Just how did Nancy Pelosi get chosen as Speaker anyway?

[garybeck]

I know there was a house vote, but that woman has too much power for a position that is not directly voted on by the people. She should not be deciding what the Judiciary Committee is doing.

If I bought a speaker at Best Buy that worked like this, I'd take it back and exchange it.

[L. Coyote]

1. Democratically. It is in the Constitution. Article 1.

[garybeck]

3. I think there were some serious charades going on there.

[Kutjara]

2. Chimpy appointed her.

The process was dressed up in a lot of complicated political theater designed to make it look like she was chosen by fellow Congressional Dems, but that's the gist of it. ;)

[EFerrari]

5. No, that didn't happen.

[Kutjara]

6. Really? But it says so right here in my...

..."Big Book of Nefarious Conspiracies." Right between "Pearl Harbor: FDR's orchestration of" and "Pigs, Bay of: Democratic Plot."

[EFerrari]

11. You got me.

lol

:)

[Kutjara]

12. ...

:rofl:


:hi:

[canetoad]

24. If ya want more fireworks

for less effort, go over and bang your head against the wall at FR.

WTF are these pple trying to accomplish by piling uninformed hatred on the people who are on their side?

[EFerrari]

27. Nancy Pelosi is not on my side. And I have demstrated that

on multiple occasions.

What would you consider the proper response to a representative that shuns her own constituents? Flowers and candy? So, hold the lecture about "hatred". I'm mad as hell at her and with good reason.

[canetoad]

4. for fucks sake

Have you forgotten happy you were when she was elected speaker.

Can't you just take your bile and venom elsewhere and act like an adult who has a handle on political events.
You are like a kid who got let down by santa. I'm guessing you are not a student of politics. Why do you think it's a good thing to be spreading venom and hatred?

Ask youself why. What chain of events was in place to knobble congress. Who is behind it. When you have worked this out, then you may be adult enough to start raging blame. Until then, you look like a ranting kid.

[Ken Burch]

10. We were happy when we thought she'd be on OUR side

How were we to know she'd cave to Bush and the DLC on everything that mattered?

[canetoad]

23. Then son,

take your toys and go home.

I'm gonna ask you to take a minute or two from your self absorbed life and ask youself, 'How do I make the world a better place by whining like a petulant baby.'

In case you are too self-absorbed to gen the answer, it is, you can't.

[Ken Burch]

26. I was making a calm, and clearly unchallengable, observation.

On all issues that mattered, Pelosi has taken the side of the DLC and Bush against the majority of her party.

This isn't whining, and saying it hardly harms the effort to make the world better(an effort the conservative wing of our party doesn't support, btw).

You can't really refute my observation, because it is the calm obvious truth.

Yes, things were always going to be tough, but surrendering to the Republicans and the right wing of the Dems was never going to make them easier.

Pelosi was elected speaker to fight the power. There was no other reason. She was not chosen to be a bland centrist.

You can't really say the problem is with the progressive majority of the congressional party.

(Oh, and don't call me "son". I know damn well you ain't my dad. And I never condescended towards YOU as an individual).

[ShaneGR]

7. Idiotic Pelosi thread #42,946 nt

Incidentally, she got elected by her pears.

[smalll]

17. By her pears?

Here, here! :applause: (Or perhaps that should be "Heer, heer" - it's so confusing! :crazy: )

[magellan]

19. Must be Bradford pears. Only for decoration. n/t

[IntravenousDemilo]

8. She Rochambeaued Cartman for it.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rochambeau

She won because there was no way he could kick her in the balls, since she doesn't have any.

[L. Coyote]

18. Happened to me when I was six years old. She won because

A four year old girl talked me into playing peepers, the first time I was seduced.
But, I was also cheated on for the first time. There wasn't anything to peep at!

[IntravenousDemilo]

20. Ha!

:rofl:

[Jim Sagle]

9. It's not who you know, but who you blow that counts.

[L. Coyote]

13. "woman has too much power for a position" What position do you want women in?

got ya :rofl:

[garybeck]

15. Woman... man... no PERSON should have that amount of power

unless they are elected by the people.

I just think the house judiciary should be able to do whatever the F they want to and it's not business of nancy pelosi.

[L. Coyote]

21. Bush is the dictator, Pelosi is acting on behalf of a caucus. Adjust

They can toss her as easily as they elected her. Get real and adjust to the fact that you are not in sync with the majority. When the tide turns, you will see how inevitability works.

[Diamond Dave]

14. A mistake, an accident, never should have happened.

I would like a refund, but then I never contributed to her campaign. I did believe to some very small degree though that with a majority something would change. Naive to say the least. We knew better.

[canetoad]

25. A majority is not a 'done deal'

The majority is slim.

[rpannier]

16. Celebrity Death Match??? I think that's what the Constitution call for

Although it also could have been that she is a member of the Stone Cutters and she was chosen by them

[deacon]

22. Wake me up when she actually says no to anything bush wants. n/t

[B Calm]

28. Is she demonstrating what a Hillary presidency would be like as

someone with no BALLS in a position of power?

[Ezlivin]

29. After a drunken game of spin the bottle

Everyone wanted it to stop on a woman; they were so tired of kissing male ass.