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Subscribe to RSSUpdated 10:42 a.m. - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told fellow House Democrats today that she will run to keep her leadership position, likely extending her tenure as Democratic leader for another two years.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2102, with newly elected Democratic House members.
"I have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the House Democratic leader," Pelosi said Wednesday at a press conference following a meeting with fellow Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
On the 10th anniversary of her election as Democratic leader, Pelosi said her colleagues had made their desire for her to remain as leader "very clear." There had been mounting speculation that the 72-year-old California Democrat might step aside and yield to younger figures in the party.
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Pelosi served two terms as speaker of the House, the first woman to ever hold that role, from 2007-2011, during which time she oversaw House passage of President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law. She has also taken a special interest in advancing legislation intended to address the effects of climate change, prompting a vote on a "cap-and-trade" bill in 2009 which eventually stalled in the Senate.
Republicans seemed almost giddy about the announcement.
"There is no better person to preside over the most liberal House Democratic Caucus in history than the woman who is solely responsible for relegating it to a prolonged minority status," said Paul Lindsay, the communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
As part of her decision to stay aboard, Pelosi said that New York Rep. Steve Israel had agreed to serve a second term as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Israel helped Democrats pick up seats in the most recent election.
Pelosi's decision also means the top leadership in the House would presumably remain the same for the next two years:
-- John Boehner as speaker
-- Eric Cantor as majority leader
-- Pelosi as minority leader
-- Steny Hoyer as minority whip.
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2 more years...
and the first female Speaker in US history will take down Boehner to resume her Speaker's position...in the style of a WWF [wtf?] smackdown in 2 years....
Having House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the best news since President Obama's win. She will lead unlike the spineless drunk and cry baby House Majority Leader John Boehner who is afraid of his shadow; Eric Cantor.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi you have lots of girl power. You can usurp the coward GOP
Pigotry--really? That would mean that 35 or so pubs would have to be defeated TWO years from now.
Meanwhile, she is old, and a Dem party hack, so when people talk about who is obstructing whom, don't forget to mention her name.
Really? really.
The person who was confident the Democrats would take back the House in 2012? Please stop drinking the Cool Aid; or trolling, whichever it is. Wasserman-Schultz would have been a better choice for House Minority Leader. This is just another classic example of old politicians refusing to move on and let the younger generation lead this country, like McCain.
PS, they haven't been called the WWF in almost ten years.
Eh, not a fan of this move. I like Pelosi, just feel we need some new blood in there if we are ever going to bring bi-partisanship back.
WWF - World Wildlife Federation?
Sound like something that Pelosi uses for dating purposes...
MOmaid
Pigotry--really? That would mean that 35 or so pubs would have to be defeated TWO years from now.
Meanwhile, she is old, and a Dem party hack, so when people talk about who is obstructing whom, don't forget to mention her name.
MOmaid
Get a grip would you. Age has nothing to do with it. Look at "The Kant-or". Minority Speaker Pelosi runs circles around the Sex, Lies, & Gmail-provocateur, and stupid tea bagger Eric Cantor. Meep Meep Eric Cantor is about to fall down a very deep hole.
sirie
As in your avatar? You are so cute ....
Ms. Pelosi will not quit, when there is urgent and historic work to do on behalf of the American people.
lol, thanks BCWC!
animals have feelings too. Oh well Twice the Pride, Double the fall.
the paranoid racist tells someone to get a grip.
Pelosi remains. All is well in the civilized world.
Queen Botox Pelosi, the billionaire wife of a crony capitalist that use her power to maintain lower salaries in their sea food industry in Samoa. I want to see her taxes.
This is a disgrace. Democrat party , the tarty of the hypocrite rich. Like John Kerry who move his sailboat to Rode Island because the taxes are lower there than in Massachusetts.
Pigotry
2 more years...
Don't bet on it, She is a Socialist pig like you.
LMAO I knew Nancy wasn't getting off that Govt. gravy train. Stay on that rail girl!
The recession has hurt Nancy Pelosi's husband, and all those govt. contracts the last four years damn their wealth has rose 30%. Tax all sources of her income...60% to 70%.
Pelosi is an industrial slum lord in the SF Bay area. Her hubby makes a habit of insider trading, on companies affected by how she votes on in Congress. Here I was thinking all democrats were poor. I didn't know Nancy lived in a mansion in Napa Valley wine country. I guess passing the dream act is the least she could do for those poor little illegal children in Cali. She cares so much about the poor doesn't she?
I see that Pelosi hasn't filled gotten rich enough yet... She still wants a few more years at the tax payer trough...
Ron Indiana
there is nothing civilized with you far left liberals. Pelosi is a prime example as to why the super rich do NOT represent anyone but themselves. That includes those on the right that are super rich. Interesting dont you think Doc that those that claim to represent the people, also have more money than most will make in 10 lifetimes yet take a wage and medical care drawn from those they represent? Im sure you find it deplorable DOC, I know I do
Nancy was a GREAT Speaker. She could get the job done and get the votes needed. However, ole Wheeper Boner has been a complete failure.
Pelosi the most corrupt Speaker who pass Obamacare in Chicago style, breaking bones threatening to withdraw support from the Democratic Party to any of its members who opposes. Pelosi in his speech just few minutes ago, in a demonstration of pride she said wrongly, I came back with the gable... what a joke, only in her dreams....loser
We have all seen and heard the GOP/TP treat women with disdain.....unable to make personal decisions...women do not deserve equal pay for equal work......etc.
I never could understand the TeaPeople and their mantra against Speaker Pelosi.....but it spoke volumes! They simply put, do not like strong independent intelligent women!
I ♥ Nancy Pelosi!
Oskar
Chilled
You moron are an hypocrite like all the leftiest. Sara Palin was blank of all kind of insults, derogatory comments just because she was a conservative woman, yes she made some mistakes , but who doesn't, scumbag. I'm sick and tired of the hypocrisy from the left.
Ahh well...I was hoping the party leadership would change (for both parties).
I'm not a TP person, but I don't like Pelosi because of her policies and partisan politics (and I feel the same about Reid and McConnel). Also, my brother is a huge Obama supporter (including campaigning for him), and he also wants Pelosi gone. It's not just the far right that would like to see her replaced.
So, back to partial quotes being used out of context to define people and positions oskar? You know full well that doing so is not only inappropriate and inaccurate, it's simply not honest.
Oskar, dont get too upset at the far lefties in here, they are the same people in 2016 that will be screaming 4 more 4 44. They hate religion yet worship Obama as a living God. They think Bill Maher calling Palin a c*nt is acceptable while Rush is wrong for calling Fluke a whore. Both were wrong but lefty hypocrisy runs rampant at FR.
The year was 1890. William Walter Phelps, an eastern republican leader, and an outstanding Capitalist in His own right, spoke publicly to a group of wall street financiers in NY. "The export of agricultural products must find a limited and failing market; the export of manufactured articles must find an increasing and permanent market. The lowest grade of labor can raise corn, wheat and pork. It does not require the intelligence, skill, and invention in which American labor output surpasses the world. Ultimately then, we must lose these markets for our wheat, but not for our wares." Phelps, one of the best informed republicans of the time was stating that the whole fiscal and taxation policy of the Federal Government must be directed to the growth of capitalist production, while denying support for agriculture, a dimming doom, especially for the independent farmer, to whom Phelps refers in terms of unconcealed contempt.They were to be used only to feed and further, industrialized capitalism at the whimsy of Captains of industrialized capitalism. More present day analogies of historic republicanism than one can count on His, and several of His neighbors hands and toes.
Oskar,
Big take coming from the folks that voted for Sarah Palin. Now that was a dumb pick for a dumb woman.
