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Helen Thomas: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Sacramento Bee ^ | 10/27/6 | Helen Thomas

Posted on 10/27/2006 1:19:50 PM PDT by SmithL

If the Democrats win control of the House in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would likely be the first woman in U.S. history to become speaker of the House.

The holder of that post is No. 2 in the line of succession for the presidency, right behind the vice president.

Democrats need to win 15 seats to gain control of the House from the Republicans who have been in the majority since 1994. If they win, some Democrats have been hinting that they would use their new powers to launch some edgy investigations of the reasons for the senseless Iraq war and war-time profiteering.

But Pelosi has said that is not her intention.

Pelosi voted for the congressional resolution in September 2001 that gave the go-ahead for the U.S. to attack Afghanistan in the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

But she voted against the resolution adopted in October 2002 that authorized the invasion of Iraq. Pelosi also led 50 of her cohorts to do the same on grounds that there was no intelligence to back up the administration's claim of a threat from Iraq.

Pelosi, a San Francisco liberal, hails from a political family.

Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. served five terms in Congress and was a long-time popular mayor in Baltimore.

Pelosi has toughened up in her job as Democratic leader in the House. She is politically savvy and has played her cards well despite competition from some of her male peers. She also has learned to crack the whip to get the party membership to toe the line.

If she becomes House speaker, Pelosi knows she will be put to the test and compared with the men who served in that powerful role on Capitol Hill. But she feels up to the challenge.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: battleaxe; battlingbattleaxe; helenthomas; hotnewsbabe; pelosi
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1 posted on 10/27/2006 1:19:51 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

The rule on Helen Thomas threads is NO PICTURES!

(except for pictures of Ann Coulter, of course)


2 posted on 10/27/2006 1:21:24 PM PDT by Disambiguator (If the Democrats were a stock, I would short them.)
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To: SmithL
"Pelosi also led 50 of her cohorts to do the same on grounds that there was no intelligence "

Boy, ain't that the truth!

3 posted on 10/27/2006 1:21:40 PM PDT by traditional1
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To: SmithL

THE DIMS WILL LOSE.


4 posted on 10/27/2006 1:22:26 PM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: SmithL
Helen Thomas?


5 posted on 10/27/2006 1:22:38 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
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To: Disambiguator

Let's investigate Helen Thomas to find out if she has the ugly gene.


6 posted on 10/27/2006 1:23:05 PM PDT by juliej
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To: SmithL
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Now that's one scary Halloween story!

7 posted on 10/27/2006 1:24:13 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: SmithL
She also has learned to crack the whip to get the party membership to toe the line.


8 posted on 10/27/2006 1:24:14 PM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: Disambiguator
No pictures? How about a mural, then? :O)


9 posted on 10/27/2006 1:25:15 PM PDT by jdm
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To: Disambiguator

Why what does this hag look like?


10 posted on 10/27/2006 1:25:29 PM PDT by italianquaker (Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
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To: SmithL; All

Hire 'em or Fire 'em... your last chance to Vote-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/782909/posts?page=51#51


11 posted on 10/27/2006 1:26:45 PM PDT by backhoe ("It's so easy to spend someone else's money." [My Dad, circa 1958])
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To: italianquaker
Why what does this hag look like?

Ok, I'll take the bait.

ARE YOU KIDDING?

12 posted on 10/27/2006 1:28:02 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: frogjerk

My eyes.


13 posted on 10/27/2006 1:29:17 PM PDT by jdm
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To: SmithL
Helen is picking out her dress for the coronation of Queen nancy.

Too bad Helen, there will be no coronation.

14 posted on 10/27/2006 1:30:47 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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15 posted on 10/27/2006 1:33:40 PM PDT by The Blitherer (You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
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To: Dane

"Queen Nancy, don't forget to shave your chin!"


16 posted on 10/27/2006 1:33:41 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: backhoe

I voted.


17 posted on 10/27/2006 1:34:19 PM PDT by SmithL (Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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To: italianquaker

See post 9.


18 posted on 10/27/2006 1:35:53 PM PDT by Disambiguator (If the Democrats were a stock, I would short them.)
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To: SMM48

Yes lol


19 posted on 10/27/2006 1:40:45 PM PDT by italianquaker (Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
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To: jdm

That super high resolution was a nice touch.


20 posted on 10/27/2006 1:42:38 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Do what you love and the ridicule will follow.)
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