‘Vanishing’ Pelosi To Appear At Multiple Public Rallies Tomorrow
‘Vanishing’ Pelosi To Appear At Multiple Public Rallies Tomorrow
The right-wing media — including Matt Drudge, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News — have launched a baseless campaign (already picked up by MSNBC) suggesting that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has gone into hiding before Tuesday’s election.
Here’s an image from Fox News moments ago:
In fact, as ThinkProgress has documented, Pelosi has been featured in numerous public and media appearances recently. Two days ago, she appeared at a public rally with former President Clinton, portions of which aired on television, and in a feature interview on CNN. She also appeared in interviews on CNBC’s Kudlow & Company on 10/24, ABC’s Good Morning America and ABC’s World News Tonight on 10/26, and conducted interviews for profiles in the New York Times (10/30), Newsweek (10/23), and the Baltimore Sun (10/27).
Nancy Pelosi will continue to be in “hiding” throughout the weekend, appearing at numerous public rallies (though Pelosi has indicated that if her daughter gives birth to her sixth grandchild this weekend, she will leave the campaign trail). Here’s where she’ll be tomorrow:
1:30 p.m. Rally with Leader Pelosi, candidate Joe Sestak, Vice President Gore, and Governor Rendell in Radnor, PA
3:00 p.m. Rally with Leader Pelosi, candidates Lois Murphy and Bob Casey, Senator Obama, and Governor Rendell in Norristown, PA
4:30 p.m. Rally with Leader Pelosi candidate Patrick Murphy, Senator Obama, and Governor Rendell in Glenside, PA
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did you see mary matalin “phone in” her delivery of this talking point after she realized she flubbed the big bluff that repubs are gonna win.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:23 pmMeanwhile, we continue to search for Republican responsibility.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:24 pmDrudge has a new theory..Pelosi has more body doubles than Saddam.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:25 pmA “campaign” to tell the public that a congresswoman is not hogging up the limelight at various campaigns or getting interviews on TV? Now how many more American soldiers have died in Iraq since Nov. 1? Eleven? And the right wingers are focusing on Nancy Pelosi being absent? Now can someone tell me exactly why Republican conservatives are supposed to be better at governing, the economy/taxes, national security, compassion, morality and the war on terrorism?
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:28 pmcnn and fox don’t report democrat functions so they really don’t know where Nancy is……oh and noron o’donald also in her last days at MSNBC.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:30 pmGood to see her back. She is sure to say/do something stupid and all will be right with the world.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:48 pmPelosi went on Kudlow’s show. Perhaps the low point of her career. But did you see when Dr. Dick Cheney was telling Kudlow that he did not trust stock market signals. Had Howard Dean said that, Kudlow would have gone nuts.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:50 pmWhat’s the point of this strategy? I don’t get it. The “smear Pelosi” thing didn’t work because she has very little name recognition. So how on earth is saying an obscure person has faded into obscurity going to help the GOP?
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:52 pmBy all accounts the Dems will at least take the House on Tuesday, so in 4 days they won’t have to ask faked questions about Pelosi’s whereabouts.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:52 pmfunny this, the more stupid things bush says the more the scanlon wackos fall in line!
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:53 pmIf the media think Nancy Pelosi is hiding, maybe it’s time they went looking for her.
The media complaining that Pelosi hasn’t been on the news lately is a self-fulfilled prophecy.
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:54 pmWhere’s Osama bin Laden? Where’s Dennis Hastert? Why isn’t the media asking those questions?
November 3rd, 2006 at 6:54 pmSoon to be seen Fox News headline:
PELOSI SPOTTED IN BAGHDAD TO APPEAL SADDAM GUILTY VERDICT!!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:02 pmI hope she pulls a ‘Kerry”
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:02 pmwell, looks like bob ney has more time to campaign now…
ney finally resigns
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:04 pmNow how many more American soldiers have died in Iraq since Nov. 1? Eleven?
Comment by Vincennes — November 3, 2006 @ 6:28 pm
Is that a correct number?
Eleven souls in three days?
This is too much for our country.
Enough is freakin’ enough, already.
Those poor, brave, people.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:06 pmThey’ll wish they didn’t know where she was when she starts bitchslapping them all over creation starting next week.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:06 pmOnce again, I must avoid TP to avoid Fox.
24 hour “news” is the bane of our society’s existence, and the foundation of ignorance.