You moron are an hypocrite like all the leftiest. Sara Palin was blank of all kind of insults,
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I think this is ultimately going to be bad for the American people. She is about as partisan as they come in today's world. That is not going to work today, the same as it has not worked the past 2 years. We need leaders that are willing and able to cross party lines to make deals to better America. The U.S is split about 50/50 for repubs and democrats right now. Nothing is going to get accomplished this next 4 years because these politicians will not work with one another no matter what the cost is. Both sides are going to yell, scream, and point fingers at the other side until our country is totally wrecked.
Truthfully both sides are to blame because they both act like a kindergarten class that can not decide on whether it wants a gold fish or hamster as a class pet. Our version of democracy is starting to fall apart because no one is going to commit politcal suicide to do what needs to be done. I hope they can figure it out but I believe nothing will changes unless they are all fired and replaced with a new breed of politician. AKA not politicians, but smart hard working business people that know how to get things accomplished.
hey Job1 what makes Nancy Pelosi a genius? Im going to go out on a limb and say because you say so.
Does anyone else think that she came straight from having her lips done for this press event.
According to the headline she already has the minority leader post...But the Dems have to elect that position from their congressional body? Perhaps they would like to swing the honors around and now elect the first African American or the First Latino for Speaker of the house. Seems the Dems live for those EEOC firsts. I think it would be very shallow for the minority party not to extend the opportunity to others to people of color. African American and Latino members of the DNC party brought in the vote respectively and made a valid stand that their community interests were a powerful voice and perhaps those interests should be validated.
MOmaid,
It is not 35 changes that are needed. If you take away 1 from one side and add 1 to the other, the net change is a 2. So, cut the number in half, that is assuming that none of the seats are filled by independents.
Pelosi is a shark and there is blood in the water.
She doesn't spend all that money on clothes and plastic surgeries to sit on the sidelines. She does look good for 72.
Do not forget to SIGN everything before you read it too...to see what is in it.
Nancy Pelosi is PATHETIC at best...
can her,Pelosi should get canned for blocking the minimum wage in the US terrortory where her family has the tuna business that they run ,it was just wrong!
Anyone can be a great speaker when you have a majority in the House and the Senate and have control of the WH too.
Diversity brings out leaders. Pelosi isn't one nor is Boehner.
As Speaker Pelosi proved herself to be a dumb, ignorant, prevaricating, obstructionist. Why anyone would want her back is beyond me.
Breaking news...Angus King, Independent Senator from Maine will caucus with the Democrats, because they are in the majority and he will have more influence. From his statement:
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/14/politics/angus-kings-full-statement-on-caucus-choice/?ref=relatedSidebar
politics is a competitive sport...WWF smackdown, WTF...Mitt lost in the latest round..or may I say the GOP lost big...I hope RepubliCONs can cope..best of luck. Oink.
Hey, Amy B. Portland, ME who write (#1.41):
It's Independence Day for the Democrats... yeah..more good news....Who said you can never have too much of a good thing...The Demcorats just got more good things....Let's roll.
Caesar Augustus-
Little Caesar, call a racist one d**ned time. If it were possible MOFO, I would come through this computer and whump your stupid ass. Is it my fault you people want to secede from the USA because a black Man is the leader of the world? People on your side of the fence have also called for a Civil War; and I'm talking about leaders. Are they racist? My face may be non white; but I do not have to endure your insults. You are a coward hiding behind you white guilt.
Now drop dead. I will put your stupid ass on ignore. You are not worthy of any responses from me idiot.
John Boehner Weeper of the House.
She has a bad reputation as "old guard". They should have changed her out for perception sake if nothing else.
The President is scheduled to have a press conference, right after his meeting with Labor yesterday, and before the scheduled meeting with business today. You would think he would have his press conference after the meeting with the business community. Its important to listen to both sides, right?
Let's take a lesson from her own playbook: Let's remove all the liberals in 2016, then count the vote. No different than her idiotic statement of approving Obamacare and then reading it. I'm not sure which one is more mentally challenged - Pelosi or Biden. Both show signs of dimentia.
Pukes,
What were you doing a week ago today? Same thing you are doing today, state of denial.
Even MORE GOOD NEWS!
Great. Keep up the good work Nancy. We need your leadership (and I think you're cute too!)
Racist
All this talk about what Nancy Pelosi said, it isn't what she said, what you right suck faces are typing is what Rush Limbaugh said she said. She didn't say "we have to pass it to know what is in it." That isn't what she said. You f-ing haters ought to dry up and blow away.
Caesar Augustus-
Parker, I must object. Not only are you incorrect but you have far more noble weapons at your disposal.
If Pelosi has the unAmerican republicons all upset when she is the minority leader, she must have really stung them as majority leader.
She made those party over country republicons actually go to work! Pelosi went back to the 5 day work week. For 6 years the republicons only workded a 4 day work week. Why show up when you had ALEC lobbyists there to write your legislation for you and tell you when and how to vote?
Pelosi also went after corruption in the House. I do believe at one time 19 Congresscrittwers were under investigation. Was it 15 or so that were republicons?
No wonder the republicon namecalling brigade is out in force.
Sirie:
You promsed to never come back!!!
Please keep your promise.
The old hag doesnt know when to quit!
if you must but it is a fallacy to think or believe someone of 'color' is incapable of racism, as if only caucasians are capable of such behavior. Now we both know Bev here is known to either make racial remarks about white people and at the least innuendo. Just see her retort. It proved my point. I have no idea what the hell white guilt is to begin with.
no Sirie said probably wouldnt be back. PROBABLY, not DEFINITELY. thank you
I thought a measure of civility would return to FR after the election, making it a good time to jump back in after an extended and necessary absence.
Silly me.
Nikki
Slumlord in San Francisco Bay Area? Where are slums in this area, one of the most affluent areas in the USA? You hurl accusations and offer no proof or source. You sound bitter.
Nancy Pelosi has done a good job representing her district which is quite liberal. Our democracy is based on representation of the people. Conservative districts usually have conservative representatives and liberal districts tend to have liberal representatives. Each representative gets one vote in the House.
So, why hate San Francisco's representative?
Come on people electing a white woman has been done..what about say Sheila Jackson Lee or Al Green either of those might bring Texas along in the next 2 or 4. How about Joaquin Castro, the DNC seems to wish to promote him these days as a stellar Hispanic, and he even comes to the job with a mom who is incredibly outspoken against everything that is not Latino...I would have suggested a Latina but it seems their is only one but what the heck Michelle Lujan Grisham you go girl.
So if the DNC really wishes to follow their forward momentum and walk the walk perhaps it is time for old gringa Nancy to step back and let the new Democrats lead. Viva la difference.
WOW Caesar,
You got Bev all in a huff!! It's too funny watching her go off her rocker at someone... She is the perfect example of a racist!
Bev,
He has every right that you have to come here and discuss issues. You attacking him will not change that, it only makes you look bad, and I am pretty sure you broke a few COH rules with your response.
Obama won, be happy.
Mark in SoCal,
I hear ya!
God save the Queen?
thetotas, you know some of these unhinged lefties on here believe FR is their turf only. im not worried about Bev. She is what she is and I will call her out on her paranoia and racism everytime. I dont care if she is 'offended'. its a pot and kettle thing
Pigotry
Hey, Amy B. Portland, ME who write (#1.41):
There is no Independence among Democrats all you live in the same plantation , if you try to leave the plantation like many did , you will be crucified. Pelosi is an expert handling the flock in Congress.
The title of this article reads "to remain" when it should read "try to remain." Deception, deception.
Everyone is talking about "change", bipartisan leadership, new ideas, etc and Pelosi wants ro remain in the mix.
Hum..........
