In politics, as in intercourse, the fantasy is always more fun than the reality.
I cannot even copy his manner because the manner of his prose was the manner of his thinking and that was a dazzling succession of gaps; and you cannot ape a gap because you are bound to fill it in somehow or other -- and blot it out in the process. -- Nabokov
Why do conservatives hate Nancy Pelosi?
- 07/11/2010 09:26:53 PM
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possibly because she is too good at her job
- 07/11/2010 10:10:28 PM
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I suspect that's much of it, though she does lend herself to caricature.
- 08/11/2010 02:46:54 AM
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Misogyny is a big part, Tom Daschle and Harry Reid was never hated as much as her
- 08/11/2010 05:01:08 AM
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I'm not sure that's enough; Pelosi's far more liberal than either of them.
- 08/11/2010 09:51:33 PM
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Well, not to point out the obvious, but she was Speaker of the House
- 07/11/2010 10:18:33 PM
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Re: Well, not to point out the obvious, but she was Speaker of the House
- 08/11/2010 12:14:42 AM
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One of those charges is valid though, sadly.
- 08/11/2010 03:02:35 AM
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The ketchup controversy, seriously?
- 08/11/2010 06:00:58 AM
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Which neither you nor Cecil Adams have disproven here, so, youbetcha.
- 08/11/2010 09:50:07 PM
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This probably one of those rare ones where will have to agree to disagree
- 09/11/2010 01:08:54 AM
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Perhaps, since we seem to disagree on the facts as well as how they were spun.
- 10/11/2010 01:10:21 PM
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Joel has a few pet "facts" that he bases his world view around
- 10/11/2010 02:08:20 PM
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Hey, I didn't bring up the GOP starving kids to enrich millionaires.
- 10/11/2010 05:53:07 PM
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really one interview with one guy who has been out of power for decades
- 10/11/2010 06:57:16 PM
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The interview was quite relevant when given.
- 10/11/2010 09:32:27 PM
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but you know all about the inner workings because of an entire party?
- 10/11/2010 11:29:35 PM
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- 10/11/2010 11:29:35 PM
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No, Pelosi did, that's the point
- 10/11/2010 09:41:39 PM
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I understand, but what's really sad is it's hard to be sure WHICH GOP policy she meant.
- 10/11/2010 10:03:22 PM
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Re:
- 08/11/2010 02:13:25 AM
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Because Nancy Pelosi is rather...liberal in her Political Positions.
- 08/11/2010 02:20:56 AM
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I wouldn't call myself conservative but I don't like her because...
- 08/11/2010 02:40:19 AM
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Yet she accomplished a lot more than Obama and Reids bipartisanship.
- 08/11/2010 03:13:33 AM
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No, she didn't.
- 08/11/2010 03:42:45 AM
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Bipartisanship was never on the table, and Obama DID try (too hard).
- 08/11/2010 09:30:15 PM
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he had a luncheon and everything
- 10/11/2010 04:16:01 PM
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Trying to work with people dedicated to his demise was a SYMPTOM of his leadership failings.
- 10/11/2010 05:44:29 PM
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Trying to pick off a few republicans is not the same thing as working with them
- 10/11/2010 06:56:04 PM
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After that link...
- 10/11/2010 09:44:32 PM
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yes but when the middle hate you then you are in real trouble
- 10/11/2010 11:34:28 PM
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I don't think the middle hates him, they're just disgusted with him.
- 11/11/2010 01:44:54 PM
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Re: Trying to work with people dedicated to his demise was a SYMPTOM of his leadership failings.
- 10/11/2010 07:04:57 PM
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Sounds like the bill they SHOULD'VE passed.
- 10/11/2010 09:23:53 PM
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That bill is part of why Bob Bennett lost his senate seat.
- 10/11/2010 09:32:36 PM
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I suspected that might be the case when I was reading about it at the link.
- 10/11/2010 09:39:53 PM
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I'm just gonna put this idea out there...
- 08/11/2010 07:17:36 PM
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I can see Russia from my house? *NM*
- 09/11/2010 12:15:40 AM
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Yeah, I thought he explained it rather well, until...
- 09/11/2010 08:26:13 AM
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Did she actually say that?
- 09/11/2010 03:31:50 PM
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She did say that, I'm not sure if it's EXACTLY what she said...
- 09/11/2010 04:04:02 PM
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it doesn't matter what she says people need to believe she is stupid so they find proof even
- 09/11/2010 04:36:28 PM
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well if it makes you feel better, I don't think she's particularly unintelligent
- 09/11/2010 05:03:03 PM
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Believe she actually said something about having Russia for a neighbor gave her foreign policy cred.
- 10/11/2010 06:04:15 PM
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*NM*
She merely said one could see Russia from somewhere in Alaska, which I believe is correct.
- 09/11/2010 04:15:05 PM
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it does seem to be a pretty silly thing to say without more to directly accompany it.
- 09/11/2010 04:32:02 PM
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Only you would jump to physical appearance as the first and only reason you can think of *NM*
- 09/11/2010 11:24:36 PM
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*NM*
- 09/11/2010 11:24:36 PM
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I don't hate her. I just have a great dislike for her political views.
- 10/11/2010 09:38:38 PM
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She's too conservative for you? Really? *NM*
- 11/11/2010 05:22:59 PM
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Yes. I come from a country where she would be seen as quite right-wing politician.
- 13/11/2010 12:29:26 AM
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Wow, what qualifies as far to the left in Sweden?
- 13/11/2010 01:52:40 AM
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