Avoid the MSM, and enjoy life!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:07 pmYou mean a Hastert?
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:07 pmDarth Cheney just said that the administration will charge full speed ahead in Iraq regardless of the outcome of the election. Thanks for the free campaign ad for Democrats, Darth!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:08 pmKevin…YAWNNNNNNNNNNNNN…oh did you post something?…
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:09 pmPhoto is almost centered on Venezuela.
“I hope she pulls a ‘Kerry‖Kevin
What you hope she attacks Bush for being too stupid to run the country?
I think that’s an established fact in any case.
I would vote for Kerry a second time if necessary. He won the election, but lost the count, for the same reasons we are about to face again on Tuesday, namely the UTTER MORAL BANKRUPTSY OF THE RAPEPUBLIAN TRAITORS.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:10 pmwell, one thing pelosi *won’t* do is buy votes as bush essentially did last night in missouri:
this from ‘the note’…
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmAnyone else Notice this White House press release last night? Interesting timing to declare federal aid on its way to the Show-Me State just as the President plans a day of campaigning there. Be sure to Note the dates of the storms.
#19 ROTFLMAO!!!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmYarr ye must read ye enemies claptrap else ye an unworthy salty bilge rat!! =0]
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:22 pmWhere in the world is the GAY Ken Melhman?
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:23 pmShe will be easy enough to find once she’s in the speaker’s chair.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:24 pmJuly to November, George was a busy man, the ranch in crawford demanded his attention!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:25 pmAnd what’s SCARIER to the GOPerverts than a SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN!!!
Jeff Gannon?
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:32 pmah desperation. too bad some people are still dumb enough to believe this crap. just like when i buy meth, i throw it away cuz i like wasting money. and i only pay male prostitutes for massages, not sex, cuz its better than the ones my wife gives. cmon people, its called faith, or blindness, either way.
in a related matter, there was a 4 page spread (4?!) in the New York Post dedicated to denouncing and ridiculing John Kerry for an insult he never made (this by the way doesnt include the front page or the op-ed, so its 6 really). its funny watching conservatives fall all over each other to attack him. its like they feel vindicated for some reason, like they found the WMDs in Kerry’s mouth. “well yea, Iraq’s falling apart, we’ve destroyed the financial soundness of our country, but its ok, cuz we were right….John Kerry hates the troops! dont you people get it?!”
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:33 pmNever let the facts get in the way of an utterly pointless story. Even if she had disappeared, SO WHAT?!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:33 pmAmerica’s Least Wanted
DogBoo,
I agree its necessary to see what the enemy is up to, only to a point though, I stopped reading the Adam’s Apple Ann. I get it.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:33 pmIsn’t Nancy Pelosi waiting for her 6th grandchild to be born any time now? I would definitely consider that a priority over most all else. Especially to the scandal loving and plagued republicans.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:33 pmVery well said Mr. Todd.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:37 pmHow pathetic that conservatives like Kevin have been reduced to sitting around nervously hoping Pelosi “pulls a Kerry.”
Kevin, as a conservative, I’m sure you “support the troops.” It might surprise you, but your republican Speaker Dennis Hastert gets a grade of “F” in supporting the troops from veterans. I hope Pelosi becomes Speaker because she is far better in supporting the troops according to veterans. She gets a “B+”. Kevin, as a proud republican, can you possibly explain why Iraq and Afganistan Veterans of America (IAVA) consistently give Democrats higher grades for supporting the troops than Republicans.
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:40 pmAdams Apple MAnn! lol!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:41 pmI’m pretty sure when Kevin says he hopes she pulls a “Kerry”, that means he hopes she gets the most votes of any Democratic presidential candidate in American history.
Pelosi ‘08!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:43 pmuh oh, wrong again liberal media! see, if Pelosi has been ‘disappeared’ by the MSM, then theyre obviously just covering for her because they’d love to see her as the new House speaker. but of course, if she has been covered by the MSM, well then they’re surely just trying to hype her because they’d love to see her as the new House speaker, with that age-old liberal media tactic—i.e. letting Democrats talk. Its so simple! Heads i win, tails you lose!
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:48 pmNow that she is out of hiding - maybe she will answer why her vinyard and hotel are NOT union (she has blocked their unionization), but she gladly takes money hand-over-fist from union hacks…
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:49 pmI don’t think you all get it. Nancy Pelosi is their new target. She will be attacked relentlessly. Why?