Parker ... perhaps the argument is trite but then that is what makes much of society spin ... it is poetic justice ... sins of the father ... reaping what has been sown,etc., and it is to be expected. When I visited Auschwitz, there was no feeling of personal guilt but there was an overwhelming feeling of human guilt. What we ignore in human nature we will repeat and every individual is part of that process.
sins of the father LOL... yeah Zach De La Roca has the same mentallity. Im sorry but my family wasnt here during slavery. Never owned one so no guilt, however it doesnt justify the thinking only white people can be racist. slavery and genocide are wholly different things. With that said, Egyptians had Jewish slaves, Romans had thracians, Ottomans had christians. that kind of thinking needs to stop, irony of talking about 'forward' while living in the past.
I would like to see both party's get new leadership. In my view we are in the present mess because the leadership of both party's are hyper partisan and inflexible from their party's propaganda. We keep talking about change but the usual suspects remain in power year after year. Whats wrong with the system, read the article, political hacks and dinosaurs are running the government and the idiots who support them are cheering as the car goes over the cliff.
Nancy can't quit yet she still needs to deliver the final blow, her episode with the housing bubble didn't kill us it only hurt us she isn't done yet, we still have the war on energy to loose and then there are some industries that need to be regulated out of existence, she will not be happy till the last job is gone and every one is on entitlement's, you get um girl show those people in those red states what unemployment really is, lets shoot for 50% by 2014, and lets get the cost of gasoline up to $20.00 a gallon so people will stop driving around polluting the air, leave that up to China to do, lets breach those hydro dams, get some more Chinese wind generators instead, lets regulate coal out of existence we don't need coal, and then we can abolish hunting and fishing, we can force everyone to eat vegetables, we can make America a shining example for the rest of the world, and for a grand finally lets tax the corporations out of existenceforce them all to move to Bolivia or someplace where they will be allowed to earn money and keep some of it and above all tax the crap out of everyone earning more then $250,000.00 a year they can pay 75% taxes so the ones on welfare can get a break besides those celebrities don't need all that wealth, its not like those people with money are going to buy a new car and create jobs or something, we know they just stash it away and never spend a dime, the government is where the money belongs not in the private sector, the government needs more money to give to the UN! what America needs is Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house again she did such a fantastic job before just look at the end of the Bush administration that will show you how hard she worked and how great she was at the job, she was a shark in bloody waters alright between her and Barney they underhandedly destroyed the Nation with their lying and manipulating, that's OK though because president Bush was available to take the blame and this time we have the GOP to blame for everything that wont work. isn't it great its never a liberals fault they don't make mistakes. The buck wont stop at Obama because they already have the finger pointed at the Republicans, hell Obama still has not presented a plan, at least the Republicans have done that, and what about that stack of bills that is piling up on Rieds desk. you liberals have to start sharing the kool aid before the other half of this once great nation goes crazy. look at the bright side now that Obama care is the law every household in America will be required to buy insurance and the cost is expected to go up up up maybe to six hundred per person per month that money will be removed from the market people will not have that money to spend on things they want or need like food, Cloathing, transportation, movies. you can all just sit in your cubicle and watch PBS because cable and satellite will be to expensive, we will all be enlightened. face it we are screwed.
I am a life long Democrat:
Keeping Nancy "PeLoosi" is a sign that once again my party shoots itself in the foot.
She is to the extreme left as the Tea Party is to the extreme right. Compromise and govern for all the people is not in their vocabulary.
She has done more harm to the Democratic party image...she is the Achilles Hill to Obama's next 4 years.
Ah, the babbling screeching and somewhat deranged harpy cannot be denied. The perfect choice for the democrats.
Caesar, you are correct in your analysis of the Bev of Chicago, quite the racist. But here comments are allowed here, on this liberal far-left site. She's a super star in her own deluded mind.
Now I must admit, she is the queen of the liberal pastes she spends so much time alluding to.
MOMaid (Post 1.2),
Uh, been listening to FOX there again, buddy? Or perhaps Rasmussen?
At present, DEMS need to win 23 seats in the House to realize a majority, not the "35 or so" of which you speak.
What is more, that '23' may be reduced further still as seven current House races are as yet undecided.
For every Democrat victory in each of the remaining seven, lower the figure of 23 to 22, then to 21, and so forth.
Now I ask you, if Boehner's Republican-controlled House allows the country to go over the fiscal cliff simply to protect the tax rates of multi-millionaires, will the Right-Wing spin machine be able to make the electorate forget by 2014? Hardly.
Your party is in disarray, Karl Rove has been humiliated as a political strategist as well as thoroughly discredited as a tactician, and the Adelson's and Koch's of this world are asking of the Tea Party, "What have you done for us lately?"
TeaBagger wingnuts will continue to win in deep Red congressional districts, to be sure, holding on to enough seats to serve as daily reminders to the rest of us of the danger they pose, but the full weight of the mighty Democrat machine will be thrown against those who remain.
23 seats? A challenge. Less than 20? Doable. Then there's always the tide which will sweep in to the Oval Office the first female President of the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in 2016.
Game on, Rightie.
seems the dems at the top are just as rich as the reps so why doesn't the msm attack their taxes. all the dems say is its the repubs that cheat on taxes and if they really believe in what they preach lets see their taxes and charitable gifts wasn't it rangle the tax czar who was caught and it was only a misunderstanding I now see the pass it before you read it mentality is wide spread among the dims maybe if we keep the focus on the repubs they won't bother us while we cheat and lie to our sheeple
John in Battle Creek
All this talk about what Nancy Pelosi said, it isn't what she said, what you right suck faces are typing is what Rush Limbaugh said she said. She didn't say "we have to pass it to know what is in it." That isn't what she said. You f-ing haters ought to dry up and blow away.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=did+nancy+pelosi+say+we+have+to+pass+the+bill&view=detail&mid=3E4D33E7BAEF06B7F6A23E4D33E7BAEF06B7F6A2&first=0&qpvt=did+nancy+pelosi+say+we+have+to+pass+the+bill
Unlike Sarah Palin being credited with Tina Fey saying she could see russia from her house Nasty really did say "we need to pass it, blah blah blah", that must be kind of embarrasing, eh? Suck face haters indeed.
Lovely. One of the most polarizing figures in Washington is maintaining her leadership position. Is this how the Democrats plan to unite the country? By keeping the same-ol'-same?
Pay no attention to Momaid. He/she thinks the American Civil War was fought over state's rights. Obviously uneducated and completely brain-washed. Arguing with him/her is like trying to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and it annoys the pig.
Best Speaker ever. Every bill Nancy brought up passed, 100% record.
Nancy you are 72 years old and it's time that you go to church and confess all your sins. You are a door step away from meeting your creator.
nope it was fought over slaves and tobacco. (sarcasm)
I've got nothing against Nancy Pelosi, but I don't like to feel that someone is in a position "for life".
I think Steve Israel should have gotten it, you know, somebody "fresh" AND he worked for it.
TO: DDMan DDMan who wrote:
Newsvine posted a blog specifically to Sirie asking her/him to NOT leave and noting that diverse opinions are welcome here.
So, ok. Welcome back Sirie, even if we don't share the same opinion, apparently that's the new "cool".
Cannonballer,
"Suck faces"?? And you kiss your loved ones with that mouth? WOW!
noiwont,
Nice post...it's too bad that the liberal left is so entrenched with propping up their puppets, much like members of the Tea Party propping up their puppets. Unless we get rid of BOTH of extremes in our legislature, we won't make much progress.
My extreme sympathies to the Democrats!
Hey Pukes,
You have wasted an entire week in here grumbling and bitchin about the Presidential outcome.
NOW HEAR THIS! The current GOP is a complete clusterphuck, it suck's and it is going down. Get a grip, face reality, and replace and change what needs to be replaced and changed.
newsvine may encourage diverse opinions but the majority of the far left leaning bloggers disagree.
My source: First Read.
bigdogg (over compensation?), are you a representation of the democrat party? I hope not because with mentality like that, gridlock is here to stay. Whats the old saying about bee's and honey and vinegar?
