Nancy Pelosi: "Has anyone asked whatshisname, the one who's head of the Senate?"

[bigtree]

Jennifer Bendery @jbendery 21h21 hours ago
Pelosi says some of the attacks on her leadership are sexist and, in classic dismissive Pelosi form, wonders why that guy "whatshisname" who runs the Senate doesn't get called out similarly.

Her aide: "McConnell." 😂 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/nancy-pelosi-interview-696750/ …

[Wounded Bear]

1. I'll never forget old what's-his-name...

[csziggy]

37. I wish I COULD forget old what's-his-name!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

48. They just don't make movies like "I'll Never Forget What's His Name" anymore.

Thank God!

[WhiteTara]

52. She's so perfect--she didn't call him McTurtle.

[Cha]

66. ..

[TheBlackAdder]

61. Who, Yurtle?

[jcgoldie]

2. Go Nancy

I love that she feigns not to even know his name

[Stinky The Clown]

3. "But its a thing"

I LOVE this woman. She is THE prototype for a leader.

[oasis]

4. Right on, soon to be Speaker Pelosi. Tell it like it is.

[vlyons]

5. She's effective

and she raises a gob of money to help other congress critters with their campaigns.

[calimary]

36. She's damn effective! She never loses a vote.

Mainly because she never puts any bill UP FOR A VOTE if she’s not rock-solid certain that it'll pass. That’s a smart Speaker. Smart on the ways of the institution and strategically shrewd as well.

John Boehner made that mistake all the time, and bill after bill after bill faltered - on his watch. So he wound up looking feckless and incompetent as all-get-out.

Nancy Pelosi never made that mistake. So she’s got that double-whammy to carry around with her: effective, AND female.

Gee, and to think we could have had a President like that.

[MrsCoffee]

6. K&R

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. I wish I could forget old "whatshisname".

Pelosi probably does too.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Pelosi gets so much crap that she doesn't deserve and so much of it is simply because

of sexism. She is more accomplished and capable than most men of her tenure, yet so many of them are hell-bent on getting rid of her.

I know why the republicans want to get rid of her - because she is effective. What baffles me is why so many Democrats don't stand behind her. It seems like they are more afraid of what the republicans think of her than they are of losing control of the narrative.

[UCmeNdc]

12. The GOP has a "hate" thing against women. They love to attack Democratic Party women.

[smirkymonkey]

20. That is why, as much as I would love to see a female president, I don't know if the

next election is the time to run a woman at the head of the ticket. They attack women so much harder and there is no doubt they will do a hatchet job on any woman running against Trump. There are still a lot of sexist voters in this country, unfortunately.

[Cheviteau]

53. You Are Assuming A Lot.

As if Trump will be on ANY ballot in 2020. Trump is DONE, we just haven't put a fork in him yet.

[bettyellen]

54. Women are half the candidates that have won these past two years. It is time. Women are the only

GOP voters abandoning Trump and there doing it in big numbers. It is time. Those are the swing voters we are looking for, not Joe Rust Belt.

[Chemisse]

28. I think they find attacks against women 'stick' better among the GOP voters.

Which of course is because of sexist attitudes.

They had amazing success with this with Clinton, whereby SHE took political heat from BILL'S affairs!

(why didn't she leave him? she was so mean to poor helpless Monica! etc)

[KPN]

17. Yup! I don't always agree with her, but yup, spot on about the sexism crap.

As for Dems who don't stand behind her, I think it's more about wanting the party to do something different that might work more effectively. Right or wrong, they are entitled to that perspective in my view. I share it to a large extent. But I do think Pelosi's been an effective House Dem leader/speaker and would be happy with her in the speaker's role again.

[Wwcd]

9. Haaaahaaa! Damn She has some great comeback lines. You're OLD Mitch

Whatshisname....

Ya that goes for everyone pushing that RW meme against her.
She's taken their sh*, for years, like every strong, smart, Dem woman in DC.

Gaaaad, can you imagine all the demeaning filth out of those arrogant Repuke Men's mouths Pelosi's had to brush aside.