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:57 pmBecause she will soon become the first woman president. Isn’t this obvious to everyone yet?
I’m going to keep asking conservatives to respond to this because I’ve pointed it out now on 5 different discussions and no conservative has ever been able to respond: Iraq and Afganistan Veterans of America have a rating system for elected leaders. They explain it at their site. It rates elected leaders for their votes on supporting the troops. Pelosi gets a B+ and Dennis Hastert gets an F. Rick Santorum, terror fighter, gets a D- while Ted Kennedy gets a B+. Duncan Hunter, who called Kerry a traitor, gets a C while Kerry gets a B.
Conservatives, how would you explain this phenomenon?
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:59 pmGiven the current storm front sweeping across our great and Democratically functioning nation, it could be prudent to keep ones head down a bit, or at least find something solid to grasp, to keep from joining the giant sucking whirlpool of corruption being sucked down the toilet.
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:06 pmHold your breathe as you go, republiscums, you wouldn’t want to inhale any of the meth that the pastor didn’t use and is trying to flush along wit’ ya’s……….
And fellow Progressives:
Remember, no gloating, at least not yet, and then let it go quickly that we may get on with the work at hand.
We have a six year deep hole to bring our nation out of, and we will still have to deal with an executive administration that has every intention of doing as much damage as it can on their way down the toilet.
And regarding the Honorable Pelosi’s vineyard and hotel…..
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:13 pmIs it possible she pays and treats her employees well? Well enough and respectfully enough that they have no reason for organizing as a union?
The Economist Opinion Man sees Nancy reaching for the Speaker’s Gavel….
http://www.economist.com/ world/ na/ displaystory.cfm?story_id=8108149
Although it’s “a pity she’s so bad on television”. Ah well…
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:14 pmThey spend the week chasing after the nonsensical Reich Wing Kerry “joke” story, and are now asking where Nancy Pelosi has been?
Nancy Pelosi has been on the campaign trail — while the Right Wing has been trying to change the subject from their failed policies, with the news media snuggly up their ample asses.
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:20 pmA “campaign†to tell the public that a congresswoman is not hogging up the limelight at various campaigns or getting interviews on TV?
Perfect comment. The Republicans still want to push that the Democrats are a party of “San Francisco values” using Pelosi as their scape goat. They haven’t had her as a lightning rod lately and since the whole “Democrats want terrorism” and “Democrats want illegals in the country” and “Democrats want more taxes” thing isn’t working they need someone national to defame. Republicans need something besides the issues in the news.
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:27 pmThey spend the week chasing after the nonsensical Reich Wing Kerry “joke†story, and are now asking where Nancy Pelosi has been?
Well, yeah but I still don’t get that ‘joke’ thing. ANd I don’t get that “out of context” explanation either. The context was clear. It should be a ‘blunder’ thing no matter how you look at it. And this is why Kerry is out of the game for 2008 for sure.
Ok, after this Kerry Flap and the Disappearing Nancy, hopefully some real issues soon (after this message)…
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:27 pmHow exactly do the pitiful republiscums think this is going to affect anyone’s vote one way or the other. They’ve got to be kidding.
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:32 pmExtemists? LMAO!!
World nut daily is a joke!!
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:37 pmWhere is Pelosi?
Is this Karl Rove’s November Surprise?? LMAO!!!!!
Where is Bush’s Brain?? Would be the better question.
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:43 pmSo…if Pelosi doesn’t make a statement for 3 days she is not doing her job? Isn’t Congress on hiatus? And…she isn’t running for reelection is she? I fail to see why they should expect daily updates from her.
November 3rd, 2006 at 9:03 pmI guess it ecapes the retards and psychopaths WHY pelosi would be hiding.
She is going to be speaker of the house so she is HIDING?….dee dee dee.
November 3rd, 2006 at 9:04 pmHAHA! FauxNooz can’t keep up with a Representative that does their job. Heaven forbid if they followed all the corruption going on with the repubs…they might actually have some actual news to report.
What losers!
November 3rd, 2006 at 9:42 pmPelosi sucks!!! She loves gays, and pedophiles!!!!
November 3rd, 2006 at 9:52 pmThat was fake Hendler. Not cool.
