Discussion: Pelosi On Calls For New Dem Leadership: 'I Think I'm Worth The Trouble'

Oh, Nancy, you troll, you.

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I don’t have a problem with Aunt Nancy. But whoever is running the DCCC (and their horrid email bot) needs to go.

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If another Democratic member of Congress is able to amass the support necessary to depose Pelosi (dePelosi?), then more power to him or her. They will have demonstrated greater control of the apparatus of the party, and that’s what the job is about. It’s a dog-eat-dog world in party leadership, and I want the best.

But I don’t have much patience for any kind of concern-trolling from any wing of the party wringing their hands about how Pelosi is holding back the caucus or the party, so we ought to just pick somebody new and run with it.

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What we’ve been doing hasn’t been working, so let’s do lots more of the same.

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“When it comes to the issues, we are united in terms of our concern for America’s working families. That’s what unifies us. When it comes to personal ambition and having fun on TV, have your fun. I love the arena. I thrive on competition,” she said. “I welcome the discussion, but I am honored by the support.”

Four occurrences of “I.” Too bad it’s not possible to force into retirement everyone in public office over the age of, say, 50 years old.

Translation: Fuck off, you whiny, half-baked dipshits who have only been involved in politics for the past year because some old, white dude started talking shit. No, shut the fuck up, sit down, and LISTEN instead of blindly parroting crap you saw from the Young Turks. Ya wanna know who busted her ass to make sure the ACA passed despite zero GOP help? ME. Wanna knows who’s kept the ball rolling on the current House? ME. Wanna who’s been making sure our Reps don’t lose their positions? M.E. MOTHERFUCKING ME. Oh, I’m not pure enough? Fuck you, I bet you say that to every woman you realize has more sexual experience than you. And you wonder why you keep getting dumped. Now if you’ll excuse I’m off to do a grownup’s job and prevent this country from getting irreparably fucked while you cry on some Berniebots message board.

Like I’ve said: any who want her job, they’re free to take it. Just actually convince why they should set aside someone with decades of experience.

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If you don’t want Pelosi as the “brand” then come up with a progressive agenda for the American people & message that Democrats!

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The Politico article on this topic gives her comments more fully and to whom she is directing them. Shorter Pelosi: La Partie, c’est moi!

For the good of America, Nancy Pelosi must not remain as the leader of House Democrats! It would be better if she would vountarily resign with some grace; however, she must be quickly replaced with a non-multimillionaire Democrat who appeals to a wider range of voters. Democrats have some serious work to do before 2018.

While I think Nancy has done an admirable job of herding the cats, I’d personally like to see an actual liberal in that position, rather than the currently-in-vogue centrist-who-would-have-been-called-a-Republican-30-years-ago.

We seem to have two parties in this country - a right-center party, and a far right party that claims the other is actually far-left.

Why not a real far left for a change? Or at least what used to pass for it in the 1960s?

My 2¢. YMMV.

Ummm…

No LBJ.
No FDR.
No Lincoln.
No Washington.
No Jefferson, Madison, or Monroe.

In fact, only two Presidents would’ve been allowed to serve their full terms under that form of bigotry.

(And both of them were assassinated.)

Ageism – like sexism and racism – is not very becoming.

And not very American, either, for that matter.

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Can I just say, wow. That was amazing. Really. Bigly so.

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And reflects a startling level of ignorance.

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I donated to Jon Ossoff – I then got spammed VERY badly. Also, fundraising calls are becoming more aggressive. Not good for donor relations.

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I don’t know about the e-mail bot, but I agree with you that Pelosi is not the problem. She’s not directly responsible for Democratic Congressional campaigns – that’s what the DCCC, the DSCC, and the DNC are supposed to be doing.

And the younger Democrats among us should remember that Republicans are going to demonize and target any leader of the Democratic Party. They’'ve been doing that for almost as long as I can remember. The Clintons? Harry Reid? Debbie Wasserman-Schultz? Tom Daschle? Ted Kennedy? Lyndon Johnson? Herbert Humphrey? FDR??

We need to learn not to let them continue to troll us.

What we need to do is a better job of growing new leadership from up within the ranks. When someone comes along who is at least as good as Pelosi at managing House Democrats, then we can talk about replacing the current leadership. But right now, I don’t know who that would be, so let’s not let the Republicans sow dissention among us to try to distract from their own internal fractures.

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Yet more hand-wringing after blood red districts (surprise!) continue to vote bloody red.
Dems had historically good showings in those districts, and perhaps Pelosi should be congratulated for that.
I am not a big fan of Pelosi or Schumer, but if someone has better ideas, lets see them.
Just because idiot CNN and other pundits say the Dem party is dead is no reason to believe it.

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I liked "Four occurrences of “I.” as an implied negative when the story was all about one person and their job.

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How bizarre. The GOP hates Pelosi because she is and represents the most progressive politics in the country–politics that are in effect and working very well.

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No; what you need in the position of Speaker of the House is someone who is good at moving legislation, at counting votes, imposing some degree of discipline among party members and facilitating compromise among them. And that is Nancy Pelosi to a “T”. Yes, there is a place for the speechmakers and those who are passionate about particular issues, but that’s not necessarily the best candidate for a position that is primarily administrative.

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I am not a big fan of Pelosi or Schumer, but if someone has better ideas, lets see them.

Yes, herein lies a rub. I do not support Pelosi and Schumer because they necessarily are my favorite politicians, or because they give me warm fuzzies, or because they are the exact heart of what I want the Democratic Party to be policy-wise. Some of those things are true to various extents, but that’s not the job. I support them because I think they’re good at their jobs, supported and respected by their colleagues in their respective caucuses, and because nobody else has given me reason to think they could do better.

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