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Pelosi announces she will not run for leadership post after GOP wins House

Mycroft said:
You reap what you sow.

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She did the right thing.

When one deals with fascist and racist pigs who fuel white nationalism, that’s pretty tame.

But hey, before you worry about that, you still have Obamas real birth certificate to locate.
 
Anthony60 said:
She's a piece of crap, and has maybe done more damage to this country than Biden. Way overstayed her welcome, like McConnell. That's one jerk down, one to go. Unfortunately, McConnell just got what he was aiming for, reelection as leader.
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McConnell stacked the Supreme Court with 3 ideological right-wing justices, but hey, what has he done for you lately? Good Lord.
 
mrjurrs said:
Homelessness is a state, not a federal issue.
If you had to be homeless, would you choose San Francisco CA, or Fargo ND?
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You said it was not a federal issue,

The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is the only federal agency with a sole mission focused on preventing and ending homelessness in America.
www.usich.gov

USICH

USICH is the only federal agency with the sole mission of preventing and ending homelessness in America. We coordinate with our 19 federal member agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector to create partnerships, implement evidence-based best practices, and use resources in...
www.usich.gov www.usich.gov

and when I write about any problem to my Rep. Pingree, I got responses because they do care
 
upsideguy said:
Idiotic. While I agree that single event was not her proudest moment, intelligent people judge others by the body of their work. Pelosi would normally never stoop to such classness except the bar had been lowered so much by the guy standing in front of her. Pelosi's body of work to this nation is exemplary. She has been of the most effective speakers in American history. You may not like her politics, but to not see her talent for leadership is a failing on the part of the observer.

Republicans have this odd habit of obsessing over a single event. That kind of narrow, rather unintelligent thinking, is why they have no leaders and are woefully unqualified to lead.
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Well put.

Classy lady. Really smart. Compassionate, caring, savvy, visionary. Understands how to get things done. Works well with others. America is far better off for having her serve.

Well done, Nancy.

Thank you for your service.
 
Jason Warfield said:
Well, it was time and I glad she recognizes as such and now we will have the next generation of leadership for the DNC.

For those who argue against the class with which she is leaving with by bringing up tearing up a speech by Trump…that’s a weak response. Truly weak.

Because it’s damn near the only thing you have to say…and even then you won’t acknowledge that when she offered her hand to him, he snubbed her like a pouty millennial at the beginning of that speech.

Meanwhile, we have Trump’s white trash behavior that went on for years. We literally have hundreds of moments to choose from of him being disrespectful to others…including Gold Star families.

All you guys are showing is a moment when she ripped up a speech that divided this nation and that prior to that…he disrespected her by not shaking an offered hand, a gesture made out of neutral respect for the position of President.

That’s it. That’s all you have.

Weak. Totally weak.
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Well said.

The first woman Speaker did an amazing job.

It's sad that Republicans cannot bring themselves to be nice or acknowledge her accomplishments. So partisan. And they claim to be for America first. It is clear they are for Republicans first. Respect is way down the list for them; as in not important at all. Sad!
 
Peacenik said:
Well said.

The first woman Speaker did an amazing job.

It's sad that Republicans cannot bring themselves to be nice or acknowledge her accomplishments. So partisan. And they claim to be for America first. It is clear they are for Republicans first. Respect is way down the list for them; as in not important at all to them.
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Seriously? You don't understand we have a two party system?!
 
Jacksprat said:
Seriously? You don't understand we have a two party system?!
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We Americans are not enemies if we have different political views. That would simply make us fellow Americans who disagree.

Downtalking others, showing disrespect, is not conducive to improving our country.

It is OK to disagree about how to best govern our country. It is not OK to be mean or disrespectful to people with whom we disagree.

It takes two to conduct a respectful conversation. You and I will not be having any more conversations because that basic condition did not exist for us.

Have a good life.
 
I have read that when Lady Thatcher passed away, some of her fiercest influential enemies did the classy thing: They made no public comments.