November 3rd, 2006 at 9:56 pm[…] So what was Nancy Pelosi while she was running away from the media? The last two weeks of the election season will have seen Pelosi headlining numerous campaign rallies, and Pelosi will have been interviewed by the Baltimore Sun, the New York Times, and Newsweek, and on CNN, CNBC, ABC, and 60 Minutes. […]
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:06 pmThat was fake Hendler. Not cool.
Comment by JPark
Are you sure it wasn’t drunk Hendler?
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:16 pm#63 I don’t think so. Take a look at the other threads. It is just pure BS (and not one word about women being inferior).
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:29 pmMy goodness the Replicators as always and without merit can’t leave their own small world.
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:39 pmThe Replicators are afraid of leaving their fantasy world so therefore they always and without merit make one up.
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:44 pmi asked this yesterday -
just what is the righties’ problem with pelosi?
or is this part of the latest meme: “san francisco liberal”…
which must be so much worse than “sarasota pedophile”…
or a “colorado springs” meth freak… or… oh, so many choices…
(credit to rachel maddow’s great opener this evening)
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:55 pmDid you get any response katy? I don’t get the whole fear Pelosi either, not even for righties.
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:02 pmHas Drudge come out of the closet yet?
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:15 pmNo, I don’t think so Ben. It is like who shot JR with a crib sheet though.
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:17 pmYou’ve filed this under the category “Radical Right”. Since this story would be completely irrelevant for someone only wanting to browse through that category for stories about the Radical Right, perhaps it is about time to field a new category for stories like this.
Would “Pointless Reaction To Pointless Stories” be too long for a category description ?
You could of course choose not to report on rubbish like this in the first place, but that would break with your commitment to publiscising every talking point Limbaugh, Fox and company float without question.
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:45 pmNo, Tank, we could file it under typical right wing bullshit but then we wouldn’t get such enlightening commentary from you.
November 4th, 2006 at 12:39 amThe question should be, where’s Denny Hastert? Is he vacationing in the tropics somewhere with Foley and some pages?
November 4th, 2006 at 2:13 amThe real question is: Where is Condi? She used to happily spin this war, and was one of the most competent at doing it. Did she ask Daddy W to let her escape the bloody lies in the home stretch to preserve some shred of credibility for her political future?
November 4th, 2006 at 6:13 amMy wife Shirley Ketelson is the manager of a small store in the Solano Mall, since 9/11 she has had 6 young men from her store join the Military service, and I am here to testify that every one of these young men are intelligent, honest, hardworking and valued members of their families and this community.
In addition to these 6 young men I want to tell you about my hero. His name is Dustin Birch he was a volunteer missionary in my church serving here in Fairfield. He sat at my dinner table and shared with me his vision for a better world. When his mission was over he returned home and joined the Marines. Last year I received word that Dustin had given his life while fighting terrorists in Iraq so we won’t have to fight them here in Fairfield.
All of these young men are the best of the best. They make me proud to be an American.
Their will always be a place at my Dinner table, in my heart, and in my prayers for all our brave servicemen.
Always Faithful,
Jeff Ketelson
November 4th, 2006 at 6:53 amIsn’t it obvious the Right have gone completely insane? We may have to institutionalize them. They’re babbling like idiots, the poor devils.
November 4th, 2006 at 7:05 amVisit http://www.newshounds.us. Read a program by program deconstruction and critique of Faux News. The site is a living, breathing history book of Faux News, revealing it for what it is, the Goebbles wing of the Bush Reich Ministerium for Propaganda Spin Machine. I swear I think some of the talking head fascists on Faux are going to hyperventilate and explode, they are total, complete overdrive, piling lie upon lie, rumor upon rumour, while assiduously avoding reporting real events and current news. I assume the only reason these people can sleep at night is they are satisfied with the money they are paid to sell their souls. I wonder if they keep the contract signed with Satan at hand and review it from time to time. Faux News is sheer, unadulterated, despicable evil. No wonder the people who watch it as their sole news source are so totally uninformed and unhinged. That characterizes Faux News.
November 4th, 2006 at 7:10 amI’ve just heard a very frightening thing about America… apparently 45% of Americans believe the world is less than 10,000 years old and created in 6 days! No wonder you voted in Bush - you people are so uneducated!
November 4th, 2006 at 9:46 amshe’s perhaps with Waldo?
November 4th, 2006 at 9:56 am#75 Last year I received word that Dustin had given his life while fighting terrorists in Iraq so we won’t have to fight them here in Fairfield.
