Pelosi is a woman with a direct gaze, confidence, education, an excellent command and use of the english language, courage, enough money and mostly an honest approach to her job.
No wonder Republicans hate her so much.
She can think for herself.
Pelosi, just walking down the hall, frightens a Republican man into the men's bathroom to avoid her.
She is not a coward, like a Republican man, cowering at the thought of a Trump tweet all day every day. Whining and crawling to Trump's feet to kiss them and begging for approval and mercy.
My thoughts exactly. Contrast what we saw Coward Kev saying right after January 6th with his rush to Tsar-a-Logo to kiss death star's butt. A reminder too to donate, work on campaigns to get out the vote, and vote D. Can you imagine that as Speaker and third in line. Or any of the rest of them.
Don't forget the woman (name?) who said she didn't care if Walker had aborted an endangered baby eagle (or something like that) she wants to take over the senate!!! So I guess he's just a pretty face to them?
Oh yes - she did to Trump what all national level leaders should have done early in his presidency which was to stand up to him in plain sight, in the White House, call him out for what he is, and walk out and never do business with him again. I'll never forget it.
The indelible image of her strutting in victorious confidence out of the White House in her red coat, high heels, and sun glasses will stay with me forever. It symbolized, тАЬI am woman; hear me roar!тАЭ So glad those tapes emerged yesterday. Interesting that McConnell was there too looking lost and useless.
I too will never forget that. I sort of knew already back then, but it was re-enforced to me, that that woman would have made a wonderful president. Think where we might be as a country to have the likes of Pelosi or Hillary at the reins - powerful, pure in heart, intelligent, fearless, and politically savvy.
and that her daughter, in all that chaos, had the presence of mind to video tape those critical moments and statements by her mom and other leaders... runs in the family.
I learned this morning that Alexandra Pelosi is a filmmaker so her presence of mind is not at all unexpected. I'm sure she has a huge amount of footage covering Speaker Pelosi's and others' actions and reactions once the Capitol was breached.
McConnell was probably intimidated by Speaker of the House Pelosi taking control of the situation as best she could. McConnell just looked stunned and was completely useless.
Yessir. The Republican reaction to Pelosi is similar to that taken against HRC. Both women are fearsome adversaries and great advocates for everything great about our country. And they would wipe clean (or at least threaten to) the corruption so rife in the Republican party. So the strategy is to fight them tooth and nail in every way possible, for as long as it takes. Throw up so much sh_t against the wall that some of it might stick. What a fu_king shame - to kneecap potential historically great leaders like that. Until the day I die, I will always be bewildered that the worst president of all time won against who could well have been the best president of all time.
If not the greatest, at least one of the best. A true patriot, an intelligent politician, married to another whom she loved and, I suspect, still loves. Maligned forever by Republicans who feared her as the current crowd fear the Speaker.
'SALEM, OREGON тАУ In what may end up being the most head-spinning race of the midterm cycle, another Republican who, like embattled Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, paid for a former girlfriendтАЩs abortion, and who is already threatening to contest the results of the election should he lose, may be poised to sweep a Democratic-leaning district in central Oregon.'
'So far, all indicators suggest Mike Erickson, a millionaire businessman and scandal-plagued perennial candidate for public office, is outpacing the fundamentals in his race against state representative Andrea Salinas. The two are squaring off for OregonтАЩs new Sixth Congressional District, which stretches west from the state capital, Salem, and takes in a slice of the southwestern Portland exurbs.'
'Salinas, a policy-focused progressive who worked for the late Majority Leader Harry Reid and other members of Congress, has yet to define herself and her opponent to voters after emerging from a primary that featured unprecedented amounts of outside spending and the interference of the national party. Her lack of name recognition has grown increasingly concerning with only days remaining before ballots are sent out in OregonтАЩs vote-by-mail election.'
'Erickson, meanwhile, has used his personal fortune to put millions of dollars in ads on the airwaves following a relatively easy primary election. SalinasтАЩs own polling, which shows her with a razor-thin lead, admits that name recognition is still a significant barrier for her candidacy.' (AmericanProspect)
I'm thinking 'name recognition' problem. She may need more or be lacking as a candidate, but, clearly, money is needed for air time and getting herself out there in a major way. Thanks, Ally.
