Posted on 07/05/2005 2:31:56 AM PDT by Liz
SHINING BRIGHT
House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi is known amongst even her Democratic colleagues as one of the less cerebral members of the House. But even her staff was stunned by her seeming inability to understand the recent Kelo Supreme Court ruling regarding governmental property seizures.
"We briefed her on it. She seemed to ask questions as though she understood it, but clearly she didn't," says a Boxer adviser on Capitol Hill. "How else to explain it?"
Indeed. When asked about Kelo and its implications, as well as moves afoot by some Republicans in both houses to negate the ruling, perhaps by barring use of federal funds on projects that involved the state or local taking of land, Pelosi responded thusly:
"It is a decision of the Supreme Court. If Congress wants to change it, it will require legislation of a level of a constitutional amendment. So this is almost as if God has spoken. It's an elementary discussion now. They have made the decision."
Later, she insisted: "Again, without focusing on the actual decision, just to say that when you withhold funds from enforcing a decision of the Supreme Court you are, in fact, nullifying a decision of the Supreme Court. This is in violation of the respect for separation of church -- powers in our Constitution, church and state as well. Sometimes the Republicans have a problem with that as well. But forgive my digression."
"All I can say is wow," says a Republican leadership staffer. "To say anything else would just undercut the impact her remarks have had up here."
Even after the press remarks, Pelosi, according to other Democratic staffers, didn't seem to understand what the fuss was all about. "She was oblivious. She really thought she had a handle on some basic ideas about the Supreme Court, the way Congress works with the rulings of the court," says a Democratic leadership staffer. "A generation of 'Schoolhouse Rock' get this and she doesn't? Her staff should be ashamed of itself for putting her out there."
FDA should get involved----looks like botox does have a deletorious effect on the brain.
Pelosi's 'church' is the all-powerful State. Frightening.
I think the voters of San Francisco are the ones who should be ashamed... But I may be asking too much of them.
Pelosi is incredibly stupid.
It is David Souter as the Voice of God thing that has me upset...
You know you're in trouble when Boxer's people are calling you stupid.
That sure ain't the way se viewed it when SCOTUS ruled against algorejr in 2000, is it? These recent 2 rulings could spell huge disaster for the lib/RATS/socialist/commie party. How many like Pelosi will go to their grave never getting it?
Boxer's staff calling her a birdbrain? Man, I read that phrase a dozen times to make sure it wasn't a typo.
Look at some of the others, Boxer, Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Patti Murray...all dumb as a box of rocks.
Bela Pelosi...blood sucking socialist.
Oh, I think Pelosi got it, but the statement clearly indicates she was in over her head, overstetching her meager thought processes to make a point.
Dastardly libs are so obsessed with tearing down the establishment, they will say and do anything, no matter how ridiculous, to achieve disestablishmentarianism.
... and the Voice of God is going to lose his house because of this.
I have to email and fax this one to her office a couple hundred times ;-)
This goes in to my 'Hall of Shame File'!
Dayaaaam! Someone "up top" must be really mad at Nancy - they've got the media treating her like a Republican!
Normally only Republicans have to deal with the media calling them stupid...
The botox probably didn't help, but I doubt she was a shining star of intellectual thought before the alterations of nature began. But to say that she is the dumbest Democrat dishonors all the other Dem idiots currently infesting the legislature. There are a lot of them. And it's hard to tell who is the stupidest Dem. It's like looking into a pig sty and trying to determine which of the swine is the dirtiest.
I subscribe to antidisestablishmentarianism.
This is great stuff. The combination of Pelosi, Reid and Dean serve the Democratic party so well! Keep talking Nancy, we're listening.
Unfortunately for you, this is the postantidisestablishmentarianism era.
Oh great. Now I need an antidepressivepostantidisestablishmentarianism medication.
LOL
I agree, Pelosi's dumb as a rock. But, before we single her out, consider how many Dems do subscribe to what she said. Their strategy is to cement past rulings (Roe) in place by convincing the public that: once SCOTUS has spoken, the other two branches of gov't must bow to them. Never mind that such is a perversion of our constitutional republic...whatever serves the Dem's interest groups.
Republicans should counter all this nonsense by repeatedly telling the public: many Americans do not understand the constitutional role of SCOTUS, it's very important that they DO understand it, and the GOP will spend the next several weeks educating the public about the role of SCOTUS in our system. Then, start teaching. When the MediaCrats try to change the subject to the "scandal du jour" about the candidate, don't let them get away with it. Say, "This is too important to spend all our time on the human weaknesses of a given man/woman. We need to stay focused on the law and making sure Americans understand this entire process".
Thats why the Dems picked her to the job she has. They wanted someone stupid enough to be led. Unfortunately for them she is even more stupid than they planned.
Is it possible that some of this report is bogus? I don't doubt for a moment that Pelosi is an idiot, but what makes us think that her own staffers would notice, to say nothing of their willingness to go public with this?
"Her staff should be ashamed of itself for putting her out there."
Californians should be ashamed she was ever elected to represent a district there.
I think you're on to something.
You go "sheets!"
How true! It is the classic kneejerkis liberalalis response.
Pelosi. Dean. Duerbin. Kennedy. Boxer.
The gods smile on Conservatives by providing idiots as enemies.
But there's something to that idea of adding Botox to the War on Drugs.
Time for DEA to pay a serious visit to Nancy's house.
The Second Church of Marx reveals itself gradually so as not to awaken the sleeping, self retarded American public.
ABC CBS NBC CNN its all the SAME, Propaganda.
Might as well call them all AmeriJazerra.
Show them how much Gravitas Hugh Bris has. Vote with your remote! Shut down the Alphabet channels.
He's Got A Plan
Zippo Hero
This just goes with all democrat reasoning. They firmly believe that the courts create the laws of the land and they want to use the courts to further their own agenda. She sincerely believes that Congress and the Executive branches are subservient to the whims of SCOTUS. That's why they are fighting so hard to control who gets apponted to the bench.
What's even funnier is that she mentions God and then goes on to talk about the so-called separation between church and state. Of course, none of it made any sense.
Clearly, Boxer is running for President. She (and her staff) are running around stabbing every prominent Rat in the back as often as possible (not that I mind).
Remember they were even the ones who leaked the email ragging on the Hildebeast's speech about truth in the White House with the catfight remark that "like the Clintons know about telling the truth" or words to that effect.
That said, clearly Boxer's people have a point: Nancy is stupid and ineffective as the Rat leader.
True, so true..........the swine-Dim analogy is priceless.
Of course, once this President "packs" the Court with people who actually read the Constitution, the encirclement will be complete. Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Byrd, Moyers, etc. will be left lying in the fetal position, without control of their bodily functions, mumbling over and over: "it's not working, spend more money on it".
She's a stupid democrat. Who'da thunk it?
File this under "know thy enemy". To a creature like Pelosi, whose god is the all-powerful State, god has indeed spoken, in the form of its anointed Oracles of Truth, the black-robed tyrants of the SCOTUS.
Say, that'd look great on a tee shirt.
I'm shocked, Shocked (/end Claude Rains impersonation).
It's Bush's fault!
I'm also pro-antidisestablishmentarianism.
I wrote ghere some months ago..after the 2006 elections, with more Dem losses in the HOuse and Senate, look for Pelosi to be dumped by the Clinton machine..replaced with Rahm Emanuel..no way Hillary runs for the WH with Nancy in the leadership..
Fortunately , we are working on deconstructing even postantidisestablishmentarianism. Just another metanarrative, don'cha know.
(gag) ....and Emanuel is supposed to help the Dims?.....(hurl).....
They think he will..and he's her guy in the House..
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