Speaker Pelosi responds to Republicans: ‘I’m in my place. I’m the Speaker of the House.’
By on Oct 8th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Speaker Pelosi responds to Republicans: ‘I’m in my place. I’m the Speaker of the House.’
Earlier this week, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) put out a press release criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) comments on Afghanistan, saying that Gen. Stanley McChrystal should “put her in her place.” Today, Pelosi responded during her weekly briefing:
It’s really sad that they really don’t understand how inappropriate that is. I’m in my place. I’m the speaker of the House — the first woman speaker of the House. And I’m in my place because the House of Representatives voted me there.
Pelosi added that she hadn’t heard sexist language like what was in the NRCC press release in “decades.” Watch it:
Update Both Huffington Post and Greg Sargent attempted to contact female Republican lawmakers, but their offices refused to comment on the NRCC's remarks.
Featured Comment: Squash says: "Reminds me of the old saying 'A woman’s place is in the house, and the senate.'"
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I don’t claim to be the biggest Pelosi fan out there, but this just made my day. Give ‘em hell, Nancy!
October 8th, 2009 at 12:54 pmReminds me of the old saying “A woman’s place is in the house, and the senate.”
October 8th, 2009 at 12:56 pmAllYouNeedIs says:
Give ‘em hell, Nancy!
October 8th, 2009 at 12:56 pmAnd, we the citizens, put the NRCC and their partners in crime (Republican politicians) in their place: the minority.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:57 pmRemember this Nancy, and don’t take any more crap off these oafs.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:57 pmOh snap! She rocks! I love it!
October 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pmThank you, Nancy — that pile of crap from the NRCC WAS incredibly sexist, and they needed to be called on it.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pmOne hell of a comeback there.
I mean, demands of Obama’s impeachment and Pelosi’s withdrawl…do they not know that the next in line for both are still Democrats?
October 8th, 2009 at 1:00 pmWOW>> its amazing how this one woman just scares the hell of theses weak minded people.
But I have to say keep it up Nancy you are doing a great job!!!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:00 pmWay to go Nancy!! The repugs keep showing over and over again why AMERICA voted them out!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:01 pmGreat way to say it. Give ‘em hell Nancy!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:01 pmHopefully all the dem.’s will get fed up with this shi* and pass the biggest most comprehensive public health care plan possible.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:02 pmPelosi should be put in her place, Obama should be removed from the White House and put in his place, women who are gang-raped shouldn’t be able to seek justice if their attackers are supported by federally funded corporations.
This is who the Right is – face it.
“When people show you who they are, believe them.” Maya Angelou
October 8th, 2009 at 1:04 pmHow dumb are these idiots talking about putting a woman in her “place”? Way to lose more votes, idiots.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:05 pm“Put her in her place.”
“Healthcare will be Obama’s Waterloo.”
“We’re going to take our country back.”
All sign-posts of the desperation and death throes of the republiscam party. Good response, Nancy.
The republiscams will be the ones soon put in their place — that is, permanently living amongst their former constituents with the word “former” preceding their titles.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:09 pmBarefoot and pregnant, right, NRCC?
Retuglicans = Dixiecrats.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:09 pmMcChrystal ?
What ever happened to Petraeus ?
I guess the GOP now has a new god. After all, he sure put that
October 8th, 2009 at 1:11 pmuppity president in his place, didn’t he.
What many people don’t seem to get about Nancy Pelosi is that she’s tough as nails.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:11 pmMaybe Republicans should be put in their place, in Rush’s ass.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pmShe needs a lever that controls spring-loaded seats in congress…
….could just picture it now….
….YOU LIE….(spronggggg)….aiiiiiiiiiiii…..(splat)…my leg, I broke my leg.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:15 pmNinerFan says:
What many people don’t seem to get about Nancy Pelosi is that she’s tough as nails.
Yuppers!!!!!!!!! think it would take bohner and cantor just to be able to carry here purse.
its great to watch tuff guys like the white wing wrong side party strut there chickencrap walk. Smiles it really is amazing how they are so scare of her.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:16 pmas one of my heroes would say….
