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During a press conference Nancy Pelosi praised those participating in the "Occupy Wall Street" protests. "God bless them," Pelosi said, "...for their spontaneity. It's young, it's spontaneous, and it's focused. And it's going to be effective." Pelosi didn't comment on the law-breaking that occurred the protest and that about 700 protesters were arrested by New York police. When the Tea Party movement emerged in 2009, then Speaker of the House Pelosi called them "astroturf," "unAmerican," people who were "carrying swasticas."

Let me just quote a bit here. New from CNN: More money was spent and more commercials were run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in this midterm election cycle than against any other congressional leader since Newt Gingrich. More than $65 million was spent on 161,203 ads that targeted Pelosi from January 1 through last week’s election, according to a new analysis of TV ads for CNN by Campaign Media Analysis Group… The game plan by the GOP, individual campaigns, and independent groups that backed Republican candidates and causes, was simple: Tie as many Democratic incumbents and candidates to Pelosi,...

Washington (CNN) - President Obama used his weekly internet and radio address to once again call for passage of legislation regarding political advertising. "[W]e cannot allow the corporate takeover of our democracy," Obama says in the address. "So we’re going to continue to fight for reform and transparency. And I urge all of you to take up the same fight. Let’s challenge every elected official who benefits from these ads to defend this practice or join us in stopping it."

One of the leaders of the proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks from ground zero in New York says it's too late to back out now. "There is too much at stake," said Daisy Khan, who, with her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, is leading the project. "Constitutional rights, the development of the Muslims here, how the world is watching the United States. We tell people America upholds religious freedom. We should not compromise those values." Khan spoke to Sally Quinn of the Washington Post, who quoted her in a blog post. "We have to convince people that not...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday following losses in global equity markets as worries about the economic recovery persisted.

NEW YORK (CBS 2) – There was a possible resolution in the works Tuesday night in the debate surrounding the proposed mosque and Islamic cultural center near ground zero. CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer has learned it looks as if the developers of the mosque may be willing to budge and move away from the Park 51 location where they originally planned the construction. So will the mosque be moving? New York Gov. David Paterson plans to meet with developers of the controversial ground zero mosque as early as this week to offer them state land – at another location –...

<p>Nancy Pelosi is so out of touch with America that she can't believe we will not protest this abhorrent idea of this victory mosque without someone paying for it. She believes the protest is political and calls building it or not is an "urban development" decision.</p>

The day after a House ethics panel admonished Rep. Charlie Rangel (D., N.Y.) for improperly accepting gifts, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the senior Democrat from calls that he be stripped of his gavel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Pelosi said Rangel “did not violate the rules of the House,” and that the ethics committee “did not take action against him” yet, ABC News’s Rick Klein reports. The ethics panel said it was uncertain whether Rangel himself knew the trips were improper, but found that members of Rangel’s staff did know, and that Rangel had a responsibility...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) insisted on Friday that the Senate health care bill does not allow tax-funding of abortion, and added that she had spoken with “Catholic bishops” about the issue. However, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told CNSNews.com that anyone who had spoken to the bishops about the legislation should know that it does fund abortion and that the bishops oppose the bill. At a press conference on Friday, Pelosi was asked whether Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who opposes President Obama’s health proposal which uses the Senate bill as its foundation, was wrong in stating that the...

The VIDEO of Nancy Pelosi making the charge that the town hall protesters were "carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare," has gone viral on the Web. However, what you probably don't know is where Pelosi picked up that charge. It was the same place where many Democrats and their MSM picked up the absurd charge that the protesters were paid agitators. And that source was none other than this Daily Kos THREAD that was featured in a DUmmie FUnnies EDITION that I posted on Monday. Here is the specific Kossack Swastika CHARGE: Most Americans...

Nancy Pelosi claims protesters are "carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right.

The uproar continues over the recent statements of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who defended her pro-abortion stance or, to be more nuanced, her “pro-choice” stance supporting a woman’s “right” to choose between having a child or an abortion. In her statement, she made it clear she was speaking “as an ardent, practicing Catholic” about “an issue that I have studied for a long time.” After saying that “the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition” of when life begins, she cites Saint Augustine to buttress her thesis and concludes that abortion is a decision “that...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday said Democrats will close a loophole in the House-passed minimum wage increase that exempts American Samoa -- an action taken after it was revealed that one of the U.S. territory's main employers is based in her congressional district. "I have asked the Education and Labor Committee as they go forward with the legislation to make sure that all of the territories have to comply with U.S. law on the minimum wage," Mrs. Pelosi said. The decision follows criticism over the exemption, reported earlier this week by The Washington Times, to allow tuna canneries in American...

'Bottom line here is that nothing's off the table,' says spokesman for incoming speaker of HouseThe certified winner of an office in the U.S. House of Representatives may not be seated with other members of Congress by incoming speaker Nancy Pelosi next week for one reason. He's a Republican. In an extremely close race in Florida's 13th District, Republican Vern Buchanan defeated Democrat Christine Jennings by 369 votes. But ongoing legal challenges by Democrats are putting Buchanan's claim to the seat in jeopardy, now that the party in control of the majority has shifted away from the GOP. "The bottom...

House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) has pledged to take up a lobbying reform proposal that would impose new regulations on speech by grassroots organizations, while providing a loophole in the rules for large corporations and labor unions. The legislation would make changes to the legal definition of “grassroots lobbying” and require any organization that encourages 500 or more members of the general public to contact their elected representatives to file a report with detailed information about their organization to the government on a quarterly basis. The report would include identifying the organization’s expenditures, the issues focused on and the members...

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Was House Minority Leader Pelosi laughing at Americans having to pay taxes revealing?? Reading Queen HildaRats lips to Loserman were,"I have a question, what if you don't have a paycheck? What then?" These two were like Junior High children in the back of the classroom at one of the most important speeches in history. Pray for GW and the Truth