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Pelosi is Already Drunk on Power and Today's Just the First Day of Democratic Control

Pelosi's position as Speaker of the House is really going to her head. If she keeps this up, soon her aides will have to grease the sides of her head just to get her through the doors of the House.

A new Congress convenes today with a narrow Democratic majority lording over a despondent Republican minority.


While the full weight of Republicans' powerlessness sinks in after 12 years of control, Democrats are celebrating the historic election today of the first female speaker of the House.

"We have waited over 200 years for this time to come," Mrs. Pelosi said on the eve of her selection as speaker, a position that makes her second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney.

"We will not just break through a glass ceiling, we will break through a marble ceiling," she said. "In more than 200 years of history, there was an established pecking order -- and I cut in line."

After calling herself "the most powerful woman in America," Mrs. Pelosi flexed her right muscle like a weight lifter to much applause at an event yesterday titled a "women's tea."

"All right, let's hear it for the power," she screamed as the jubilant applause continued.

Wow. That's really Obnoxious. Humility is far more attractive than arrogance, something she has yet to learn. It would also be smart for her to remember that the American voters put her in this position, and they can take it away from her. Let's pray that's the case two years from now.

And as USMC Pilot correctly reminded me, her own Democratic party could remove her from the office of Speaker sooner than two years if they become tired of her obnoxious attitude.

Update: Surprisingly, Andrea Mitchell thinks Pelosi's attitude is unseemly as well. Here's Andrea's question

Are you happy with this big celebration that Nancy Pelosi has planned for herself? Is it a bit unseemly to have Stevie Wonder and Tony Bennett and the dinners and the lunches and the brunches and the trip to Baltimore to rename the street in honor of her. Isn't this a little bit too imperial?

I'd say that comment must have smarted, but I don't think Nancy is feeling any pain right now.

Watch the video of Andrea's question here.

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Comments (206)

If she keeps talking, the A... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilotb:

If she keeps talking, the American public won't have to remove her from power, the Democrats in Washington will have already done it. She has alienated so many of her own party that I can't see her lasting for two years.

Going to slightly disagree ... (Below threshold)
Faith+1:

Going to slightly disagree here. Well, not so much as disagree as say it doesn't really matter.

Arrogance and obnoxiousness are traits of politicians as is love of power. We should not be surprised.

An expression of phony humility, to me, is worse than being honest about their obnoxious, power hungry ways.

The comments above apply to politicans regardless of party affiliation.

Faith+1:Your comme... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

Faith+1:

Your comment is well taken. However, where as most politicians are smart enough to conceal those traits, Nancy Pelosi is standing on a soap box screaming them to the world. There is a reason that most politicians use the "expression of phony humility" route. It at least keeps them from looking realy stupid. Pelosi's mouth is starting to set her up as thinking she is "Queen of America", and about to disband parliment.

"Pride goeth before a fall,... (Below threshold)
Wethal:

"Pride goeth before a fall, and a haughty spirit before destruction."

Third in line? So... (Below threshold)
LJD:

Third in line?

So if some one shot HER, Bush would still be President, right?

LJD:Now thats funn... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

LJD:

Now thats funny!

In all fairness, it is</... (Below threshold)
Jess:

In all fairness, it is a major milestone having a female Speaker. Sure, I could do without the muscle-flexing, but as Faith+1 suggested above, I'd prefer that over phony humility any day.

All politicians want power; some are just better at masking it.

Gee, I guess Nancy Pelosi m... (Below threshold)
Jo:

Gee, I guess Nancy Pelosi meant it when she said this would be a really "open" congress. She's already "openly" stating that she's a power hungry obsessed woman. That didn't take long.

P.S. It's even more fun to... (Below threshold)
Jo:

P.S. It's even more fun to see them fall, stumble and humiliate themselves when they are so openly arrogant. These next two years should be a hoot.

Kim ,Wow - Everyday ... (Below threshold)
Mark Blahut:

Kim ,
Wow - Everyday , you are obnoxious and arrogant and it seems to be allright with most or your readers.
Between you and Lori , I am not sure who is less informed . If this was a republican woman ( I know that is a stretch ) Where would you find a capable woman in your party, you would be peeing yourself.
Keep electing retards like george and keep crying .
If you want women to lead , you must join the Democratic Party . A women will NEVER lead in your party, EVER. Kind of sad , but true .
Rebublican women are FOLLOWERS - They listen to the man leaders , sad , sad , sad .

Only on this sad deluded we... (Below threshold)
marty arrowsmith:

Only on this sad deluded web site can "patriots" get on line and suggest that pelosi be shot -thanks LJD

Third in line?

So if some one shot HER, Bush would still be President, right?

Posted by: LJD at January 4, 2007 09:00 AM

or talk about ignorance or arragnace with the comment from Wethal

"Pride goeth before a fall, and a haughty spirit before destruction."

Posted by: Wethal at January 4, 2007 08:56 AM

Unless that moron was talking about war criminal and chief George Bush and his cabal.

Feel the Hate

Ignorance is strength

Well, this is all part of p... (Below threshold)

Well, this is all part of politics as i mentioned in my previous post, politics keep changing everytime ans each time the scenario is completely different.

LJD, USMC Pilot, joking abo... (Below threshold)
Reality:

LJD, USMC Pilot, joking about the assasination of the speaker of the house is never funny. I have forwarded this thread to the FBI, we can let them decide.

marty arrowsmith:Y... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

marty arrowsmith:

You give us a short rant about "sad deluded web sites" and "ignorance or arragnace", and then you give us:

"Unless that moron was talking about war criminal and chief George Bush and his cabal."

Any chance that you could recognize the hypocricy of your post?

A "drunk" pelosi and old ma... (Below threshold)
drdoom:

A "drunk" pelosi and old man reid have still got to be better than a "leadership" that inluded moron man DR bill Frist who lamely thought he saw cognition in Schiavo. Even more frightening is that he saw cognition in Bush. What about the pedophile Foley. There is a champion for the working man for you. Ofcourse, these are "men" who support torture, disregard for habeus corpus, the support of an immoral and illegal war that has cost thousands of lives and our children's wealth.

Too bad I just can't remember that hypocrite's name who was the spritual adviser for Bush by day and gay meth addict by night.

And you think Pelosi is a danger to America

Wake Up

Reality:Thanks. I ... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

Reality:

Thanks. I Have a long list of "moonbat" comments from the left at this site, talking about the posibilty of the death of the president, that I have been wanting to talk with them about.

Keep on "misunderestimating... (Below threshold)
Hugh:

Keep on "misunderestimating" her just like you did in November.

Tsk tsk USMC. Two wrongs make a right? I'm surprised at a man your age.

H

Leona Helmsley II... (Below threshold)
MRL:

Leona Helmsley II

And the demacrats want to s... (Below threshold)
spurwing plover:

And the demacrats want to strat taxing and spending as soon as they can get the grubby mitts on our tax money for every pork project they can dream up

spurwing:Yup, lust... (Below threshold)
Hugh:

spurwing:

Yup, lust like the trillion dollars soon to be spent policing a civil war in Iraq. Who spent that?

Hugh:No one is "un... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

Hugh:

No one is "underestimating" (mis ?) her. The point is, if she continues to make herself the news, and not her agenda, she will not last long. Yes, there is an "old boy" network in the Republican party, but there is one in the Democratic party also, and if she steps on enough toes, it will remove her from the leadership.

Anyone who posts that they are referring someone to the FBI over a obvious joke is beneath contempt. My comment was ment to illustrate just how much I considered it that way.

I did NOT proppose that the... (Below threshold)
LJD:

I did NOT proppose that the Speaker should be shot, nor did I condone it.

I merely asked a question.

You took the bait, so take it for what you will, but it IS damn funny.

BTW I am more offended by t... (Below threshold)
LJD:

BTW I am more offended by the Washington times noting that she is third inline- as if you only have to kill two people to have a female President.

See how this works both ways?

Why is it that when people ... (Below threshold)
Jeff Irvin:

Why is it that when people do not have a cogent argument to make, or a valid criticism, they automatically turn to the "humility card"?

It seems to me that there are two types of humility. There is the equalitarian or leveling humility of those who think that no one should be in a position of power over them; and, so, they try to pull down anyone who has an ounce of confidence or assertiveness in our society. This is the attempt to establish a general false humility so that everyone will feel better.

