exist in this country.

There's really no legitimate reason for it.

[BattyDem]

13. It's amazing that an average person can look at them and think ..

that their interests are being represented. I don't get it. :shrug:

[cynatnite]

14. It'd be a good party with more Goldwater types...

At least those people can be reasoned with rather than the RW crooks in there today.

[murielm99]

12. My kids and I have been saying that

for years.

The GOP is the party of old, white men.

[babylonsister]

15. Joy and Children. The Dems were happy, weren't afraid to show it,

and that's been lacking for too long.

[malaise]

23. Those children will never forget

yesterday.

[Roxy66]

16. I said the same thing today....the difference was so stark

[Manifestor_of_Light]

17. the quadrennial conventions are the same way

You can tell the same thing on TV at the conventions:

The GOP confab....boring white guys in suits, boring white women in suits, talking heads, rich fat white guys.

The Democratic confab....white, black, brown, rich, middle, poor, immigrants, naturalized, people from all ethnic groups and social classes.

I grew up going to Democratic confabs as my parents were good liberals.

This is NOT news.

[BattyDem]

19. Of course it's not news to us ...

but think about it:

Today, history was made. A woman became Speaker of the House. I know people who aren't very interested in politics - they never watch C-SPAN or the conventions - but they were watching today. I'm sure there were plenty of people across the country who watched this sort of thing for the very first time. The stark contrast of those two pictures could not have been missed. :-)

[OneBlueSky]

20. another noticable thing is that Americans sure as hell know who the Speaker of the House is . . .

unlike when the Repugs were in power and most people didn't have a clue about whats-his-name . . .

[williesgirl]

21. Those old white men know they're history.

[Skidmore]

22. My husband and I were talking about that last night and

remarking on how the chairs of the various committees reflect America better as well. The people do stand a chance now.

[BattyDem]

26. I hadn't thought of that ... but you're right

The chairs are very diverse. That can only mean good things for the country. :-)

[caledesi]

24. Did yuou also notice that most of the children were with their

DEMOCRATIC parents. The GOP's kids were hard to find.

[BattyDem]

27. GOP kids are only used for photo-ops

Bring them out, snap the picture, put them away until the next election. :eyes:

No member of the GOP would EVER let children share the podium and touch the Speaker's gavel. That was an amazing moment! :-)