BAZINGA!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:16 pmI’m finally starting to respect the Speaker of the House.
I was about 3 years old when Tip O’Neill stepped down, and, up until now…we’ve had failures ranging from the mediocre (Foley, Pelosi) to the colossal (Gingrich, Hastert).
Knock ‘em out, Nancy. You’re finally showing us that the Dems have backbone.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:18 pmHalf these guys who hate Pelosi(My father included) couldn’t even name any of the Speakers in the Bush years. All they know is she is a woman and a Democrat. They can’t stand either. My father didn’t even know who Denny Hasert was. Unreal. They can’t stand it that a woman is in power. It freaks them out.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:18 pmJebus. Slavery, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, misogyny…
What will the Repukes think of next??
October 8th, 2009 at 1:21 pmYou go girl !!! And Kiss her ASS while you are at it !!! Chumps….
October 8th, 2009 at 1:23 pmThey are like toddlers having extreme tantrums because they aren’t getting their (totally unreasonable) way.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:25 pmGo Pelosi! Put those assclowns in their places!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:26 pmTip ONeil was the man.
Tom Delay was a criminal, who dances a little too gleefully.
Nancy’s ok.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:28 pmwoops – Denny Hastert’s who I shoulda been thinking of,
he who distinguished himself by sticking up for the guy who loved his aides a little too gleefully.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:29 pmI have my Pelosi issue with her. But, I am glad that she has put the Party of Neanderthals in their place. Like Pelosi or not, she is the Speaker of the House and she was voted into that position. The Party of Sexists need to build a bridge and get over it, find a brain and use it, get a life, and tend to real issues in their own party.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:30 pmchin-geenger says:
“What’s on your table?”
Wipe your face before coming to the table.
Bush is gone from office, impeachment is no longer an option.
It’s in the hands of the Justice Department now.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:30 pmExpect to seem some indictments in late 2010, early 2011.
tom@30, Delay is also a whiner crybaby. He certainly milked the sympathy didn’t he? Quite frankly, I couldn’t watch him dance. He is nothing but a criminal trying to be hip and relevant, He failed at both.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:30 pmAnother intelligent, sharp, DEMOCRATIC WOMAN! Go Speaker Pelosi!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pmtom@31, Repugs have short term memory loss don’t they? Hasert gets a free pass even though he tried to hide what happened about Mark Foley, and yet, Nancy gets slammed for doing her job? Hypocricy anyone?
October 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pmRethuglicans are the most misogynistic bunch of A-holes!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:34 pmSquash @2 says: “Reminds me of the old saying A woman’s place is in the house, and the senate.”
Funny that you mentioned that! Back in the early 1980s, I was at an Army Wives’ symposium in D.C. Pink t-shirts with that saying on them were all the rage and I think several thousand of us Army wives wore them until they were totally worn out. Lots of sexist males around back then and we often were scoffed, but history has proven them wrong, eh? lol
October 8th, 2009 at 1:38 pmDemocrats are really starting to stand up for themselves (and us) lately!
Do you suppose they were just waiting for the Republicans to go as deep over the edge as they could first to show everyone where the sane people are?
October 8th, 2009 at 1:38 pmDid she include a hearty ‘up yours, numbnutz’ with her comment?
October 8th, 2009 at 1:40 pmIt’s about time that she stood up to the buffoons. That being said, I am very angry and disgusted that the House schedule is now a 2 and a half work week. It seems to me that hearing should be held each and every day to get to the bottom of the Wall Street mess, tightening existing laws and reinstituting old ones like Glass Steagall….so that this never happens again.
Pelosi said they would be working 5 days a week….get back to that schedule and create a jobs program for those out of work. If we Democrats don’t buckle down and get some results soon, we will lose next November…..and I for one, don’t want to see that happen.