Kudos to our Speaker for enjoying her opportunity to stick it to old whatshisname.

There are a few other old whatshisnames that deserve a thump on the head for allowing this targeted ageist mysogony to continue, as well.

She made it public & we all applaud her for it.

[EffieBlack]

10. Lol - Work it, girl!

[mcar]

11. I am glad she is addressing this head on

[Wwcd]

13. And in public for all to hear.

Here's to all you old whatshisnames out there...🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕.

Speaker Pelosi stands taller, stronger & far brighter than any of you ..

[mcar]

14. Yes!

[yardwork]

15. As a professional woman, I applaud Pelosi!

[KPN]

16. Lol! Bet that sticks in the turtle's craw.

As a white male, let me just say "Well done Nancy!" Please do more of that.

ps -- and thanks for making my day better already!

[lastlib]

63. I hope he chokes on it!

[Hortensis]

18. You know, the enormous energy given to taking Nancy down

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our enemies shows how important she is in many ways, not just her competence. Our opponents within our party are not among those, of course, but their honest opposition is overwhelmed by the toxic demonization and defamation of Nancy.

Nancy, and we, have fantastic enemies!
* The fascists trying to take over our nation,
* the new anti-government centimillionaire and billionaire classes,
* extremist Christian dominionists,
* the hatemongering social conservatives who no longer just imagine they loathe everything liberal,
* Russia, and
* any racist and misogynistic opposition not already covered.

We really, really need to be proud of them. We, and Nancy, have truly earned their fear and enmity by being the huge barrier to their success.

[turbinetree]

19. Yepper, spot on............Rep. Nancy Pelosi.....................Spot On...................

November 2018 cannot get here fast enough.........................vote

[pennylane100]

21. I had almost forgotten why I will vote for her.

She does not even have address the charges. She simply needs McConnell to receive the same kind of scrutiny. There are numerous incidents that are REAL problems but have never been put under a microscope.

[mfcorey1]

22. DROP THE MIC!!!!

[Farmergene]

23. Because sexism plays well to Trumps base.

It plays as well as racism. This is why the Repugs want to frame any vote for a Democrat as a vote for Pelosi.

[spooky3]

29. Exactly nt

[liberalnarb]

24. He's not called out because Dems dont use him as a campaigning tool the way repugs use Nancy.

Good for her, though.

[spooky3]

32. True, but I think another point is that some Dem candidates

Have made Pelosi an issue also, when they could instead say it’s too early to discuss majority leaders—“we don’t have the majority and I haven’t even gotten elected” etc.

[liberalnarb]

45. They (those Dems) do so in order to disarm their opponents of the tactic

Remember the Ossoff/Handel disaster?
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/16/nancy-pelosi-georgia-special-election-ossoff-handel-239615

[spooky3]

55. I understand that, but think they can disarm using the wording I suggested

which does not insult and disrespect Pelosi.

[LudwigPastorius]

25. I just wish she'd acknowledge the danger facing the country in Trump by...

supporting the constitutional solution that Congress can take.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/nancy-pelosi-impeachment/index.html

It's not like there isn't support for impeachment.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/politics/impeach-trump-nixon-support-bill-clinton-poll/index.html

[pnwmom]

34. That would be self-defeating. If she had pushed for impeachment she would have lost.

We couldn't have gotten a majority vote in the House OR a 2/3 vote in the Senate to convict. Pelosi remembers, unlike some DUers, that the failed impeachment attempt on Bill Clinton merely made him more popular and strengthened him in the rest of his Presidency.

Even in the extremely unlikely event that the GOP allowed a vote, we would have lost it. And then DT would have been inoculated against any further attempts at impeachment.

[LiberalFighter]

41. And that is why term limits should be avoided.

The memory is lost that helps provide better guidance. Unless they are no longer qualified their leadership is still needed. They are the ones that can pull something out of thin air regarding the rules to get something done or to delay other actions.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. All I'm saying is, I would prefer that whoever takes over House leadership keeps...

the possibility of impeachment "on the table", to paraphrase Nancy.

