Pelosi says it may take a woman to clean up the House

[carzen]

Nancy Pelosi stands to make life much tougher for President Bush if the November 7 elections net her a powerful job that puts her just two steps behind him.

The 66-year-old California liberal stands to become the first woman to lead the House of Representatives if she and fellow Democrats win control of the chamber from Bush's Republicans.

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"The only way to deal with Bush is as a co-equal branch of government," she said. "The Republican Congress has been a rubber stamp for his failed policies" on such basics as fiscal and national security.

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"Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House, and a new speaker to restore civility," Pelosi said.



http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-10-12T191802Z_01_N12294999_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-POLITICS-PELOSI.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-politicsNews-2

[shance]

1. I love how the Media Industrial Complex calls Pelosi a "liberal".

She's Washington establishment. To call any Washingtonian a "liberal" at this point is like calling Ghandi a venture capitalist.

Pelosi's also quite wealthy.

However, she is a smart, eloquent woman, and yet disappointedly has become increasingly detached from those in her district who unanimously oppose the war. She's neither conservative nor liberal.

[lvx35]

6. How is she off on the war?

From her site:

http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/Sept06/April2006NIE.html

Pelosi: ‘War in Iraq Is Making it Harder for America to Fight and Win the War on Terror’

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the New York Times report on an April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate which concluded that the war in Iraq was making the war on terror more difficult to fight and win.

“The news report on the National Intelligence Estimate is further proof that the war in Iraq is making it harder for America to fight and win the war on terror.

“Five years after 9/11 and Osama bin Laden is still free and not a single terrorist who planned 9/11 has been caught and brought to justice. President Bush should read the intelligence carefully before giving another misleading speech about progress in the war on terrorism.”

[democracyindanger]

11. Wealthy people can't be liberal, huh?

News to me.

[wicket]

15. No kidding - someone better tell Ted Kennedy!

:P

[KDLarsen]

32. George Soros! Paging George Soros!

;)

[LostinVA]

12. Wealthy people can be liberal -- even VERY liberal n/t

[Mr. Jinx]

2. To Quote "Airplane 2"

McCroskey: What's a woman doing in charge of that ship?

Jacobs: Maybe she has her ship together!

Go Nancy!

[Xenotime]

18. great movie and a great lady to lead our nation..

I am looking forward to our victory.

[lvx35]

3. hehe. That's a funny quote.

It makes me think of the republicans as a bunch of slobby boys playing with tonka trucks and Pelosi as their mother. :)

[Kolesar]

4. Ok. I'll just go bowling with my buddies

...be in late.

[Lance_Boyle]

5. Wait a minute...

she's saying that cleaning house is women's work? :evilgrin:

[w4rma]

8. Apparently for that House it is. (nt)

[Megahurtz]

10. Lol!

:D

[iconoclastic cat]

7. Nice way to turn that "mommy party" bullshit around on them.

So, Republicans, does mommy need to bail your ass out again? You ungrateful little bastards.

[calimary]

24. Yes. "Mommy" has to step in and clean up after you again, and

straighten out your ass. Especially since "daddy" is AWOL - too busy running off with the cute young boys.

And YES, it's an EXCELLENT way to turn their derisive "mommy party" crap back on them. My husband's family had this running joke based on an encounter at a family picnic years ago, when my late father-in-law was a kid. There was a cousin named Clarence. One of the female elders in the family turned to him at one point and said "now remember, Clarence, your mother always knows best." Since then, that's also acquired a second version - "...your mother is always right." Either way. And we still quote that to this very day. The House of Reps could use that admonishment, too.

[kestrel91316]

9. There's a reason why "housekeepers" are always women.....

we're especially suited to the job. It's time we be given the opportunity to do our thing.

The frat boys have made a royal mess.

[endarkenment]

13. Considering the fact that it is a toilet...

now don't flame me - speaker-to-be Pelosi started it. I think it is actually a great counter to the vile meme of 'oh no what if Nancy Pelosi gets in power'. Women always get stuck with the dirty house cleaning jobs.

[applegrove]

14. And the joke from someone at the Montreal Comedy Festival:

How to find WMD? Send a woman in: "honey(Rummy) I found them (WMD), right where you left them"

[Peace Patriot]

16. Get out the BROOMS! What a great symbol for this election!!!!

BROOMS everywhere...to sweep the dirt out of OUR HOUSE!

BROOMS in ads! BROOMS on brochures! BROOMS on the internet! BROOMS out in the precincts for get-out-the-vote!

Let's CLEAN THE HOUSE! And the Senate, too!

Might as well use the witch meme to our benefit--they're so worried about women ("femminazis") ruling over them! FEMMINAZIES WITH BROOMS!!! Why not get IN THEIR FACES?!!

It'll be Halloween in two weeks. Oh, the possibilities!

[Rose Siding]

17. She's smart to remind voters about this.

It's high time that govt looked more like US.

[libodem]

19. A 'woman' to clean up the house

that's just plain sexist. Okay then the 'men' can take out the garbage.;)

[happydreams]

20. Try telling that to my friends ex-wife....

she's a repug. :evilgrin:

[David Zephyr]

21. I like that: "Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House"

That's as good as her saying she will "drain the swamp" the first 100 hours.

[gully]

22. Awesome sound bite!

Go Nancy!

[rodeodance]

23. YO HO Nancy-go for it.

[Demeter]

25. Damn Straight, Sister!

It is the inevitable conclusion. Just don't forget to add Impeachment to your To Do List, right after there's a sitting Congress. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

[ddeclue]

26. Don't you mean "President Pelosi"...

After Bush and Cheney, she's third in succession... impeachment time...

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

[Clarkie1]

27. Nancy Pelosi will make a splendid Speaker of the House. nt

[bdamomma]

28. I think there should be alot of women to clean up the House and

Senate!!!

[SharonAnn]

30. Yes, my thought too! Lots of women and a few good men.

[orwell]

29. Now that...

...is a great tagline.

"It may take a woman to clean up the house!"

Run with it Nancy, run with it...

[MagickMuffin]

31. This is My Blog of the Day!

Nancy **Stars** in my "Standing Up" comic series....


Check it out. :evilgrin: