Nancy Pelosi officially elected Speaker of the House

[Chichiri]

per C-SPAN. The votes are in, have been counted, re-counted, re-re-counted, et cetera for several more "re"s I'm sure, and the gavel has been struck.

"The honorable Nancy Pelosi of the state of California is to be elected Speaker of the House for the 110th Congress, having received a majority of the votes cast." And I swear, the clerk's voice was breaking up as she said it. :)

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

1. Yes!

:headbang:

[Mad_Dem_X]

2. Whoo-hoo!

Wish I could have seen/heard it!!!! Go, Nancy!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Fridays Child]

3. Screen cap, at the moment her victory was officially announced...

[Mad_Dem_X]

5. That's my new desktop image

Sure to drive my Freeper co-workers crazy. LOL

[lady lib]

20. Great idea.

Now it's mine, too.

[RetroLounge]

69. Mine Too!

:woohoo:

RL

[CTyankee]

52. Can you tell me how to do that?

I'd love to send it to my office email and put it on my screen there! I have the perfect Republican to torment with it!

[A Simple Game]

57. Just place your cursor over the picture and right click on it.

You should have the option to "save picture as" and the option to "email picture", either of those should get you started.

Hope this helps.

[Fridays Child]

58. Right click on the picture and save it to your hard drive, then...

...attach it to an email and send it to your office address. At the office, open the email and right click on the picture, again, and save it to the hard drive on your office computer. Then close or minimize all windows and right click on your desktop. Select "properties" then choose the "desktop" tab. Click "browse" to find and select the picture from your hard drive. After you've selected the picture, click "position" and select "center," "tile," or "stretch" (on my screen, "stretch" works best for this picture). Then click "apply" and the picture should appear on your desktop. Then click "ok."

[CTyankee]

89. Thank you so much. I am tech deprived or whatever.

I need all the help I can get!!

[Andromeda]

90. Right click with your mouse...

and choose the "set as background" option.

[llmart]

87. Thanks for the idea!

I'm lucky enough to work in a liberal environment with almost 99% Dems!

[Bluestar]

7. Wow, what a beautiful sight

Thank you for this.

[Maggie_May]

8. Great pic

and I can't wait till my daughter gets home from high school to share this great time with her. We now have the first women speaker of the house!:woohoo:

[DixieBlue]

12. Fantastic!

[pinto]

43. Thanks for the screen cap. Great pic.

[mvd]

85. Woohooooooooooo!!

I'm putting it as my desktop, too. :bounce:

[qanda]

4. This is such a great moment

I loved experiencing it with my 8yo daughter.

[Bluestar]

6. Oh dear

I'm sitting here by myself bawling just like I did on election night.

[trashcanistanista]

9. Me too!

This is very very moving. All of her grandkids around her. A great day for Democracy!

[jwirr]

113. Actually it was more than her grandkids. She had asked the

children all to come up to touch the gavel and went on with the agenda with them all up there. Most gradually left and her grandkids were sent away with their mother or nana.

[Beaverhausen]

10. Me too!!!

[Tight_rope]

63. I'm at work...crying to hold back the tears...I'm so happy!

You would think I was elected Madame Speaker of the House.

[LynneSin]

11. This proves that saying "A Woman's Place is in the House".......

....House of Representatives that is!

Congrats Speaker Pelosi - well earned!

[Tight_rope]

64. You are sure damn right...I'm hope you don't mind if I steal that saying and use it!

:thumbsup:

[femrap]

71. Wow...I remember that saying from years ago

during the Women's Movement heady days of the early '70's. And now it has actually come true.

A Woman's Place is in the House....of Representatives. Wow.

[llmart]

88. Me, too....

Those of us who were there at the beginning of the second wave remember very well all the battles. This is a major victory. Now let's take the Presidency too!

[aquart]

13. I have no idea why reading this made me tear up.

It's not like I'm surprised or anything. Now I have to find a tissue.

[BlueCaliDem]

32. Me too...Tearing up...WOW. The emotions...;'-] Beautiful... (eom)

[Ian_rd]

53. Me too, and I'm not even a chick.

Maybe it's the look on her face from that awesome screen-shot that seems to carry so many emotions that reflect what many of us are also feeling: victory, relief, and happy at the promise of real change.

[ooglymoogly]

117. for me it was the total look of triumph on her face and the child

she had her arm around looking up with such pride and admiration...couldn't stop the tears from welling up...its stuff like this that makes this country great...wooohoooo

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

14. Let's hope she

leads us to Justice.

