Nancy Pelosi is a badass MF and I want her to be Speaker

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

 

[F250 28818]

Not a fan.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9351]

Her best days--as ineffective as they were--are long behind her. Her name is a dog whistle for the Fox News crowd. She needs to get out of Dodge and make way for a younger, inspired "leader".

[DixonHur 11376]

Shit like this is how the Dems pissed away their advantage in 2016, and how they will continue to do so.  Is there no one in the bull pen who's under 70 and has some popular appeal?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

I’m still waiting for legit criticism of Aunt Nancy other than everyone hates her.

[Incredulity 11683]

She isn’t very smart and says stupid shit like, we need to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.

exhibit A. The mush mouth nearly incoherent rambling in OP

Edited June 8, 2018 by Incredulity

[DixonHur 11376]

7 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I’m still waiting for legit criticism of Aunt Nancy other than everyone hates her.

Like it or not, we're living in a world where that is a legit criticism.  The Hillary out front should have told you.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Just now, DixonHur said:

Like it or not, we're living in a world where that is a legit criticism.  The Hillary out front should have told you.

Except it’s not.  It’s angry people that are told to be angry.  Fuck placating them. Challenge their bullshit.

[Ghost of LL 15539]

2 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Her best days--as ineffective as they were--are long behind her. Her name is a dog whistle for the Fox News crowd. She needs to get out of Dodge and make way for a younger, inspired "leader".

Whoa whoa whoa--I get a lot of the criticism of Nancy Pelosi.  From a policy standpoint, she is too liberal for my taste.  She is haughty and arrogant, which is remarkable that it stands out among the haughty and arrogant denizens of Washington.  And from a House-management perspective, she is only ever concerned with that 218th vote--she never looks for broad agreement (because that would probably result in a narrower bill, which also conforms to my preferred style of governance).

But "ineffective"?  Really?  That's your critique?  

She held her caucus together to push through a trillion-dollar stimulus, Dodd-Frank, and Obamacare.  She held that caucus together despite the complete and total incompetence of the White House's legislative affairs department in those years.  No Democratic speaker has ever been able to get healthcare done.  None--not Jim Wright, not Tip O'Neill, not even Sam Rayburn.  And they all tried.  But only she was able to hold together the Democratic caucus.

"Ineffective"?  You've got to be out of your mind.

[Dbeasy 15092]

Ok here is a legitimate criticism. She has overseen, forever, a political party that is partially to blame for the fact that we as a country are in deep deep trouble financially. She is uniquely positioned to help solve the problem by facing the inevitable requirement to reform entitlements, but has completely ignored it for decades.

Even worse, she has been given a golden lottery ticket of a shit show Republican Party and President that have demonstrated even worse fiscal management than the Democrats. All she would have to do is re-position the Democratic Party as the fiscally responsible party, ala Blue Dog Democrats, and waves of moderate Republican and Independent voters would migrate wholesale to the Democratic Party. And in the process, she would help solve the fiscal problem, a problem which is so serious it threatens our country more than just about any other issue, save for nukes from terrorists.

But no. Instead of doing those things she just sits there peddling the same bullshit year after year with her thumb up her ass. She is disgusting.

[RPM 26354]

She was something before there was electricity.

[Ghost of LL 15539]

2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Ok here is a legitimate criticism. She has overseen, forever, a political party that is partially to blame for the fact that we as a country are in deep deep trouble financially. She is uniquely positioned to help solve the problem by facing the inevitable requirement to reform entitlements, but has completely ignored it for decades.

Even worse, she has been given a golden lottery ticket of a shit show Republican Party and President that have demonstrated even worse fiscal management than the Democrats. All she would have to do is re-position the Democratic Party as the fiscally responsible party, ala Blue Dog Democrats, and waves of moderate Republican and Independent voters would migrate wholesale to the Democratic Party. And in the process, she would help solve the fiscal problem, a problem which is so serious it threatens our country more than just about any other issue, save for nukes from terrorists.

But no. Instead of doing those things she just sits there peddling the same bullshit year after year with her thumb up her ass. She is disgusting.

I think that's a critique of the Democratic Party as a whole.  Nancy Pelosi can't snap her fingers and turn the party into one of fiscal conservatism, even if she wanted to (and she doesn't).  Her caucus wouldn't go for it, and she'd be sitting on a backbench within a week.

[Aqua Buddha 14610]

4 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Whoa whoa whoa--I get a lot of the criticism of Nancy Pelosi.  From a policy standpoint, she is too liberal for my taste.  She is haughty and arrogant, which is remarkable that it stands out among the haughty and arrogant denizens of Washington.  And from a House-management perspective, she is only ever concerned with that 218th vote--she never looks for broad agreement (because that would probably result in a narrower bill, which also conforms to my preferred style of governance).

