Pelosi~ "Don't You Ever Threaten Me Again"

[mystieus]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton supporter Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off contributions to congressional Democrats unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embraced his plan to finance revotes in Florida and Michigan, three officials familiar with their conversation said

Sources say Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut contributions to congressional Democrats. Weinstein and Pelosi talked on the phone late last month, the sources said...

Another person familiar with the phone call said what might have upset Pelosi is that Weinstein also suggested that if Democratic leaders "did not fix" the Florida and Michigan problem, powerful Democrats may abandon the eventual party nominee in favor of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, in November...

"He was trying to get Pelosi to promise not to shut the race down," said one of the officials familiar with the call, which came before the primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

But Pelosi, who has repeatedly insisted she is neutral in the presidential showdown, refused to meet Weinstein's demands.

"She said, 'Don't ever threaten me again,'" said a second official familiar with the heated conversation.

Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami would not characterize the phone call to CNN, saying only: "This was a private conversation, one of many the speaker has about the presidential campaign."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/08/weinstein.pelosi/

[Pawel K]

1. One thing I can finally be proud of her for.

Go Nancy!

[BlooInBloo]

53. Yup. About fuckjing time.

[David__77]

2. Good response.

The moneybags can go to hell. Support is welcome, but this behavior is out of line for a people's political party.

[mystieus]

4. Pelosi is badass.

[zulchzulu]

47. I agree

She is actually a tough woman who does it with class.

[Cant trust em]

10. Fundraisers should not be talking with the leadership like this

Leadership tells the fundraisers what to do, not the other way around.

[mystieus]

26. Thank you,

[DemVet]

3. Nancy...

...needs to be tossed out on her elite ass. She's been an utter failure as Speaker.

[Cant trust em]

5. HILLARY CLINTON IS ELITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let it go.

[gort]

48. You might be an elitist if...

you can loan your campaign over 11 million dollars!

[PassingFair]

50. What I like about Nancy Pelosi is....

EVERYONE IS MAD AT HER!

This is the sign of a TRUE centrist.

She frustrates progressives, DLC'ers and
Republicans alike.

I think she does a good job.

I really do.

[truebrit71]

7. Speaking of mouthy elitist women whom do you support? Oh, that's right the "working gal" from IL/PA/

...NY/IN/KY or wherever the hell she is at the time...

Nancy has been disappointing as Speaker no doubt...but nowhere close to the disappointment that the junior Carpet-Bagger from NY is proving to be....daily...

Nancy told the Klintonistas to shove it...and deservedly so...

[Nedsdag]

13. You're joking, right?

[David__77]

15. Definition - Elite: "persons of the highest class."

What's wrong with this?

[DemVet]

55. Well, considering America was founded as a classless society....

[IronLionZion]

20. Oh yeah I love this shit

like a pig in mud!

Your girl is out on her ass because she has failed in her presidential campaign. Oh yes, and as her supporter YOU failed too!!! I can't imagine how much that burns for you to make those comments. ouch!

:rofl:

[DemVet]

56. No,

...I didn't fail. America did.

[IronLionZion]

57. America has won and will keep winning.

The rules were the same for everyone. Obama and his supporters got more delegates. Suck it up and deal with it.

There has been a woman on a major party ticket before, Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. We made history with the first African-American or any ethnic minority on a major party ticket. It helps that he is not DLC and didn't vote for the IWR.

No matter what happens, there is a hell of a lot more support for the Democratic party now. Lots of new votes will turn the state and local races in our favor too.

[Alexander]

28. Nothing's more elite than hedge funds and $109 million in profit...

I'm sure you thought Hillary was a working girl with a GED. :eyes:

[Danger Mouse]

37. what, because she refused to cave into a thread from a bullying fatcat hillary supporter?

[DemVet]

49. Look at her record as Speaker.

She's done nothing but fall on her knees to the repubs.

[Danger Mouse]

54. Yeah, she's had a lousy record as speaker...but this time, she stood up for herself.

For once.

[denem]

6. DUPE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5886158

[Joanne98]

8. YAY

[mystieus]

19. Agreed.

[lastliberalintexas]

9. Too bad she's not as harsh with the republicans

I don't agree with Weinstein's actions, but damn, Pelosi can choose the oddest times to turn tough. :shrug:

[sandnsea]

11. Maybe if we get the DLC and Clintons out of the damn way

Nancy can turn on the damn Republicans the way she'd like to. The Clintons are the ones who support the Bush obliterate 'em foreign policy.

[Straight Shooter]

12. Threatening Nancy Pelosi is off the table!

Wow, whatta pit bull when it comes to defending her own turf.

[Pawel K]

17. Where does Clinton stand on impeachment?

Or Obama for that matter?

We have every right to criticise Pelosi for putting impeachment off the table but I think that it would be hypocritical of us to not point out the fact that both Obama and Hillary support Pelosi on this decision.