[electron_blue]

15. Goosebumps here.

[Lochloosa]

16. It is a good day!

B-)

[IndyOp]

17. I see at least 3 lucky young men standing by Speaker Pelosi -

What a powerful moment for them to be present. Strong men respect strong women.

:applause:

[lady lib]

18. Thank you, God!

Woot woot!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[Chichiri]

19. The gavel has been passed, and she's giving her speech right now.

C-SPAN 1.

[underpants]

21. This is just fantastic

Truly a historic day

[Ganja Ninja]

22. Kick Ass!

:kick: :patriot:

[Deep13]

23. Welcome to the majority party.

Can you fucking believe it?

[connecticut yankee]

24. She deserves it

and I'm sure she'll be a wonderful Speaker,not just because she's a woman, but because she's eminently qualified.

However, as a woman, I have to say how proud and thrilled I am!

[Deep13]

25. So do we.

:woohoo:

[Initech]

26. In your face, Hannity!

[truthisfreedom]

27. The republican nightmare begins.

We're going to open up all the closets and let the light shine in.

[monmouth]

29. Her words are so right on, articulate and no-nonsense. Great stuff.

[TankLV]

95. I woke up with a smile - and the first thing I heard was the repukes whining about their new

circumstances - then it turned into a shit-eating grin!

Loved all the complaining - but especially loved the bit where NPR - at almost every instance of reporting the repukes' whining - reminded everyone that that the repukes were afraid of being treated like THEY treated the Democrats for that past 12 years!

Sweet!

[Cleita]

28. Boehner fired the first salvo of dissension by calling

us the Democrat Party. So much for working in unison if he hurls an insult at us in his very first speech. I know it's not a mistake. It was a deliberate code phrase to us telling us that the "Republic Party" still considers us crap.

[Diane R]

39. And Pelosi caught that and made a face.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

41. He didn't even try to hide his big sourpuss expression.

My husband who isn't all that political, fell off his chair laughing at the poopers. :)

[wishlist]

30. ABC TV interrupted for special Live report showing now- Fantastic n/t

[edbermac]

31. In the immortal words of Jackie Gleason....

How sweeeeeeeeeeeeet it is!!

[Ian_rd]

33. Ah the sweet smell of human feces ...

... as it fills the undies of wingnuts all over America. San Francisco values are coming, bed-wetters! Your marriages will be annulled by the homosexual elite, your children will be forced to have anal sex in public schools, and abortions will be mandatory for all pregnant white women who aren't on welfare!

Edit:
I think the clerk's voice was "breaking up" when she called it because Dick Cheney was choking her.

[trogdor]

44. Was he using the Force?

Like Darth Vader?

[Ian_rd]

50. Do not underestimate the Dark Side!

Someone really smart said that once.

[RiverStone]

34. Yahoooooooooo!

A new day has dawned and it looks mighty BLUE! :applause: :kick: :applause:

[hippiechick]

35. ... anyone get a screenshot of all the kids at the podium ?

I loved her closing sentence. :) "For the children."

Yes. :applause:

[OhioChick]

36. Go Nancy!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Stuckinthebush]

37. Personally, I thought she looked very Presidential

Just my humble opinion!

The whole thing had an air of a State of the Union address.

My five year old stopped and said, "Who is that." I told her it was the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi and that she was the most powerful woman in our nation, as well as one of the most powerful people. I told her that the new Speaker was 2nd in line to be President and controlled the very important task of making laws and ensuring oversight. I said that she was the first woman in our history to ever be put in that position. I told her that it was an important day and that I was proud to be a Democrat and an American today.

My five year old said, "Oh look! Children!"

Oh, well....give her a few years and she'll understand what Daddy said!

[colorado_ufo]

110. Suck on THAT, Condi Rice!

"the most powerful woman in our nation, as well as one of the most powerful people"

[Stuckinthebush]

111. Indeed!

Condi is a small personality compared to the likes of Nancy Pelosi!

[jwirr]

115. She will remember. I was five years old when FDR died and that

is my first historical memory. I tear up even as I write this.

[superconnected]

38. Excellent

:applause: :applause:

Congrats Ms Pelosi!

[ClayZ]

40. Yay! What a honor to watch! WHOO-HOOO!

K and R

[graywarrior]

42. Awesome! Just freaking awesome!!!

[deepthought42]

45. *sigh of relief*

Am I dreaming?

[durrrty libby]

46. This made me teary too.

I'm glad no one is home right now

Congrats Speaker Pelosi!




:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[kimsterdemster]

47. It's a beautiful day!!!!!!

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh, it's a beautiful day, aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
:party:
:bounce:


had to blast it in my car at noon in this god awful red state OK

Congrats Madame Speaker Pelosi:kick:

[deaniac21]

48. There are just so many EMOTIONS going through me right now.

I haven't been this happy before in my life!!!

[aggiesal]

49. Can you say, "Subpoena power, baby!!!" n/t

[LuckyLib]

51. It's about time. 2006? Our country should be ashamed to have devalued women

so often and for so long. Not to mention the few black members to have made it to Congress. The White Male Club has been in charge and "decidin'" for far too long. Welcome home, Speaker Pelosi. The women of America have been waiting for you.

[GenDem]

54. Oh HAPPY Day!!!!

:bounce: :toast: :grouphug:

[yojon]

55. I can hear the repug cockroaches scrabbling on the linoleum

even now! Woot WooT!!

[katty]

56. she was great! very natural-a breath of FRESH AIR!

[UrbScotty]

59. Everyone was cheering so loud, you could hardly hear the clerk!

:applause:

[orleans]

60. yeaaahhhhh! n/t

[Duncan Grant]

61. Brilliant!

Congratulations, Madam Speaker! :patriot: :party: :patriot: :party: :patriot: :party: :patriot: :party: :patriot: :party:

[Tight_rope]

62. Hallelujah!

Way to go Nancy. You deserve it. And you've also made history. :bounce: :bounce: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :patriot: :woohoo: :applause: :yourock: :headbang: :thumbsup: :bounce: :toast: :party: :yourock:

[stevedeshazer]

65. I absolutely love this.

It is incredible. I haven't had such a happy day in a long time.

God Bless America. Or, at least our Constitution.

Let's get to work.

[Tin Man]

66. Congratulations, Mrs. Speaker

:yourock:

[Jade Fox]

67. Nancy, Nancy, Nancy!

:woohoo:

[cboy4]

68. Nice!

[ananda]

70. It's just so beautiful!

I sobbed for joy after reading this thread.
Oh, here I go again.

I love this moment!

[eringer]

72. I Hope She Doesn't Forget What Got Her There - IRAQ

If she forgets how she got there, she wont be there long. The American people issued a mandate--get out of Iraq. Cleaning up Congress is fine, but Iraq must come first.

[Cobalt-60]

73. Excellent

Now she needs to take a chain saw to the Repulbicons:D

[goforit]

74. Hats off to you Nancy!!!....Let it rock!!!

[George II]

75. God Bless America!!!

[mogster]

76. Congrats, Speaker Pelosi

A Democrat as number three. And a WOMAN! Congrats all American women too! :-)

[Apollo11]

104. Love the one with Nancy holding the hammer !!

It's like she's saying "I'm in charge now, boys!"

NANCY ROCKS !! :applause:

[rosesaylavee]

77. "We've broken the marble ceiling"

Watched it at lunch time. Cried like a baby. What a great day. Her speech was so full of hope... I am hopeful now.

[tulip]

78. Congrats Nancy!

We have your back. :)

[Greatwildbeast]

80. Anyone who makes a Republican sick to his stomach...

Is alright by me!

I've been voting for Pelosi since maybe 1980 or so. Have to check the Wikipedia source. Soon after i moved to San Francisco anyway. that was back in 1978.

And that was only a month and a half before DiFi's career got born at the barrel of a handgun.

S/F politics: It's not for the faint of heart!

[whistle]

79. She looks great....congratulations Speaker Pelosi!

[sonias]

81. I love that welcome for the majority party

We've definitely changed course already. Keep it going Democrats!

Sonia

[Gotitdone]

82. Much ado about nothing

I will be excited when I see some action.
Outside of Murtha, Feingold and a few others no democrats want to talk about Iraq.
They all say the ball is in the Presidents court and we have to wait and see his new plan.
They are more concerned about being perceived as week going into '08 than about doing what needs
to be done. If your going to wait on Bush then we are going to be waiting for two more years
to end the war. Its time to have the courage of their convictions and grab the bull by the horns and
put Iraq on the front burner. I fear they will only have hearings on tv to throw us "Kooks" a bone for
are support and then go back to the DlC defensive playbook of not offending anyone.
I realize I sound a little cynical, but after seeing the interviews of Democrats and hearing them
trying to change the subject to safe issues like ethics reform I was disappointed to say the least.
It's time to grab the reins and lead!
It's time to have the courage of their convictions!

[eringer]

116. OK Nancy, The Party is Over--Now Lets Get Our Boys Out of Iraq!

Lets hope that the Dems dont blow their chance to do something meaningful like pulling the plug on Iraq.