But "ineffective"?  Really?  That's your critique?  

She held her caucus together to push through a trillion-dollar stimulus, Dodd-Frank, and Obamacare.  She held that caucus together despite the complete and total incompetence of the White House's legislative affairs department in those years.  No Democratic speaker has ever been able to get healthcare done.  None--not Jim Wright, not Tip O'Neill, not even Sam Rayburn.  And they all tried.  But only she was able to hold together the Democratic caucus.

"Ineffective"?  You've got to be out of your mind.

Yeah, this.  She helped craft and pass some of the most important legislation of the last 25 years.  Without the stimulus and the bailouts, the banking and auto industry both would have failed.  What did Boehner pass?  I can't remember anything.  Paul Ryan passed a tax cut that was ill advised.

In the history of the Speakership, there have only been two ideologues:  Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan.  The rest are all managers, vote counters, organizers and fund raisers.  Judging by those, Nancy Pelosi is better than most.  Boehner has much more in common with Pelosi than he does Newt or Ryan.  (Pelosi sure as shit wouldn't let the House Intel Chairman run around talking about a "memo.")

There's one reason the Right hates Pelosi and we all know what it is.  They hate her yet are ambivalent about Dennis Hastert and he served actual jail time for being a child molester.  

[DixonHur 11376]

1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Except it’s not.  It’s angry people that are told to be angry.  Fuck placating them. Challenge their bullshit.

Yeah, yet another reason why there won't be a blue wave.  Dems are resolute in their attempts to find logic in voting patterns.  It's marketing...the GOP is great at it, and the Dems suck at it. 

I'm sorry you don't like the reality of politics today, but the Dems definitely need to start placating if they want to be in power.  Challenging them will just harden their resolve. 

The fact that a person is nearly universally disliked is the MOST legitimate criticism there is in a  moderndemocracy.  

It sucks, but that's where we are...ideas have lost.

[Dbeasy 15092]

I think that's a critique of the Democratic Party as a whole.  Nancy Pelosi can't snap her fingers and turn the party into one of fiscal conservatism, even if she wanted to (and she doesn't).  Her caucus wouldn't go for it, and she'd be sitting on a backbench within a week.

That’s exactly my point. She has failed to be the leader for which she was elected to be. People can complain and blame others all they want, but when a leader has been in the leadership chair for that long, the buck stops with them. More specifically, she also had another golden opportunity she blew when Obama and Boehner got so close on the grand bargain. Certainly the conservative Republican caucus also torpedo’d it, but she failed to lead too.

[GRHorn 105]

The more that Pelosi is put out front as a (frozen) face of the Democratic Party, the better it is for Republicans.  This is a bad thread and you should feel bad.  

[ckhorn 208]

Funny. I had a good laugh.

 

 

[Thetexashammer 1062]

The rare point where Hugo and I agree. May she live long and prosper and forever represent the Democratic Party.

[TahoeHorn 107]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/08/what_to_make_of_the_california_primary_results_137235.html#2

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

She and Schumer fit the stereotype of limousine liberal right down to the ground. NYC and SF, the two cities the heartland loves to hate the most. Typical Dem cluelessness. 

[Jack Burton 35]

Heartland voted for a Manhattan real estate developer who despises the Heartland

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

12 minutes ago, Jack Burton said:

Heartland voted for a Manhattan real estate developer who despises the Heartland

Yeah, that's a paradox. But he said he loves the heartland and he even bothered to lie to them about other stuff, which Hillary did not do. 

Plus, he's a TV STAR!

Edited June 9, 2018 by MaybeACoordinator

[Incredulity 11683]

^ He’s right you know.

[Gil Bang 26020]

29 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

She and Schumer fit the stereotype of limousine liberal right down to the ground. NYC and SF, the two cities the heartland loves to hate the most. Typical Dem cluelessness. 

go ahead and call them "kikes" dude. Pelosi's a Catholic but WTF?   We won't judge.

Edited June 9, 2018 by Gil Bang

[Incredulity 11683]

^ that’s your shit.

[Tennesseehorn 101]

2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I’m still waiting for legit criticism of Aunt Nancy other than everyone hates her.

How about telling us WHY she is worthy of being the Speaker of the House again?   She is senile and out of touch with reality. 

[Tennesseehorn 101]

2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Except it’s not.  It’s angry people that are told to be angry.  Fuck placating them. Challenge their bullshit.

Sounds a lot like the current dem/progressives/commies/maoists 

[Gil Bang 26020]

1 minute ago, Tennesseehorn said:

How about telling us WHY she is worthy of being the Speaker of the House again?   She is senile and out of touch with reality. 

She's neither.  