Having worked on the Hill, I can think of inumerable things that the Congress could be doing….if the republicans don’t want to help turn things around, they can get out of the way….at least the electorate will see we are trying to do something constructive.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:41 pmGinslinger you ignorant brainwashed moron. Since you are too stupid to even know the name of the largest political party in America just STFU till you grow a brain.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:43 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
P.D. says
October 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Hasert gets a free pass even though he tried to hide what happened about Mark Foley, and yet, Nancy gets slammed for doing her job?
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I suspect that Nancy mostly gets slammed by the NRCC for not having a pen!s.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:46 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Mr.Duke says
October 8th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Can’t take the heat? Either quit crying or quit the job.
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Yes, that IS good advice for the NRCC.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:48 pmMr@43, Crying? The only one I have seen crying lately is Glenn Beck. Should he quit his job? But don’t worry, he was faking it. Just a little Vicks under the eyes, and you guys swoon…
October 8th, 2009 at 1:49 pmmiss244, LOL! Like Jon Stewart said. The guys have God rods! And girls have shame caves! That’s basically what the Repugs think. They really have a hate for women.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:51 pm[CHUCKLE, CHUCKLE]
PELOSI: Screw ‘em . .
October 8th, 2009 at 1:51 pmGood for her, and who can blame her for speaking up to these idiots.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:54 pmMr.Duke says:
Can’t take the heat? Either quit crying or quit the job.
I think she’s taking the heat quite well. Rather, I think she burned NRCC in retaliation.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:55 pmJust wait, ginslinger….
October 8th, 2009 at 1:55 pm…late 2010, early 2011…
Mr.Duke says:
Can’t take the heat? Either quit crying or quit the job.
She seems to be taking the heat just fine. Nobody’s crying but you wingnuts.
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ginslinger says:
noseeum says:
Bush is gone from office, impeachment is no longer an option.
It never was, well maybe in the fever swamps (where those little biting bugs dwell) of MOONBAT lunacy.
At the time that Bush ordered warrantless wiretaps, warrantless wiretaps were illegal under FISA. There was no “I had a good reason to do it, trust me” clause written into the law. Bush stated publicly that he ordered the wiretaps and did not seek warrants for them. Therefore, he broke the law.
What the Bush White House called “enhanced interrogation” is actually torture, which was and is prohibited by international treaties that have been ratified by Congress, signed by past Presidents, and which therefore have the force of law. By authorizing the CIA to torture poeple, Bush broke the law. Again, there was no “I had a good reason to do it, trust me” clause written into those laws.
This is all quite simple. It’s not some crazy fantasy. The laws as written were violated by President Bush. That is what impeachment is supposed to be for.
But since that’s “off the table,” we’ll just have to go with straight-up criminal indictments instead.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pmginny, you can thank bush for putting conservatives on the run. I know I do. run gop, run. see conservatives run for the hills.
How about that stimus passed with no gop support. Same for health care soon. See, America has turned it’s back on ya. Bye bye and enjoy your time in the wilderness.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:04 pmginslinger before you accuse me….take a look at yourself.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:05 pmit’s cute when ginstinker pretends to know stuff
October 8th, 2009 at 2:12 pmSpeaking of the Congress, heads will roll on this bit of news. I saw this on Raw Story:
House cuts workweek to 2 1/2 days
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) promised after the Democrats won the House in 2006 and then after Obama’s election this year that the House would hold longer workweeks. But as the fall of 2009 wanes, the House has taken to starting on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm and adjourning “before the sun goes down” on Thursdays.
That certainly wasn’t Hoyer’s tune in 2006, when he claimed that congressmembers were going to have to work five days a week.
“I have bad news for you,” Hoyer told reporters after the Democrats took over the chamber. “Those trips you had planned in January, forget ‘em. We will be working almost every day in January, starting with the 4th.”
The Washington Post blared this headline Dec. 6, 2006: “Culture Shock on Capitol Hill: House to Work 5 Days a Week.”
But since the House returned from recess on Sept. 8 of this year, it has stuck around to vote on a Friday just once. For what? Approving an a 5.8 percent increase in Congress’ budget.