Of course, respect and civility are different than humility. I personally think most people deserve respect and civility--that is until they lose it through their own actions. This is not, however, humility.

The second type of humility, which is true humility, is the kind that recognizes that there are others who are better at certain things than we are, or more worthy of respect and admiration than we are.

If you believe in God, then you should of necessity be humble before God since he/she is after all the all-knowing, all-powerful being of the universe. That does not mean that you owe humility to your fellow man--at least not until he/she has earned it.

So, let's stop all this talk of humility and instead demand that Pelosi and her party live up to the promises they have made. When they fail, as all politicians do when they abandon negotiation and compromise, there will be plenty of humble pie for everyone.

This is not a big deal, not... (Below threshold)

This is not a big deal, not only for the reasons previously mentioned, but also because the MSM has her back. I suspect that in next two years, there will be a number of stories like this, and the more conservatives huff and puff and get red in the face over them, the more they will be ignored by the MSM.

Of course, if this were Newt Gingrich or any other Republican Speaker, stories like this would be getting above-the-fold coverage all day, every day, 24/7.

The only remedy is defeating the Democrats electorally, but it remains to be seen whether the GOP will get its act together enough to make this happen. Personally, I'm not hopeful.

Nancy Pelosi's stint as Hou... (Below threshold)

Nancy Pelosi's stint as House Speaker will (mercifully) be a brief one. First of all, she reckons without the U.S. Senate at her peril. She and her arrogant minions can blather all they want, but the bottom line is that anything they pass then has to go to the Senate where the majority is only 1 and Senator Joe Lieberman is definitely the wild card in THAT equation. So they can waste their first 100 hours passing whateverinhell they want - the chances of it getting by the Senate are slender at best. And the failure of their feverish agenda will make them look as ridiculous as their behavior already does.

Second, should Speaker Pelosi show signs of harming La Clinton's presidential campaign, she will be summarily dealt with as only Hillary Rodham Clinton and her cabal can do!

Third - by the end of the 2 year Democratic House majority - the American people will be so disgusted with the Dems if they continue their present behavior that they will reverse the majority in record time. Do they honestly think that permitting that humbug Charlie Rangel to evict the Vice President of the United States from his office is calculated to endear them to any but the most deranged among them?

""All right, let's hear ... (Below threshold)
_Mike_:

""All right, let's hear it for the power", shouted Pelosi.

Anyone else note a little irony that a former 'child of the 60's' (aka hippie) is shouting this ? I guess tyranny is only bad when it's not her brand.

USMCI don't for a ... (Below threshold)
Hugh:

USMC

I don't for a minute think you underestimate her. That comment was addressed to those who like to just mock her and have nothing substantive to say.

The other comment was just to prod you about your age. i got your point in your post.

I know there are legions of NY Times haters here, but there is a really good op-ed by David Brooks which is about wealth and power. He's a good conservative columnist whom I respect and like to read. Check it out. It's also a little humorous.

H

As the masterful Speaker Pe... (Below threshold)
nikkolai:

As the masterful Speaker Pelosi (dem/San Francisco) assumes her role as most powerful woman in history, evil-doers the world over quake in their boots.

What hath the voters wrought?

Hugh: Please post a link to... (Below threshold)
Old Coot:

Hugh: Please post a link to that piece by David Brooks; sounds interesting.

Hugh,Good to see y... (Below threshold)
Adrienne:

Hugh,

Good to see you're still hanging with us...Who's really suprised by Speaker Pelosi's actions or attitudes...She really believes that America voted for her as speaker of the house...I'd like to point out that we don't hate the NYT...Okay not all of us do...Conservatives aren't monolithic (please forgive spelling)...That's a liberal fallacy my friend (or is it fantasy)...And we don't consider David Brooks a "really good conservative op-ed columnist"...He's okay and most likely a bit right of center, but calling the man conservative is a stretch...Happy New Year!

To quote the esteemed Chair... (Below threshold)
bobdog:

To quote the esteemed Chairman of the Democratic Party, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHH!" I hope the public reaction to her comments is the same as the reaction to Howard Dean.

Yo, Adrienne! You don't despise the NYT, but I certainly do. I wouldn't wrap fish guts with that rag. Not because I'm a Republican, but because it's a biased, dishonest and overbearing newspaper. I'll bet there might even be a few Democrats who feel the same way, somewhere...

Lying, cheating, stealing, ... (Below threshold)
Gianni:

Lying, cheating, stealing, illegal immigrant hiring, botox dependent Socialist C---!

San Fran Nan: Because nothi... (Below threshold)
nikkolai:

San Fran Nan: Because nothing, and I mean NOTHING says good ol' All American Values like San Francisco. Those voters out there really know what makes the rest of America tick. Our local elementary school has weekly gay, bi, lesbian and transgender awareness parades--doen't everybody's?

Way to ingratitate yourself... (Below threshold)
Peter F.:

Way to ingratitate yourself with the masses, Nancy.

But what's really funny is that for all the Dem kavetching about Bush's "power grabs" or him being power hungry or drunk on power, Nancy flatout says she's "the most powerful woman in America".

Final thought: I bet Oprah takes issue with Nancy's claim! LOL

We all need to remember one... (Below threshold)
civil behavior:

We all need to remember one thing.... the voters gave the majority power to the Democrats. That means that the neocon bloggers on Wizbang did not agree with the majority of voters in this past election

That's right, the voters did that. They said no more Republican control of the houses. And in 2008 they will speak again.

I suggest you keep putting McCain out in front. That ought to seal your fate.

Go Nancy, you go girl........

USMC Pilot said:"I... (Below threshold)
Faith+1:

USMC Pilot said:

"It at least keeps them from looking realy stupid. "

Respectfully disagree. I've seen no great evidence that politicians of any sort keep themselves from looking really stupid. I think they succeed in looking really stupid a good bit of the time.

Final thought: I b... (Below threshold)
Final thought: I bet Oprah takes issue with Nancy's claim! LOL

Not to mention Hillary! Clinton...

CB:Hope I don't bu... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

CB:

Hope I don't burst your bubble, but John McCain doen't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting the Republican nomination.

Old Coot:Here's th... (Below threshold)
Hugh:

Old Coot:

Here's the link to Brooks' column.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/opinion/04brooks.html

H

Wait a minute... You're loo... (Below threshold)
Jack Mehoffe:

Wait a minute... You're looking for humility now?? Hmmm... Lemme think what it has been like the past 12 years..... Yep, I think I remember a whole lot of arm twisting, manipulation and corruption. Yeah.... And arrogance of power, too. People like you are just trying to make as many mountains as you can out of the slightestr little mole hill. Makes me wonder about your maturity. Last time I heard people act like you, I was in first grade. Good luck... And remember, congress has oversight responsibility. Something you were happy to yell and scream about when Clinton was president... Now its al about power... The president can do what he wants.... I hope Clinton gets elected again.
have fun
JM

I think it is a bit prem... (Below threshold)
Jenny:

I think it is a bit premature to make such drastic statments. Let the Dems have their day. We as America should be able to put aside such pety sniping to celebrate the first women "speaker of the house".... Viva Madam speaker!

It's always unseemly when t... (Below threshold)
Rotwang:

It's always unseemly when the OTHER party exudes arrogance, n'est-ce pas?

Try to stagger your indignation a tad. There's two more years (at least) of gorge-raising Democrat rule ahead of you, so you'll want to space it out. In fact, today is probably the kindest day you'll see for awhile, as the hard work of obstructing the President and dismantling the neocon fear-state dystopia proceeds apace.

But never fear. You, too, will be permitted to participate in the New Liberal Order...with only modest restrictions. And the remnants of conservatism will be on display and available for viewing, 7 days a week, at the proposed "Museum of Political Anachronisms" in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

"and...and she's mean, and ... (Below threshold)
Verchiel:

"and...and she's mean, and she's ugly, and...and she has COOTIES!"

Interesting how 12 years of strongarming vote after vote garnered nary a peep, but Pelosi is "drunk on power" after merely talking about the relatively historic position she holds.

An exceptionally irrelevant--and petty--bit of commentary if ever there was one.

