Pelosi Wishes Protesters Were Poor, Homeless?

William Haskins · Oct 10, 2007

"Look," she said, the chicken breast on her plate untouched. "I had, for five months, people sitting outside my home, going into my garden in San Francisco, angering neighbors, hanging their clothes from trees, building all kinds of things -- Buddhas? I don't know what they were -- couches, sofas, chairs, permanent living facilities on my front sidewalk."

Unsmilingly, she continued: "If they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering, but because they have 'Impeach Bush' across their chest, it's the First Amendment."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100902006.html

InfinityGoddess · Oct 10, 2007

I do not feel sorry for her. Not at all.

kristie911 · Oct 10, 2007

Pelosi gives me a fucking headache.

I wonder how the weather is on her planet?

Jean Marie · Oct 10, 2007

kristie911 said:
Pelosi gives me a fucking headache.

I wonder how the weather is on her planet?

I wish we could shoot her to the moon.

tourdeforce · Oct 10, 2007

This attitude is an unfortunate result of her fact-funding trip to Myanmar. However, one must concede that they certainly do know how to deal with misbehaving Buddhists.

davids · Oct 10, 2007

tourdeforce said:
This attitude is an unfortunate result of her fact-funding trip to Myanmar. However, one must concede that they certainly do know how to deal with misbehaving Buddhists.

Yes indeedy they do-off with their heads I say-anybody got a Buddha?

rugcat · Oct 10, 2007

kristie911 said:
I wonder how the weather is on her planet?

The weather here in SF is lovely.

It's interesting, conservatives routinely mock San Francisco, its politicians, and its values, ignoring the fact that it's a huge tourist destination and one of the best cities to live in the U.S.

And Pelosi is routinely attacked by the left for not being radical enough, and by the right for being a SF values liberal.

And yeah, her values are all screwed up. She's been married for 44 years, raised five children as a stay at home mom, and didn't enter politics until her youngest was in high school. None of her kids hate her or have ended up in jail, which is more than can be said for some politicians who espouse "family values."

She's a truly decent person, a rarity in politics for either gender. It amazes me how much personal scorn is heaped on public officials simply because their views are different from the one doing the heaping.

That goes equally for left and right. No wonder decent people rarely run for office these days. Why would you?

William Haskins · Oct 10, 2007

rugcat said:
It's interesting, conservatives routinely mock San Francisco, its politicians, and its values, ignoring the fact that it's a huge tourist destination and one of the best cities to live in the U.S.

it's also the most beautiful.

Cranky · Oct 10, 2007

rugcat said:
The weather here in SF is lovely.

It's interesting, conservatives routinely mock San Francisco, its politicians, and its values, ignoring the fact that it's a huge tourist destination and one of the best cities to live in the U.S.

And Pelosi is routinely attacked by the left for not being radical enough, and by the right for being a SF values liberal.

And yeah, her values are all screwed up. She's been married for 44 years, raised five children as a stay at home mom, and didn't enter politics until her youngest was in high school. None of her kids hate her or have ended up in jail, which is more than can be said for some politicians who espouse "family values."

She's a truly decent person, a rarity in politics for either gender. It amazes me how much personal scorn is heaped on public officials simply because their views are different from the one doing the heaping.

That goes equally for left and right. No wonder decent people rarely run for office these days. Why would you?

Interesting stuff there. Thanks for sharing. Really!

That said, I still can't stand her politics. I've never been to San Francisco (why am I hearing a song in my head now? LOL), so I have no idea if the complaints about it are legit or not.

Sheryl Nantus · Oct 10, 2007

just wait until Cindy Sheehan takes over.

*chuckles*

Cranky · Oct 10, 2007

Sheryl Nantus said:
just wait until Cindy Sheehan takes over.

*chuckles*

You are evil.

InfinityGoddess · Oct 10, 2007

rugcat said:
She's a truly decent person, a rarity in politics for either gender. It amazes me how much personal scorn is heaped on public officials simply because their views are different from the one doing the heaping.

That goes equally for left and right. No wonder decent people rarely run for office these days. Why would you?

I don't agree with the right's smears of her, granted, but the reason why liberals like me criticize her is because of her caves to the Shrub with FISA and with the Iraq Occupation funding. She has the ability to set the legislative agenda. She needs to use it to not put bad policies like the summer FISA cave onto the floor.

I can understand her concerns with the issue of impeachment, though. They simply don't have the votes. Fine. I can deal. But the other stuff is just plain inexcusable.

billythrilly7th · Oct 10, 2007

I agree with Pelosi.**

Free speech has a time and a place.

**Unless I don't get it which is always a possibility.

jst5150 · Oct 10, 2007

Geez, what she said is as close to "Let them eat cake" as I've seen in a while.

Pelosi Wishes Protesters Were Poor, Homeless?

William Haskins

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InfinityGoddess

Goddess of Infinity

kristie911

Happy to be here

Jean Marie

calm waters ahead

tourdeforce

davids

rugcat

Lost in the Fog

William Haskins

poet

Cranky

Sheryl Nantus

Holding out for a Superhero...

Cranky

InfinityGoddess

Goddess of Infinity

billythrilly7th

jst5150

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