Chilled's comments on how republicans hate Pelosi because she is a woman is exactly why congress and politics are in such a deadlock now a days. If you disagree with Obama, you're racist, never mind the damage he has done to our economy and freedoms. If you disagree with Pelosi, you are a sexist, never mind her being one of the most partisan hacks to ever make it to congress, and exploiting people with horribly low wages while demanding an increase in the minimum wage for others. Hey libbies, maybe we dont like them because of their policies. Resorting to personal attacks during a political debate just shows that you dont have a strong side to begin with.
Cannon balls, you are a lying P.O.S. what she said was, "Through the fog of controversy, we will have to pass this bill to see what is really in it." Completely different then your taken out of context, stupid right wing link to no where. So if you don't know what your talking about maybe you should S.T.F.U. and learn something. Don't believe me look it up. This time use a real site, not that one.
NO caesar, since your head is made of cement, I am trying to get your attention and snap you out off your daze.
Big,
Nice that you idolize the ex-Philanderer-in-Chief.....
MrBurns,
Excellent post...hit the nail right on the head!
bigdogg464
whatever you have to say to justify your comments little man
I do not need to justify anything. Truth hurts?
MrBurns,
Bush43 bankrupted this country. He bankrupted it with 2 unfunded wars, an unfunded prescription drug plan for seniors, 5 unfunded tax cuts, a fake housing economy that when the bubble burst it almost took our entire economy out. He gave no bid contracts to Haliburton and Haliburton stole the US Treasury. When Bush43 left office the economy was shedding 800,000 jobs a month.
Obama has had 36 straight months of job creation, the DOW has doubled in the last 4 years, Corporations are reporting record profits.
will be interesting to see how much she is willing to pay in new taxes, lets see $101.1 Million is what she made how much will she be willing to pay?
Bigdogg464;
a fake housing economy? your right there was one wrong President, the fake housing boom started in the 90's under Clinton. he was the one who told the banks to loan you everyone. his plan was to get people to by all the houses that where already built and start building new ones to put people to work we now see how well that worked.
cherrytom,
Excellent post! Big also forgets that for years Congress comprised of BOTH parties voted to continue funding the war appropriations. Instead of being a child and walking away with his toys, he really should own up to the fact that BOTH parties are responsible for the mess that we are in. Big also seems to forget that after nearly 4 years there are still 23 million people unemployed. Gains of barely 100K jobs a month is a drop in the bucket and if that is the best that they can point towards Obama's "success" we are in for another 4 years of excuses from the left.
bigdogg464,
Hahahahahahaha, you actually believe all that B.S. Damn man, no wonder this country is in such a mess. There are a lot of people that actually think this poorly.
1. The recession was not caused by the debt. It was consumer driven. I hate the debt, but it did not cause the recession at all.
2. Biden voted for both wars. I know he said he didnt, but you should listen to everything you hear. You may actually be able to think for yourself.
3. Should we have not gone to war with Afganistan?
4. The push to invade Iraq started with Clinton's administration. Including both Clinton and Gore who believed there to be weapons of mass destruction there.
5. You obviously have never taken an economics class, so let me teach you something. You dont pay for tax cuts. You dont pay for money you dont take from other people. We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem.
6. The recession was the result of deregulation which Clinton signed. He also forced banks to make loans to low income families, even if they could not make a profit. This caused banks to give loans to people who were probably going to default. But dont worry, the democrat created Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac, would be there to save the day. Oh yeah, they went bankrupt too.
7. The economy fell because of Clinton. Presidents cant affect the economy until years after they leave office. This is because it takes years for things to come into affect and have an impact. We'll feel Obama's damage soon enough.
8. The Dow droped 300 points the day Obama was elected into office. The economy is doing well in spite of Obama, not because of him.
9. There are less jobs now, than when Obama took office. You can spin it in whatever way makes you feel better, but he has not helped the situation at all.
10. Please look up your nearest college so you can take an economic or history class. You obviously know nothing of either.
How passe. Mr Boehner gave up his crying towel to "Bawling Barack" the "Weeper in Chief".
Just curious, do you honor and idolize "Slick Willy" with your profile picture, because you look up to him as a draft dodger, sexual predator, adulterer, or a liar?
Oh lordy - I thought that we would have seen the last of Pelousy, Old Man Reid and Motor-Mouth Wasserman-Schultz. The next 4 years are nothing to look forward to. Guess Pelousy needs to up her millions by staying on. Still doing insider trading, Fancy Nancy?
That Harpy is the perfect villain, so it is appropriate that she lead the gaggle of worst villains in the House this country has ever seen.
There are four in congress that need to go; Boehner, McConnell, Reid and Pelosi. All worthless, all partisan, all stopping the process.
AlexM,
Something I hope both sides can agree with. Both say no to each other and do nothing to help the economy.
Good news and bad news for Republicans...
The bad news...you're going to have to wait to kick dirt on Pelosi's position as a leader within her party.
The good news...you can still use her as a punching bag instead of focusing on what your own party is doing incorrectly.
YGG...you go girl..
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GOP is a-noid...dispirited...demoralized
the GOP loves Pelosi!
One of my favorite Democrats too!!
sirie
Well, probably my last day on FR... glad to get to air out my opinions!
I wish whomever wins this thing the best of luck!
Thanks to all for putting up with my rants!!
Are you still here?
Pelosi who is 72 years old has not advocated for older Americans who have been continually discriminated against in the workforce and denied employment during the recession due to their age.Believe it or not Pelosi is the biggest joke in California along with her buddy Diane Feinstein.Even the Democrats in California are baffled at how these two women have held onto their positions this long.She is a wealthy woman and is out of touch with the middle class .
cleaning lady
Age discrimination is illegal and I am sure Pelosi and Feinstein both supported this legislation and the judicial appointments that support it.
I also doubt that most Democrats in California are baffled that these two well spoken women have been reelected so often. Reelection means most voters approve of their performance.
I bet Obama begged her on his knees to stay, since she lost Speaker- he has been neutered and got nothing done. When he got elected, he turned the reins over to her, troll Reid and the Clintons so he could golf and party like he won the lottery.
I found out that sirie has a pretty good sense of humor, so I rather hope he/she stays. There is no reason to be run off here because we disagree.
Had a pretty good laugh with you sirie, and enjoyed it.
If anyone can inflict damage on the Democrats its Nancy Pelosi, she is their built in destruct mechanism, the lights are on but nobody is home, she lives on another planet.
Maybe the next election if we are still here we can clean out both houses and start fresh, that is something I have been wanting for about 20 years now 8 year term limits. and no pensions.
sirie - you're always welcome here. You seem to dislike both parties - equally.
Crystal - I see you're even dumber since the election - and that's truly saying something.
Pelosi will continue to be a thorn in the Republican's side. Not a bad thing. And, to those talking about the way she looks - did Boehner get a recent spray tan? He looks a little more orange today!
Oh poo! Who cares Pelosi is irrelevant the GOP owns and rules the House.
just a cleaning lady -- You can't speak for all of California, only for yourself. I haven't seen any polls saying the majority of Californians are baffled by Feinstein and Pelosi. They get re-elected each time they run. Moreover, if you want anti-age discrimination legislation brought up for a vote, contact their offices -- I'm sure they'd be glad to hear from you. While you're at it, contact Boehner's, Ryan's, Canter's and McConnell's offices as well and then compare the two responses -- the GOP group is more concerned about lowering taxes for the wealthy, not about leveling the playing field. Isn't that obvious by now? Pelosi has been fighting for the middle class the whole time she's been in office. She's not out of touch. Boehner, Canter, Ryan, Bachmann, and so on, are out of touch. Oh, and how can I forget the most out of touch politician of all -- Romney?
