Archive for the 'Pelosi' Category

Honest Graft, Dishonest Graft, Pelosi, Boehner, and the STOCK Act

By mw | Related entries in Boehner, Congress, Ethics, Pelosi, Stocks

In a recent feature story on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft detailed how many in Congress use their privileged access to information on pending legislation, investigations and regulations to line their own pockets. Much of the piece was based on research of Hoover Institute fellow Peter Schweizer from his book “Throw Them All Out”. Among the surprising revelations in the book – Congress is exempt from prosecution for the same kind of insider trading that would send the rest of us to jail.

November 18th, 2011 | Permalink| 12 Comments »

Make Your Own Nancy Pelosi Doll

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Cartoons, Comedy, Democrats, Pelosi, Video

Out of an apple? Donar shows you how… More at Political Graffiti.

December 17th, 2010 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Applied Relative Demonology as it pertains to the Speaker of the House in 2006, 2010 and 2014 mid-term elections.
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I see orange people.

By mw | Related entries in 2010 Election, Boehner, House, Liberalism, Pelosi

The single most dramatic change in the complexion of our government emerging from the midterm election is the impending leadership change in the House of Representatives. Republican John Boehner will be replacing Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. He will be seated next to Joe Biden behind President Obama for the State of the Union Address in early 2011. You may want to take some time now to adjust the tint and color intensity on your hi-def flat screen.

November 14th, 2010 | Permalink| 22 Comments »

Demopublicans

By donar | Related entries in Cartoons, Congress, Conservatism, Conservatives, D.C., Democrats, Pelosi, Political Graffiti, Republicans, RNC
March 16th, 2010 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Pelosi: No To Health Care Co-Ops

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Health Care, House, Pelosi, Republicans, Senate

House Dems are bound and determined to make a public option their first priority, and I can understand why. This has been a long time coming and they’re convinced that only the federal government can compete with private industry. But what she’s missing is the idea that Kent Conrad brought up…which is the public option [...]

June 12th, 2009 | Permalink| 23 Comments »

Pelosi Vulnerable to a Coup?

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Democrats, House, Pelosi

Has the controversy surrounding Nancy Pelosi’s statements on torture made the Speaker vulnerable to a coup? John Feehery of Politico thinks so. Feehery compares Pelosi to Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott, two former leaders in congress whose declining popularity intersected with controversial statements and resulted in political ouster. Pelosi is already a toxic name for [...]

May 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Pelosi Claims CIA Deceived Her on Waterboarding

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Democrats, Pelosi, Torture

When it comes to waterboarding, the question now surrounding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is what did she know and when did she know it. Today, Pelosi claimed what she knew, at least at first, was a lie. [T]he House’s top Democrat, speaking at a news conference in the Capitol, was unequivocal about a CIA briefing [...]

May 14th, 2009 | Permalink| 13 Comments »