Hate to use the word, but "... (Below threshold)
Emmazon:

Hate to use the word, but "dittoes" to the comment by Verchiel.

Nancy Pelosi is not third i... (Below threshold)

Nancy Pelosi is not third in line to the presidency. That honor would belong to Senator Robert Byrd, who was confirmed as President Pro Temporare of the Senate.

Oh, did I mention that Byrd is a former leader of the KKK and filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964? If Byrd were a Republican, he would have been forced to resign long, long ago.

Uh, Nancy, honey, I hate to... (Below threshold)
Jo:

Uh, Nancy, honey, I hate to remind you of this, but outside your district, no americans elected you to anything.

Geeeze, the arrogance of these people.

This is nothing compared to... (Below threshold)
DJShay:

This is nothing compared to the Republican's power binge. It's not so fun when the tables are turned, is it?

Get used to it, you got 2 y... (Below threshold)
Larry:

Get used to it, you got 2 years of Nancy, and eight years of Hillary

You republicans are the big... (Below threshold)
jim:

You republicans are the biggest bunch of babies. Get over yourselves and quit whining about humility and bipartisanship. You fucks had twelve years in power and look what you did. shut the fuck up, assholes.

WWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... (Below threshold)

WWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Hey righties, we won, payba... (Below threshold)
Albert DiChiara:

Hey righties, we won, payback is a mother.

If anyone is drunk with pow... (Below threshold)
Gromlin:

If anyone is drunk with power it's the Decider. He's decided he now needs to read our mail...

You honestly thought the an... (Below threshold)
John:

You honestly thought the antics of Tom Delay and Bill Frist would not end up biting Republicans in the ass? Nancy Pelosi is the least of Republican's problems as we start this Congress. Wait till the investigations start ramping up and you will be lucky if she isn't President Pelosi.

Man. You've got some chutz... (Below threshold)
jacob m:

Man. You've got some chutzpah. The Republicans have ruled Washington like some abysmal combination of drunken sailor on shore leave and abusive, domineering father. When Newt arrived in Washington he was feted far more than any preceding Speaker. Of course it has long been the stance of the GOP that which is okay and permissible for themselves is evil, decadent and corrupt when enjoyed by Democrats.

I am going to enjoy the next few years as GOP hacks such as yourself and Andrea Mitchell have to choke on your own hypocrisy. The GOP was domineering, self-congratulatory and uncompromising; now that the tables have been turned you are going to whine and expect a comity you never offered. It would be high comedy were it not so pathetic.

P.S.- Jo, we live in a representative Democracy. When the representatives of the people are elected they speak for their constituents; you did not vote, personally, for Pelosi but your if your rep did then he or she did so with the authority of his or her constituents. Given the nature of our government, when your Rep does X, you in some part do X. :)

Hypocrite is spelled R-e-p-... (Below threshold)
Stephennnn:

Hypocrite is spelled R-e-p-u-b-l-i-c-a-n

You People are a bunch of F... (Below threshold)
fascistUSA:

You People are a bunch of FASCISTS.

BOTH Parties are Corrupt.

Lord Bush is a Dictator.

Our Democracy is OVER.

Imperial? Not as imperial a... (Below threshold)
Scott:

Imperial? Not as imperial as opening my private mail......

well what we need , should ... (Below threshold)
balence:

well what we need , should have had , and is described in the constitution is a coequal branch. If the republicans in congress had had a sense of thier power and responsibility the democrates would not be there.

Do you realize how many republicans have been chased out of the party by this administration? The spending, big goverment, incompetance is stunning.

You want to know where I learned this... It was from you Dad!

It used to be that we could mix and match the two competing philosophies getting the best most stable governance possible. The republicans just gave up any pretense of being for the people and sold out to corporations on immigration, the war, and tried to use religion to do it.

Well, if Nancy Pelosi is "d... (Below threshold)
HeardItHereFirstFolks:

Well, if Nancy Pelosi is "drunk on power", it's still better than GDumbya who is just plain "a drunk".

http://thumbsnap.com/v/6YvXAPG0.jpg

Sour grapes.If it ... (Below threshold)
Len:

Sour grapes.

If it were John Boner (sp?) up there screaming "All right, let's hear it for the power!" you all would be screaming right along with him.

The lady made history today. Have the balls to let her have her hour of celebration.

""All right, let's hear ... (Below threshold)
Tom:

""All right, let's hear it for the power", shouted Pelosi.

Anyone else note a little irony that a former 'child of the 60's' (aka hippie) is shouting this ? I guess tyranny is only bad when it's not her brand.

Posted by: _Mike_

Tyranny sir is 6 years of the Bush administration. She DOES have the power now, doesn't she? So why do you whine about it? When Frist and his bunch were ruining america, you didn't bitch about tyranny then, huh? Why now? You lost. Most of America was sick of the way YOUR party has run things - and they got thrown out! That is very clear, no? Gosh, sir. Get used to representative democracy. It is here to stay - regardless of what your preznit's signing statements say.

Quote: Wow. That's really O... (Below threshold)
pwnsauce:

Quote: Wow. That's really Obnoxious.

Good, it is because you lost, now quit whining you losers.

Get over it you LOST!!!!!!!... (Below threshold)
rick:

Get over it you LOST!!!!!!!!!!

Regarding King George.. Rew... (Below threshold)
Ed:

Regarding King George.. Reworded from the initial post....

[Wow. That's really obnoxious. Humility is far more acceptable than arrogance, something he has yet to learn. It would also be smart for him to remember that the American voters put him in this position, and congress can take it away from him. Let's pray that's the case within this session of congress.

BTW, King George just gave himself, via a signing statement, ultimate power to read anybody's mail....ANY American's mail. Not that any of you conservatives care.....

Has the power gone to his tiny little head? YOU DECIDE.... FAIR-n-balanced.

Conservatism = dead except ... (Below threshold)
rightiswrong:

Conservatism = dead except to white males playing victim, you LOSE!

If Byrd were a Republica... (Below threshold)
mantis:

If Byrd were a Republican, he would have been forced to resign long, long ago.

Just like Strom Thurmond, right? Oh, wait...

The rightwing nuts excel at... (Below threshold)
Devil's Advocate:

The rightwing nuts excel at paranoid victimhood.

It's fun watching them foam at the mouth because their party is now relegated to the minority. Hehehe...

GOP whining already, no sur... (Below threshold)
jesus of suburbia:

GOP whining already, no surprise there. poor us minority rich white christians LOL

The Republicans Are Already... (Below threshold)
Devil's Advocate:

The Republicans Are Already Whining and Snivelling and Today's Just the First Day of Democratic Control

Isn't it fucking hilarious ... (Below threshold)
Demosthenes:

Isn't it fucking hilarious that the Repubs have, seemingly overnight, transformed from the so-called "Daddy party" to the "Whiney-ass-titty-baby party"?

Gotta love their crying about not being able to "provide input" on all that new legislation the Dems are putting forth this month.

Oh, and crying about Pelosi being proud of her achievement. That's fucking RICH coming from the party whose disgraced former leader once declared "I AM the Federal Government".

Thy hypocrisy hath no bounds....

Has anyone pointed out here... (Below threshold)
Brian:

Has anyone pointed out here that Pelosi did not say any of the things you quote her as saying here.
How desperate are you that you have to deceive?

Obnoxious? This from a site... (Below threshold)
trevorius:

Obnoxious? This from a site that cannot spell 'aides' correctly, or was the 'aids' on purpose?
I remember the republicans cutting microphones and turning lights out on democrats.
Hastert did not even respond to Pelosi about her minority bill of rights,so now the republicans are whining.
Sour grapes and jealousy is what I see now.

Andrea Mitchell thinks that... (Below threshold)
Ken from Ken's Kitchen:

Andrea Mitchell thinks that the first Italian-American female speaker of the House should avoid attending a hometown celebration in her honor because getting a street named after her is a little too "imperial?"

Has she been napping for six years?

How about those weekly Cheney/Rove "mafia motorcades" to the Repub Senate breakfast to crack the whip, keeping their GOP gang in line? Or GWB's heavy-handed use of presidential signing statements which the American Bar Association this past July described as "contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers?" Not a little too "imperial" for her?

If anyone is drunk on power, it's the Washington press corps, and that especially includes the wife of our former treasury secretary.