@In agreement,
You need to open your eyes. Reid, Pelosi, McConnell, and Boehner are all cut from the same cloth. All are extremely partisan, all are stopping the process from working. Republicans said they would block anything coming from Obama four years ago. Reid said beginning of this month that he would not work with Romney if he won. Just because one does it doesn't make it right for another. You claim the house has blocked all the job bills, how many job bills are sitting on Reid's desk from the house?
Those two pairs are the ones blocking the process, neither pair should be in the positions they hold. They care more about partisan politics than they do about you or I. They care more about whether or not the idea came from their party than they do your or I.
Don't excuse your party just because the other party did it, it would earn far more respect in the eyes of all voters if one side would just man up, climb out of the sandbox, and start working for this country. I really don't care which side does it, I'm just sick of the gridlock that those four are responsible for.
Those two pairs are a prime example of why term limits need to be installed.
As far as your out of touch comments, none of the politicians in charge (including obama) are 'in' touch with the middle class. Obama is no better than romney, once you have at least six zeroes in your annual income, you had better not claim to know a damn thing about what the middle class goes through financially.
Personally I do not for one minute believe these people in Washington D.C. give a rats a** about anyone or anything except what will benefit them, that includes both parties. They are all lying, stealing, cheating pieces of dog crap. The only way to get any benefit from these people will be when we the people can fire them at any time during their term in offfice. The government is like corporations , they reward you even when you fail. As for pelosi and reid, they are the most inept, ignorant and power hungry scum in Washington, notice I did not say they were the only scum. Boehner is a joke. Crap, they are all incompetent.
Also to add the America people have lost their minds, we scream against slavery, yet it goes on right here in our cities, we turn a blind eye to our children selling their bodies on street corners for scum bag pimps who have given them drugs to keep them in line. We want the prostitutes names released to the public so they can be demorlized as well they should, but the names of the people who buy them are not mention especiality if they are weathy and in a place of importance. We insist on our police arresting drug dealers and Americans buys more drugs than any country in the world. You idiots, do you not know that if there is no buyer then there is no seller. Most of the people in this country deserves everything that happens to them.
No..no..no..no..NO!!!!
Yes...yes...yes...yes...yes.
Blackbird
No..no..no..no..NO!!!!
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Birdie.
lean >>>Forward now
Everybody.... clearly the one stoned is you! What a disgusting post. Again, you show how disgusting, crude and classless Republicans are!
@Beverly,
The funny thing about leaning forward is you fall on your face.
Great News Nancy - We still need your leadership in the House. Mr. Boehner still hasn't figured out how to run the ship, and rumour has it Cantor is ready to play the role of Iago and thrust a knife in the back of anyone standing in his way. Thank God the women of California will step in to stop the weasel and give an assist to the weeper.
Weeper? Where is your vitriol for Obama crying? Typical liberal hack mentality; project one's own shortcomings on someone else to take the heat. You are pathetic.
Agent Orange is still the Weeper of the House...........for now.
If people of the Democratic party posting on articles made comments of intelligence I would have more respect for them.Bashing everything Republican is such immature style makes one shudder to find out that the Democrats are the majority voters.I have not seen any comments with facts on what exactly has Pelosi contributed to Americans while serving the public.
Since the conservative posters love to generalize, generalize this: Why is it the GOPTP are so frickin' lazy they can't do their own research. They apparently only have the ability to rely upon what democrats comment on - much like they can't rely on any other source of information other than Faux News and Limbaugh. Cleaning Lady, get out your broom and mop, scour the internet and news sources for Pelosi's contributions, and quite relying upon everyone else to feed your butt ugly mug.
Mil,
And it appears that the liberals are going to keep the Geezer of the Senate....for now.
just a cleaning lady - let me assure you - the same can be said for the radical righties posting on this site. How did you manage to miss their posts? Can we say hypocrite??? Check out post #3.3 for a Republican's "intelligent" post then get back to us!
reddev i thought the idea of dims was to feed everyones butt ugly mug why so harsh on the the cleaning lady. maybe she has had to work and can't afford the time to research as she doesn't rely on a welfare life and sees the only way to prosper is on her own merits not handouts
JK1963: Some day Dirty Harry Reid will retire. Until then his job is secure.
the same can not be said for the Weeper of the House. He might not last out the year.
Some day?
Only when he has had his fill at the tax payer trough... Like a good little politician living off the backs of the hard working taxpayers.
Leave it to the liberal left to always point the finger at the right and never look at themselves... No one is more of the hypocrite than the left...
Okie - if the cleaning troll has time to read these posts, open a newsvine account and write a post, then the troll has time to research and stay informed, as opposed to relying upon others to do the work for him/her.
YGG
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you go...grandma..
rising up to fight GOP dogMa
GOP in shambles...
girl power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pigotry--like it or not, Obama and Pelosi LOST the house in an EPIC failure in the first two years of the Obama administration, and like it or not, Obama got about 9 million FEWER votes this time than he did last time--NOT a sweeping mandate.
Just remember that when you say the pubs in the house are 'obstructive', they are doing EXACTLY what their constituents ELECTED them to do. If we had wanted 'more of the same', we'd have re-elected our dem representatives in 2010, and if we'd been unhappy with our Republican reps 'obstructing' (I'd call it 'preventing the Dems from running roughshod over the country') we would have bumped THEM in 2012.
Obama won the election. He kept the Senate, with a lot of help from a couple of idiot Right wing religious nuts. But he did NOT get a 'sweeping mandate'. Possibly because many of us who voted for him in 2008 didn't like some of the 'sweeping' he did in his first term.
Love the denial, but the mandate is the President's. The only people that do not recognize that are right wing zealots.
By the way, Romney got about 2 million LESS votes than McCain did. A measure of how much those on the right embraced him.
MO lmfao ..... he may not have gotten as many votes as in 2008 ... but he got votes that blew the repugs outta the water .... THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS .....
OBAMA WON
MITT NONE, DONE, GONE .... SWEEP THAT !
MOmaid
Just remember that when you say the pubs in the house are 'obstructive', they are doing EXACTLY what their constituents ELECTED them to do. If we had wanted 'more of the same', we'd have re-elected our dem representatives in 2010, and if we'd been unhappy with our Republican reps 'obstructing' (I'd call it 'preventing the Dems from running roughshod over the country') we would have bumped THEM in 2012.
Surely, you don't believe what you're saying. Maybe if we hadn't had so much voter suppression, people getting knocked off the voter registration lists, standing in long lines, and voter caging you would have gotten bumped. Hell, they're still counting votes in Arizona.
Anyhow, it does not matter. The idiots in the House can keep believing they don't have the responsibility or mandate to change the status quo because come 2014 heads are gonna roll.
All the Koch fueled money polluted the minds of some people. As time goes on it is gonna become clear to the confused ones.
Bet on that.
Actually it wasn't 9 million fewer votes. It was 7 million. Also, the President becomes the first Democrat since FDR to win reelection twice with more than 50% of the vote each election.
The President beat Romney by 3,400,000 votes. McCain's 2008 totals were even higher than Romney.
MOmaid, I seem to remember that the 2010 Republican platform was "JOBS JOBS JOBS," not obstructionism.
If what you are saying is true, then aren't you also saying that the Republican campaigns deliberately lied to the American voter?
Beverly in Chicago
1. You should stay to local politics and clean up CHICAGO first...it is a TOILET AND STAIN on America with the highest crime rates and killings in America.
2. United we stand divided we fall.
3. Over 2/3rds of ALL AMERICANS did NOT vote at ALL. (that is over 220 million AMERICANS)
4. Now that you figured out how to vote yourself a check I am sure YOU will.
5. Your personal HATE AND VENOM directed at ONE party is disgusting and shows you know little about the AMERICAN TWO PARTY SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE
6. We are a REPUBLIC and the word democracy comes SECOND.
7. Once again clean up CHICAGO before you THINK you know what best for AMERICA.
By the way everyone knows CHICAGO politics are CRONYISM and NEPOTISM, to the core, and the MOST CORRUPT city in the nation, for so many years now, everyone just accepts it. You backed it and you voted for it...good luck with your sewer city.
