A Tale of Two Speakers

American Thinker.com ^ | October 13, 2017 | Cherie Zaslawsky

[Kaslin]

Americans are divided on what we want: the sovereign Republic bequeathed to us, along with liberty and our constitutional form of representative government, or an open-borders one-world socialist "utopia." Thanks to the radical left's long march through the institutions – especially influential in our public schools and colleges – many young people have eagerly embraced socialism or even communism.

But there is one thing I believe we can all agree on: we don't want an oligarchy.

Here's the rub: we don't know what an oligarchy looks like up close. Let me give you a few examples.

Back in the summer of 2016, there was an item in a local California newspaper about an odd occurrence in the tiny, upscale town of St. Helena. A big, shiny black SUV swooped across both lanes of traffic, flashing red and blue lights in both its front and rear windows, and then parked in a red curb-fire hydrant zone in front of a store named Footcandy. Now, Footcandy sells $1,000 shoes and is patronized by celebrities like Oprah. The SUV driver opened the door for his passenger and escorted her to the pricey shoe store. Who got this regal treatment on a shopping expedition? Former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Say what you will about $1,000 shoes; it is a fact that We the Taxpayers paid for her limo and security chauffeur, and we have bestowed upon her and her ilk the sense of entitlement that goes along with such unearned largesse.

[Albion Wilde]

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[Liz]

Minority speaker Nancy Pelosi got regal treatment escorted by a chauffeur to buy a $1,000 pair of shoes. We the Taxpayers paid for Pelosi's limo and security chauffeur; we have unwillingly bestowed upon her, and her ilk, an outrageous sense of entitlement that goes along with such unearned largesse.

Amen. She is not royalty. The US is a republic, not a monarchy.