So many cry babies complain... (Below threshold)
Eamon:

So many cry babies complaining about the democratic process. Meanwhile, the "Decider" decides he has the right to open your mail any time he feels like it. And Repugs are concerned about power going to Pelosi's head.

You know what the great equ... (Below threshold)
Stormcrow:

You know what the great equalizer, the ultimate 'comeuppance' is in politics? It's called 'over-reach'. And if you're one of those thinking any of this is unfair in anyway, it's because the Republicans over-reached every single day since Bush43 took office. Sensennbrenner's switching off of lights in the committee hall, George W.'s endless freakin' signing statements, countless budgetary earmarks when the country's in debt up to its dandruff and Dick Cheney's Halliburton-inspired corporate loot-o-rama have brought it all about. Nothing's worse than whiners who won't blame themselves for being so stupid. Republicans could have stopped it and didn't. Nothing beats a long fall in reminding one of the power of gravity.

Shorter Wizbang: Bwaa bw... (Below threshold)
John Bolton:

Shorter Wizbang: Bwaa bwaaaaa bwa bwa bwaaaa BWAAAAH!

"Isn't it fucking hilari... (Below threshold)
John Bolton:

"Isn't it fucking hilarious that the Repubs have, seemingly overnight, transformed from the so-called "Daddy party" to the "Whiney-ass-titty-baby party"?

Overnight? More like a matter of hours in both the halls of Congress and the Union of Doctrinaire Red Amerika Blogistans!

WOW, the repubs are already... (Below threshold)
luKE:

WOW, the repubs are already coming unhinged and the fun hasn't even really started. This is nothing my friends, just a momentary celebration. Trust me, in a few days the hulla-ballu will fade and the hard-nosed business of turning this country back to its centrists roots will begin. Congress is not only in the control of the Dems, but many repug senators and reps are saying "ENOUGH" to the Bush league team they've fielded.
Soon the cover will be lifted and what will emerge from the putrid cauldron of the last 6 years is going to rock your world. Many repubs have already begun jumping ship and soon the other less visionary ones will be scurrying away like cockroaches caught in the light. Bush and Cheney will be left standingalone and as their fog lifts they will see they are next to the gallows, surrounded by Pelosi et al, and will be wondering "should I jump or secure the rope to break my fall?. Either way it's a one way trip to hell! For your own sanity I recommend you get out while you can!

What's awesome is that she ... (Below threshold)
Steve:

What's awesome is that she has been speaker for a couple of hours and, I assume this is a right-wing website, the right is pissed off because she came out and declared pride? She showed some muscle and strength? I wanted her to be speaker. I'm proud of the fact that she is a woman. I'm glad she has the balls to stand up there and flex those muscles. It's all perspective. Many americans voted out the republicans because they were corrupt and people don't like the way they worked in congress and the administration. They didn't like the direction the country is going. They want change. Who better to change it than someone who is excited and energized and ready to get to work.

Give them (the democrats) at least a week before we assume they are going to "tax and spend" things to death. Progressive thinking is going to be very beneficial to this nation. If I'm wrong, in 6 months or two years, we will see. But how could ANYTHING they do be worse than what the last six years has brought us? It's hard to even imagine.

Well up here in Canada we a... (Below threshold)
JD:

Well up here in Canada we are all breathing a collective sigh of relief that the Republican dynasty - so incompetently run by the dumbest person to inhabit the White House and enabled by the biggest bunch of self serving crooks and yes men in the history of the Congress - is finally coming to a close.
Two more years of Bush - sigh - it's like a prison sentence isn't it?

Quotes taken from Wikipedia... (Below threshold)
Ed:

Quotes taken from Wikipedia.....from your POWER-HUNGRY friend, Tom Delay

[On Government.....
• I am the Federal Government
o to a waitress who asked him to put out his cigar because smoking in a restaurant in Washington is against Federal law.

• Nothing's worse than a woman know-it-all.
 April 4, 2006

• I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States; I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.
o From Talk Back Live on CNN 1995 December 19

• We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.
o On bipartisanship ~ From the Houston Chronicle 1991 April 14]

If I was the Vice President, I'd have the authority to take you on a hunting trip and SHOOT YOU.
GOD, you people are COLECTIVELY STUPID!

Ah,my, my. Not only did Que... (Below threshold)
NorthwestNeocon:

Ah,my, my. Not only did Queen Nancy take the gavel today, she also tossed the keys of asylum to the inmates. Evidence: the last 30 or so posts in this thread.

Cuckoo for Coco puffs, really.

Posted by: NorthwestNeocon ... (Below threshold)
Demosthenes:

Posted by: NorthwestNeocon at January 4, 2007 05:07 PM

Wow, you really nailed it there didn't ya?

Nothing at all crazy about your fellow mouthbreathers comments about Pelosi being shot.

Nothing crazy about asking the Dems to consider a bill that your party not only rejected, but comletely ignored before, either.

Do you try to be this dim, or does it just come naturally?

Quote: Cuckoo for Coco puff... (Below threshold)
rightiswrong:

Quote: Cuckoo for Coco puffs, really.

Cry more for us losers

Bla,Bla,BlaNo way ... (Below threshold)
Gene:

Bla,Bla,Bla

No way will she be any worse than Delay...

You just made my point, moo... (Below threshold)
NorthwestNeocon:

You just made my point, moonbats. Thanks!

If we liberals try to be du... (Below threshold)
Ed:

If we liberals try to be dumb, we just channel George Bush

If we liberals try to be insensitive, we just channel Cheney.

If we liberals try to be clueless, we channel the Republicans in the 109th Congress.

But really, you can interchange Bush, Cheney, Repubs for any of the three.


Now that we've taken the car keys away from you, we'll show you how the country should REALLY be run.
Just stick that thumb of yours back in your mouth and shut up for a few years.

'NARROW' majority???? The D... (Below threshold)
JD:

'NARROW' majority???? The Dems have a larger majority than the Republicans had thelast two years.....please check your FACTS before using such a ridiculous untrue statement.

Posted by: NorthwestNeocon ... (Below threshold)
Demosthenes:

Posted by: NorthwestNeocon at January 4, 2007 05:17 PM

And you just made my point.

That being that you and your fellow GOoPers have suddenly transformed into a bunch of whiney-ass-titty-babies.

Cry me a river.

Republicans are crybabies.<... (Below threshold)
asdf:

Republicans are crybabies.

You guys and your rhetoric.... (Below threshold)
oldwolf:

You guys and your rhetoric. Obviously the right just needs to check the recent history to find the statements made by those just previously in power and then we'll talk about the drunk with power issue and who should be taken out of power. Most bullies are cowards and when faced with the same that they dish out turn tail and run, after name calling and such of course.

And thank you raw story for... (Below threshold)
oldwolf:

And thank you raw story for letting true Americans know about this blog so we can tell it like it is.

Hey conservatives, don't be... (Below threshold)
Reginald Perrin:

Hey conservatives, don't be such a bunch of complainers. Here's what your new Minority Leader, Rep. Boehner had to say:

"It's sometimes said the Founding Fathers would not recognize the government that exists in Washington today. . .that it has grown in size and scope far beyond anything they ever imagined, much less endorsed or advocated for our future. But today marks an occasion I think the Founding Fathers would view approvingly. My fellow Americans: whether you're a Republican, a Democrat, or an independent, this is a cause for celebration."

Would it actually kill you to stop complaining and demonizing just for one day, and celebrate the fact that our nation, lagging years behind most other industrialized nations, finally has a woman in a position of power? Can you understand how that might go to a person's head just a little, and make them a little exuberant? Your Minority Leader had the class to celebrate this event and say some nice things, so either say something nice too or just shut up, for just one day. You can go back to whining about how unfair it all is, and hoping that the Democrats fail (whatever the consequences for the country, and making little gold images of W to worship tomorrow, k?

Click on my name... (Below threshold)

Click on my name

Northeast Neocon spouted:</... (Below threshold)
John Bolton:

Northeast Neocon spouted:

"Cuckoo for Coco puffs, really."

As a self-admitted adherent to a doctrine that has proven to be shortsighted, erroneous and outright stupid, you are really one to talk!

"Wow. That's really Obnoxio... (Below threshold)
Ron:

"Wow. That's really Obnoxious. Humility is far more attractive than arrogance"

This from a person who labels his blog "Explosively Unique".