But, she said 6 weeks ago that it is something she would not pursue.

[pnwmom]

46. It would be stupid for her to telegraph any plans now. She's more strategic than that. n/t

[spooky3]

56. I totally agree.

Even though I completely agree that Trump deserves to be impeached and support Steyer's efforts to push for this as well as to support Dem turnout, etc.

[IronLionZion]

26. Like a boss!

[riversedge]

27. You go gal!!!

[docgee]

30. He shall be forever referred to on DU as old what'shisname! nt

[msdogi]

31. Nancy for the win!

[malaise]

33. Perfect

Rec

[Lucinda]

35. KNR

[ehrnst]

38. And she clarified the much misrepresented "impeachment is off the table" stance

"Going into the [‘06] election, I said it’s off the table. I didn’t mean it’s off the table if you had some goods. If somebody has information, then we can act upon it. But from what we know now, it’s off the table."

[LiberalFighter]

39. I am okay with Ruth Bader Ginsburg staying on another 5 years if she wants.

And if Nancy is okay with staying on I support her too.

[heaven05]

40. you go girl!!!!!!!

kick them where it hurts...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

43. On the other hand, Ryan's had ambitious competitors nipping at his heels since he took the job.

[robbedvoter]

47. Maybe so, but the media keeps callong him "wonk", thoughtful, moderate

and he is neither. Pelosi has only attacks - from 🍊, media, misogynists from left and right.

[deurbano]

50. Isn't that the truth?! Treating him like some high-minded, policy wonk,

instead of just another Rand-humping hypocrite (sucking at the government teat his entire adult life), with the intellectual and moral development of a not-very-bright, amoral adolescent.

[spooky3]

57. agree nt

[karin_sj]

44. Go Nancy!

Proud of my senator

[pazzyanne]

49. The thing that I have noticed on politcal threads I follow

is that the anti-Nancy Pelosi posts often are followed by #walkaway. This is what I found when I looked it up at the time: "If the reporting of several leading conservative sites are too be believed, yes, the left got a lot smaller under the so-called #WalkAway movement." I believe that there is a movement in trumpland to try to discredit Nancy. I know what happened with Al Franken, and I will not fall for that type of attack ever again. I may be suspicious, but we would be crazy to sacrifice another Democratic leader, especially one of Nancy Pelosi caliber to the repubs - again.

[jrthin]

51. Nancy, that's how you do it! nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

58. Why do Democrats fall for the Black or White, With us or againt us...mentality too

Pelosi has done a terrific job. She rightly earned that position and has done it honor. And not 'as a woman' but as a person.

But at the same time, she should step down to signal a new era for the Democratic party. There may be sexism at play from the Republipukes end, but that isn't the case for those from our side suggesting she step down.

The closest thing I can relate it to is a sports team changing a coach after a period of losing...EVEN THOUGH THAT COACH MAY BE A FINE COACH, and respected by his or her peers. That the act of shaking things up, making the players realize things are serious and that they could be next, waking up the team that way, can yield a big boost of energy and a renewed sense of determination to win once a new coach is hired. Also it can draw new fans to the team (voters) who interpret it as a positive, dare I say progressive, act.

[eppur_se_muova]

59. Reply: "No, we're letting the Uglicans dictate the narrative."

If you want to be honest about it.

[aikoaiko]

60. She must not have been paying attention, but Harry Reid took a lot criticism.

Criticism from within and the Republicans. There were a lot of questions about his leadership and whether or not he was doing enough to fight the Republicans.

[Honeycombe8]

62. Well, people WERE saying that Reid should step down. Maybe she didn't hear it.

But there were plenty wanting Reid to step down.

I don't think it's sexism. I think it's for substantive reasons.

[tavernier]

64. Had my picture taken with her at a convention by a friend who moved

and never left a phone or address. So it’s floating around somewhere but I don’t have it.

[SergeStorms]

65. Amen, Nancy. Amen.

nt.