Posted on 01/07/2007 7:51:09 AM PST by SmithL
Quite a makeover for newly sworn House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as her national image morphed from leader of the San Francisco liberal elite to Italian Catholic mom from Baltimore.
There was her photo-op return to the Little Italy neighborhood where she grew up as Nancy D'Alesandro, the mayor's daughter. There was the visit to St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, where they still recite Mass in Italian several times a year.
"It's clear Republicans are reeling today based on her outreach to Italian Catholics who, as we know, have deserted the Democratic Party in the Midwest in droves,'' said San Francisco power attorney Joe Cotchett, who was among those attending the Pelosi swearing in.
While the marathon events in the nation's capital might have resembled a coronation, those most familiar with how Washington works said Pelosi's time in the spotlight amounted to well-calculated politics that could help her move her agenda in her first 100 days.
"A lot of people don't know much about her, so this is a chance to fill in her profile and biography so she doesn't just become the San Francisco liberal,'' said San Francisco consultant Chris Lehane, a veteran of the Clinton-Gore White House. "This is the one time when the press will be focusing on it.''
And it may be working.
According to the results of a Rasmussen Reports national phone survey of 800 likely voters, released Friday, Pelosi's approval rating has jumped to 43 percent -- up 19 points from November.
On the other hand, the same poll also found 39 percent of those surveyed still give Pelosi the thumbs-down.
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>>>>>Pelosi's new image as Italian Catholic mom
BWahha, haaa, haa, haa, haaa, haaaaaaa
A fanabla, stunad!
Antonio Gramsci was more than a liberal too...
a catholic speaker who believes in abortion rights?, a little torn don't you think.
>>>Was her grandfather Mussolini.
Bump, hence my remark, a fanabla! That is slang for go to Naples. The equivalent of Hell, a la Musslini.
"her outreach to Italian Catholics who, as we know, have deserted the Democratic Party in the Midwest in droves,"
The Democrat Party left Catholics, not the other way around. If they need to blame someone, they might start with John Paul II, who refused to toe the party line on abortion-and brought millions of people, including yours truly, into the Catholic church.
Yeah Pelosi's an Italian Catholic and Ted Kennedy's an Irish Catholic. Hmmmmmmm, not saying much for the Catholic Church now is it !!!
So, if you call a sow a mare, does it change the pig into a race horse? Pelosi is what she is, renaming a sow a mare does not change the pig into a race horse.Nor does renaming Pelosi make her into a lady, she is what she is, a women, the speaker of the House, but not a lady, still a sow. A classless female challenging the likes of snowe, clinton and ginsberg for the tramp of the year award.
Don't forget John Fraud Kerry
On TV, Carmela Soprano and her like minded criminal friends are all Italian Catholic mothers. Nancy is absolutely no different. Daddy was a criminal. Hubby is a criminal.
Nancy is a criminal. And a mom...
The "makeover" attempt still doesn't hide the fact that she is a San Francisco lib. True Catholics have no reason to support her.
Badda bing!
Maybe being excommunicated would help her find a better position on the subject.
yes this sfaceme is one little strunze isnt she??......
Italians are usually conservative but when you get a liberal....like her and the 'sfaceme' himself, Mario Cuomo, they are the worst.
My favorite American of Italian decent is Antonin Scalia.
too bad Rudy has so many liberal traits....he would be a good war on terror guy, but terrible with the 1st and 2nd amendments and on the 'Life' issue.
She is pro-abortion and...?
For it before she was against it ?
Oh puhlease. "Outreach" photo ops hardly make her abortion/homo politics appealing to Catholics. That's kind of like saying Republicans are worried because Barney Frank sent out a bunch Christmas cards to Evangelicals.
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