I support Nancy Pelosi for Leader

[Stinky The Clown]

I am still angry with her about not going after bush. But I am also a pragmatist. She's a good leader who got a lot done in spite of a lot of obstructionist conservadems in her caucus. In the last two years, she is far and away the most liberal of our party's leadership - and the most effective.

I support her for Leader and want her back again as Speaker, too.

[cynatnite]

1. Totally agree! n/t

[SargeUNN]

2. K&R

[Tatiana]

3. Steny Hoyer is gunning for her. He is much more conservative.

Pelosi wants to move left and I think she will have fewer backstabbers and more progressives to deal with.

EJ Dionne has a great interview with her that sort of outlines her way of thinking.

Plus it will be a big F-U to the Republicants who hate her.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Steny Hoyer is a Maryland democrat Democrat

Maryland really has no repubican party, our repubican governors notwithstanding. What we have are some pretty conservative Dems who, in years gone by, would have been Rockefeller Republicans.

Hoyer is one of them.

[Ken Burch]

10. Uh, Maryland's the state that keeps re-electing Barbara Mikulski

n/t.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. I'm sorry. What's your point? I voted for her and have since she first ran.

[Ken Burch]

18. It was in response to the term "Maryland democrat Democrat"

Which appeared to imply that Hoyer was the ONLY kind of Democrat who could win there. If that's not what you meant, never mind.

BTW, if your state doesn't have Republicans, how do you explain Spiro Agnew and the guy who beat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend?

[Stinky The Clown]

20. Yes, that's what I meant

Our Democrat's opposition is our conservadems.

Agnew was old school.

Ehrlich was an aberration. He got there because of Clinton hatred

[tridim]

6. It would really suck if Hoyer uses DU as his evidence that Dems don't like Pelosi.

[madmax]

4. Another voice for Nancy Pelosi

I'm glad to hear Rachel bring forward all that Speaker Pelosi has done because here on DU there were several other names mentioned. One being Anthony Weiner, I like him a lot. Donated to campaign and don't live in NY.

Loved this rant on the House Floor but, I'll stick with Nancy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zwCMf8dsc

[ixion]

7. Wish I could second that, but I can't

I don't think she's much of a leader at all, and I'm unwilling to forgive her for Bush and/or the Bankster bailout, among many other things. She's been a very poor leader, in my opinion.

[madmax]

12. Democracy is a fine thing and you're opinion is

respected.

[ixion]

15. Thanks, and yours as well!

:toast:

We don't always have to agree in order to get along and get things done. :)

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

8. Nancy made plenty of mistakes (i.e Chimpeachment "off the table" from day one)

and allowing them to kill the Public Option. But I'll take her over bank criminal prostitute Steny Hoyer.

Or the completely useless Heath Shuler. Can't his actual Democratic votes be counted on one hand?

[veganlush]

9. Absolutely !......n/t

[madmax]

11. LOL just saw that avatar in the middle of your post.

:rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

16. :wink:

[Raine]

13. ABSOLUTELY support her! nt

:thumbsup:

[lunatica]

17. As angry as I am about the impeachment off the table, I still support her

[glinda]

19. Me too!

[GeorgeGist]

21. She's undoubtedly the Top Gun of the Democratic Party ...

with a couple of timely resigations she would be President.

[ixion]

28. If she is 'top gun' then the Democratic party

is in a whole heap of trouble, in my opinion.

[blondeatlast]

22. K to the R--there's a reason for those nasty ads the past two months.

She got things DONE.

[Howler]

23. Oh I do too!

shes beautiful and deadly!!!! Wish the other democrats would catch on.

[unkachuck]

24. yep....n/t

[RedCloud]

25. I love her and think she's hot!

[Stinky The Clown]

26. Here's a young Nancy

She's to the left of her Dad, Tommy D'Alesandro, Jr., who was mayor of Baltimore and a congressman. Her brother, Tommy III, was also a Baltimore mayor.

Interesting note: after she graduated college, she interned for a Maryland senator along side a contemporary college grad, young Steny Hoyer. (I can't remember the senator's name)

[JI7]

31. with JFK

[deacon]

27. Yep. We need a liberal. n/t

[Joe Fields]

29. Fuck Pelosi. If that's the best we can do, god help us.

She was NOT a good leader. What the fuck are you smoking?

On edit. You have been too triangulated .

[Stinky The Clown]

35. Wow, you're a pleasant chap

That's an effective argument you made.


Over the past two years, you can thank HER for whatever got done.

She's a skilled vote counter.

She managed to herd cats of vastly different breeds and get shit done.

She's a liberal.

Her only personal lack is an ability to sound tough when she speaks. But that may also be an asset as she cuts your nuts off.

[LAGC]

30. I wish Cindy Sheehan had defeated her in 2008.

We might have actually seen an end to these bullshit wars by now, that Congress keeps funding.

[JI7]

32. do you really think that ? i mean Cindy couldn't beat Pelosi in a very liberal district

[old mark]

33. I think she did a great job in the circumstances, she is tough, and the GOP HATES her...

which is all I need to know - she must be doing it right.

mark

[Little Star]

34. Me too!