Republican lawmakers accuse Democrats of hypocrisy, as the liberal party had previously accused conservatives of having lackadaisical work schedules when they were in power. Not everyone is turned off, however.
“Two and a half days a week is plenty of time to consider the ideas coming out of this Democrat-led House,” Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), once a power-broker for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), told Politico. “Imagine the damage they could do with five-day workweeks.”
House Democrats say they’re not holding many votes because the legislation they’ve already passed is backed up in the Senate. The Democrat-led House has already approved climate change “carbon cap” legislation and a plan to reform Americans’ healthcare options.
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/house-cuts-workweek-to-2-12-days/
October 8th, 2009 at 2:13 pmginslinger should weep for his own ignorance. What a tool.
I would posit to Bill O’Lielly that the far-right is intimidated by Speaker Pelosi’s wit and intellect. You can have your empty shells Palin and Bachmann. They are all yours as Democrats, Independents and even most Republicans find them abhorrent and witless. As to the sexist losers on the Reich I say keep it up! You idiots are the best recruiting tool the Dems ever had! We’ll see to it that you all stay in your place (the minority) for a long time!
October 8th, 2009 at 2:17 pmWhen in doubt, blame Obama for something else.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:23 pmMr.Duke@43 said,
October 8th, 2009 at 2:27 pmMust be wingnut advice Palin chose to follow.
ginslinger says:
I think my favorite part is that you really, truly believe with every fiber of your being that this is a scathing insult, rather than incoherent raving.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:42 pmI was, and still am, angry at Nanci Pelosi when she took impeachment off the table. I am pleased to see that she is growing a spine, standing up to republican fascism.
I would love to find out from Mrs. Pelosi why impeachment was taken off the table. If it was because indictments would be more crippling to the Republican crime organization, I would be willing to forgive her.
Long ago I predicted Bush and Cheney will begin to face justice right before the 2010 elections. If I were running the justice department, that’s when I would do it. You would get the biggest bang for the buck, so to speak.
If Democrats are smart, and prosecute Bush/Cheney, The Republicans will lose big in 2010, and in 2012. This could very well be the end of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Stay tuned.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:42 pmMr. Duke
Is that all you got. Bankrupt in mind too?
October 8th, 2009 at 3:21 pmginslinger if you are going for stupidest most brainwashed morontroll on this site you will have to try harder. I mean you are REALLY stupid but your competition is stiff
October 8th, 2009 at 4:09 pmIt is time for the Dems to do a lot of pushback on the Republicans. These comments about Pelosi are over the top. Of course, no Republican leader is willing to stand up to the radical right.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:20 pmwoo hoo!!!
thank you, speaker pelosi!!!
NEVER BACK DOWN!
October 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pmFred, asking ginslinger to look at himself is dangerous. He gets unhinged and starts to froth.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:30 pmThe best part about Speaker Pelosi’s response is that it was nice. Tactful. And about freaking time.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:31 pmBTW, are black on black murders, by thugz in the streets of Chicago, hate crimes?
Nope. Neither are such crimes committed by the thugs in conservative San Diego.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:39 pmThe general simply needs to recognize her place, second in line to be president, so stfu.
October 8th, 2009 at 7:47 pmImmagine, in the unlikely circumstance that Pelosi becomes President, Gen. Stanley McChrystal could find himself demoted to private and digging an endless latrine.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:25 pmPelosi and the Democrats appear the be posturing up to play a little hardball.
Bring on Beck and his tears. Oh the poor Republicans.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pmI hope they start the indictments against the Republican crime organization soon and I hope they hand them out to every Republicans that has committed any crime.
We can start with the seditionist Republican senators and congressmen. Arrest them, imprison them without bail, and let them rot in prison while they wait for their trials to be completed.
They also need to take out the propagandists on FOX News and a variety of online sources, and that includes the trolls that have committed online crimes.
Let the wingnut roundup begin!
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