[Straight Shooter]

21. Impeachment begins in the House, not the Senate.

No presidential candidate is going to stick their neck out on such a hot topic. Obama has already stated it's time to move on, more or less what's done is done.

[Pawel K]

23. That's not much of an excuse

Clinton is no more innocent in this regard than Obama or Pelosi are. They are all riding the "impeachment off the table" train. So I'm just saying, if you are going to condamn Pelosi for this you will also have to condamn the candidate I support as well as the candidate you support, if you aren't willing to do that and instead you want to make excuses then I don't see what you point is with this whole thing.

[Straight Shooter]

31. Your response is so totally off the wall, I don't know where to begin.

There's no condemnation to it AFA Obama or Clinton. Pelosi is the one who deserves condemnation for proclaiming "Impeachment is off the table."

Way to go, Nancy.

[SwampG8r]

44. too late for impeachment

you forget how long it can drag out?
by jan 20 when obama takes office it will be too late to impeach
after that its a criminal matter not a congressional matter for mr bush

[Cant trust em]

30. I would have said the same thing about Clinton

When it's a promotion she's angling for she suddenly becomes a fighter. When it's a war that George Bush wants she rolls over for him.

[nykym]

14. Well maybe

a boycott of all companies Harvey Weinstein is conected with and all of his good buddies companies will send a message to this blowhard that he will understand.

[Shakespeare]

16. Good for her. Weinstein is an obnoxious prick with the emotional intelligence of a 2-year-old.

His rep here in Hollywood is very well known.

That response is the ONLY one justified in the face of that kind of tantrum.

[GoneOffShore]

33. Harvey Weinstein is probably the guy who this joke was based on.

A producer and a director are walking through the back lot of a studio when a beautiful starlet in a bikini walks past them.

The director turns around and watches "the walkaway", turns back to the producer and says, "I'd love to screw her!"

The producer looks at the director quizzically and says, "Out of what?"

[DogPoundPup]

35. That jole really applies here!

Good one! :thumbsup:

[anigbrowl]

36. >choke< I hadn't heard that one before! Here's another (non-political)

Two Hollywood directors die in unrelated circumstances (cough) and go to heaven, where they wait outside the pearly gates. After a while, they notice the line isn't moving. One of them spots a passing angel and says 'what's the holdup? We're very famous directors you know - brought happiness to millions of people with our work!'.

'Well,' says the angel 'you'll have to wait because a famous producer is on his way and he gets in first.' Just then, a fat looking man in an expensive suit with expensive sunglasses walks up, and breezes past the long line of waiting souls, and goes right through the gate.

'Wow,' says one of the directors. 'Is that him?'

'No,' says the angel. 'That's God. He just thinks he's a producer.'

[Cha]

18. How would harvey weinstein like

us to boycott his movies? I like his movies but I Love my country MORE..got that harvey? :patriot: :bounce: :kick: :party:

Wow, how does stuff like this even get out?

Too bad harvey backed the wrong horse.

[Downtown Hound]

22. Weinstein tried to get Michael Moore to edit his criticism

of Clinton in Sicko. Fortunately, Moore refused. Good for you Michael, and good for you Nancy. Now if you could just do that to a Republican from time to time this world would be a much happier place.

[SwampG8r]

45. the way i see it

she did do it to a bunch of republicans

[Zachstar]

24. Good

[Coexist]

25. Good for her.

[saltpoint]

40. - - - -

:thumbsup: :hi: :dem: :yourock:

[jazzjunkysue]

27. Too bad she doesn't talk like that to the Chimperor and his henchmen.

It proves she's capable, but unwilling, to hold ground on her own ideals.

[Lucky 13]

29. Good job Nancy. Don't let the bullies push you around!

:applause:

[Jennicut]

32. Good for her. Maybe she has found a spine.

[OzarkDem]

34. If only she showed spine like that to Bush and the GOP

Seems fellow Dems are the only people she wants to pick a fight with.

[Danger Mouse]

38. badass. up yours, weinstein!

[saltpoint]

39. Give 'em hell, Ms. Pelosi.

:toast:

[Mudcat]

41. yeah!

[saltpoint]

43. Mudcat, welcome to DU, dammit, and all good wishes.

:hi: :dem:

[Stinky The Clown]

42. Okay Nancy. Good for you. We knew you could do it. Now do it to Fuckwad.

You know ...... that guy for whom the impeachment rules were written? Yeah .... **that** guy.

[truedelphi]

46. Maybe she will if we can get Harvey to tell she CAN'T

[L0oniX]

51. When you threaten to support McInsain, you are a dirty rat...

just like this asscarrot.

[rocktivity]

52. In case you haven't noticed, Harvey

It's Hillary dependence on you "big money" guys that CREATED her predicament!

:headbang:
rocknation