Silence is often the best way to show one's feelings about someone. So if Republicans did not shake her hand, perhaps it was their way to express "silence."
 
Peacenik said:
Well said.

The first woman Speaker did an amazing job.

It's sad that Republicans cannot bring themselves to be nice or acknowledge her accomplishments. So partisan. And they claim to be for America first. It is clear they are for Republicans first. Respect is way down the list for them; as in not important at all. Sad!
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They are deplorables and thugs....
 
Peacenik said:
Ill will serves no good purpose.
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It's what MAGAts have left.

You have to understand that the entire message/goal of the MAGAt cult is that people are miserable and it's the libs' fault.
 
Peacenik said:
I would have thanked this post if it did not include name-calling.
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And I would have been more respectful had not the R's immediately fled the room, had applauded some aspects of her speech which were inspirational, and acknowledged her service even though some of what she did was not to their liking. That is what leadership looks like and they did not do that. Instead, they continued to showcase their immaturity, lack of manners, and steadfast adherence to the behavior embodied in their failed past president whose deliberate words and actions led to an insurrection. They do not deserve respect until they earn it. Dems and others have taken the high road too often and got shat upon by the R's. There are times when taking the high road gets you nowhere.
 
sub1028 said:
You said it was not a federal issue,

The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is the only federal agency with a sole mission focused on preventing and ending homelessness in America.
www.usich.gov

USICH

USICH is the only federal agency with the sole mission of preventing and ending homelessness in America. We coordinate with our 19 federal member agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector to create partnerships, implement evidence-based best practices, and use resources in...
www.usich.gov www.usich.gov

and when I write about any problem to my Rep. Pingree, I got responses because they do care
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This is a thread about Pelosi, and my response was in regards to a snarky comment on homelessness. Pelosi is not a part of the Executive branch.
 
Argent said:
And I would have been more respectful had not the R's immediately fled the room, had applauded some aspects of her speech which were inspirational, and acknowledged her service even though some of what she did was not to their liking. That is what leadership looks like and they did not do that. Instead, they continued to showcase their immaturity, lack of manners, and steadfast adherence to the behavior embodied in their failed past president whose deliberate words and actions led to an insurrection. They do not deserve respect until they earn it. Dems and others have taken the high road too often and got shat upon by the R's. There are times when taking the high road gets you nowhere.
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Yeah, but the only problem with that is that two wrongs do not make a right. Just because others go low does not make it OK to go low. When they go low, we need to go high. Everyone should. That some do not does not justify it when others emulate wrong behavior. That's giving up the high ground.

It doesn't always happen, but the good guy does get the you-know-what end of the stick way too often. That doesn't make it OK to lose grace. That just means one individual has it and the other does not.

The tough thing about setting a good example is that it still needs to be done even when it's no fun and not very rewarding.

The correct way to act passes this simple test: If everyone did that, would society be better off for it?

Manners, grace, civility, respect make America a better nation. Downtalking others does not. It leads others to emulate bad behavior, thinking wrong justifies more wrong. That's a mistake. Bad behavior is contagious.

If disrespect made disrespect OK, we would have nothing but disrespect. We would be unable to conduct functional conversations.

Somebody needs to stand up for civility. Actually, more people need to. That is how we build America back better.

America is headed in a bad direction with all this general disrespect. We need to turn that around. We need more people to say enough is enough and begin taking only the high road. No, it's not easy. Building a better nation never is.

Trump led us in a bad direction, setting terrible examples for how to behave. We need to fix that by not stooping to that level. Even when it's not easy nor fun.

Taking the upper road is rejecting Trumpism.
 
mrjurrs said:
This is a thread about Pelosi, and my response was in regards to a snarky comment on homelessness. Pelosi is not a part of the Executive branch.
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It is Pelosi district, and she has power to fix or influence, i will never respect her
 
sub1028 said:
It is Pelosi district, and she has power to fix or influence, i will never respect her
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I'm sure she's heartbroken. What have you ever done to earn the respect of millions of people?
 
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