What bullshit! Poor Dustin….duped into believing it was Iraq NOT Afghanistan & Pakiston (uh, bin Laden), & that by joining up he was going to actually do something about those who were behind the 9/11 attacks.
We’ve created a nightmare and you, Mr. Jeff Ketelson, are perpetuating it.
Always faithful, indeed.
November 4th, 2006 at 11:04 amI saw her on one of the 24 hour news programs last night. It was either CNN or MSNBC.
November 4th, 2006 at 11:32 amI presume we’re going to have to now assume that Vice President Dick Cheney’s election year cheerleading efforts make up for the last 6 years of sleepovers in an untold number of “undisclosed locations”.
Locations where the oil springs eternal, where the underground efforts of re-defining the Constitution is calibrated and where there are hundreds of maps on the wall detailing how to divvy up the entire planet’s natural resources.
To note: You can be sure there are no oil-refinerers anywhere close.
Now, the Pelosi attacks aren’t new. In fact, they’re getting to the point where obsession overrides reality. But what’s the deal then with the man with infinitely more power, responsibiliy and democratic transparency??
In short: Where the Hell is he??
November 4th, 2006 at 12:04 pmJust waiting for the secret Government memo that includes:
November 4th, 2006 at 2:27 pm#4 -”Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?” - Comment by Vincennes
*****I’ve been referring to Nancy “Bueller” Pelosi all week as the incredible, invisible Congresswoman. I think it will be a wonderful benefit to America when more people get to know Nancy. Voting against anything and everything designed to protect our country, Nancy is a jewel in the crown of Progressivism. The good news? She can’t do a thing until she gets a Dem President to rubberstamp her plans - and by 2008, enough Americans will get to know the REAL Nancy…..
Happy Weekend, Proga
November 4th, 2006 at 4:18 pmPretty much All posters on TP have family members, friends or acquaintances who are inbred Bushite al Crackers and al Cracker wannabes…
…ostracize them, shun them,and do all you can to dissuade them from casting votes with the CONNEDservative inbred masses who will DESTROY this republic if REPULSIVESCUM maintain power…
…AMERICA is depending on Prograessive Patriots to mobilize and defend her against the intellectually retarded, morally bankrupt hypocritical right wing fascists…
…The criminal Bushite junta and their corporate fellow TRAITORS MUST be held accountable…
November 4th, 2006 at 5:51 pm#85 - “…AMERICA is depending on Prograessive Patriots…”
Comment by big papa
*******Dear BP - Isn’t the term “progressive patriot” an oxymoronic paradox of the highest order?
November 4th, 2006 at 6:41 pmMighty A: “Voting against anything and everything designed to protect our country, Nancy is a jewel in the crown of Progressivism.”
As usual, a lot of self-assured ranting with little substance. As I have pointed out before, Nancy Pelosi has a voting record. The Iraq and Afganistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have a ratings system for all people in congress with respect to supporting the troops. They give Pelosi a “B+.” Mighty Aphrodite’s Speaker of choice, Dennis Hastert, gets an “F.”
This says a lot about Mighty A’s values.
November 4th, 2006 at 7:28 pmNaturally BluePUP, you veered off into another tangent and fell in the proverbial ditch. IShould Nancy Pelosi favour keeping our troops well provided for - I will loudy applaud her.) But I suppose those troops will need LOTS of extra equipment when a “leader” like Nancy vote “nay” for keeping an eye on our enemies. (Best Repub election ad - Transcript of intercepted terror attack info - 2 thumbs way up!!)
November 4th, 2006 at 7:47 pmNo, Tank, we could file it under typical right wing bullshit but then we wouldn’t get such enlightening commentary from you.
Comment by JPark — November 4, 2006 @ 12:39 am
Well yes you could cueball. Missed the point much ?
November 4th, 2006 at 10:18 pmAfter all, if Drudge asks nicely for Thinkprogress to not run 4 or 5 stories in the lead up to a national election and instead devote that space to a single completely pointless statement, you could indeed call that participating in right wing bullshit.
Tank, the point is you wanted to hit on a Republican talking point. If you buy Drudge’s crap I am happy for you. I hope you vote against the gay marriage amendment. Oh, you didn’t know that Drudge is a fag???
November 4th, 2006 at 10:44 pmMe Tank, me dumb. Me can’t help it.