Hi Fern, hope you don`t mind an unsolicited thought. I know nothing about the Oregon race but I do have personal experience with campaigns.
A coalition asked me to run in the Dem Primary for Congress in 1984 against a long time, boll weevel democrat incumbent who had piles more money than I had and it was late in the race as the only other contender had dropped out suddenly. But in half of my congressional district I had huge name recognition from having been a TV news reporter/anchor. This was invaluable as I had no money for expensive tv ads. The best thing Andrea can do now is to get free air time by being where tv cameras are likely to be and also by having some good responses ready for all that is happening nationally and letting local tv/radio stations know. They are always looking for stuff on weekends especially, That will get to the older demographics. For the other ages she has got to be on social media, commenting, re-tweeting, being a presence. Time consuming but no way around it. Also, she doesn't have time to canvas all the neighborhoods in person. The other thing I would do is use her first name big time....begins with an "A" and people will remember Andrea more easily than Salinas. They have to connect with a name not a face on the ballot.
(I lost but in 6 weeks got 39% of the vote with less than $100,000 to spend.) Just a few thoughts.
Me too! Nancy was the youngest of 7 children and the only girl in her family. She became the first female Speaker of the House and was elected Speaker twice. John Boehner said sheтАЩs the greatest Speaker in US history. Not to mention, any woman her age wearing those 6тАЭ heels. Such a badass.
While I highly admire both women, I do think it is "high" time we put the "in heels" (and backwards) standard of women's strength firmly back in history with feet binding and "barefoot and pregnant."
I thought of the five children too. And that one of them was around to film one of her motherтАЩs finest hours. The cool she showed in the safe room could inspire men in foxholes. No wonder the escapes to the menтАЩs room!
Me too! I used to live in her district in San Francisco. I voted for her the first time she ran in 1986 and every election thereafter until I moved to Connecticut in 2003. Before I retired, I used to take enormous pleasure in informing my more conservative fellow construction workers of that fact whenever they would rant about "...that #%*@!?& Nancy Pelosi!"
Totally! So many ppl dislike her. I think itтАЩs because she knows her stuff cold. Same with Kamala Harris. I saw her question Barr and she wouldnтАЩt let him get off with his puerile diversions.
Intelligent capable women scare the poop out of a lot of people. We had a very intelligent capable woman here in Salem who was a prof at the local university and ultimately was on the Oregon Supreme Court. I heard one of my intelligent but often unthinking female colleagues call her a "ball crusher." And that expresses exactly why these types of women are feared and disliked.
One of her daughters was interviewed awhile back and said of her mother: "She'll cut your head off and you won't even know you're bleeding." And how many kids did she have? Five or six? No wonder she appeared so calm and collected in the video the committee showed!
Dear God, how I love and admire Nancy Pelosi!
Pelosi is a woman with a direct gaze, confidence, education, an excellent command and use of the english language, courage, enough money and mostly an honest approach to her job.
No wonder Republicans hate her so much.
She can think for herself.
Pelosi, just walking down the hall, frightens a Republican man into the men's bathroom to avoid her.
"Pelosi, just walking down the hall, frightens a Republican man into the men's bathroom to avoid her."
She has more cajones than they do. In some cases, a lot more.
She is not a coward, like a Republican man, cowering at the thought of a Trump tweet all day every day. Whining and crawling to Trump's feet to kiss them and begging for approval and mercy.
No.
You are correct.
What kind of person would condemn Trump and then go grovel at his feet?
Harvey,
Well, Kevin McCarthy is one good example.
Elise Stefanik, Marco Rubio, Lyndsey Graham, JD Vance...
My thoughts exactly. Contrast what we saw Coward Kev saying right after January 6th with his rush to Tsar-a-Logo to kiss death star's butt. A reminder too to donate, work on campaigns to get out the vote, and vote D. Can you imagine that as Speaker and third in line. Or any of the rest of them.
Add Steve Scalise to this wall of shame.
Cancun Cruz.
Mitch McConnell.
A power-hungry hypocrite.
Um, Kevin McCarthy and Lindsey Graham, to name a couple of prime examples, so we know what kind.
A Republican one.
A wuss.
JD Vance, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham; the list goes on.
ThatтАЩs a theoretical question, right? ЁЯдг
I think you meant rhetorical.
