Pelosi on postponing SOTU: "It's not constitutionally required. It's not the President's birthday."

[bigtree]

Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan
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Pelosi on rescheduling Jan 29th SOTU Address: "It is not a sacred date. It's not constitutionally required. It's not the President's birthday. It's not anything. It is a date that we agreed to. It could have been the week later and it could be a week later if gov't is open."

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I just wish we could have a really young, inexperienced speaker who wouldnt

be a FRACTION of an ASS KICKER Nancy is.




Thank GOD for NANCY PELOSI!

[dalton99a]

4. She is perfect for the job.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. What is GLORIOUS about her is

a. she is a SHE and rump and his base hate, and I mean they fucking H A T E women

and

b. she is so soft spoken, with a soft voice she delivers a BLOW to his GROIN like NOTHING he has ever felt

[dalton99a]

16. He is clearly outwitted.

Which is why he is resorting to reading Stephen Miller's contrived bullshit

[EffieBlack]

6. A fresh face or new blood or something ...

[emulatorloo]

20. "Yes we need a true progressive like (insert conservadem with a penis)"

Those threads were so fun.

[Caliman73]

11. New Blood Eliot Rosewater!! New Blood!!

That is what we need. That will do EVERYTHING!!!



I agree. There is something to be said for having new representatives and new, young fresh enthusiasm in government. We need people who are fired up and ready to charge in and do the hard work. But in a position as powerful as Speaker of the House, we needed Pelosi, who can get fired up, but also has the skill and savvy to focus her fire and who knows the rules backwards and forwards, and who knows how to play the game of politics.

There were things with which I disagreed with Pelosi on in her last tenure as Speaker, but she is certainly playing this situation almost perfectly.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. The point isnt is new blood good, it is. But as you say the point is

everything has a time and place.

And the time is NOW and the place is SPEAKER for Nancy Pelosi!

[Caliman73]

14. I just wish I could see Trump's reactions when he sees the news.

Not the "sources say Trump is furious" stories that come out, but the actual physical reactions. The little vein popping out on the side of his head. The gritting to the point of breaking those false teeth. The ripping stuff up and throwing it around. The cursing.

Does that make me a bad person?

[Bob Loblaw]

40. How hard can it be to reschedule "executive time"?

[dhol82]

55. Yeah, he seems to need really frequent relining of his lower

Keep waiting for the day it goes flying across a stage.

[LiberalFighter]

19. I like new blood.

Only because it is needed to replace the old blood when it is gone. But new blood isn't any good if it doesn't have the antibodies to fight off infections. And not all blood is up to the job.

The old blood has an army of white blood cells that has developed over a period of time. It works smarter and at full force.

[pangaia]

52. Balance. I think balance also has something positive about it.

[bigtree]

15. agreement from the 'young and inexperienced'

Link to tweet

[emulatorloo]

22. +1

[RestoreAmerica2020]

41. Thanks...hadn't seen this. Democractic congress has been consistent in

....messaging which is reflective of Speaker Pelosi's stellar leadership. Blame trump, blame republicans--make them own the shut down!

[hueymahl]

48. Well, that is an inconvenient post!

Wonder what the faction thinks about that?

[Eliot Rosewater]

50. What faction? You mean us loyal democrats? I like AOC in her role, I like this

way she is responding here, dont you?

[hueymahl]

53. I love AOC, Pelosi and all good Democrats

Unfortunately there is a faction that has issue with AOC. They show up every time there is a post about her and find something negative or snarky to say. Its kind of pathetic. And Hilarious at the same time.

[NurseJackie]

24. Experience we can trust! NANCY PELOSI ROCKS!!!

Amazing to think about how some wanted to choose someone else to be Speaker. So much hand-wringing about wanting "new blood" or "someone younger" ... basically they wanted change for the sake of change. What a short-sighted mistake that would have been! Especially NOW.

[IronLionZion]

25. Ironically, many young inexperienced congresspeople support our fearless leader

[happy feet]

28. 1,000,000,000+

[mcar]

29. Yeah, she's too old, too rich, too corporatist

New blood, or something like that.

Wonder how many still think that way.