[Seldona]

83. Watched it on CSPAN today.

What a relief! Now we need to focus on keeping pressure on our leadership to focus on the issues we elected them to resolve.

[mvd]

84. What a wonderful way to start out the year!

What was a dream a while ago has come true - we now have a Congress that is human! No more complete control for the Repukes. No more ignoring international law. This Congress, instead of approving lining the pockets of corporations while our soldiers die, will work towards real solutions for ending the Iraq crisis. The middle class will have a say. Ethics rules will become tighter. A brand new Congress and day!

[llmart]

86. Kicked and recommended.....

by me just because this is "herstory" in the making!

Now we need to get more women like her in office so that it really reflects the population.

[lovuian]

91. WooHoo!!! We love ya Nancy

:woohoo:

[madrchsod]

92. certainly is nice to see a woman in charge is`t it?

great day for america and with god`s help the rest of the world

[Seldona]

93. Watched it on CSPAN. Awesome.

Now on to the first 100 hours! Time to see if republicans and Bush himself get the message the American people sent him in the last mid-term elections. I doubt it. We are still going to have to fight this psychopath every step of the way.

Here is to hoping Democrats have the balls to do some serious investigations, and to de-fund this fiasco.

[aaronbees]

94. Beautiful, momentous day

:patriot:

[TankLV]

96. HOPE HAS RETURNED!

I haven't felt this way since Clinton was elected...

Oh sweet, sweet happy days!

Happy Days Are Hear Again!

Happy New Year!

[twilliams82]

97. Yes it has!!!

12 long years and yes this is a wonderful day.

Soon we will see our soldiers out of Iraq, and hopefully she will put the republicans feet to the fire.

We can renew the Assault weapon Ban and truly make our country safe for our children.

We can finally raise the minimum wage and get people back on their feet, yes this is the beginning to a great year!!!!

TW

[Rosa Luxemburg]

98. Whoo hoooo!

At last a Democratic congress!

[BlueStorm]

99. How awesome!!!!

The BLUE Congress is finally here!!! Let the shit fly!!!

I caught snippets of it on the news while at the hospital waiting with my mom while she waited for her kidney to come in. She's in surgery right now and probably will not get out until 3:00 am. This year has truly has come out good so far.

Pelosi and a kidney transplant for mom!!! Such a happy gift!!

Blue

[sfdiva]

100. You know it was weird this morning about this ....

I turned the tv on and fell back asleep and while she was speaking I had her in my dream but had no idea she was on tv till I woke up n/t

[Divine Discontent]

101. my right wing Aunt

wrote me and said she watched the whole thing and wished Ms. Pelosi well. hmmmmm



www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- antibush prodem stickers/shirts

[jessicazi]

102. is there any video

of when it was announced that Nancy Pelosi was elected?

[LaPera]

103. Nancy will be great!

[Apollo11]

105. She already is!

B-)

[ZaiusNation]

106. A Woman's Place is in the House...

A Woman's Place is in the House, and the Senate White House

Zaius Nation

[Apollo11]

107. I prefer the real Nancy

I think she looks much better in her jacket holding a hammer.

The gun adds nothing. Makes her look like an NRA kinda gal.

[ZaiusNation]

123. Purist.

;0)

[ArmchairMeme]

108. Historical day for the U.S.

I am so glad to be a witness to this momentous change of history today. The first day of the 110th congress and the Democrats have made history by electing the FIRST woman to the position of Speaker of the House! She is an inspiration to all women who live under the glass/marble ceiling. It can be done!

[colorado_ufo]

109. At last.

Thank God.

[jwirr]

112. I loved her move with the children since it is the children's future

we are dealing with.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

114. It was great to see. Made me upbeat about progressive

change, which I hadn't had in a long time.

[Taverner]

118. Righteous!

And I was in DC when this happened, listening to NPR and hanging in Georgetown!

[SusanaMontana41]

119. "... The clerk's voice was breaking up as she said it."

I heard that, too.

Woo hoo!

OK, Dems! Do what we elected you to do: bring this catastrofuck war to an end.

[LuckyX]

120. Good photo op Nancy and kids

reminds you of who you can't trust with kids and our future.

[17yroldtwins]

121. Is there video?

I'd love to watch Nancy take the helm!

Is there a clip anywhere? YOUTUBE? CNN REPLAYS?

I've got to see this!

[techno-nubian]

122. Long run for Pelosi....

I predict she will have a very long run as Speaker of the House.....