 

You, on the other hand...

[Bullneck 19206]

3 hours ago, F250 said:

Not a fan.

Why not?  What's she's saying is true. Wages have lost ground over the last 40 years.  She should be your hero.  

[David Dennison 18946]

I love her. Watching Paul Ryan hand her the gavel is going to be spectacular.

[David Dennison 18946]

12 minutes ago, Tennesseehorn said:

How about telling us WHY she is worthy of being the Speaker of the House again?   She is senile and out of touch with reality. 

Because she can whip her caucus better than any speaker since Tip O'Neill. She gets legislation passed on the reg.

[HornStar 17]

Post more pictures of her; I'm still trying to make up my mind.

[Tom 2959]

1 hour ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

She and Schumer fit the stereotype of limousine liberal right down to the ground. NYC and SF, the two cities the heartland loves to hate the most. Typical Dem cluelessness. 

 

This is true.  The heartland hates successful cities, which is in part why the heartland is poor and miserable.  Nancy Pelosi actually fights for things that would make life better for those in the heartland, but she's an old liberal woman with a D next to her name from a liberal city, so screw her, amirite?  

 I understand why heartland America would rather vote for Republicans who, even though they sell them out to the 1% on every issue, at least they appear more like someone they'd rather have a beer with.   'Murica!

 

 

[David Dennison 18946]

1 minute ago, Tom said:

 

This is true.  The heartland hates successful cities, which is in part why the heartland is poor and miserable.  Nancy Pelosi actually fights for things that would make life better for those in the heartland, but she's an old liberal woman with a D next to her name from a liberal city, so screw her, amirite?  

 I understand why heartland America would rather vote for Republicans who, even though they sell them out to the 1% on every issue, at least they appear more like someone they'd rather have a beer with.   'Murica!

 

 

Most of the people who vote for Republicans don't realize that the Republican Party exists to fleece the shit out of them.

[Dbeasy 15092]

I’m stunned that Democrats are happy with her. That would be like Republicans saying they are happy with their party. Have you people not been watching the absolute shit show our govt has produced over the last several years. Not one person should be proud of what’s occurred in the last several years.

[David Dennison 18946]

1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

I’m stunned that Democrats are happy with her. That would be like Republicans saying they are happy with their party. Have you people not been watching the absolute shit show our govt has produced over the last several years. Not one person should be proud of what’s occurred in the last several years.

From a liberal perspective, she was great when she was Speaker. She got shit done. The same cannot be said for her successors.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

58 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

go ahead and call them "kikes" dude. Pelosi's a Catholic but WTF?   We won't judge.

Whoaaa Nelly, I don't get where that's coming from at all. What does SF have to do with Jewishness? And of course I knew Pelosi was Catholic; I am a member of that tribe myself. 

The heartland associates those cities with rich people who think they're bettern' 'em and gays and minorities, Jews being but one of them. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

I am not saying the Heartland is right. Y'all know that, right? But I've spoken to a ton of rednecks who just see those two as demons in a way they didn't see Harry Reid or Tip O'Neill. 

It's lizard brain shit. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

I think she's done a good job but she should step aside for the sake of branding, if nothing else. Same with Schumer. 

[burntorangebongos 10752]

I'm ready for a the younger leaders to step up. She had her day in the sun but she needs to groom the new guard and step aside. 

[Dbeasy 15092]

Just happened to be watching Bill Maher right now (a program I hate), and they are making the exact same point right now about the Democratic Party, and Nancy Pelosi specifically, the fact that she’s sitting back and doing nothing. This is from the mouths of hardened Democrats.

[GRHorn 105]

It’s pretty ironic that D’s that support Pelosi are also the ones who sanctimoniously bitch about corruption of money in politics, when the only reason Pelosi is in leadership, despite her terrible approval numbers, is her proficiency at fundraising.  

[David Dennison 18946]

7 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

It’s pretty ironic that D’s that support Pelosi are also the ones who sanctimoniously bitch about corruption of money in politics, when the only reason Pelosi is in leadership, despite her terrible approval numbers, is her proficiency at fundraising.  

She's in leadership because she's the best member of Congress at whipping her caucus and keeping them in line for votes. And yes, money has a lot to do with that.

Edited June 9, 2018 by David Dennison

[F250 28818]

2 hours ago, Bullneck said:

Why not?  What's she's saying is true. Wages have lost ground over the last 40 years.  She should be your hero.  

I didn't say I disagree with her statement. I said I don't care for her, I don't like her politics. She is a liberal Representative from San Francisco, I am a Libertarian from Texas, there are more than a few things about her I disagree with politically. Personally, I dislike Trump, Republicans and conservativism but a Democrat would at least have to be a champion of civil liberties to get my vote.

