Posted by
Roxanna M. on Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:22:20 PM
After a blessedly brief tenure, Nancy Pelosi has to say good-bye to being Speaker of the House of Representatives. She'll have to move out of that big office and, of course, give up that plane she's been using to chauffeur her august self around, to the tune of millions of taxpayer dollars.
If she stays, she'll go from being, politically speaking, the most powerful woman in America and second in line to the presidency (Biden is first in line) to being just 1 of 435. The internet is full of rumors that she'll quit if she can't be Speaker anymore. We'll see.
So, let me say good-bye to the golden tongue of Nancy Pelosi:
When asked if Obamacare was constitutional, she replied, "Are you serious."
When speaking on Obamacare she said, "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
Also when speaking on Obamacare she said, "This legislation alone will create 4 million jobs, about 400,000 jobs very soon." (I've looked, but I can't find them.)
She also said, although I can't find the exact quote, that Obamacare would be a jobs bill because people would be free to leave their current jobs and pursue their dreams because they would have health care.
She also believes that the Food Stamp and Unemployment Insurance programs are two of the greatest economic stimuli around. Her thinking is that people who get unemployment checks go out and spend those checks, which puts money into the economy and keeps other businesses open.
If 10% unemployment is one of the greatest economic stimuli around, what would 100% unemployment be?
Upon learning of her soon-to-be ouster, Mrs. Pelosi said, "The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people." Apparently, she doesn't grasp the fact that what her party has done to the American people is why so many of them will be out of a cushy government job come January.
She also said, "We must all strive to find common ground (Now she wants to find common ground. When her party was the majority, Republicans were locked out of the room and then called obstructionists.) to support the middle class, create jobs, (Apparently, food stamps and unemployment haven't done enough.) reduce the deficit, (After sending it into the stratosphere?) and move our nation forward."
We all want our nation to move forward. The vote yesterday showed that millions of us have a different idea of forward.