Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi Hails ObamaCare: It ‘Captures the Spirit of Our Founders
July 1st, 2013 12:30 PM
Independence Day is the perfect day to remember that liberal Democrats want Americans to be dependent on government. Nancy Pelosi reminded Americans of that on June 27 with her remarks to the press about the national holiday, where she essentially argued that the Founding Fathers would have loved ObamaCare.
“[W]hen we celebrate Independence Day we’ll also be observing health independence.…
Pelosi on Snowden: ‘It's Pretty Good That He's Stuck in Moscow Airpo
June 30th, 2013 5:15 PM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said some amazingly stupid things throughout her career.
Sunday was no exception when during a discussion with NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory about National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the former Speaker of the House actually said, "I think it's pretty good that he's stuck in Moscow airport. That's okay with me.”
Pelosi Booed at Liberal Conference for Saying Snowden Broke the Law
June 23rd, 2013 9:58 AM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was booed by liberal activists Saturday for defending President Obama on the NSA’s surveillance programs and saying leaker Edward Snowden broke the law.
This occurred during a Q&A session at the far-left Netroots Nation conference in San Jose.
Harris-Perry: Boehner 'Super-Villain', Pelosi 'One Of History's Most E
June 22nd, 2013 11:29 AM
On her MSNBC show this morning, Melissa Harris-Perry vilified John Boehner as a "super-villain," a "bad guy" and "pitiful." His sin? Failing to pass the farm bill.
So who is MH-P's idea of a good Speaker? Why, Nancy Pelosi, of course. Harris-Perry praised Pelosi as "one of the most effective leaders in the House's history." So effective that, as a result of her disastrous leadership,…
Thom Hartmann Hates Insider Trading by Politicians, Except Pelosi
June 18th, 2013 3:25 PM
As timing would have it, my 12-year-old daughter read Orwell's "Animal Farm" for school just before I encountered an eerily similar human version of one of its characters.
Do you remember Squealer, the propagandist for the pigs who ran the farm after the animals seized control of the property? He was described as "a brilliant talker" who when arguing "had a way of skipping from side to side…
N.J. Doc's Occupy Wall Street Involvement Ignored in AP Coverage of Hi
June 2nd, 2013 10:23 AM
The indictment of Occupy Wall Street-connected Doctor Roberto Rivera on a number of charges, including "stashing large amounts of bomb-making materials at his home," apparently wasn't news anywhere until Friday afternoon at NorthJersey.com. The Associated Press's unbylined five-paragraph report (HT Legal Insurrection) appeared Saturday aftenoon.
Kibret Markos's Friday report noted the doctor'…
MSNBC’s Schultz Admits He Doesn’t Know Much About ObamaCare, Still
May 21st, 2013 4:48 PM
You gotta love ol’ Ed Schultz. A recent demotion at the Lean Forward network hasn’t stopped the bombastic MSNBC host from sputtering over Republican opposition to ObamaCare, despite the fact that Schultz himself admits he doesn’t really know what’s in the bill.
Schultz was recently moved from his weeknight, primetime spot in MSNBC’s über-progressive lineup to weekends, a move sources at the…
Pelosi: 'If Boehner Were a Woman They'd be Calling Him the Weakest Spe
May 14th, 2013 10:30 AM
"If he were a woman, they'd be calling him the weakest speaker in history."
So said Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) about John Boehner (R-Oh.) on MSNBC's All In Monday.
CBS Ballyhoos 'Stark Contrast' Between 'Conservative' Pope and 'Pro-Ch
March 19th, 2013 3:36 PM
Allen Pizzey readily identified Pope Francis as a "conservative" on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, but failed to give an equivalent ideological label to Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who attended his installation Mass in St. Peter's Sqaure. Pizzey spotlighted the apparent "stark contrast" between the new pontiff and the two liberal politicians, whom he described as being "pro-…
PBS’s Judy Woodruff Helps Pelosi Blame Republicans for Sequester
March 8th, 2013 3:03 PM
The PBS NewsHour invited Nancy Pelosi on for an interview Thursday night, and the sparks were flying. Sparks of love, that is, between anchor Judy Woodruff and the House minority leader. Woodruff conducted a 10-minute interview of mostly softballs about the salient topics of the day. But one of today’s hottest topics, the sequester, only merited one question from Woodruff - and it wasn’t a…
Pelosi: 'I Hope the Democrats Will Use the Filibuster Some Time as Wel
March 7th, 2013 11:45 AM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) commented Thursday on Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) historic filibuster the previous day.
'I hope the Democrats will use the filibuster some time as well in that way."
Jay Leno Presents 'Les Miserables' Style Sequester Negotiations
February 28th, 2013 3:16 PM
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno presented a great interpretation of the sequester negotiations Wednesday.
In a mock video, many of our political leaders sang their views as if characters in the hit musical "Les Miserables."
Stephen Colbert To Be 'Surprise Guest' At Democrat Conference
February 8th, 2013 9:23 AM
Are there any boundaries today between the media and the Democratic Party?
Consider Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert who according to a tweet from House Democrats is going to be a "surprise guest" at Friday's Caucus Issues Conference:
Pelosi Briefs Barbra Streisand and Hollywood Elites at Norman Lear's M
February 2nd, 2013 3:58 PM
Just how much more in bed can Democrats get with Hollywood elites?
That question seems germane given an event held at Norman Lear's Hollywood mansion Thursday where House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) briefed attendees that included Barbra Streisand and James Brolin.