Posted on 09/12/2006 11:52:54 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) likes to brag about her five grandchildren to reporters, but her demeanor on Capitol Hill is anything but grandmotherly.
If the Democrats win control of the House this November, Pelosi would become a brutally partisan far-left speaker.
Before she voted against a tax-cut package last November, for example, she said, “They’ll [Republicans] take food out of the mouths of children in order to give tax cuts to the wealthiest.”
Pelosi has already promised congressional investigations on energy prices and the War on Terror. On “Meet the Press” last May, she spoke eagerly of the “subpoena power” that would come with her speaker’s gavel.When Rep. John Conyers (D.-Mich.), who would become Judiciary Committee chairman in a Democratic House, called for the creation of a select committee to investigate President Bush for “offenses which appear to rise to the level of impeachment,” Pelosi refused to rule it out. Instead she demurred, “You never know where the facts may take you.”
Pelosi was first elected in 1987 and in 2001won a fierce fight with the more moderate Rep. Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) to become House minority whip.She then succeeded Rep. Dick Gephardt (D.-Mo.) as minority leader when Gephardt resigned that post to pursue the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.
She has consistently taken the liberal position on almost all issues.She has opposed tax cuts, supported gun control, sought to reduce defense and intelligence spending, advanced the environmentalist agenda and adamantly supported legalized abortion, even to the extent of opposing the partial-birth abortion ban.
She also rallied House Democrats into uniformly opposing the reform of Social Security with personal retirement accounts.
Her unabating abrasiveness once led her friend Rep. Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) to admit to the New York Times, “Her speaking style is not good.”
Pelosi herself recently told Time magazine that the Democratic establishment “can’t even believe that I’m going to become speaker, but they’re getting used to it.”
If Pelosi’s dream comes true, many voters may quickly regret that they didn’t bother to examine her record before Election Day.
'You Never Know' About Impeachment: Pelosi in Her Own Words
Tim Russert: “So there would be investigations?” Pelosi: “Well, what I told them is we will have an investigation on energy prices. We will have an investigation….” Russert: “How about on the war?” Pelosi: “That would be if—I said we’d have hearings on the war. We’d have hearings on the war.”
—NBC’s “Meet the Press,” May 7, 2006
Tim Russert: Is impeachment off the table? Pelosi: “Well, you never know where the facts take you, but the—for any President.”
—NBC’s “Meet the Press,” May 7, 2006
“Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology, which is a threat to countries in the region, and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.”
—Statement on U.S. Led Military Strike
Against Iraq, Dec. 16, 1998
“Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons.”
—Congressional Record, Oct. 10, 2002
“I’m endorsing what Mr. Murtha is saying...I believe that a majority of our caucus clearly supports Mr. Murtha…and let’s be clear about what it is Mr. Murtha said, ‘Yes, let’s bring the troops home.’”
—Press conference, Nov. 30, 2005
“The President seems to think the best way to revive the economy is to give more tax breaks to those who don’t need them and dole out lucrative incentives that do not stimulate economic growth.”
—USA Today, Jan. 30, 2002
“When the Kyoto Protocol enters into the force tomorrow, the world will take a significant and long-awaited first step towards stemming global warming. Instead of stepping forward as the world leader on climate change, however, the Bush Administration is clinging to the role of world obstructionist.”
—Press release, Feb. 15, 2005
We have two oilmen in the White House. The logical follow-up from that is $3-a-gallon gasoline. It is no accident. It is a cause and effect.”
—Press conference, April 26, 2006
“The American people are paying a terrible price at the pump. And what do the Republicans suggest? Let’s do away with the environmental rules. Let’s drill in the ANWR.”
—Press conference, April 27, 2006
“We must stop robbing the Social Security trust fund of its money to pay for other things.”
—“Fox News Sunday,” March 6, 2005
“There’s nothing wrong with Social Security lending money with the prospect of returning it.”
—CongressDaily, June 24, 2005
“Roe vs. Wade is based on a woman’s fundamental right to privacy, a value that all Americans cherish.”
—Statement on the 32nd Anniversary
of Roe vs. Wade, Jan. 21, 2005
“Confirming Judge Alito will not only put our liberties and civil rights in jeopardy, but also the checks and balances in our constitutional system of government.”
—Press release, Jan. 20, 2006
Why is she the demonrat pick for speaker?
Surely there must be somebody less vile on that side of the aisle, even today.
That alone is reason enough to never vote for a democrat
Because Dems wanted to lay claim of having the first female Minority or Marjory Leader
She is a puppet for Rahm Emanuel
I never thought anyone would make me miss Tip O'Neil...
She's a manure saleswoman with a mouth full of samples.
How radical do you have to be when even Barney Frank thinks you're too crazy?
All I can think is her poor grandchildren!
They'll[Democrats] for example,take life from children in order to give the "right to choose" to the stupidest people on earth. How hard is it to remember to take a pill?
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everyone must crawl over as much broken glass as necessary...this evil be-itch should be denied!!!!
Vote Republican and tell your friends family and all that love America!!!!
I think she'd set off a civil war.
Downside to her elevation as Speaker is that the House would be a ghastly mess for 2 years, bogged down in endless moonbat conspiracy-theory investigations and little gets accomplished (they won't be able to pass much in the way of legislation, as it wouldn't get past the Senate, let alone the President), and also, of course, the threat they present to national security.
However, there is an upside to it. Since Pelosi will feel that the election of a 'Rat majority gives them carte-blanche to do anything and everything hard-left and anti-Bush, the backlash of the public (anything but hard-left) will be enormous, guaranteeing that not only will a Republican be elected President in 2008, but also there will be substantial gains in the House and Senate to deprive the 'Rats of their short-lived majority.
Frankly, the American people may need to get a little taste of what it would truly be like to have these cretins running the country to ensure the GOP has control for the next 30 years.
She is not necessarily. She makes a lot of noise but she is standing on very soft ground. There are plenty of DemocRATS in the House who prefer others as speaker, e.g. Hoyer (MD)
Maybe, but do you want speaker Pelosi in the next 2 years when we may have to take serious action in Iran, and we may get the critical Supreme Court nomination? THere is too much to loose in the next 2 years to have Pelosi speaker, regardless of any potential benefits.
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