The incoming House Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), is seeking assurances from presumptive Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-SF) that she would not retaliate against his supporters after he won the No. 2 House leadership post over her preferred candidate, Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Okinawa).
At Power Line, John Hindraker sees this as evidence that “with Pelosi, everything is personal.” That might comport with the feminist slogan that the personal is political. But Hindraker should know better.
It’s not personal, it’s business. If Pelosi and Hoyer were Republicans, Mo Dowd would already be fishing her old Bush material out of the discount bin for recycling:
Rep. Hoyer: I’m a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall Michael – if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or be found hung dead in a jail cell… or if he should be struck by a bolt of lightning – then I’m going to blame some of the people in this room; and then I do not forgive. But with that said, I pledge – on the souls of my grandchildren – that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made today…
But they are Democrats. Moreover, Pelosi is an Italian-American, making the allusion very un-PC. So Dowd can breathe a sigh of relief, and return to her Bush-bashing—or whatever she does behind the pay wall that keeps normal people safe from being exposed to her over the Internet.
– Well we’ll all get a pretty solid idea of where she really stands with the Dems in the House, when she goe’s for round two with Jane Harman. I remember back just 6 months ago, the buzz on the hill was all the muttering from a number of the old line moderates, and even a few of the harder Left, cocerning the “Nancy problem”. I’m still thinking she slid in with a lot of twisting of arms, and promise’s, one of which I think she already broke with the unprecidented support for Murtha, something that classically just isn’t done by the speaker pro-tem. She seems to be toeing a moderate line with the demise of the impeachment nonsense, at least for now, and deflection of the Rangle draft junk, but who knows. Gonna be interesting.
Perhaps that’s how she got in, but she’s there now baby. She’s the First Female Speaker and a grandmother, and she has absolute moral authority. There’s nobody gonna be able to pry her out of that seat now, that would be like going after all women. And all grandmothers.
Misogynist!
Or at least all grandmothers who look permanently surprised.
She got in because she has run unopposed for 20 freakin’ years and has bought loyalty by giving others the campaign funds she doesn’t need. She has never had to debate a campaign opponent. Think about that for a moment. She has shown all the signs of really being as dim as the left thinks Bush is, but good at manipulating and buying people. That works well behind the scenes, but the spotlight is on her now. I am going to sit back and enjoy the show.
Y’know, we really need a term for that. Anybody got an idea?
Politician is wrong. A politician engages in politics, in which you have to give to get. A politician also realizes (or is capable of credibly pretending to realize) that not everyone agrees with him or her, and that this is overall a good thing.
A whatever-Nancy-is, having run unopposed, never been exposed to debate, is accustomed to her decisions and prejudices being on the level of statements of fact. This is pretty crippling when the individual actually has to engage in politics, because the preconception of infallibility leaves her nothing to trade with. We’ve seen something similar in the past with people with strong religious beliefs, who can end up with minority “swing” or “kingmaker” positions in Parliamentary systems but wind up paralyzed when/if they by chance get a majority.
So we need a neologism to apply to people who think themselves prophets but find themselves occupying a slot in a political system. Some bright, or at least clever people here. Apply yourselves.
Regards,
Ric
I don’t see why this is so magical. She obviously does do debate opponents. They’re just not republicans vying for her seat every 2 years.
How about C.W. = cellophane wrapper. The cellophane wrapper is still on her.
I think B Moe said she’s never debated her opponents, not that she’s never done them.
LOL! Too bad he probably won’t get that, MayBee.
If Pelosi were to debate a dill pickle spear, I’d put my money on Pelosi.
But only because she has a mouth.
Jeff, I got 5 bucks on the dill pickle spear. But only if it is a kosher dill.
Ric,
“Lords”
How about “Entitler”
Works on many levels: <i>”Nancy Pelosi is an entitler with 20 years of unopposed, undebated congressional wins.”
I vote for “Queen”. Not “Princess”; that implies something attractive, and Pelosi is attractive only to lefties, store dummies, and Talking Telephone Poles™.
TW: hundred59. KEWL!
Well, of course. It’s obvious. The dill pickle spear has been mutilated.
A whole dill pickle, now…
Regards,
Ric
Now, Now, JeffS. Ric called for a “new term.” While Queen also works on many levels, it’s not a new term.
5 yard penalty, repeat first down.
Rats!
OK, try this: “Representative For Life”.
Brings back memories of that truly whacked out, former President For Life of Uganda, Idi Amin.
TW: taking59. Down to a hundred.
Repforl!