November 4th, 2006 at 11:27 pmI’ve heard Drudge is a self-loathing closet case queen like J. edgar Hoover. I know he put out eight totally fabricated smear stories about Kerry before the 2004 election, probably steered by another closet case, Karl Rove. It’s the lavender rightwing mafia at work. Nothing worse than a self-hating rightwing gay.
November 5th, 2006 at 2:26 amTank, the point is you wanted to hit on a Republican talking point.
What gave that away ? Me posting twice saying this crap isn’t even worth reprinting ?
If you buy Drudge’s crap I am happy for you.
You really are a sharp one aren’t you. Yes I’m here in a campaign to try and encourage the things I believe in being treated as worthless bullshit that isn’t worth repeating. Because that just makes so much sense.
I hope you vote against the gay marriage amendment.
Why ? Is the majority of Americans opposing this looking shaky or something ?
Oh, you didn’t know that Drudge is a fag???
Comment by JPark — November 4, 2006 @ 10:44 pm
Yes I did know that. John from Americablog also blows other guys. Is there a reason either of their sexual preferences is relevant to them both being compete partisan hacks unworthy of serious attention ?
November 5th, 2006 at 4:15 amComment by JPark — November 4, 2006 @ 10:44 pm
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Me Tank, me dumb. Me can’t help it.
…
Comment by JPark — November 4, 2006 @ 11:27 pm
43 minutes worth of thought put into that. Wow.
November 5th, 2006 at 4:18 amwhere is bin laden? oh yeah, that’s right. RepubliCANT’S seem to find him, they also CAN’T balance a budget, and they certainly CAN’T run an occupation of a stone age nation. What a joke we’ve become.
November 5th, 2006 at 11:25 amMighty A-hole: “Voting against anything and everything designed to protect our country, Nancy is a jewel in the crown of Progressivism.”
Me: “As I have pointed out before, Nancy Pelosi has a voting record. The Iraq and Afganistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have a ratings system for all people in congress with respect to supporting the troops. They give Pelosi a “B+.†Mighty Aphrodite’s Speaker of choice, Dennis Hastert, gets an “F.â€
Mighty A-hole: “Naturally BluePUP, you veered off into another tangent and fell in the proverbial ditch.”
Mighty A-hole says Pelosi votes against “protecting our country.” I point out that veterans like her voting record on supporting the troops. Mighty A-hole claims I changed the subject. Do you see what we’re dealing with here, people? A lying, obfuscating sociopath.
November 5th, 2006 at 1:48 pmWhat is the plan for when the Republicans steal this midterm through the voting machines? Here in Upstate New York, several loyal Democrats have said they will defect from the party if we allow it to happen a third time.
November 5th, 2006 at 2:13 pmWhat has Nancy Pelosi accomplished that warrants my respect for her? does she want to raise my taxes? Does she want to increase the size and power of the federal government? Does she want socialized medicine? Most importantly, if she and her party could have their way, and if the answer to all of these questions is “yes”, then my question is: what if I can’t afford it? The arrogance of liberal politicians is that they think they know how to spend my money better than I do. My paycheck isn’t an entitlement for greedy and incompetent liberal Democrats.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:54 pmTo Publickindness: WHO tried to steal the election in 2000? It was the Democrats. What happened when Gore snivelled and demanded that the votes be recounted? Bush’s lead grew! In addition to the left being arrogant, it is abundantly clear that the libs are dishonest.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:56 pmNancy Pelosi is a piece of political dirt. She represents everything that is anti-truth and reason. By the way, Republicans aren’t the party of fear but after what happened on 9-11 and hearing what terrorists want to do to innocent people here on our own soil, I think we all have something to fear, and especially now that the Demon-crats control the house and the senate. Osama is happy that his allies the Demon-crats won. Wake up!!!
November 25th, 2006 at 11:12 pmLet us first get all the facts correct before labeling individuals as hypocrites:
For Pelosi and any other Agricultural employer to willingly seek to hire Unionized Labor or discuss with their employees to possibly of unionizing such action is against California State Law, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, which became effective on August 28, 1975:
The purpose of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act is to ensure peace in the fields of California by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in agricultural labor relations. The Act seeks to achieve these ends by providing orderly processes for protecting, implementing, and enforcing the respective rights and responsibilities of employees, employers and labor organizations in their relations with each other.
The agency created to implement this Act is the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Within its statutory assignment, the ALRB has two principal functions:
1. To determine and implement, through secret ballot elections, the right of agricultural employees to choose whether or not they wish to be represented by a labor organization for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer; and
2. To prevent and remedy certain kinds of conduct, called unfair labor practices, on the part of both employers and labor organizations, which, the Act declares, are destructive of the rights of self-organization and collective bargaining.
