PELOSI EASILY WINS RE-ELECTION - EASILY BEATING SHEEHAN

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: San Fransisco Sentinel

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi easily won re-election to the House of Representatives Tuesday despite a challenge from renowned anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan.

With all precincts reporting, preliminary election results showed House Speaker Pelosi with 72 percent of the vote. Sheehan, who appeared on the ballot as an independent, garnered 17 percent support.

Republican Dana Walsh received 9 percent of the vote and Libertarian Philip Berg received 2 percent.

Sheehan gained fame as an outraged mother after her son Casey was killed in the Iraq war in 2004. She became an outspoken critic of the war and garnered national media attention when she led a protest outside President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch in 2005.

Read more: http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=17294

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I am going to go out on a limb and predict that Nancy Pelosi will be reelected as Speaker of the House in January.



You heard it here first. ;)

[rateyes]

1. Way to rain on my parade.

:hi:

[Freddie Stubbs]

24. If your idea of a parade is Democrats losing elections, I will be more than happy to rain on it

[ORDagnabbit]

43. blind patriotism for a (D) is not patriotism. Pelosi sucks.

[Freddie Stubbs]

44. That's what primaries are for

[Le Taz Hot]

68. Let's just ignore that fact

that any Dem that challenges Pelosi will be starved for $$ and support for the Democratic Party Machine. We need to tell the truth on this.

[Freddie Stubbs]

69. Her primary opponent raised enough money to run radio and TV ads

but still only got less than 11% or the vote.

[Le Taz Hot]

70. If you're not going to be honest about this subject

you're wasting my time. Blind allegiance to ANY party is unpatriotic.

[Freddie Stubbs]

72. What is untrue about her opponent having raised enough money to advertise on radio and TV?

"Well I'm actually over $108,000 right now," said Golub.

That's $108,000 from people who've seen her ads on the air or on YouTube or on her Web Site. It may be chicken feed compared to Pelosi $2 million war chest.

But Golub says it's enough.

"It's allowed me to do television ads radio ads newspaper ads, and just outreach to people because I'm not yet a household name despite the rubber chicken," said Golub.

more: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=6181362

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. We need new leadership in both houses of congress.

Fuck Pelosi and Reid. They don't deserve to be rewarded for their spinelessness against the Chimp.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. Did any Democratic candidates promise to oppose Pelosi or Reid's continued leadership?

:shrug:

[bluestateguy]

3. Pelosi is not a great Speaker

But Sheehan is just an annoying gnat.

[defendandprotect]

15. Anti-war sentiment is not a "gnat" -- and Pelosi became war hawk overnight --!!!

[Freddie Stubbs]

33. Perhaps if she focused her efforts on electing Democrats who agreed with her she would

have more success.

[onehandle]

4. Good. Sheehan was wasting her time like Nader did in 2000.

They could have gone for smaller targets, but Noooooo. Neither were serious about a win.

[defendandprotect]

16. Clearly, simplistic thinking isn't going to get you anywhere --

Anti-war/Sheehan and Nader and whole range of interests covered by Nader

are for the national stage -- and not to be limited in any way --






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RECOVERING CATHOLIC FOR OBAMA --

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[TreasonousBastard]

5. I was going to predict that somone would bitch about Pelosi...

but I see I'm too late.

[kenfrequed]

6. sigh

Sheehan should have did a primary bid against Pelosi. She would have had a lot more luck running from within the party.

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Yeah, like the party Machine would

have given her ANY support. The Democratic Party FORCED her to run outside the party.

[kenfrequed]

21. Well...

There probably is some truth to that

[az chela]

30. And that is why she lost.Pelosi is a bush lover and supports

everything he does

[Freddie Stubbs]

35. Please stop posting lies about Democrats

Did she support Bush when he vetoed the expansion of the SCHIP program?

[Freddie Stubbs]

34. So she decided have the 'party Machine' beat her in the general election instead of the primary?

That certainly accomplished a lot.

[Mari333]

8. too bad n/t

[The Stranger]

9. Nancy Disaster re-elected? Even after covering for the criminal junta for two years?

That's okay, at least she can't incur as much damage now that we have the White House.

[Freddie Stubbs]

36. I suppose there must be a lot of voters in San Fransisco who don't share your assessment of Pelosi

It must be a conservative town.