Well, I see that Kos has in... (Below threshold)
Cousin Dave:

Well, I see that Kos has instructed his acolytes to come over here and spam. (Or maybe it's only one acolyte engaging in sock puppetry -- I see a lot of first-time posters here.) That's okay. When you show your @$$, you get attention. Just probably not the kind of attention you wanted.

I'm laughing at the idea that you think it's only Republicans who are going to get rolled. You guys haven't noticed, but Queen Nancy tolerates no back-talk from anyone, and that includes the Democratic Party hoi-polloi. Just wait till she finishes railroading all of the fist-term Blue Dogs, who are destined to become one-term wonders thanks to Her Highness the Speaker. Two years of Pelosi rule practically guarantees a solid Republican majority in 2008.

Sounds like some sour grape... (Below threshold)
john:

Sounds like some sour grapes there. Pelosi is arrogant? I believe the President is "The Decider." And being first woman speaker isn't a big deal I suppose...
Whine, whine, whine

love it!!! he he he DEAL WI... (Below threshold)
lib:

love it!!! he he he DEAL WITH IT REPUGS!!!! lol

Spawn-of-Cousins Dave whine... (Below threshold)
John Bolton:

Spawn-of-Cousins Dave whined:

"Well, I see that Kos has instructed his acolytes to come over here and spam."

Um, no, Dave.

Wizbang is on my Mozilla daily Routine applet.

It's in the bookmarks folder marked "Unintentionally funniest conservative blogs."

Have a nice two years, sore loser.

Get over it you stupid dumb... (Below threshold)
Longboardersurf:

Get over it you stupid dumb fuck Republithugs. All you can print is lies and innuendo, spawned by your corporate masters. stand aside or go backt to the 18th century and let us move forward to return this country to its former greatness and normalcy. Quit whining you assholes. You had your chanced and you fucked it up by constant bickering and bigoted politics. We're tired of your scum-sucking, gay-bashing, bigoted monstrosity. Go worship the false idols of your dead religions and party.

BooMan gets it just right a... (Below threshold)
John Bolton:

BooMan gets it just right about the whiny-ass t!tty babies:

"The best part of watching the election, swearing in, and speach of Nancy Pelosi was the sourpuss looks on the Republicans. Right after Nancy got done speaking, the ranking member on the Rules Committee, David Dreier of California, rose and began whining in real earnest. The gist of it was something along the lines of what is good for the goose is not really very good at all for the gander. Pelosi relished the irony. Ms. Pelosi is feeling it."

BOO_YUH! Love the swipe at David Dreier's high dudgeon hissy.

Aaah Always nice to read cr... (Below threshold)
European:

Aaah Always nice to read crazy partisan american stuff to make me feel less sad about my own country.

Thank god for the constitutional monarchy and parlementary democracy. LOL

I knew conseervatives I.E. ... (Below threshold)
JAG:

I knew conseervatives I.E. Republicans were vengeful. And they always take to the GUN to solve any problem they can't cope with legally. "Kill Pelosi". That is tres warped. Who would be prez if Bush and Cheney were "gone"? Stop and think. You cheated in 00 and 04. now cope with it, we won fair and square. Brace for 08, Fools.

Most of these posters must ... (Below threshold)
Wayne:

Most of these posters must be spam. They make little or no senses. The way the left have acted so far. It won't take long for them to hang themselves, which will help the GOP greatly in 2008 elections. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how costly it will be with 2 years of liberal control. Hopefully not to much.

ding dong the corrupt neo-r... (Below threshold)
Kurt Sanderson:

ding dong the corrupt neo-right wing is dead

I love you all. Peace... (Below threshold)
Quietlywithmyfamily:

I love you all. Peace
Hold those profiting from war accountable

Hi, I just stumbled onto th... (Below threshold)

Hi, I just stumbled onto this Web site by accident. It's pretty much the stupidest Web site I've seen so far. Keep it up, maybe you can get the Absolute Stupidest Award for 2007.

For a group of people whose... (Below threshold)
WJM:

For a group of people whose biggest statement for months before the election was "We won, get over it", you righties sure can't take it, can you? You remind me of the bullies on the playground who took on a little kid, thinking they would have an easy mark, only to find out that kid had been studying karate. Once your asses get kicked, you are the first to whine like a spoiled child.

We've had to listen to you all proclaim how the dems would never take another seat in congress, how far off the mark we were, how we have no support etc, for years, now, and we've taken it. Now it's YOUR turn, shut up and take it like MEN, not spoiled babies who got their hands slapped for grabbing something they shouldn't have.

You people have acted like children since 1994 when you took over congress. Anyone old enough to remember that? Newt and his buddies PUBLICALLY said they weren't even talking to any dems for 100 DAYS, not 100 HOURS, and they didn't. Made complete asses out of themselves, and you rightie idiots cheered for it. Drunk with power? You righties had that title for 12 years, and especially for the last 6.

This is a historical occassion, there has NEVER been a woman in that chair. Get over her celebrating that fact for women all over the country. And indeed, the world.

Grow up and get over it. Your leaders as well as yourselves sound like pathetic little whiners. And THIS is the ONLY party that could keep us safe? From WHAT? You certainly don't sound like a masculine, mature, grown up party to me. They sound suspiciously like the babies on the schoolyard. Tell your leaders they are embarrassing to the rest of us in this country.

Oh, and BTW, she IS the third in line for the presidency. Learn your own gov't please, before you spit out uninformed crap, unlike your leaders and pundits.

_Mike_At summed up the whol... (Below threshold)
Not Dick but Richard:

_Mike_At summed up the whole neocon philosphy when he said

"I guess tyranny is only bad when it's not her brand."

He may have been talking about Pelosi, but he's actually summing up the rightwing mindset.

Watch the righties and they will tell you everything they are truly about when they tell you how bad the left is. Its classic transference and a sign of truly sick minds.

Wayne, those posts don't ma... (Below threshold)
SeeyaCons:

Wayne, those posts don't make sense to unthinking zealots. Well, to people like YOU, really. See, that's because they talk about things you conservatives don't understand, like "hypocrisy".

You people had 6 years to do it your way, and you wrecked the house with your parties. Mom and Dad are home now, and they are PISSED.

You people ain't seen NUTHIN' yet- wait until the investigations start.

THAT'S when you guys will REALLY be crying.

"This would be a lot easier... (Below threshold)
jesus of suburbia:

"This would be a lot easier if this were a dictatorship...just so long as I'm the dictator"
Gee I wonder who said that. Free tin foil helmet to the rethugliklan who names that quote!!

Here's the deal, see: the ... (Below threshold)
faboofour:

Here's the deal, see: the more you dopes contradict yourselves (like absurdly saying that Pelosi is arrogant after years of agreeing with Dubya's "I've got political capital 'n' I'm gonna spend it" bullhooey), the more idiotic you look to more people so you're going to get called on being dopey more often.

Not Rocket Science.

I can't help but wonder how... (Below threshold)
bobdog:

I can't help but wonder how many of these posts came from the same IP address. Some of them have Lee-Lee wee-wee all over them.

One would expect the R'cons... (Below threshold)
tony bennett:

One would expect the R'cons to act like this. I heard one of them this morning calling foul because they were not allowed to add amendments during the first 100 hours. I remember the R'cons doing this on many occasions. Their biggest fear is that the Democrats will treat them the way they treated the dems. And they should be treated the same way. But the Democrats have more class than that. We will treat them as EQUALS until they revert to their old ways. As far as Nancy P. goes, being the first woman to ever hold that position, she deserves to celebrate a little. I have not heard of any of her party that are running from her. On the contrary, they are all with her 100%. After all she is part of the reason the Dem, won this election. Her strong leadership, and the way she handled the R'con hit men adds a layer of dignity that has been missing from congress for 12 years now. And she could never be as bad as Newt or Dennis. They were a disgrace to the office.

