The latest news confirms - to me - the genius of Nancy Pelosi

[Stinky The Clown]

So she holds back the impeachment charges from the Senate. The right wingers get all on their tippy toes. She better send those charges over RIGHT FUCKING NOW, they cry and whine.

As she maintains her calm and soft silence, Pompeo, Esper, and Bolton letit be known they tried to talk Trump back in off the ledge. But no such luck. And finally the media gets a new bone to chew on.

Whoknew?Whydidn'ttheytryharder?EleventySeven!!!!!

drip . . . . Drip . . . . DRIP . . . . GUSH . . . . KAPLOOSH!!!!

The BadNoozForTrump keeps vomiting out.

I can't stop thinking Pelosi had wind of all this breaking out and her recent actions have been strategic .

[guillaumeb]

1. The problem for Trump, and Trump's various enablers,

is that he is guilty.

And 70% of the public knows, or suspects it.

It will not get better for Trump.

[2naSalit]

2. And she runs circles around the whole bunch of them.

[guillaumeb]

4. And infuriates Trump and McConnell.

Witness Trump's various tweets, and the whining from the GOP Senators.

[Joinfortmill]

3. 👍

[guillaumeb]

5. Welcome to DU.

It is the only obvious answer.

[malaise]

6. Speaker Pelosi is a strategic genius

with a great team - she's my person of the year

[WA-03 Democrat]

9. Me too!

She is the best!
Stood up to MF45 and said “All roads with you lead to Putin.”
So true.

Go Nancy Go!!

[MyOwnPeace]

11. AND - the poster of the year............

That shot of her leaving the White House in her beautiful red coat - and somebody had photoshopped the WH up in flames - JUST SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!
Looking like James Bond walking away from another successful mission!


(you know I'm counting on somebody to find that shot and post it, right? )

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Have you noticed, or is it just me

the colors she wears, the style of coats and dresses, wasn't there a bold large pattern black and white plaid - all harken back to 1940s War Time pastels, and the sunglasses to the 1960s. It's subliminal, but it gives the message we are at war, because, we are. US sovereignty has been violated.

[MyOwnPeace]

18. Interesting!!!!

But, sorry, I'm not that savvy to pick up on subtle things like that. I'm more the type that needs things spelled out to me, like, you know, "I really don't care - do you?" *

*see: First Lady visits children's shelters in Texas.

[scarletwoman]

19. Here you go:

[MyOwnPeace]

20. "Frankly, Scarlet,

I DO give a damn!"

Thank you!!!!

[StarfishSaver]

25. She warned him ...

[Politicub]

26. +1 - she is amazing!

[George II]

7. I agree with you, the moves she's made (or hasn't made) have been brilliant. And her silence....

...on sending the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate is driving trump and many republicans crazy.

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

8. Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler or...

Jordan, Nunes and ...well, there is no comparison. . . Pelosi is my Person of the Year. Maybe she will be the next president.

[WA-03 Democrat]

10. I have a dream

Trump/Pence are forced out due to obvious criminality and then...President Pelosi is sworn in and brings Hilary in as VP

Justice served but the damage has been done. We can clean up their mess again. We don’t have a choice. Let’s build the super majority-we have the numbers.

GOTV!

[Pluvious]

12. There would be a fountain of Brain Gore from KGOP's exploding skulls

I like the the dream

[MyOwnPeace]

14. That's what Dems do.............

like any good parent - go in and clean up the mess that the babies have left behind.

[Blue_true]

13. I truly wouldn't want to play Poker against her. nt

[LiberalFighter]

15. Come to think of it.

The Speaker likely has developed connections during her years of being in the House. And took to heart how other leaders managed their positions.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Strategic, agree

I doubt much goes on in Washington that leaders at the top in many places don't know about. The IC has America's back, patriots are all pulling in the same direction. At this point, Republicans backing Trump have to start to wonder what's going on, is Giuliani running a shadow State Department as well as a private information-gathering operation for Trump, and how long has it been going on, and what don't they know?

Speaker has every resource and very astute minds around her, they have done their homework, she is cool as can be. This is where experience pays, where career politicians rise to the challenge, everyone at the top of their game. The high levels in the Trump White House are amateurs by comparison, more suited to the corporate boardroom for a real estate company, and they have little understanding of power except Barr's scheming to seize it all.

I'm delighted Democrats have delayed this into the election year. The whole enchilada should break this winter and the toxic fallout resonate all the way to November. By my calculation, perfect timing.

[Thekaspervote]

21. Kudos to madam speaker!! Smart, savvy, committed to all Americans and the constitution

[rickford66]

22. And the Senate Dems should hold for secret ballots.

A few reThuglicans might feel it's safe. Juries vote in secret.

[Eyeball_Kid]

23. For the past month or so,

I've been OCD about the Senate trial, saying repeatedly that if the Senate acquits, the Constitution dies.

I think that's true, it's as true now as it's ever been.

But... the Senate may not acquit.

Look at the stirrings within the nation. Listen to the very recent revelations about Trump and his staff members. We'll have national demonstrations. DC will be jammed with protesters. This will be the biggest episode of civil unrest since the Vietnam era. Senate GOPers will be under tremendous pressure to demand a fair trial. And when they do, they'll come to understand the evidence. By the time of the trial, the national sentiment will be at the "fever pitch" stage.

One avenue to be built is the one in which each Trump-related revelation that gets exposed over the next month or so will get the GOPers increasingly pissed that they've been tasked with backing a fraud and a criminal. I hope that this avenue gets built quickly. We'll all need it.

[videohead5]

24. Just wait and see

More and more is going to come out or Trump is going to do more illegal stuff that will come out.

[Xolodno]

27. Here's the thing...a Senator...

...gets elected once every six years...that effectively gives them to do whatever they want for four years without repercussions, given the attention span of the general populace. So they don't have to play the game too often. Whereas a Representative has to look at re-election the day the take office. So a Rep is very much more in tune with the politics...and why she easily out played Mitch.

[Deb]

28. I heard she keeps Beggin Strips in her pocket.