Don't forget the woman (name?) who said she didn't care if Walker had aborted an endangered baby eagle (or something like that) she wants to take over the senate!!! So I guess he's just a pretty face to them?
Oh yes - she did to Trump what all national level leaders should have done early in his presidency which was to stand up to him in plain sight, in the White House, call him out for what he is, and walk out and never do business with him again. I'll never forget it.
Love the image of her punching death star out. And there she was working the phones and trying to get someone to do something.
cajones = drawers (as in desk drawers)
cojones = what you're trying to say
(Someone else made this same mistake some time ago here, so don't feel bad.)
His cajones (desk drawers) contain stolen confidential documents.
His cojones (balls) contain his brains.
It's 'cojones', and you're quite right.
Thanks for the correction.
The indelible image of her strutting in victorious confidence out of the White House in her red coat, high heels, and sun glasses will stay with me forever. It symbolized, тАЬI am woman; hear me roar!тАЭ So glad those tapes emerged yesterday. Interesting that McConnell was there too looking lost and useless.
I too will never forget that. I sort of knew already back then, but it was re-enforced to me, that that woman would have made a wonderful president. Think where we might be as a country to have the likes of Pelosi or Hillary at the reins - powerful, pure in heart, intelligent, fearless, and politically savvy.
and that her daughter, in all that chaos, had the presence of mind to video tape those critical moments and statements by her mom and other leaders... runs in the family.
I learned this morning that Alexandra Pelosi is a filmmaker so her presence of mind is not at all unexpected. I'm sure she has a huge amount of footage covering Speaker Pelosi's and others' actions and reactions once the Capitol was breached.
"...McConnell was there too looking lost and useless."
How ironic. Karma! TFG was McConnell's monster as much, maybe more, as anyone else's.
I love how she said that she wished he would come over there and trespass on the grounds and she would punch him out!я┐╝
McConnell was probably intimidated by Speaker of the House Pelosi taking control of the situation as best she could. McConnell just looked stunned and was completely useless.
McConnell is not smart enough to react to new events in real time effectively.
Hence, his dazed look and no reaction on Jan 06.
Yessir. The Republican reaction to Pelosi is similar to that taken against HRC. Both women are fearsome adversaries and great advocates for everything great about our country. And they would wipe clean (or at least threaten to) the corruption so rife in the Republican party. So the strategy is to fight them tooth and nail in every way possible, for as long as it takes. Throw up so much sh_t against the wall that some of it might stick. What a fu_king shame - to kneecap potential historically great leaders like that. Until the day I die, I will always be bewildered that the worst president of all time won against who could well have been the best president of all time.
If not the greatest, at least one of the best. A true patriot, an intelligent politician, married to another whom she loved and, I suspect, still loves. Maligned forever by Republicans who feared her as the current crowd fear the Speaker.
After reading the quote that ends todayтАЩs letter, who could be surprised that Republicans flee her? Second laugh of the day. Go, Nancy!
I don't usually editorialize in my daily sharing of HCR to Twitter and FB but today I just had to add, Pelosi rules!!!
It's HCR last time I checked.
OOPS, and thank you! Typing too fasr, I mean fast. Corrected!
Exactly so.
What do you think, Ally? Any comment?
'SALEM, OREGON тАУ In what may end up being the most head-spinning race of the midterm cycle, another Republican who, like embattled Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, paid for a former girlfriendтАЩs abortion, and who is already threatening to contest the results of the election should he lose, may be poised to sweep a Democratic-leaning district in central Oregon.'
'So far, all indicators suggest Mike Erickson, a millionaire businessman and scandal-plagued perennial candidate for public office, is outpacing the fundamentals in his race against state representative Andrea Salinas. The two are squaring off for OregonтАЩs new Sixth Congressional District, which stretches west from the state capital, Salem, and takes in a slice of the southwestern Portland exurbs.'
'Salinas, a policy-focused progressive who worked for the late Majority Leader Harry Reid and other members of Congress, has yet to define herself and her opponent to voters after emerging from a primary that featured unprecedented amounts of outside spending and the interference of the national party. Her lack of name recognition has grown increasingly concerning with only days remaining before ballots are sent out in OregonтАЩs vote-by-mail election.'