Good luck with your handouts and entitlements, especially when no one else's money is here to write that check. Call Obamanation, they will just PRINT YOU MORE (and send you a cell phone too!)
The House has passed dozens of "Jobs bills" that now lay sitting idle on Harry Reid's desk. Looks like they're doing what we elected them to do while the Democrat leadership in the Senate are being obstructionist
Those were not jobs bills. You are correct to put the sarcastic marks around those words.
The republicons campaigned on jobs, but only sent up social engineering like redefining rape. you know, like state rape and legitimate rape.
What else did the unAmerican republicons do? How about blocking a bill to stop giving tax cuts to companies that export American jobs like Romney's Bain Capital is doing right now?
Here is a partial list of some of the job creation bills that the GOP has said no to (via: Democratic Leader Pelosi):
A measure to protect jobs for returning veterans by preventing incentives for small businesses to hire returning veterans from being swept away by GOP deregulatory efforts. [Vote 879]
A measure to allow Congress to make job-creating investments, instead of automatically freezing funding for Pell Grants and education programs for students, job benefits for veterans and job training for all Americans, and life-saving health research. [Vote 31]
The Republicans refusal to create jobs is just one side of the story. John Boehner and company are also on a mission to reverse the course of the recovery and deepen the recession. House Democrats estimate that the GOP has killed 2 million jobs since they have taken over, and an analysis by Political Correction finds that the House GOP has tried to kill 7.4 million jobs in 400+ days. The House GOP’s ambitious plan would kill double the jobs in the Obama administration has created in the last 23 months by 2016.
One of the first acts of the Republican controlled House was to pass a bill to kill Obamacare. If this bill became law, it would kill 250,000-400,000 jobs a year. House Republicans passed a bill that would disband and defund the IRS, which would kill more than 107,000 jobs. The House passed the Cut, Cap and Balance Act which would kill 700,000 jobs. The House also passed a bill to 285,000 federal government jobs, but the biggest job killer of all is the Ryan Budget, which would kill 2-3 million jobs over 5 years.
The House Republicans claim that they have passed 27 bills that would create jobs, but are stalled in the Senate. However, a quick look at the list of “job creation” bills reveals that the legislation is nothing more than extreme budget cuts and an attack on all regulations, specifically environmental regulations. Interestingly, the House GOP also claims that their opposition to net neutrality will create jobs. There is not a single dollar spent in any of the Republican passed bills on direct job creation.
At the 300 day mark, House Republican had voted to kill 4.2 million jobs. If Republicans would have supported even part of the Democrats job creation agenda, millions of jobs would have been created. The American Jobs Act alone would have created an additional 1.9 million jobs and reduced unemployment by a full point. If the American Jobs Act would have become law, we could have anticipated an unemployment rate falling towards 7.3%, with no other economic growth included.
Despite their best efforts to prolong this recession the economy is recovering and growing again, but this list demonstrates that House Republicans are going to do everything in their power to derail our economic recovery before the presidential election in November.
If House Republicans continue on this path they’ll get their wish, but the jobs they kill will be their own.
(30) In 400+ Days The GOP Has Created 0 And Tried To Kill 7.4 Million Jobs | Digg Topnews
Bills against women's reproductive rights isn't jobs. Nor will it ever be jobs. The tea bags only interest is baby's between conception and birth, after that they are on their own.
Pelosi is a piece of sh!t!!!!! She's there for her own wealth, nothing else. She had to get obamacare passed or she wouldn't get those payoffs from big pharma!@!!!! The dream act is just another vote pandering ploy!!! Obama should be taken to court for violation of immigration laws!!!!!! Why should he be able to break the law, no one else can.... It's an impeachable offense, except our good for nothing congress doesn't have the balls to do anything about it!!!!! Because thier afraid they will lose votes over it too. Real latino american citizens should be ashamed that they are supporting these people who are pandering for votes!!!!! This is obamas last term, he isn't gonna give you anything because he isn't running for election again!!!!!!!! Way to go dumbazzez!!!!!!!! You should have voted dor romney, at least he has some honor, unlike our liar in chief!!!!!!!!!
john, what in the hell are you talking about? Are you saying that I should fund abortion? I should fund birth control pills? Pal, if a woman doesn't want to get pg, then either have safe sex of put a penny between her knees and keep it there during sex. However, if she doesn't want to do that, then have the baby, put it up for adoption, just don't expect the general public pay for it.
Shosyn
Beverly in Chicago
Shosyn
If we are so together, why then do the idiots in your party want to secede? Why did your
GOP Leaders try to use General Petraeus affair to hurt our President before the election? One in particular; that'd be tea bagger Eric Cantor. Cantor thouhgt he get an iestigation and toe this to Benghazi hoping it influence the electorate. He's got nothing and neither do the rest of your corrupt leaders. How about all those racist tweets coming from your GOP leaders for you fools to follow? What of the disfranchisement of voter of color, veterans, seniors, the youth and so on and so forth? What about Trayvon Martin?
Corruption is republican governors trying to implement racist policies like Rick Scott and Ohio's John Husted. Nathan Spoul dropping people off the voters roll; Karl Rove with his filthy money lying to the American people; and Mitt Romney cheating people out of their pensions and jobs. I could go on the but you get the picture.
The list of hatred and racism is ad infintium. If you want to continue to practice Anti-Democracy pushed by FOX NOISE's propaganda which divides the country more than Radio Rwanda did in the Rwandan genocide pitting the Hutu against Tutsi; go right ahead and be a fool.
Let me tell you something else; if your Party hadn't robbed the US Treasury we'd have money for infrastructure to deal with Chicago's problems.
One more thing; I pay for everything I get; and you belong in the toilet.
Oh really? Name one. I'll give you a hint - they never passed one - not one single jobs bill. In case you didn't get that, it was zero, zilch, nada, nothing, period. Go ahead and feel free to prove me wrong.
Weiser -the Republicans in the House have refused to vote on any proposed jobs bill President Obama put forth and tabled all of them - including one 8 weeks prior to the election. The only bills they have put forth include more tax breaks and pork for the GOP areas. Get your fact straight - wait - just get some facts period!
from what i read above sounds like all the jobs bills where gov based and gave the gov controll of the bussinesses. seams no ne gets that mitt was hired to pull failing companies from a loss to a gain and so he at least understands bussiness what is obamas reaction take from one to give to another no matter how hardthe man worked for what he has its not right for the lazy man to not have the equal life of the worker
LOL! Look at Bainport to see what that Mittwit has been doing. That was a profitable nonUnion factory that is being shipped to China, and you tax money is paying for it.
Then look up Georgetown Steel. That profitable factory was just plain shut down. And then romneyhood raided the pension plan for $44 Million knowing with malice aforethought that you and I, the taxpayers, would have to pay it back.
And you don't think he will be coming for your job next?
Shosyn,
You need to subtract underage Americans from your starting total. The number is closer to 50% who did not vote.
@Beverly
"Maybe if we hadn't had so much voter suppression, people getting knocked off the voter registration lists, standing in long lines, and voter caging you would have gotten bumped. "
Maybe if the machines didn't need to keep being 'recalibrated' so that those who voted Romney actually did vote Romney, maybe if the GOP poll people weren't forcibly removed by the left, maybe, maybe, maybe. And when the hell haven't there been long lines on a presidential election?
You are the most racist person on these forums. You have absolutely no room to talk about racism.
Obama @!$%#ed up libya, he had the intel, his administration had the intel, the GOP didn't have to do a damn thing in putting that on your president.
You live in Chicago, with all the corruption and violence in your city, you really have nothing of import to say here until you help fix your own city. Hell, I'd visit California before I visited Chicago, and I absolutely despise California.
