Posted on 11/17/2010 12:10:20 PM PST by Kartographer
House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their leader Wednesday despite massive party losses in this month's congressional elections that prompted some lawmakers to call for new leadership.
Pelosi, the nation's first female House speaker, will become minority leader when Republicans assume the majority in the new Congress in January.
She defeated moderate Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, 150-43, in secret balloting in a lengthy closed-door gathering of House Democrats in the Capitol.
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No one can say she isn’t going into the job with her eyes wide open.
Unfortunately the rats avoided a nasty race-tinged battle between Hoyer and Clyburn by inventing some lame # 3 “Assistant Leader” or some such post for Clyburn.
Wait until the black caucus finds out “assistant leader” really means “step and fetch it”. The dumbcrats have fooling the blacks with bull shitte down to an art form.
NEWS ALERT: pelosi gets to fly free on Southwest...because “Bags” fly free on SWA...
Incredible.
This is all just downright incredible.
If this system of government is to work...then the ________ must do what we are doing and take their party back!
Is the Democrat Party so darn lost they can’t see what they have become? Rhetorical question...
“They feel vindicated and are now stomping on the gas pedal.”
It’s a Thelma and Louise moment and they are behaving exactly as Thelma and Louise would when being chased by an angry posse eager to hold them to account.
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