One would expect the R'cons... (Below threshold)
tony bennett:

One would expect the R'cons to act like this. I heard one of them this morning calling foul because they were not allowed to add amendments during the first 100 hours. I remember the R'cons doing this on many occasions. Their biggest fear is that the Democrats will treat them the way they treated the dems. And they should be treated the same way. But the Democrats have more class than that. We will treat them as EQUALS until they revert to their old ways. As far as Nancy P. goes, being the first woman to ever hold that position, she deserves to celebrate a little. I have not heard of any of her party that are running from her. On the contrary, they are all with her 100%. After all she is part of the reason the Dem, won this election. Her strong leadership, and the way she handled the R'con hit men adds a layer of dignity that has been missing from congress for 12 years now. And she could never be as bad as Newt or Dennis. They were a disgrace to the office.

I find the lefties here tel... (Below threshold)
Faith+1:

I find the lefties here telling the Repubs to "get over it, you lost an election" absolutely hilarious considering their behavior since the 2000 election.

And yes, many of the posts seem like sock puppets...

SeeyaConsYou talk ... (Below threshold)
Wayne:

SeeyaCons

You talk about hypocrisy but don't give any example. Almost all I see is personal insults, gloating and unsupported accusations. I suspect the liberal posters had already had their mindset in place and talking points written before reading one post on this site.

I too suspect many of these liberal posts came from the same IP address since many of them have the same grossly improper sentence structure and misspelling. Not that improper English or poor writing skills necessarily takes away from the thought behind the writing. Even the one with proper English has the same sentence structure and rhythm. It just looks suspicious

Hey DrDoomYou ment... (Below threshold)
John S:

Hey DrDoom

You mentioned Schiavo. Is Tim Johnson out of that coma yet? Control of the Senate is still up in the air.

The above leftard podling p... (Below threshold)
Okra:

The above leftard podling poster is the same weirdo repeating the same gibberish over and over..Maybe its the Queen of kooks Herself??

Strange isn't it?N... (Below threshold)
marc:

Strange isn't it?

Notice a very large majority of the commenters on this thread have hardly, if ever, been a part of any discussion at Wizbang.

The majority that fall under that category also are of the 5th grade playground model of discourse. I.E. ninner, ninner, it's our ball now... suck eggs!!!

I agree Faith+1, I suspect the same. A little work behind the scenes may in fact discover a few IP's are attached to various names in this thread.

If that is true one would hope, 1.offenders would get the permanent boot and 2. full disclosure as to who the perps are.

The posts reek of the scent... (Below threshold)
914:

The posts reek of the scent of Mak44 but it could'nt be could it?

Sock puppetry for sure.

Marc, as a matter of fact, ... (Below threshold)
WJM:

Marc, as a matter of fact, this is the first time I've ever been here. I didn't even know that a rightie blog site that allowed dissenting posts existed. I've never seen one before. The blogmaster here is to be commended. As for how many of the posts are by the same person, it's funny you should say that. They say the exact same thing about the righties on Raw Story.

Sorry, but I really suspect that you are as outnumbered as you think. The thing is that you have been listening to people whose goal was to divide this country, dumb it down and conquer us from the inside, just like we were warned about by Ben Franklin. They have told you about how terrible we are, how we want everything for nothing, how we want the terrorists to win, how we are all terrorists ourselves, how we all have islamic middle names and we meet in secret at night to overthrow Christmas.

What they don't tell you is that we are ALL Americans, and it's time that we start treating each other with more respect than they have been treaing us with. If we continue to let them divide us like this, we will be in a civil war of our own before long, and we will have no one but our own "leaders" to blame. What good does it do for us to be at each other's throats when there are people all over the world who would do that for us? We don't need to take that on for ourselves.

Here is my real point, after all that. If you want respect, you have to give respect. It's the ONLY way it works. For the last 12 years, we have been treated to the worst display of disrespect that one party has ever shown to another in this country. And now for you to sit and cry like a batch of babies is not particularly flattering. Your party sat there for the last 5 years bad mouthing the rest of us at every opportunity. I've been called a cmmunist, a nazi, a traitor, a terrorist, gay, a seditionist, a wiccan satanist, and that is just what I can remember off the top of my head. Respect is a two way street, and if you treat people like shit when you are on top, chances are good you will have to eat a fair amount of it yourself when the situation is reversed.

Make any sense?

What has happened to this t... (Below threshold)
USMC Pilot:

What has happened to this thread over the past several hours reminds me of steeling all of the "W's" off the keyboards at the WH. Hopefully, the children will get tired soon and their parents will make them go to bed.

Keep it up.You're ... (Below threshold)
MikeSC:

Keep it up.

You're just making our job easier in 2008.

Thanks, Dems. You're just showing why you couldn't get power for 12 yrs.

Now, it's time for a solution here and there and not just petty bitching from the left.
-=Mike

"For the past 12 years W... (Below threshold)
914:

"For the past 12 years We have been treated to the worst display of disrespect that one party has ever shown to another in this country."

Your right! And now they almost have the majority..

This post was linked to on ... (Below threshold)
Ken from Ken's Kitchen:

This post was linked to on The Raw Story. That's how we discovered you. More than 5 libs show up here to respond and you want/have to assume sock puppetry.

Consider this: when the WaPo published Sen Lieberman's neocon paen to Iran-invasion the other day, the Post got over 37 pages of blistering online negative responses. Wake-up time! There are lots more of us out here than you can even imagine.

Hey USMC Moron?Tha... (Below threshold)
Chesty Puller, Real American:

Hey USMC Moron?

That story about the "W" was a lie created by you wingnut crybabies. But you don't care, do you? The truth means nothing.

To the point.

I've emailed my DEMOCRATIC lawmakers and informed them that I expect them to screw over the Republican traitors at every turn. Make them pay for their hubris and evil and stupidity. Republicans don't believe in America or the Constitution or truth or justice or anything else, and the hell with you all. Ash-heap of history for you!!

We win, you lose. Fucking crybabies.

It's people like USMC pilot... (Below threshold)
Reality:

It's people like USMC pilot that made us lose the war.

I'm so glad that the left h... (Below threshold)
MikeSC:

I'm so glad that the left has dropped the "We support the troops and love America" meme to the side.

Nobody believed it ANYWAY, but it's always nice to point to specific examples.
-=Mike
...The GOP needs to filibuster everything and Bush needs to learn to use that veto liberally...

Oh gonna pull the "support ... (Below threshold)
Chesty Puller:

Oh gonna pull the "support the troops" bullshit, eh MikeSC?

You coward. Go to Iraq with your idiot master or STFU you traitor.

Un-American bastard.

Chesty Puller, you've been warned. Anymore obnoxiously insulting remarks like this one to another commenter and you are banned. Got it?

To disagree is one thing. What you wrote is completely out of line.

Hope they are all earing ... (Below threshold)
Rob LA Ca.:

Hope they are all earing their helmet and have a fre h chain of diaper .

MikeSC - a fine example of ... (Below threshold)
Zog The Obvious:

MikeSC - a fine example of why I dislike conservatives so much. Somebody doesn't agree with you? Well, shoot! They must HATE AMERICA!

To those who think this celebration of good fortune on Nancy Pelosi's part is unseemly... let us remember that George was crowing about his mandate after winning the election by less than a percentage point in 2004. 51% is not a mandate. What we saw this past November, 2006... now THAT was a mandate.

Zog.

After all yhe GOP members w... (Below threshold)
Abe Linkoln:

After all yhe GOP members were the ONLY one who never were intoxicated with power. They were low profile, did not brag and served the country with humility and modesty. Now the GOP members have become whiners and cannot bear losses gracefully. These people destroyed the US financially by running up huge deficits and borrowing and people like LJD, USMC Pilot cannot recognize them. It looks like the US sent a whole bunch of people like USMC Pilot and thus the US Military is in the situation it is in Iraq. All people like USMC Pilot et al know is kill innocent Iraqi children, old people and women and claim that they are terrorists. They may escape time because of a good legal defense, etc, but the Divine Court of the LORD will not spare them. Those of you who know, RNC Chair Lee Atwater (Father Bush's Campaign Manager and strategist) dies at the old age of 40 years and a few months. So doing good every day and being honesty is important.

The last honest GOP President was Dwight Eisenhower.

Honest Abe

Contrary to most of you, I ... (Below threshold)
Beth P.:

Contrary to most of you, I ACTUALLY WATCHED Nancy Pelosi's speech on C-SPAN. As usual, the regressives have taken her comments and actions totally out of context. Speaker Pelosi was jubilantly referring to her GENDER, not her political party or even herself, as *finally* having reached such a prestigious position of power. The double-standards many people have for what's appropriate for men vs. for women is outrageous. Speaker Pelosi's comments and demeanor were nowhere near "inappropriate" for this occasion. Rather, this truly is a time for celebration for ALL women in this country.