'Erickson, meanwhile, has used his personal fortune to put millions of dollars in ads on the airwaves following a relatively easy primary election. SalinasтАЩs own polling, which shows her with a razor-thin lead, admits that name recognition is still a significant barrier for her candidacy.' (AmericanProspect)
ItтАЩs hard to say. That area is primarily urban, but there are enough wealthy RepubliQans to make it unpredictable.
I'm thinking 'name recognition' problem. She may need more or be lacking as a candidate, but, clearly, money is needed for air time and getting herself out there in a major way. Thanks, Ally.
Hi Fern, hope you don`t mind an unsolicited thought. I know nothing about the Oregon race but I do have personal experience with campaigns.
A coalition asked me to run in the Dem Primary for Congress in 1984 against a long time, boll weevel democrat incumbent who had piles more money than I had and it was late in the race as the only other contender had dropped out suddenly. But in half of my congressional district I had huge name recognition from having been a TV news reporter/anchor. This was invaluable as I had no money for expensive tv ads. The best thing Andrea can do now is to get free air time by being where tv cameras are likely to be and also by having some good responses ready for all that is happening nationally and letting local tv/radio stations know. They are always looking for stuff on weekends especially, That will get to the older demographics. For the other ages she has got to be on social media, commenting, re-tweeting, being a presence. Time consuming but no way around it. Also, she doesn't have time to canvas all the neighborhoods in person. The other thing I would do is use her first name big time....begins with an "A" and people will remember Andrea more easily than Salinas. They have to connect with a name not a face on the ballot.
(I lost but in 6 weeks got 39% of the vote with less than $100,000 to spend.) Just a few thoughts.
Me too! Nancy was the youngest of 7 children and the only girl in her family. She became the first female Speaker of the House and was elected Speaker twice. John Boehner said sheтАЩs the greatest Speaker in US history. Not to mention, any woman her age wearing those 6тАЭ heels. Such a badass.
I marched with her in Los Angeles once. She and Maxine Waters marched 5 miles in heels.
While I highly admire both women, I do think it is "high" time we put the "in heels" (and backwards) standard of women's strength firmly back in history with feet binding and "barefoot and pregnant."
Yes!
Now that's epic!
Like taking the Camino del Dolores.
!!!!!
Having five children helped develop those skills, too. She brooked no insurrections - in D.C. or at home!
I thought of the five children too. And that one of them was around to film one of her motherтАЩs finest hours. The cool she showed in the safe room could inspire men in foxholes. No wonder the escapes to the menтАЩs room!
Pelosi's daughter is a professional videographer, and was there in part to document the proceedings. Historians will be grateful!
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/23/alexandra-pelosi-nancy-pelosi-documentary
And from a political family which I didn't know until I read a bio of Eleanor Roosevelt.
"Dear God, how I love and admire Nancy Pelosi!"
Me too! I used to live in her district in San Francisco. I voted for her the first time she ran in 1986 and every election thereafter until I moved to Connecticut in 2003. Before I retired, I used to take enormous pleasure in informing my more conservative fellow construction workers of that fact whenever they would rant about "...that #%*@!?& Nancy Pelosi!"
I kinda know how you feel. For many years my congressman was the inimitable Barney Frank.
I live in NY now, but grew up in MA. Love Barney Frank!тЭдя╕П
I know someone who lived next door to her in San Francisco and thought she was terrific.
Totally! So many ppl dislike her. I think itтАЩs because she knows her stuff cold. Same with Kamala Harris. I saw her question Barr and she wouldnтАЩt let him get off with his puerile diversions.
Intelligent capable women scare the poop out of a lot of people. We had a very intelligent capable woman here in Salem who was a prof at the local university and ultimately was on the Oregon Supreme Court. I heard one of my intelligent but often unthinking female colleagues call her a "ball crusher." And that expresses exactly why these types of women are feared and disliked.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
Her punch would have been for all of us. We could then all march off to jail with her!
LOL!
Brava, Speaker Pelosi!
One of her daughters was interviewed awhile back and said of her mother: "She'll cut your head off and you won't even know you're bleeding." And how many kids did she have? Five or six? No wonder she appeared so calm and collected in the video the committee showed!
You mean she can deal with a bunch of tantrumming kids.
Fearless!
What you said, times five.
She is a true leader, which is why the GOP is so afraid of her.
Loved the video where when told trump was coming to the Capitol...She said "good I am going to punch him out!!!!"