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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNancy Pelosi's attitude on nurturing future leaders as described by a NYT reporter
Anyone who wants a position is leadership is welcome to come and get it. Nobody *gave* me anything.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)Oh, wait, let me reread that.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Is she saying that would-be leaders should build a resume of work, gather supporters and recruit allies into a coalition, get down in the trenches doing the grunt work of party building, assist other members in getting elected, and win re-election a few times? That's just nuts! Ain't nobody got time for that.
RandySF
(57,588 posts)That's exactly what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is doing.
Demit
(11,238 posts)waiting for the mama leader to come feed them. Because that's what lady leaders are supposed to DO, I guess, according to this unnamed NYT reporter.
LOL
RandySF
(57,588 posts)He described how she had to attain her own goals without help from anyone.
Demit
(11,238 posts)That's characterizing someone's stance, not neutrally describing it. Unless you can point me to reporters who talk about male leaders in Congress regarding whether they nurture future leaders or not?
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)These are all things that should be done. The problem is we have a lot of these younger critters that don't take advice from anyone because they won and they think they own the world.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Even in the early 2000s after forcing herself to a vote for Whip, the men in the party asked he what women Congress Members wanted and they would take the issues up. Of course assuming she would stand down. Fuck that.
You want it, fight for it. And Nancy never threatened anyone with republican cooperation. She just built her support with level headed pragmatism.
But cross her at your own risk.
We owe her our upcoming majority status.
mulsh
(2,959 posts)n/t