FOR FOR IT, LADY! WE SUPPORT YOU. YOU DESERVE IT. You are a strong, principled leader. You won more seats for Democrats, raised a lot of money, and you listen to the base of the Party. You would have taken over the House this time but for obstacles posed by by the gerrymandering of Republican governors. You will be Speaker again after the 2014 elections.
As an independent to the Dems, do not do it. Has to be the dumbest woman in the congress.
Most of the women in Congress are smarter than the men in Congress. There are exceptions such as Bachmann. Pelosi can line up her Party to vote on issues; the only thing Boehner has managed to line up is a putt and boxes of Kleenex..
I have to agree with BCWC on that one.
The IQ of those in congress falls right behind those in 5th grade.
sirie
Drinks and dinner at 6?
you have anymore of that Jameson Ikarus? lets all have a pint on me
Parker, sounds good, how about bringing a comedian along to act as bouncer?
"I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest". Sounds good Ikarus
I just finished off my Sam Adams Octoberfest stash...
GO FOR FOR IT, LADY! WE SUPPORT YOU. YOU DESERVE IT. You are a strong, principled leader. You won more seats for Democrats, raised a lot of money, and you listen to the base of the Party. You would have taken over the House this time but for obstacles posed by by the gerrymandering of Republican governors. You will be Speaker again after the 2014 elections.
A strong principaled leader?! Spending other people's money to mete out to the poor- just enough to keep them at the trough while she spends $3000 on flowers for her private jet and makes money on her investments with the legislation she pushes. Get real. She has been in office over 40 years, but the collapse was ALL Bush's fault. She is a greedy biatch elected by morons.
Democrats gained seats in the House in 2012. Gained seats in the Senate too. Mandate.
Crystal -- What's this, spending other people's money? Are you refering to taxes spent on Social Security, Medicare, etc? Looking after the middle class IS principled. All of a sudden the Repubs are scandalized by wealthy politicians, well, Democratic politicians. Up until the election, wealth was a good thing with them, in fact, a very good thing. Now Pelosi is evil because she's wealthy, even though she fights for the middle class. Here's a clue when comparing Democrats with Republicans: It's now what people say, it's what they do.
Wow, the grieving process can sure get unpredictable.
Great. Now we have to pay for her big jet to fly back and forth to California for two more years.
What a waste for a wasteful person. The head idiot keeping his idiots around him.
She is definitely a loyal warrior.
you dems are the most clueless idiots on the face of the earth. Disgusting entitlement whores !!
tsk, tsk stevie...a bit upset are you? Go hide under your bed and let the Dems, the adults in the room, fix America's problems.
Yeah, like the Damn Dems have 'fixed' the USA's problems the last 4 years.
Geddy Lee--make that SIX years.
fixed - as in cheating... kind of like fixing a boxing match... putting the "fix" in
Steve-1266763
you dems are the most clueless idiots on the face of the earth. Disgusting entitlement whores !!
Steve-io
You'd better refine your language. No one is a bigger whore that wholly owned ALEC, NRA, and Koch bros sock puppets in the Republican Houses. People work hard for their money and entitled to get a return on it.
Yes people work hard just like Jessie Jackson Jr. getting voted back in and not even appearing in public, let alone office, since JUNE. You know, the guy being investigated for trying to BUY Obama's senate seat?
Oh and your precious SEIU organization that shuts down hospitals in California by picketing them so no one can get in them??... I have drove by the SEIU out here protesting hospitals, schools and more on dozens of occasions.....blocking WORKING PEOPLE from hospitals and schools.
So people work for there money alright... and they are NOT going to give it to you and your ENTITLED people.
Hey steve - actually to got that backwards. For the most part it is the Republicans who are "clueless" though I think the election jolted them back to reality a bit. You guys are also the least tolerant, the most radical, angry, hateful, racist and devoid of those Christian values you so love to espouse.
And don't forget that corporate America is the biggest entitlement whore in the U.S.
Agent Orange gets his orders from ALEC. That is why he only shows up 4 days a week. ALEC writes his bills and tells him when and how to vote.
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
Former ALEC Alumni in Congress include Former Assistant Minority Leader Don Nickles, Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Former Deputy Majority Whip and subject of the 2006 page scandal, Mark Foley.[10]
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Shosyn
Yes people work hard just like Jessie Jackson Jr. getting voted back in and not even appearing in public, let alone office, since JUNE. You know, the guy being investigated for trying to BUY Obama's senate seat?
Hey Shosyn,
Jessie Jr will have his day in court. Tell me this how does Jessie Jr stack up against all the corrupt RepubliCONs? You won't answer that will you?
Bev,
There isn't enough time to list all the corrupt Democratic politicians. Day in court?? Are you serious?? If he had ANY honor and ANY decency he would have resigned. Instead, he hides behind his father's name to buy him credibility. He is a drug addicted crook who should be in jail instead of rehab.
I think we need new leadership in the Democratic ranks ~ younger, fresher and not tainted
You win the Internet
Yeah some leadership that doesn't lie thru thier teeth, take bribes etc. Somebody who actually works for the people instead of themselves!!!!!
Observing - according to your requirements - we would wipe out all Republicans in Congress and start over. I'll go for that!
Observing has come to the conclusion that the only way that the current GOP can win is for the Democrats to go away. I agree! The Republican Party is a complete clusterphuck at this point and has no viable future.
As well as all the Democrats...nothing like pledging to help the middle class while tooling around in a private jet, right Pelosi?
All right!!!! Pelosi has more b.a.l.l.s than all of the men in Congress...she knows how to lead, knows how to fight, and knows how to get consensus.
Boehner is having another drink right about now....
too bad she doesn't know how to read a bill before she passes it. Pelosi is a power hungry bitter old bag.
watt75 you forgot to add that she is a "botoxed power hungry bitter old bag." :)
Gee Sheryl, your botoxed vagina would know all about that, right? Cheap shots sure are fun.
See, power is too addictive. This is a great case study of the need for term limits.
If the citizens of her district continue to re-elect her who are you to say "no" to them?
There are more people in Pelosi's district than there are in the entire state of Alaska. And north Dakota.
So you want to take the vote away from all of those hard working tax paying Democrats?
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Why they let her stay I don't know, we paid for her to fly home on a private jet three times a year for the last four years at $500,000 per trip. She should be made to fly commercial. She is such a wasteful person and and idiot, she proved that when she said, in front of Congree, we need to pass this bill to find out whats in it. I have read it and only an idiot would approve it. Our taxes are going up and anyone that believes only the rich will be taxed more is stupid. Our paper just reported that a family of four will have more than $3,000 taxes to be paid next year, so much for helping the middle class. I knew everything they said was a lie, Democrats lie and the entitlement people vote them back in, low class has become the norm.
Yes, we understand that, trailer trash Sonja, you are representative of the norm we elected OUT OF OFFICE. Now clean up your yard .. that trash is disgusting.
Sonja: You are absolutely correct. The middle-class and poor will be suffering under this administration: Obamacare taxes, lay-offs when companies can't afford Obamacare (it's happening NOW), and higher prices on EVERYTHING when companies need to generate more revenue to pay for Obamacare and higher taxes. Liberals are so blind - must be a side effect of the kool-aid.
The "private jet" in question is the jet that the Sergeant at Arms for the House of Representatives mandated be used by the Speaker of the House. It is currently being used by Speaker Boehner as it was by Speaker Hastert prior to 2007.
Another plastic surgery and she could be called Pez head instead of President.
As another poster put it on another thread this morning, one more face lift and she will have a beard.
Thanks for bringing that image to my mind TTTH! think i'll go regurgitate my breakfast now...
Sorry Sirie. I'll buy lunch to make up for it.
Pelosi must have all of you unAmerican republicons really scared by the thought of actually working a 5 day work week again after the 2014 election.
