Nancy Pelosi’s priorities
Why was Nancy Pelosi in such a hurry to adjourn Congress and skip town without dealing with vital national security matters related to the expiration of FISA?
According to Amanda Carpenter at Townhall, the buzz is that Pelosi had her own very vital personal matter that took priority:
Her daughter Christine’s wedding.
The Foundry reacts:
This morning we admonished the House for using their time to pass meaningless contempt citations instead of debating essential FISA revisions that are set to expire at midnight tonight. Now it turns out that House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) adjourned Congress early to rush home for her daughter’s wedding.
The Heritage Foundation highly values the institution of marriage, but when you are third in line for the Presidency your priorities really ought to lie with doing your public duty “to provide for the common defense.” This is why the House has zero credibility in asking for another 21 days on top of the 194 days they already have had to permanently bring FISA into the 21st century.
Christine Pelosi found time to chat with HuffPo, though, about her role as a superdelegate:
Christine Pelosi, daughter of the Speaker and (more notably at the moment) a superdelegate, warns of a massive disillusionment of voters should Democratic Party officials back a presidential nominee that didn’t win the pledged delegate vote.
“Many of us are elected by the grassroots of the party,” she said, “And I cannot imagine going home in November to those people and try to phone bank for someone who did not capture the [pledged delegate] vote… We were all galvanized by what happened to Al Gore in Florida.”
Pelosi, who has been a DNC member since 1996 and recently authored the book “Campaign Boot Camp,” acknowledged being petitioned heavily from campaign surrogates but declined to say whom she would support. She did, however, list different attributes upon which her superdelegate vote will be based: “Who is building a base of volunteers, who is bringing the party together - the best indicators of future performance.”
In her interview with the Huffington Post, she spoke freely and at length about some of the challenges facing the 796 superdelegates as the presidential nomination seemingly falls into their laps. What, for instance, should the party do about the primary elections in Michigan and Florida, which did not, according to DNC rules, carry any delegates, but which the victorious Hillary Clinton campaign is hoping to have counted?
“Of course they should be involved. I can’t imagine a scenario personally where they are not. The question is how?” said Pelosi. She then playfully suggested a novel idea: splitting the state’s delegates 50/50 to Obama and Clinton…
…Reflecting her mother’s remarks, Christine Pelosi also sought to debunk the perception that super delegates were just cigar smoking — “my mother won’t allow that” — backroom dealing, political bigwigs willing to trade their votes at the Democratic National Convention for patronage.
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The idea that this woman spawned is disturbing.
Id have no problem with Pelosi leaving congress to go to her daughters wedding but she shouldnt dismiss the rest of them to go off.
Exactly.
#2…actually dismissing them…permanently would be a great step towards downsizing our spending.
Now Now. You know how the class gets when the teacher steps out…
I wonder how long even the Democrats are going to tolerate this incompetent as Speaker of the House. Conservatives and Republicans could make Pelosi the naotional object of their congressional compaigns, much as Newt Gingrich made Jim Wright his target.
William, that would have made too much sense. After all, we are dealing with democraps here.
national, sorry
I guess she thinks like many moviestars. She’s above everyone now, answering to no one. “I’m Speaker. Bow down and worship.”
It’s good to see that she’s looking out for the good of the country. If anything does happen (terrorism), it’ll be on Bush’s watch anyway.
… and then pushing blame onto the President…
There…fixed it.
I think you missed an “s” in there somewhere.
In 1948, Harry Truman ran against the do nothing Congress as much as he did against Dewey. McCain could highlight the insipid and inconsequensial “accomplishments” of the Pelosi House and Reid Senate. He might even galvanize some of those Republicans who are not inclined to support him.
Welllll………..I can dream, can’t I?
Well this is discouraging…Nancy Pelosi has a daughter?
Nancy San Francisco and Harry Surrender leading this do nothing congress and our country into disaster one inept step at a time.
Chrissy:
What happened was that Al Gore lost the popular vote count in Florida…dipstick.
P.S. Keep Mom away from the open bar at the reception.
This is from the huffpo interview:
“John McCain is George Bush’s third term,” she said of the GOP frontrunner, “and I just don’t believe the American people want to elect George Bush for a third term.”
This apparently is how they’re going to position the general election, and what will we be able to say in our defense? They’re basically right, which is why McCain doesn’t have the support of the conservative base.
Dear Michelle and your bloggers, On the day Sen Harry Reid implied that the immediate need to fund the FISA bill is “fear-mongering” on the part of President Bush, I received emails from Guy Rodgers , Director of ACT! and Brigitte Gabriel, founder of American Congress for Truth exposing a NYC based Islamo-Facist website that is calling for the overthrow of the US Govt. “Senility” has continued to prevent these “seniors” from understanding the documented FACTS about terrorists activities across this country that call for their(Congress’and our) DEMISE!! How can such ignorance and mis-use of their power be allowed much longer to put our Nation in DANGER? RECALL Sen Reid and Sen Pelosi. Their behavior is more than disturbing! It is criminal!
I don’t blame McCain for my lack of support as much as I do the GOP. The GOP in DC has no “balls” and they are playing election politics. Sadly, they are too enamored with their own power they cannot even see (or could care less) that they have hurt a strong portion of their base.
I’d pay 1000 dollars if someone crammed a piece of wedding cake in her smooch. hey!(lightbuld) I can use my stimulus rebate to pay.
oh wait, me no gets. neeeeevermind.
Hey Christine:
I’m surprised you found a man at all. Doesn’t your mama scare most of your dates away? I’m surprised she reproduced because that would mean she really does care about the unborn.
