House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, administers the House oath to Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., left, during a mock swearing in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008
Posted on 04/10/2008 1:18:19 PM PDT by SmithL
Newly elected Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of Hillsborough was sworn into Congress this morning and delivered a fiery speech criticizing President Bush's Iraq policy that led some Republicans to boo and walk out of the House chamber.
Speier, who won a special election Tuesday to fill the seat of the late Rep. Tom Lantos, was always an outspoken lawmaker in her years as a San Mateo County supervisor, state Assemblywoman and state Senator. She served notice Thursday that she plans be just as aggressive as a member of the House.
"The process to bring the troops home must begin immediately," Speier told fellow lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco. "The president wants to stay the course and a man who wants to replace him suggests we could be in Iraq for 100 years. But Madam Speaker, history will not judge us kindly if we sacrifice four generations of Americans because of the folly of one."
While Democrats applauded, Republicans began a chorus of low boos. Some Republicans who had congratulated her just moments before, including Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista (San Diego County), walked out of the hall in protest.
Speier's 13-year-old daughter, who was watching from the House gallery, asked, "Why are they booing my mom?"
After her speech, Speier said she had held more than 60 public meetings in recent weeks and the most common question was, "When will we get out of Iraq?" She said didn't expect the negative reaction from Republicans but it didn't bother her.
"That's the combat that goes on here," she said. "I'm not a newbie to this process."
Wearing a bright red overcoat, the 57-year-old Democrat was met with hugs from colleagues,
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, administers the House oath to Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., left, during a mock swearing in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008
Let’s get the troops out of Bosnia, and Korea, and Japan first. Start with Bosnia. Herr Clintoon promised to have the boys home by Christmas. WHICH Christmas???
well, in anyone knows follies,, .
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liberals must be stopped from breeding
Geez, I bet her mother told her afterward horrible lies about why Republicans are evil, woman hating, racists.
Because you were raised by a dumbass, sweetheart. Watch and learn.
It should come as no surprise that the people who bitch the most about Iraq are the same ones who have sacrficed exactly squat for their country.
Her 13 year old daughter.
You're not in San Mateo County anymore....
A “mock swearing in”?
“Why are they booing my mom?”
Because she’s just like Pelosi and Her Heinous, you dumb twit.
They all look alike....
Geeesh - what is she, a Pelosi wanna-be? She looks and dresses (even her hair) like Pelosi. Weird!
Pelosi’s face looks like a relief map of the moon.
Is it really necessary to insult a 13-year old girl?
Insult the mom all you want, but insulting the little girl should really be beneath us.
Holy Jebeezus, it’s like children of the corn or something. They look like 3 generations of clones.
Begin the process of withdrawing the troops now.
Withdraw all military and defense of San Francisco immediatley!
From the photo, it doesn't look like the gene pool has any better looking fish in it.
Oh, great. If I remember correctly from my time of my “imprisonment” in California, Speiers is a HUGE nanny-stater.
Looks like Pelosi has her mini-me. Do all female California libs have the same bull dyke haircut, botox face and power pantsuit?
“Speier’s 13-year-old daughter, who was watching from the House gallery, asked, “Why are they booing my mom?” “
Because your mom’s an America-hating moron who plans to do her part to destroy our country.
Why can’t these kind of subversive statements by liberal traitors be stopped? Wilson did it.
not bad for 57.
“Glancing at some of the other pics of Speier, she suffers a lot for her country.. mostly from botox and collegian injections.”
these muppet mouths could be sisters!
Where is the Sea of Botox?
“Why are they booing my mom?”
‘cause she’s a (b)itch...
Because mom was acting like a jerk. Welcome to politics, kid.
I believe she was at the Guyana airport with the group headed by Congressman Leo Ryan when he was shot and killed by Jim Jones troops from the Peoples Temple, just prior to the kool-aid massacre. She’s actually been under more fire than Hillary Clinton.
Its the San Frannie version of the Stepford Wives. When I lived there it used to creep me out — herds of plasticized zombies that experienced their last original thought while taking a seat on day the Wimyns Studies or Sociology 101 class at Mills College or UC Berkeley in August of 1967...
Just flat out creepy.
Yes, used as a prop. What choice does she have?
Yeah, I know she’s a raving liberal from the Bay area, and probably crazy, but we should all go a little easy on her.
Speier survived the deadly attack from Jim Jones’ goons in Guyana back in 1978.
She was shot five times and watched Rep. Leo Ryan die on the tarmac of that little airport.
So she’s been through hell and back.
Great, another grandma in the house. No wonder we are becoming a nanny nation
Because you mother is a total moron. Next question?..........
Before or after the Big Bang?.............
Which one is Pelosi? These three all look alike. Clones?
she may have sacrificed something else for her country, but it wasn’t squat— she still has that.
Terminate all defense contracts within commuting distance of San Francisco. Including sub-contractors. Send the California congressional deligation a copy of the Absolut vodka “Reconquista” map so they will have something else to think about in light of their sanctuary city status.
Have to agree with you here. Her mom is a moron, but let’s not insult a 13 year old girl.
Because she's an underwhelming, overtly-ignorant, bubble-headed git.
Yeah, but it seems pretty obvious that she sampled the kool-aid somewhere along the line.
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