I bet all the plastic surgery must be great for her sex life with her husband. He probably thinks he is having an affair with numerous women. Don't know what he thinks about her gut.
miklkit- I have been working 5 and 6 day work weeks in spite of Obama for three years now. Not the job I had four years ago nor the pay but working nonetheless. Suggest you find some work and see how the other half lives.
You do know that the republicon House only works a 4 day work week? Don't you?
I am retired from heavy construction and have my Union pension as my only income. The last few jobs I worked were all 6-10 jobs outdoors in oil refineries. I even got snowed on in California!
You were working in spite of what bush/cheney did to America.
Oil refineries in CA will be a thing of the past soon. Keep your pay stubs to show the grand kids what the old days looked like.
Way to go Nancy. This will really upset those Tea Baggers and GOP because those spineless hipocits hate anyone who carrys the Commander in Chief's agenda. Nancy is definetely 100% Obama. Way to go girl Us liberials got your back. We love you Nancy.
How can you be a Liberal when you use words of hate? Talk about being a HYPOCRITE!
wow dmill did you even finish school? "hipocits" can someone please explain to me what that is? and "us liberials got your back" ummmmm another product of the public school system? Your parents must be very proud of you. <<<<< insert sarcasm here.
Hatred is a good description of you teabaggers. It is the only emotion you have left.
dmill,
did you say that Nancy does her best work for the president on her back? You are horrible to say something like that about a 80 year old hag.
A very Smart and Powerful woman. Thank you Mrs.Pelosi for your leadership.
Phamton
you can't lead from the back of the bus.
Yawn...Rich, hypocritical, crazy, looney Nancy refusing to give up power. Like we expected anything less.
This ought to guarantee a republican congress as long as this ultra liberal is in! Why don't the democrat's kick her out?
No one said you needed intelligence to lead a political party.
rob: Like majority of Americans kicked GOP out....refusing to give them the presidency and reducting their seats in Congress....like that?
We will never kick Nancy out because she is an Obama woman and true Democrat. Being a Democrat means she has a lot of humanity - unlike most Republicans. She is also very smart which is another trait that Republicans don't share. Republican Bobby Jindal said it best, "The GOP is the Party of the Dumb" Your dumbness will continue until your just a footnote, even your talent for lying won't save you this time.
OMG - LMAO I just about spit sweet tea on my screen laughing at this. I doubt that she even knows the meaning of humanity.
LTCkOHL,Nancy Pelosi is wealthy and advocates for programs for the poorest with the middle classes tax dollars.If anybody thinks that their elected officials on both sides of the aisles has American citizens well being on the top of the list then they are living in a Polly Anna world.
first the stole the election with fraud and deceit.. the real winner should have been RON PAUL.. but the corrupt system took him out.. Now it´s the same with the same people. to finish off what they started four years ago.. all the systems are in place to take away the rest fo the freedom and liberties of the american people.. what we have now is a quasi-communist state with 48 million people HOOKED on food stamps... GOD HELP US
juan, guess we better hop to it and wean all those food addicted kids off Food Stamps, would going cold turkey suit you?
Yes Juan - I know if you had your way you would let 47 million people starve. You know why you would do that? It's because Juan, you are not actually human, you just try to pass for a human.
How many people voted for Ron Paul?
Oh! Good.... now the Socialist Democracy Party, Family Tree of the Radical Left is Foaming at mouth again..
HaHaHa...The hits keep on coming. Someone should tell her to just go home. Her states cities are going bankrupt and her state is not far behind.
Excellent news. You wanna know how great she is? Just listen to how much the republicans fear her...
yes that why I want eat Starkist Tuna, her husband puts Socialist in each can.
I fear her insanity, just like Obama. These people can't be sane. Obama = Hitler in a turban.
Ayup! Hear the fear from the teabaggers.
Repubs are in shock that the community organizer kicked the businessmans butt AND Repubs lost seats in the House and Senate.
GOP's only objective for the last 4 years was to make President Obama a 1 term president....major FAIL!
What will the GOP do now that their collective butts have been kicked....only have to look at this site and see the ranting and wailing that will continue for the next 4 years....nothing constructive, nothing positive, nothing logical...just ranting and wailing.
That's OK, President Obama and the Dems will be the adults in the room as they have been for the last 4 years and America will continue on the path to recovery...which is why majority of Americans re-elected President Obama.
Dragon--first of all, Obama did NOT 'kick Romney's butt'. You might not have noticed but Obama got over 9 MILLION fewer votes this time than he did last time.
Second, there will always be turn over of some seats in Congress. Just not too many times does a SWEEPING turn over occur like the one in 2010.
Third, we will find OUT what kind of 'community organizer Obama really is this term. He mad NO effort to work with republicans for four years, and if he wants to keep this country from going off the financial cliff (to use an over-worked cliche) he will have to break down and COMPROMISE.
And fourth--you DO know that it is not being 'adult' when you expect the other guy to give you every thing YOU want. We didn't elect Obama king, and remember, like most who are elected President, he didn't get much over 50% of the vote. That means that NEARLY as many people voted against thim as for him.
No one cares about the numbers or the lies. The President remains the President. Deal with it and grow up
MO, we do not elect Presidents by popular vote, but by electoral vote, and Obama won 336 to 206. That's a mandate. A hugh mandate. If you think otherwise, then you must agree that George Bush was not elected President for his second term.
The President and Democrats offered multiple compromises to the the Republicans during the past four years. Most were initially accepted, then rejected by the teabaggers. In fact, it was Republican candidate Mourdock who said "...bipartisanship means they have to come our way...".
Momaid, You need to look up COMPROMISE in Websters. Have you convinced yourself that it was ONLY the President who refused to compromise with the Republiclowns? You got to know that there was total opposition to anything the President proposed. There was this agreement that most elected GOP Reps signed, called Grover-Norquist, which basically said Vote NO on everything, even if you like it! Thats good ole, obstructionist, rich white guy, GOP politics. Nice huh? gotta be proud of that stuff.
And I'm sorry Mo, the Muttster DID get his butt kicked. Denial won't change that!
What I want to know is who is obama going to blame for the last 4 years? LOL comrades.
dragon, How can you spew all that bull @!$%#? What did obama and palosi do for america? I know, pass a bill that will break america, but then, you had to pass it to find out what was inside it. Wasn't that what the old hag said. I'm not one of the rich republican, however, if I had all the money that that old biddy paid for her plastic surgery, I could really help the national debt with the taxes I'd pay on it.
Unreal, yours is just another pathetic right-wing response of denigrating the messenger instead of addressing the issue. If Republicans had bothered to participate fully in the Affordable Healthcare negotiations they would not have found themselves facing a vote and not having read the bill.
You democrats have SUCH blinders on. Pelosi said in 2008 WE ARE NOW IN CHARGE.... which meant time and time again....... shut up and sit down ..... all we want is YOUR (republicans) vote and NOT your input ------ and THIS was echoed time and time again by Obama - and the fact that you do NOT see or believe this is really mind-boggling to me.......... you are like lemmings running to the cliff (the fiscal cliff)...... well enjoy the fall because fall you will........ wow I still can't believe it.......... common sense DOES NOT rule in the Democratic party........ sad for America........... There will be no consensus building from the democrats .... they do not understand what that means........ the Republicans go to the middle and no one else is ever there........... C-O-N-S-E-N-S-U-S........... even Clinton and Kennedy knew what that meant....... democratic leadership is sorely lacking..........
MOmaid,
332 electoral votes for Obama
206 electoral votes for Romney
The technical term for that is LANDSLIDE BABY!
Nancy Pelosie is an idiot
IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE........50% Otherwise.....I would not to be someone, who every time I looked at TWO People, I knew ONE of them thought I was a Putz!
@Disgusted - you need to run to the womens bathroom, buy a tampon, and attend to your period problem - they are running amok.