As for critical women like Andrea Mitchell, well, women unfortunately are very often their own worst enemy.

Beth, you just described th... (Below threshold)

Beth, you just described the double standard yourself.

If we are to truly look at each other as people. She should be celebrating her party and not her gender.

Yawn. More republicans try... (Below threshold)
JR:

Yawn. More republicans trying to define for the American people what behavior they should and should not find acceptable. Newsflash - America stopped listening to you at 12:01am on November 8th.

Wow. That's really Obnox... (Below threshold)
Nobody:

Wow. That's really Obnoxious. Humility is far more attractive than arrogance, something she has yet to learn. It would also be smart for her to remember that the American voters put her in this position, and they can take it away.

Are you talking about Bush?

p.s. f.W!

Welcome to Wizbang, democra... (Below threshold)
Fordrill:

Welcome to Wizbang, democrats! For the short time I've been viewing this blog it's been frequented by a huge echo chamber of flatulantly conservative morons and only a few brave left-leaning posters (Lee, Hugh, etc.).

It's nice to see the cavalry finally - and how most of the bloated right wingers have retreated from even attempting to post.

I agree Faith+1, I suspe... (Below threshold)
stevenrobb:

I agree Faith+1, I suspect the same. A little work behind the scenes may in fact discover a few IP's are attached to various names in this thread.


If that is true one would hope, 1.offenders would get the permanent boot and 2. full disclosure as to who the perps are.

What's wrong, MikeSC, can't take a dissenting voice? What a coward you are when confronted with real equal debate. You're such a spineless loser.

These people aren't one IP address. They are the American majority. Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's about time.

The party of pedophiles, pr... (Below threshold)
trippin:

The party of pedophiles, prostitues, and pilfery LOST. That's not conjecture, that's not throwing around insults -- that's the sad fact. And insults of Pelosi are the best you can offer? As if Bush and Cheney and the rest aren't drunk with power? That's postively laughable. I think your time would be better spent doing a little soul searching, that is, if you ever hope to regain political relevance in the future. Your party has a lot of work to do, and I wish you well, but you'll really have to get back in touch with reality if you ever hope to make any headway.

This truly is a disgrace... (Below threshold)
Rob LA Ca.:

This truly is a disgracefull day in History and and a shame for women when The Queen of Hypocracy crowns herself House Leader. (Sick) Democrats regained the majority through lies , smears and false accusations repeated 24/7 for 6 straight years by their democrat propagandist Media. Not that there weren't some mistakes made by some Republicans and the back stabbing by some Rino's Psuedo-Republican's.
That being said there is absolutely nothing the democrats did to deserve their victories. The Media was resposible more than anything in this deceitfull fraud perpetrated on our Country. The Criminal democrats showed just how greedy and criminal they are when they still tried to steal yet another election down in Florida. That is just how the Rats opperate and they are proud of it. It doesn't really matter that they lie cheat and steal , they have no morals or conscience and the product of their incompetance and failures have come to this site to pay us a visit to show us what we already know as fact, "LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISEASE".

"The Raw Story". That explains why they all sound like a bunch of illiterate retards spewing what they have been told is the "Raw Dope" after they have smoked some. Now I'm a Registered Democrat of 20 years and I'm telling all you idiots screw off. I will never vote for the traitorous democrat party of lying frauds. You can continue in your ignorant ways because , well you are too stupid to do otherwise. Even the democrat leadership calls you stupid and you still vote for them. Now that is utterly pathetic and makes you all a horses ass.LOL.

Rob, why do you hate Americ... (Below threshold)
Reality:

Rob, why do you hate America?

"confronted with real equal... (Below threshold)
Rob LA Ca.:

"confronted with real equal debate."

What debate ? We give up , you win , we believe you are retards, you've concvinced us.

"The party of pedophiles"

That would be the democrat party. As a matter of fact the Pussycrats got PUNKED by their own pedophile. Gerry Studs made the Democrats his bitches,lol.That allowed Barney Franks boyfriend to run a male escort service out of his own house. That's why democrats are such cowards and sissies.Their so sensitive.

Hey plastic face Pelosi, where is your plan on terrorism Biatch? Dumb as a rock. The Queen of Hypocracy is already making an idiot of herself while disgracing our Country. Way to go retards.

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Rob LA Ca.:

Reality , pinch yourself. Your posting in your sleep again.

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RhetorRick:

Rob:

"Wow. That's really Obnoxious. Humility is far more attractive than arrogance."

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Rob LA Ca.:


Democrats hate America because they are nothing but fiends pimping our Country for their crack. Their crack is power which is they can never win by honest elections. They get by lying and deceiving the people with their Democrat Media and despicably with the aid and comfort they gave to terrorists and our enemies. They are still waiting at the table for their spoils for helping the Traitorcrats win their unmerrited majority. I hope they take their heads.Win win situation for all especially our Country.

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Rob LA Ca.:

Wow! Rick like, you really know how to spell the words, but do you even have a clue what they mean? Like, do you? Remember the last 6 years of crying? If ya say no it's because you haven't stopped lying. It's ok , we wouldn't expect any less from the party of perpetual fraud.

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hansel2:

Democrats regained the majority through lies , smears and false accusations repeated 24/7 for 6 straight years by their democrat propagandist Media.

Huh? First of all, the most popular news program nationally is Fox News - the polar opposite of "democratic propagandist" media. The Republicans have had the floor for the past 10 years - and in the past 6 all you've seen of Democrats on ANY of the daily news is a quick sound bite - while the Republicans get most of the face time (Sunday morning talk has been almost exclusively the following structure at the round tables - 2-3 conservatives, 1 liberal).

Smears and lies? Joe Wilson, WMD's in Iraq, Tax cuts benefitting the middle class, Foley not on leaders "radar", etc. Take your pick from your side. THAT is why everyone is fed up with you people.

People like you, Rob, live in bubble where you've been able to spout your nastiness without much talkback. What you see on this post is what idiots like you should be getting "24/7" to remind you that your opinions are a small minority of this country and justifiably so.

But, hey, as usual you'll just have a few weak expletives in response to my posting here and you'll continue to live in denial that the mindset of this country has outgrown you.

...we wouldn't expect any less from the party of perpetual fraud.

We wouldn't expect less from a repetitive, mindless drone like yourself. Go back under your rock, loser.

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RhetorRick:

Rob:

I apologize; I should have said, "according to Wizbang, 'Wow. That's really Obnoxious. Humility is far more attractive than arrogance.'"

Please accept my apology.

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madmatt:

So far she hasn't told anybody to "f*** off" on the house floor like cheney or completely refused to respond to a request (like minority rights)ala Hastert!

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WJM:

Rob, I have to question your sanity, at this point. Where do you get yor news from, anyway? You are a seriously angry person. Why is that? So you're a democrat, eh? I find that REALLY hard to believe. Usually when peole start off an argument that way, they have NEVER been a democrat.

How could ANYONE look at W and think anything but "What a freaking disaster"? This man is the worst president this country has ever seen, bar none. We haven't seen this much secrecy, dishonesty, lack of CARING what the American people think or want, or lack of accountability in out entire history. This man has decided that he is above the law, he is not accountable to the American people, to the constitution, or even to our way of life, whatever that is, now adays.

I would really like to know why it is that you blame the dems for this. It's been the republicans in office and in power for 12 years in congress and 6 years for everything that have done this to the country, and you want to blame those who haven't had enough power to even hold hearings without harrassment. You must be slightly psychotic, because what you are saying just doesn't make any sense.

Please tell me WHY you are so pissed, and why you think that the repubs, especially with the last 12 years of examples, are any better. They have proven that they don't CARE what you think, or anyone else for that matter. What makes you think they will do anything any differently than how they have been? Really, the way you talk I wonder how long it is before the guys with the little white coats come along...

I'm not trying to be insulting, I really want to know your thought process here. What leads you to yor conclusions? Oh, and as we say over at Raw Story, try not polluting your mind with Faux News, they are lying to you.