ALRB’s authority is divided between a Board composed of five members and a General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. Together, they are responsible for the prevention of those practices which the Act declares to be impediments to the free exercise of employee rights. When a charge is filed, the General Counsel conducts an investigation to determine whether an unfair labor practice has been committed. If he believes that there has been a violation, he issues a complaint. The Board provides for a hearing to determine whether a respondent has committed the unfair labor practice alleged in the complaint.
Under the statute, the Board may delegate, and in practice has delegated, its authority to hear such cases to Administrative Law Judges (ALJ’s) who take evidence and make initial recommendations in the form of written decisions with respect to issues of fact or law raised by the parties. Any party may appeal any of the findings, conclusions or recommendations of the ALJ to the Board, which then reviews the record and issues its own decision and order in the case. Parties dissatisfied with the Board’s order may petition for review in the Court of Appeal. Attorneys for the Board defend the decisions rendered by the Board. If review is not sought or is denied, the Board may seek enforcement of its order in superior court.
When a final remedial order requires that parties be made whole for unfair labor practices committed against them, the Board has followed the practice of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in holding supplemental proceedings to determine the amount of liability. These hearings, called compliance hearings, are also typically held before ALJ’s who write recommended decisions for review by the Board. Once again, parties dissatisfied with the decision and order issued by the Board upon review of the ALJ’s decision may petition for review of the Board’s decision in the Court of Appeal. If the court denies the petition for review or orders the Board’s order in a compliance case enforced, the Board may seek enforcement in superior court.
In addition to the Board’s authority to issue decisions in unfair labor practice cases, the Board, through personnel in various regional offices, is responsible for conducting elections to determine whether a majority of the employees of an agricultural employer wishes to be represented by a labor organization or, if the employees are already so represented, to determine whether they wish to continue to be represented by that labor organization, a rival labor organization or no labor organization at all. Chapter 5 of the ALRA empowers the Board to direct an election provided that Board investigation reveals the existence of a bonafide question concerning such representation. Because of the seasonal nature of agriculture and the relatively short periods of peak employment, the Act provides for a speedy election process, mandating that elections be held within seven days from the date an election petition is filed, and within 48 hours after a petition has been filed in the case of a strike. Any party believing that an election ought not to have been conducted, or that misconduct occurred which tended to affect the outcome of the election, or that the election was otherwise not fairly conducted, may file objections to the election. The objections are reviewed by the Board’s Executive Secretary, who determines whether they establish a prima facie case that the election should not have been held or that the conduct complained of affected its outcome. If such a prima facie case is found, a hearing is held before an Administrative Law Judge acting in the capacity of an Investigative Hearing Examiner to determine whether the Board should refuse to certify the election as a valid expression of the will of the employees. The Investigative Hearing Examiner’s conclusions may be appealed to the Board. Except in very limited circumstances, court review of any decision of the Board in representation matters may be had only in connection with an order in an unfair labor practice case which is based upon the Board’s certification.
Pelosi Vineyard Employee Wages:
According to Monsignor John Brenkle, a well known advocate for farm workers and is involved in labor negotiations with the same labor manager the Pelosis use, the Pelosis pay a $1.25 an hour more than workers at Napa’s biggest union winery.
When Peter Schweizer of the Hoover Institution the individual who started this controversy was asked if he had researched the above facts before he called Pelosi a hypocrite, he responded “It’s really for her to explain why there is this inconsistency. It’s not my responsibility to go and find out how every single particular circumstance is handled on the Pelosi vineyard.”
The hypocrisy is not that Pelosi, as Schweizer said “has won the Cesar Chavez award from the United Farm Workers Union and yet they don’t use members of the United Farm Workers Union to actually pick the grapes on their winery” it is that Schweizer is criticizing an individual who is operating within the confines of the law. Until Pelosi’s employees decide to unionize and we see how she responds, let us not state Pelosi is a hypocrite.
Sources:
http://www.alrb.ca.gov/
“Pelosi’s Napa Business Scrutinized - Hypocrisy Or Conservative Hatchet Job?” by Mark Matthews http://abclocal.go.com/ kgo/ story?section=politics&id=4804677
November 28th, 2006 at 11:06 pm