On a side note: I guess we know where all the Dems will be this weekend. I hope they warn the guests that the champaigne fountain will be on display for a limited time only. By the time Teddy (hiccup) Kennedy finds it there won’t be much left.
What did Nancy give her daughter for a wedding present?
YOUR MONEY!
Can we take bets on how long the marriage will last?
Does Pelosi have the authority to dismiss early - whether the other want to or not? She just says ‘everybody go home’ and the have to obey? Is she god of the House?
What would have been so wrong with real men and women telling her to go to the wedding while they stay and get the work done?
Just a question I may be a bit cloudy on.
Madchef:
One of Hillary’s old pant suits? You know it’s vintage now.
I’ll take that 1000!
Gee - the Speaker’s daughter gets to be a Super Delegate…. who’s washing whose back this week?
( sorry for the descriptive analogy.. )
The tragedy is not in her leaving town; it’s in her coming back.
I believe as Speaker she makes the decision to adjourn, recess, etc…
The motion probably needs a ’second’ - which she’d get in a heartbeat from any other member in her pocket…
MM, Did you Photoshop that picture of her or does she really look that clueless? Never mind, just a rhetorical question.
I have a huge problem with the leader leaving congress under these circumstances.
This is a national security issue and she is tasked with the protection of 300 million citizens. To leave and dismiss congress is an egregious dereliction of her duties. She had plenty of time to tend to her sworn national duties before running off for personal business.
The most ethical Congress in history continues to show us how inept they truly are under her leadership. I don’t blame her for leaving for her daughter’s wedding either, but can’t the rest of the lying crapweasels at least pretend to work on the FISA while Queen Pelosi skips town?
aj, why don’t you get some of the government hand out are you not a citizen, sure you are…even SSI folks that don’t pay taxes will receive $300.
WOW! Great call!!!
Charlie:
I think what’s even more tragic is that her daughter’s freaking wedding is more important than the country’s welfare. How egocentric is that? Then again, Nancy always has this permanently etched look of surprise on her face that we all know she isn’t taking those botox injections as a gesture to make us feel better about her “leadership.”
Isn’t there some African country with a power vacuum looking for some vacant leadership? Pretty please, could you take her off our hands? We’ll look the other way. Make her a president so she can ruin some other poor schmucks’ lives. Please?
#28 well said…that applies to the queen, the dimwits and rino’s.
You got it. Especially with all the time she had to address this issue. She is clearly playing politics with national security.
Speaker Pelosi probably thought that the House of Representatives simply could not go on without her, so she dismissed the body when she had to leave. But as Charles DeGaulle said, “The graveyards are full of indispensible men”…
Nancy has to realise that we would get along quite fine without her.
Maybe that is what she is worried about. For sure she is not worried about the 300 million people she has sworn to protect.
I would worry about keeping the unsuspecting guys away, Tiger. She might catch one of them a little sauced up and try to procreate again.
Was that
to say? Uh, sorry, then 
Eghads! Can you imagine having Nancy Pelosi as your mother-in-law?
Must be quite a wedding gift to be a superdelegate, too:
Superdelegates get campaign cash
As usual the Democrats probably still have not heard of Al-Queda and their objectives of the destruction of the West and the USA. LGM better hope his city isn’t hit by the next attack. But if he survived he as Nancy would blame Bush on the situation and never put responsibility on to themselves.
Hmmm. Mrs. Robinson she ain’t.
That’s fine, I have a wedding to go to myself this weekend but instead of wasting time with that idiot Roger Clemmons (or however he spells his name), why didn’t the House take up this instead? No, Ms. Pelosi I will blame you and the do nothing House if some attack happens and it’s found that we were on the trail when FISA ran out.
GaryT the idiot LGM is from NY. You’d think he would have gotten the message the first time. There’s no hope for him.
Yeah, what with Alcee Hastings and Jack Murtha being paragons of ethics.
Seriously Christine, rebel against your mom! Get off the Democrat plantation!
What is the point of Christine’s being a super delegate? Her Mom tells her who to nominate and she complies. This is so messed up on so many levels. If you think the dems give a hoot about the security of this country–think again. All of their energy is spent on making President Bush look incompetent.
Terrig,
LGM is the type that currently inhabit my home state. New York is full of left-wing nuts just like him. Sad but true. As a military spouse, I get to move every 3 years so if I can’t stand the culture of political structure of a certain locale, I can always move. I wish more Americans were this adaptable.
Oh, and LGM is a troll. Have you clicked on his profile? He’s actually a stereotypical liberal troll. He gets a drubbing here regularly… he enjoys the masochism I guess.
Well, one good thing I can see in all this. As long as Congress is not in session, my wallet is safe.
rightisright - the “wealthy” don’t get any money back. Wealthy as the democrats define it, that is. The handout isn’t about giving back taxes paid, it’s about redistributing the wealth. Which is why a vast majority of the people who pay the taxes aren’t getting money, but people who literally pay no taxes are getting money. Thank you, socialist government.
Well, nobody read my comment (#18). I know because I labeled Pelosi and Reid as senators! Both the House and Senate are failures regarding the protection America. Are they all so completely ignorant of the Islamo-Facists operating without impediment in the US?? The answer is YES! The same goes for the Presidential candidates! Clueless! Check-out the extremist website RevolutionMuslim.com operating from NYC. Frightening? YES! So is our do-nothing Congress, especially the US House under two leaders who should be medically checked for dementia!
Well you can always contribute to Cindy for Congress ‘08.
People before Politics!
That’ll show Nancy. I’m wondering if she just might be better than Nan!
Me thinks her eggs are stale by now.
How does the saying go?
There may be snow on the roof…but the attic’s still empty.
I think any other person would also go to their daughters wedding, from president Bush to Tom Tancredo to MM