[The Stranger]

54. Oh bullshit. There are a lot of Democrats and DUers who share my assessment.

[Freddie Stubbs]

55. Pelosi won the DEMOCRATIC primary with over 88% of the vote

http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=70719

But what do those San Fransisco voters know?

[The Stranger]

56. I'm talking about the whole fucking nation -- not 88% of one primary district.

Pelosi has held down the nation while the criminal Bush Junta raped it over and over and over.

I'm sure she's secured some good federal funding for San Francisco, and that keeps her re-elected -- unfortunately for the rest of the nation.

[Freddie Stubbs]

57. Did the 'whole fucking nation' elect Congressment who will not support Pelosi for Speaker?

Did ANYONE run for Congress promising to do this?

[The Stranger]

58. The Speaker is not elected by popular vote, but Pelosi let the Bush criminals off the hook.

And the people (who didn't elect Pelosi as Speaker) see her as complicit for covering for them.

[Freddie Stubbs]

59. The voters didn't seem to have a problem with increasing the size of her caucus

Pelosi serves at the pleasure of the majority in the House. If the majority doesn't like her leadership style, they can replace her at any time. Funny how no one has made an effort to do that.

[Bake]

71. I guess they're not voters in Pelosi's district, huh.

Too bad you couldn't vote in that race.

Bake

[Cleita]

10. Well not all news is good news.

I really hope we get a new Speaker of the House though. We need Dennis Kucinich to actually get some necessary business done to undo all the damage the Bush administration has brought us. Nancy won't do it.

[Freddie Stubbs]

50. Kucinich can introduce all the bills that he wants to

But if he cannot convince the committee chairmen to hold hearings on the proposed legislation, he will continue to have little success.

[harmonicon]

11. the good news here:

The Republican came in 3rd.

yeah... Pelosi probably will remain as speaker.... no comment

[midnight]

12. Thank you Cindy for being a voice against this criminal WAR....

You will always be a winner to me..... Let's bring them home.....

[L. Coyote]

13. All right!! and D'OH!

Now, to pick a new speaker.

[Kalifornia.Kid]

14. Pelosi's 72 percent of the vote was the lowest margin of victory in her political career.

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Buzzzz!

Wrong.

She was in a tight race in 1987 when she ran the first time.

[Freddie Stubbs]

23. How many other politicians can brag that thier LOWEST margin of victory is 72%?

:shrug:

[ronnykmarshall]

27. RECOUNT!!!!!

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

17. Few countries are as forgiving to collaborators as the US is

The only thing Pelosi cares about and will fight for is her private commercial jet.

[INDIA]

51. And what on EARTH is a "private commercial jet"????? nt

[cobalt1999]

19. Like there was ever any doubt.

I'm only surprised that there were enough people to get Sheenan 17%.

[Romulox]

20. That means more taxpayer money for her cronies in AIG. Hooray! nt

[Loge23]

22. Awful news

Pelosi is one case where I actually agree w/ freeps - albeit for different reasons.

[Freddie Stubbs]

42. Awful news for Freepers indeed

[Larkspur]

26. Nancy needs to be spanked for her poor leadership in the House

She and Harry Reid are the "Pathetic Pair". Neither refused to stand up to President of Low Approval Ratings on Iraq or any other important issue. Neither are leaders. They are followers in leadership positions.

[Freddie Stubbs]

41. Instead of being punished, she will be rewarded by being reelected Speaker

[Ian David]

28. I donated to Sheehan, but PayPal sent my money to some Democrat in SC or something. n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

39. Sounds like a well competent, well-run campaign

[hughee99]

29. I guess new leadership in the house is "off the table" too. n/t

:(

[Freddie Stubbs]

38. Did ANY Democrats running for Congress promise to

elect someone else other than Pelosi as Speaker?

[hughee99]

53. Not that I'm aware of, but if by some miracle Pelosi lost

They'd have to pick a new speaker.

[knixphan]

31. Dennis for speaker!

[Freddie Stubbs]

37. He knows better than to try to challenge Pelosi for the Speakership

[onenote]

65. Hopefully he does, although I wouldn't bet my house on that

If he ran he wouldn't win, but he might actually get 175 votes - his and 174 repubs trying to embarass Pelosi and the rest of the Democrats.

[crossroads]

46. That would be icing on the cake! I love Dennis!

Can't say the same for Nancy!
CR

[Dr Fate]

32. Cindy ran a good race, but I'm glad Pelosi won. n/t

n/t

[EFerrari]

40. The defense industry rejoices!

:woohoo:

[unkachuck]

45. a good practice run....

