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Nancy Pelosi’s filibuster-style speech tops eight hours in bid to force immigration votes
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Posted on 02/07/2018 4:19:56 PM PST by Eleutheria5

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took the rare step Wednesday of giving a marathon speech supporting Democrats’ attempts to legalize the status of young immigrant “dreamers,” in a bid to pressure Republicans to act. Her more than eight-hour speech ranked as the longest given by a member of the House of Representatives in at least a century, possibly ever, focusing on an issue that has dominated the Democratic agenda in recent months. But it also came as her caucus began three days of closed-door meetings to craft a 2018 agenda that can win wider appeal in November’s elections.

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To: HotKat

Yeah. But disappointed. Was hoping for another special election, and to be shut of her forever.


41 posted on 02/07/2018 11:19:42 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

By the Nancy Pelosi Standard, you mean. Yeah. This is just run-of-the-mill for her.


42 posted on 02/07/2018 11:32:12 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

It depends on what you want to believe the MSM or your own common sense


43 posted on 02/08/2018 3:42:33 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Eleutheria5
Holy crap Batman!!!

I first saw 6 hours, then 7 hour, and now 8 hours of Crazy Nancy blathering - aren't she and her side supposed to be against torture???

44 posted on 02/08/2018 3:55:46 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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To: trebb

You weren’t supposed to actually listen to her! That’s why Apple made the I-Phone and G-d made the ear phone, so you can tune out and watch re-runs of the Munsters, or a ball game or something, while some crashing bore drones on and on and on.

Re: torture. Are you a terrorist? Are you even Middle Eastern? Is your skin at least on the dark side? No? Well, you deserve to be tortured, then, whitey.


45 posted on 02/08/2018 5:09:53 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Leftist one trick pony rhetoricians think that all the world’s ills can be solved by semiotic new speak.


46 posted on 02/08/2018 9:25:54 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: Eleutheria5; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Eleutheria5.

47 posted on 02/08/2018 11:21:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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