There was a time when Pelosi had the power to use her caucus to influence the withdrawal of troops in the war in Iraq. As I recall, Murtha called for a withdrawal around '05/'06 but Pelosi quashed that shit. Instead she took pot shots at Bush administration from the sidelines without ever using her power to stop it. She also had an opportunity to fight warrantless wire taps, Gitmo and the Patriot Act but failed to do so.

As I said, I am not a fan.

 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

6 hours ago, DixonHur said:

Yeah, yet another reason why there won't be a blue wave.  Dems are resolute in their attempts to find logic in voting patterns.  It's marketing...the GOP is great at it, and the Dems suck at it. 

I'm sorry you don't like the reality of politics today, but the Dems definitely need to start placating if they want to be in power.  Challenging them will just harden their resolve. 

The fact that a person is nearly universally disliked is the MOST legitimate criticism there is in a  moderndemocracy.  

It sucks, but that's where we are...ideas have lost.

Placate who? That's why it doesnt matter who the Dems run. They will be run through the Rush and Fox ringer and will be hated. Gillibrand, or who ever else, will see the vitriol ratcheted up to Hillary and Pelosi level before the primary is over. Obama was a neophyte and Fox watching MFers still want to see his birth certificate and think he is a Muslim Kenyan.  

The Hannity out front should have told you. Time to give the south what it wants. A separate nation.  All we need is a Dem President and grassroots resolve from the left to inflame anti-American Confederate passion on the right rather than trying to suppress it.  The problem with the left is that they care for poor, minority, female, and gay Southerners, but we can better help them through a robust refugee program. Send Hannity down there with it when its over.  After 100 years of failed Christian theocracy, the South can reform. Otherwise, its always gonna be like this.  They are an economic and social anchor on the nation with a chip on its shoulder because of a 150 year old war.  We will be doing this in 500 years too if we dont let them try and fail. In the interim, Texas can also go it's own way, but I expect it will quickly reform to Western standards. 

[RayDog 682]

In the latest NBC/WSJ poll 21% of respondents said they are more likely to vote for a candidate that would support for Pelosi for speaker. 45% would be less likely.

House candidates are being put in a position where they must say they will not support her.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

Slow down there hoss. Maybe we could have a loose confederation of city-states in the South and Texas and let the hayseeds have their theocracy. Capital could be Montgomery. They would have to pay duties to come into blue city-states. 

Edited June 9, 2018 by MaybeACoordinator

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

SF is seen as immoral, rich and ghey by the average hick. New York is seen as arrogant and rich by the same cohort. And put the two of them together and you and some serious Blunder Twins action, as seen by Joe Bob in his shack in the Davy Crockett National Forest. I do believe that they know that deep down they are more aligned with Dems but they can't bring themselves to sidle up to those city slickers. 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

4 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

SF is seen as immoral, rich and ghey by the average hick. New York is seen as arrogant and rich by the same cohort. And put the two of them together and you and some serious Blunder Twins action, as seen by Joe Bob in his shack in the Davy Crockett National Forest. I do believe that they know that deep down they are more aligned with Dems but they can't bring themselves to sidle up to those city slickers. 

And yet they elected an immoral arrogant rich New Yorker as their flagbearer. Sidled right up to that city slicker and sucked his dick. Someone who actually represents every thing they claim to hate about NY. Born rich.  Doesnt give a shit about the heartland. Doesnt know what it's like to earn an honest paycheck. 

You got it wrong.They love NY because they wish they could be a sideshow huckster like Trump.  They hate Dems because they aren't arrogant about being rich and they support programs for the needy. You see, Joe Bob doesnt know he's poor. He thinks he is a millionaire that hasn't happened yet.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

30 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

And yet they elected an immoral arrogant rich New Yorker as their flagbearer. Sidled right up to that city slicker and sucked his dick. Someone who actually represents every thing they claim to hate about NY. Born rich.  Doesnt give a shit about the heartland. Doesnt know what it's like to earn an honest paycheck. 

You got it wrong.They love NY because they wish they could be a sideshow huckster like Trump.  They hate Dems because they aren't arrogant about being rich and they support programs for the needy. You see, Joe Bob doesnt know he's poor. He thinks he is a millionaire that hasn't happened yet.

I just don't know. I go back and forth and that. I really think if there was a hillbilly Dem on TV who "fired" people they would suck his dick too. 

But yeah, my better emotions get ahold of me sometimes and I forget that this country is built on racism more than the Constitution. I get racism as an abstract concept, but I was lucky enough to have gone to very integrated schools in the mid-70s and it never really took with me. There was still a lot of idealism flying around and the battle lines between the white kids and the black kids hadn't been drawn yet. 

So, oddly, I am naive about it.