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HappyDem:

Eat shit & die, Repugs!

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LJD:

'a few brave left-leaning posters (Lee, Hugh, etc.).'

Bwahhh Haa haah ahh aaah haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Wow. You leftards are something. You talk of name-calling, but it seems the majority is from you little nasty SOBs.

Killing the Speaker? Who said that terrible thing? Not so big on the reading comprehension, eh? That's the result of your touchy-feely education system. No wonder this country is illiterate.

All I can say is congratulations! Reap what you have sown. Reap it! You will do more damage to yourselves by your own words than any opposition could ever do. Enjoy your 15 minutes.

P.S. I don't give a crap what Canada thinks of our politics. Fortunately you can't vote here. But, you are welcome to accept imports of any like-minded individuals from here.

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Devil's Advocate:

"I would really like to know why it is that you blame the dems for this. It's been the republicans in office and in power for 12 years in congress and 6 years for everything that have done this to the country, and you want to blame those who haven't had enough power to even hold hearings without harrassment."

Don't expect a rational explanation. There is none. The rightnutters hate Democrats, liberals, centrists, and generally anyone who does not subscribe to their fascist view of the world. They are now sputtering with impotent rage because a majority of Americans have decided that they actually like democracy and have thrown the extremists GOPers out.

Make no mistakes. These people abhorr democracy. They are authoritarians of the worst sort.

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moseby:

She's not drunk on power alone. She's a boozer bigtime. Just look at that scraggly vodka-ravaged face. I'll bet she has blown Emerson Boozer too.

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alzuben:

I think you're a coward. I suggest you wait and see how she actually performs on the job before you begin criticizing her.

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Frank E:

Hmmmmm...what about that secret 20 million dollar "Iraq Victory" stash.

The 20 million that was secertly removed from the monies allocated to provide body armor and support services for our men and women in harms way in the middle east.

Think that money will ever see the light of day again?

Odds are it's in some GOP bank account collecting oodles of interest as a secret reward for your miserable and failed neocon ideology.

Quite harping on being tossed out of congress already, it's over, you're team of liars, pedophiles and thieves lost specifically because Americans saw through the GOP posturing for what it truly has become, the Guardians Of Privilege, willing to figuratively and literally sacrifice everyone who disagrees with their holier than thou ideology.

Your moaning and wailing is very revealing. Apparently you people have no confidence in fairness or our 200+ year old system of checks and balances.

Now that your collective fingers have been removed from the "right" side of scales of justice by the majority of American voters, you suddenly feel the need to blather on about fairness and virtue incessantly.

Keep on whining and pointing your fingers at anyone but yourselves, it serves America well to see clearly how petty and divisive Republicans have become.

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jules:

You're just mad because you and your cokehead alcoholic President are out of favor.

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Tony T:

A politician who's excited to be in office? How shocking!

Why is it that Republicans these days seemed so shocked at what the constitution says, and by how our democracy works?

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anyone who is the first of anything in 200 years has the right to gloat a little... I'm sure she doesn't plan to maintain the high-fiving throughout her term... give her a break... she actually has a pretty ambitious agenda of ACTION planned, which will be a nice change from the previous Congress...

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rhon:

For the past 12 years the American people have been lied to, hoodwinked and bamboozled by what
is called the Republican party and the cabal of Bush, Cheney, et al.
These folks had a plan and they put it into action as soon as they took over the government. You, their supporters took 12 years to wake up and smell the coffee. Once you realized that it was not only the progressives, dems and independents who were getting screwed, most of you voted the folks out of office.

The same arrogant assholes who gave us Nixon and Watergate, Reagan and Iran/Contra and Gulf War 1/Bush 1 are now trying to reprise their tired act with the debacle in Iraq.

Pelosi is being nicer to you than I would be or currently are. To be exact, Bush&Co are sweating bullets and they know why. You, their supporters, on the other hand seem to clueless as to why they should be tried for treason, war crimes, profiteering, lying, etc. I would run out of space if I tried to list the crimes committed against the American people, not to mention the international crimes committed by these folks. You all, neeed to get a grip and come in from the cold. We have serious problems in our house and the problem makers have some idiots stil supporting them. I say this to all of you Bush&Co supporters....you say that you support the war and the troops.Well folks, it is time for you to walk the walk...your talk the talk days are over. Your so-called commander/decider wants a troop surge in Iraq...this is a very good opportunity for you chicken shit, chicken awk bastards to sign up, enmasse, and relieve some is not all of the troops in Iraq. Let them come home to their country, jobs, families and friends.
Alas, the last statement is too much to hope or pray for...the mantra of the Bush$ Co supporters is one of as long as I don't have to go, I will support the troops(one reason you got thumped in November)
America has said that if you can't join and fight, what right do you have sending our military, our sons, daughters, husbands and wives into a war of choice, especially when the majority of prominent republicans have never server in the military - active duty, reserve or National Guard.
I am a Vietnam vet who volunteered, served six years of active duty, African American who loves his country...you shitheads are a disgrace to the men and women who have fought and died to defend freedom and democracy.
So, fuck you all and three cheers for Speaker Pelosi and I encourage her to continue to flex her muscles and stay drunk with power....hangovers come with a smile and unspoken,"Kiss my ass" to the Republicans.

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MsThing:

LOL - The GOP (greedy old poops) lost in November because of the most arrogant, egregious abuse of power in U.S. history...and now their knickers are in a knot because Nancy Pelosi wants to celebrate the new breeze blowing through Washington.

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WJM:

The 'liberal' education system, LJD? You mean the one that was put in place by William Bennet during Reagan's years? THAT liberal education system? The one that stopped teaching kids how their government works, and even how to read effectively? The one that gave us "No child's behind left"? THAT liberal education system?

People raised in the Reagan era and since then have been screwed. I got one of the last decent public educations in this country, having graduated high school in 1976, back when it really WAS a liberal education system. Since then, there has been a serious lack of ability to think for oneself, especially from those on the right. I don't hear any of you thinking at all, just parroting the right's "talking points". THAT is not what I would call critical thinking.

So WE are bad mouthing YOU guys? Oh, really? I would consider the CONSTANT crap coming from Cheney during the elections was anything but courteous. Ann Coulter is a paragon of sweetness? Or Michle Malkin? Or Bill O'Reilly? Or Limbaugh? Get real. You people have been the most mean, rude, discourteous people I've ever seen. You had control of everything, screwed it up massively, and showed yourselves to be the pooreest winners the country has ever seen. You are mean, nasty, and childish, and that is just your LEADERS. Don't be surprised when what you reap comes back to slap you right in the face at harvest time.

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Shingo:

Isn't this a case of sour grapes? Has everyone, including Andrea Mitchell, forgotten how much the Decider spent on his last inauguration, while offering the victims of the Tsunami a paltry 15 million in aid?

Drunk with power? Anyone remember Bush saying that as the Commander in Chief, he didn't see why he should explain himself to anyone?


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Rob LA Ca.:

"Foley not on leaders "radar"? This was a shameless stunt by that "fucken-idiot" (which he calls everybody even Clinton) R Emannuel. Then drug out for two weeks. So what happened to this story? Nothing , no crime,nothing.

"Eat shit & die, Repugs!"

This says it all about you hate filled assholes.You are not Americans ,You are democrats.Your moaning and wailing for that last 6 yearis what you would like to erase from your memory. Now all you bed wetters can do is accuse Republicans of doing the very thing democrats had been doing for the last six years. And you still cannot stop telling lies.

"haven't had enough power" That's all the criminal dems care about. This didn't stop William Jefferson from taking $100,000.00 bribe and being caught with $90,000.00 in his freezer did it.

Rhon , Fuck you you lying POS. Democrats are the party felons and criminal frauds and Pelosi got busted trying to give these criminals prominant posts.

You are a bunch of infantile assholes and lying losers. None of your pathetic lies is going pollish your criminal turds. You idiots think you can Clintonize the Republicans , what a joke. Face it, the democrats are criminal frauds. That is why Fraud Kerry and Pig Rodham cried that 85% of felons vote democrat and should have been able to vote.

Rhon you are a disgrace to this Country and a punk ass liar trying to "Racebait" like only your racist party does. One more thing stupid, I not a Republican, I'm an American you punck ass bitch.Your kind will always be losers, deal with it.

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