....2 years is just around the corner....the Wealthy Republican Wall-Street Bailout Vote is going to hang heavily around the fat necks of all who voted for it after 2 years of economic depression....the people will be reminded of it daily when they eat their can of beans....

....hang in there, Cindy!!

[onenote]

64. wow....

and I thought the repubs who believe palin has a future were delusional...

[RCinBrooklyn]

47. Still hope that Pelosi is dumped as Speaker. She represents failure.

[lib2DaBone]

48. WTF? I don't get it? Especially in San Francisco.

Nancy Pelosi has done everything she can to stand with the Repukes... what is wrong with the the DEMS in SF?

God speed to Cindy Sheehan.. she has worked hard and was a voice in the wilderness through it all.

[Freddie Stubbs]

49. San Francisco values

[robcon]

52. Good news - but not surprising.

Did ANYONE see Sheehan as a politician, much less a U.S. Representative? Anyone????

[Art_from_Ark]

60. The last I heard, being a career politician

was no prerequisite for being a US Representative.

In fact, Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers envisioned representatives being elected from all walks of life, serving for a term or two, then returning to their previous profession and allowing someone else to represent their district.

[martymar64]

61. Pelosi is Lieberman in a dress

She is the worst Speaker in US History. She is supposed to be a Democrat yet she frequently carries water for the Rethugs.

Nancy, you suck. Don't you have some offs to go fuck?

[Freddie Stubbs]

62. Surely House Democrats won't reelect as Speaker someone who sides with the GOP so much, right?

:shrug:

[onenote]

63. Since you're a historian, please tell us about the other speakers

and how they were so much better than Pelosi. I assume you're a big fan of Newt. He got a lot done. Of course, it turned out he overreached and it blew up in his face, but he was a super speaker for a couple of years.

[Darwins Doberman]

67. Hastert was awesome!

What an idiotic post.

James Lawrence Orr wished to maintain slavery, has Nancy Pelosi put her support behind anything as hideous as that?

[TNTSLIM]

66. GET THIS MESSAGE TO OUR PRESIDENT ELECT PLEASE

I am requesting your assistance " Democratic Undergrounders" if you agree with me that this Inauguration must be for

our Troops and their families and not for the ," usual suspects" of "who is who" while our Troopers are facing a

ruthless and determined enemy on three fronts shall we be like "President Bush in 2005 where one headline read...

" Bush Dances While Mothers Mourn ?" ( Just google it folks.)

If you read what follows and you agree with it then please,let us get the message out like a Tsunami to the President

Elect please.

a humble "suggestion" to the President Elect,who is a very humble and

fiercely Patriotic American.

Please, help me get this "suggestion" to Our President Elect,Barrack

Obama.

These were the headlines when President Bush was inaugurated in 2005.

http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/01/bush-dances-while-mothers-

mourn.html

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/01/11/inaugural/

It is my humble suggestion to the President Elect that during his

Inauguration that he set a different pace and tone in Washington,The

Country and the World by inviting as many of the Families of our

Fallen Soldiers and Soldiers serving in the Battlefields of the Three

Front War which we are fighting as he can ( and let the party officials

and supporters take a back seat to them and assist in bringing them to

the Inauguration) and on 01/20/2009 the same food which is being

served to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan that day be served at the

Inauguration Dinner and the President and His family should partake of

the very same food in the very same utensils which the Soldiers are

eating on that day.

Our President should remember the words of an ancient soldier (Uriah,

who was betrayed by his Commander In Chief), and I quote Uriah's=20

words to his Commander in Chief,David," And Uriah said unto David, The

ark,and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the

servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go

into mine house,to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou

livest,and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing." Second Samuel

Verse (11)Unquote.

Mr.President,as the Children and the families of the fallen soldiers and

the Soldiers are fed at your Inauguration=A0 we know there shall be

no Alcohol with Children around and no drunks but please,let your

Inauguration be lacking in the show of Wealth in a nation beset by great

economic problems and so many of us without Jobs but has chosen to

place our confidence in God that you shall be the President that you

want to be a President for Main Street and Wall Street ....a President

for all America ...a President who feels our pain and shares our dreams

and who remembers the fallen Soldiers and their families and His

Troopers in the Field of=A0 Battle facing a ruthless and determined

enemy so that we could sleep peacefully at night.

God bless our President Elect the incoming Congress and God Bless

America.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/private?source=mybobar