[bigtree]

33. that doesn't sound like something any of the 32 who actually opposed her nom as Speaker would say

...the majority of Democratic legislators opposing Pelosi for Speaker came at her with a decidedly less progressive argument than "she's too rich, too corporatist."

Meet the Democrats Who Want Pelosi to Step Aside
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/us/politics/democrats-oppose-pelosi.html

...I wonder if THEY still think 'that way?'.

[Baltimike]

38. or that we could get her to agree to TERM LIMITS on her speakership, so that the kGOPb would only

have to wait her out...

BTW, who WERE those motherfuckers again?

[Hekate]

42. Plus a brazillion

[WA-03 Democrat]

2. Go Nancy Go!

Impeach the Traitor!

[grumpyduck]

3. Statements like that are there to remind people about reality,

something that many have forgotten about in the wave of BS.

[ismnotwasm]

5. OMG

I love her

[Solly Mack]

7. She's correct.

[brush]

9. This is how a co-equal branch of our gov. is supposed to be run.

She's kicking trump's ass and taking his name down.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. Not his birthday

Love it, she knows how much the spotlight means to him. Taking this from him is the worst thing he could imagine.

[peggysue2]

39. That was the sentence I loved

It's not his birthday.

Hahaha. Some Master Butt-Kicking right there.

Nancy is showing her stuff and people are . . . awed. Most of us knew this to be the case. Hopefully, all of us know it now: the perfect person, man or woman, to bring the Toddler-in-Chief down to size.

Madame Speaker. You're on a roll.

[forgotmylogin]

45. #notyourbirthday

[BlancheSplanchnik]

54. 👆🏾 😆

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. but Traitor Tot wants his birthday tv time!

[dalton99a]

23. The traitor was spawned in June

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. yes, but it is having its tantrum now

It's like a spoiled brat being denied a birthday party, the biggest birthday party.

The big difference is that he's hurting people and institutions with his tantrum.

Speaker Pelosi recognizes the behavior and goads him with that birthday remark. He has no privilege to the attention he craves from the SOTU; it's not his due.

[2naSalit]

17. Jeeze... I wish that

she could be president right now.

[Runningdawg]

18. The Trump cult is outraged

because they didn't think of this while Obama was in office. Nancy rocks.

[Gothmog]

21. Nancy Pelosi isn't just beating Trump. She's humiliating him

[Hekate]

44. Poking him in his fragile ego

[Hassler]

26. Tronald Dump is an obvious stroke candidate and the Speaker just might nudge him enough.

[watoos]

35. ....or nervous breakdown.

[QED]

27. I wish she'd call him Donald.

He calls her Nancy - how else to remind him that she is her constitutional equal?

[keithbvadu2]

36. She is beating him by being professional.

She is beating him by being professional.

[malaise]

43. I don't think he'll ever do it

She's not fond of familiarity.

[elmac]

31. make the orange nazi as irrelevant as possible. nt

[tiredtoo]

32. She is doing an excellent job of reigning in the assholes. (EOM)

[Scurrilous]

34. K&R

[SunSeeker]

37. I thought Shitler liked breaking precedent. Now he's all about tradition?

[ffr]

46. Tuck Frump!

Turn the screws Nancy/Schumer! And just keep turning them.

What 45/KGOP are doing is not normal.

[Pepsidog]

47. A written submission is fine. He had 8 minutes recently, we don't need more.

[cstanleytech]

49. Actually I think they should have it still but a little change and only have Pelosi and

a few upper Democrats there rather than the whole of Congress and those members invite each of the women that accused Trump of assault and have them seated up front right in his face.

[pangaia]

51. "It's not the president's birthday."

[TNNurse]

56. Nancy and Alexandria are the perfect combination.

Nancy is experienced and clever and bold. Alexandria is new and fresh and clever and bold.

I said to my husband yesterday that AOC knows this could be her only chance so just go for it, and do all you can.

[flibbitygiblets]

57. Love how she infantilizes him again and again

You can have your dessert after you finish your vegetables, or go to bed hungry.

[sarge43]

58. He infantilizes himself

Madam Speaker deals with it as any sharp Nana would. Ya know, the adult in the room.

[bdamomma]

59. I am with her

all the way, tRump doesn't know shit, that Speaker Pelosi is 3rd line for the presidency.