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Tag Archives: Nancy Pelosi
Too Much Testosterone
If your inbox is anything like mine you probably have a plethora of outraged emails from politicians, pundits, and people of no particular persuasion expressing their dismay over the recent congressional hearing on contraception. I alluded to it in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Contraception, Darrell Issa, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Buchanan, Rick Santorum
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Gabby’s Back!
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords sporting a short haircut and escorted by her friend Debbie Wasserman-Shultz returned to the floor of the house to vote on the debt ceiling. She showed up at the last minute to standing and sustained applause in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gabrielle Giffords, Nancy Pelosi, United States House of Representatives
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Hot Fudge Sunday June 19th
Sundays bring us the political talk shows. If you see something interesting on one of them, jump on the comment board and talk about it. According to Politico, here is the lineup for this week’s shows: Meet the Press (NBC) … Continue reading
Democrats to Weiner: Get Under the Bus Already
Earlier today Democratic leadership including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, DNCC Chair Wasserman-Shultz, DCCC Chair Israel, and former DCCC Chair Van Hollen all called for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign his seat in the House. At about the same time reports … Continue reading
More Politics Over Principles
I, for one, am tired of politicians putting politics ahead of the good of the country. Congress had an opportunity to extend unemployment benefits, and yet cynically chose not to do it.
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Tagged Legislation, Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment benefits, United States Congress
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The Worst Person in the World?
Nancy Pelosi has the highest unfavorable ratings of key politicians, according to a new Nate Silver article. This really doesn’t come as a surprise to me, nor does it surprise Jonathan Allen and John Harris over at Politico. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Nancy Pelosi, Nate Silver, Politico, United States Congress
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Oh Sure, Blame the White Woman
In light of the previous post, I figured this would be as good a title as any. Nancy Pelosi is taking some heat from fellow Democrat Representatives for the loss of the House to the Republicans. So, what do you … Continue reading
Tsunami? How About Just High Tide?
I feel I should point out that there are at least 11 races outstanding. And the Democrats appear to be winning those handily. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/05/2010-elections-11-undecided-races_n_779791.html So much for a tsunami or a repeat of 1994. There’s a lot of chatter on how … Continue reading
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