Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Being Nancy Pelosi
Ed Schultz asked, "Is Nancy Pelosi LBJ in a skirt?" She is more like Frances Perkins, the first female Secretary of Labor known for her no-nonsense negotiation style, in a suit. Without her, LBJ would not have gotten Social Security, minimum wage and unemployment insurance passed. Do you think Schultz even knows who she is? I didn't appreciate the question. Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House. She turns 70 this Friday. This woman, as a friend suggested, deserves a card.
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This whole government is beginning to resemble to me an old Hollywood Western. There are the good guys and the bad guys, the cow boys and the cattle rustlers, the Sheriff's posse and the lynch mobs, the Bible thumping preaches, the saloon keepers and gamblers, the ranchers and the dangerous gun slingers, the home steaders and the bank robbers. The actors are all waiting, on both sides of the aisle and in every branch of government. I leave it up to anyone to cast the roles.
DB
Yeah, I can see that movie, DB. But how unfortunate indeed. I think it need not be.
I like your little tribute to Pelosi. She certainly has gotten a lot done and should be credited for the new bill being passed. I am concerned about the recent violence and rhetoric as a result of health care reform. I pray that nothing tragic happens to any of the players involved.
Some of my in-laws would probably not be too happy with me for saying it, but here goes: Nancy Pelosi's heart is in the right place. She wants the best for America.
Judith, don't tell my in-laws. I may not get invited over anymore. Would that be a bad thing, I wonder? :)
Katina - Speaker Pelosi deserves it. I agree about the rhetoric and violence. Minority Leader, Rep. Boehner should be ashamed of these words: "Take [Rep.] Steve Driehaus, for example," he says. "He may be a dead man. He can't go home to the west side of Cincinnati." He said he was speaking metaphorically. REp, Driehaus' home addressed was placed on the Internet and there is a planned protest there for Saturday. Fear and intimidation will not win!
Kelly - Yes, I think Speaker Pelosi's heart is in the right place. There are Republicans and Democrats in my family so I understand. :-)
Not that it affects her leadership ability whatsoever, but as a young female, I would respect Pelosi more as a woman had she allowed herself to age gracefully. I'd like to see one woman over 50 on television who actually has wrinkles. *That* would give me hope.
To each her own I'd say, Chesapeake. Perhaps when you're 70 you may think differently. :-) My mom passed at 76 and she did not have wrinkles. My Aunt Hilda, my dad's sister pictured here, is 73. Her skin is beautiful, smooth and without wrinkles. I know many older women with and without wrinkles, who have had plastic surgery and who haven't. Essence matters most to me. Wrinkles or not, I appreciate the effort and accomplishment of Nancy Pelosi.
She is SEVENTY SIX??? Wow. She looks amazing. And that baby is adorable. :-) And I do see a difference between naturally aging and surgically aging. But a strong woman is a strong woman, as you say.
Bill Maher in his Huffington Post column this weekend called Pelosi's healthcare victory the biggest by a woman in American political history. He ended the piece with:
"A few months ago, Sarah Palin mockingly asked them, 'How's that hopey-changey thing working out for ya?' Great, actually. Thanks for asking. And how's that whole Hooked on Phonics thing working out for you?"
Yeah, John, I caught that show last Friday. It was a great comment, although I thought the panel was quite weak. Jonathan Capeheart is usually good but I was not impressed with him or the others that night. The show was rather flat. A bad panel can wreck that show, even as Maher attempts to guide them. The "New Rules" section was raw but quite real.
Someone here recently asked me why we were discussing Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. She seemed to imply that if we just stop talking about them that they would go away or at least become insignificant. As we saw, last week this is simply not the case. She seemed to imply that perhaps we were too fixated, as if we had assumed the problem of Palin. The reality is that Palin continues to be destructive in politics as she kicks off her Tea Party tour just in time for her reality show.
The crosshairs comment from someone who remains in the political scene is destructive. McCain is courting her to court the crazies of the Tea Party. What losers they both are, literally. McCain should be ashamed of himself but he isn't. I hope he losses and gets some well-needed rest. Speaking of losers, it is most certainly possible to be a loser and make millions selling your family and femininity on a reality show.
Just came across this piece by Frank Rich of the New York Times on Saturday, "The Rage Is Not About Health Care". He concludes:
"Are these politicians so frightened of offending anyone in the Tea Party-Glenn Beck base that they would rather fall silent than call out its extremist elements and their enablers? Seemingly so, and if G.O.P. leaders of all stripes, from Romney to Mitch McConnell to Olympia Snowe to Lindsey Graham, are afraid of these forces, that’s the strongest possible indicator that the rest of us have reason to fear them too."
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