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(Yahoo)   Nancy Pelosi plans to take over the House, completely get rid of lobbyists, enact all 9/11 commission recommendations and raise minimum wage. In the first week after the election. Yeah, good luck with that   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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Gosling
2006-10-06 11:05:23 AM  
Someone tell her that the 110th isn't actually seated until 2 1/2 months after the election.
 
grapecranberry
2006-10-06 11:05:32 AM  
What's wrong with any of that?
 
miseducated
2006-10-06 11:06:38 AM  
Maybe she can borrow Mayor David Miller's Broom.

Not like I believe that any of this is more than election-year platitudes, but I don't see how any of that is a bad idea.
 
OlafTheBent
2006-10-06 11:07:25 AM  
... but can she cook?
 
Whamdangler
2006-10-06 11:09:25 AM  
Um, the changeover doesn't take place until January
 
Action Replay Nick
2006-10-06 11:11:36 AM  
THE DUMBOCRAT HAVE NO PLANS!!1!
 
Jaboobinator
2006-10-06 11:12:34 AM  
Good. She is the best, and I love her.
 
HelloHelloHi
2006-10-06 11:14:23 AM  
Go, sister.
 
big_pth
2006-10-06 11:16:50 AM  
If you RTFA, a lot of what she said is good for america and the legislature.

-Lowering intrest rates on student loans is bad? Making it easier for Americans to get an education is bad?
-Cutting out lobbyists and taking the big "For Sale" sign off of our representatives is bad?
-Enacting the 9/11 commision recomendations to make America safer is bad?

Sure, it may be election year platitudes, but with any luck some of it may happen. Like enacting all of the 9/11 commision suggestions and making america safer.
 
Doctor Hooey
2006-10-06 11:18:28 AM  
Actually think of what's best for the country and its people? That's unpossible!
 
tobcc
2006-10-06 11:18:41 AM  
I didnt see anything wrong with anything she said, but I will not hold my breath. I dont think all the democrates what to have the lobbiest money dry up, and I dont the republicans are going to play nice. I also know that taxs have to be raised to keep the dollar from falling to the value of the peso, but it is hard for short term thinking lawmakers to raise taxes (see Bush 1)
 
stebain
2006-10-06 11:20:46 AM  
I didn't see anything about the first week "after the elections". Hell, not even "week".
 
RobbieFal
2006-10-06 11:21:34 AM  
Raising taxes in the middle of a war is bad. Don't ya know?
 
mistersite
2006-10-06 11:23:28 AM  
We should all save the link to this story for the next time a Republican accuses Democrats of Bush-bashing and not having any positive ideas of their own. That's a pretty well-put-together agenda, with several things (lobbying rules and pay-as-you-go especially) that real conservatives would get behind.
 
grapecranberry
2006-10-06 11:24:02 AM  
tobcc

wha?
 
Bonkthat_Again [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2006-10-06 11:24:36 AM  
If she's sincere...i hope it gets done.
If she's just sprouting it as an empty promise to get more votes, i hope she DIAF.
 
Howie_Feltersnatch
2006-10-06 11:25:00 AM  
big_pth: Like enacting redoing all of the 9/11 Commision suggestions Report, finding the Bush Administration guilty, sentencing them to death, and making America safer.
 
ApocoLypstick
2006-10-06 11:25:02 AM  
*bangs head repeatedly on the desk*
 
ChairmanKaga
2006-10-06 11:25:49 AM  
Am I the only one who finds her slightly hawt?
 
Bonkthat_Again [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2006-10-06 11:28:41 AM  
ChairmanKaga: Am I the only one who finds her slightly hawt?


Just think of what here tits and bush look like (at age 66)...that'll learn you.
 
grapecranberry
2006-10-06 11:30:39 AM  
Bonkthat_Again
Just think of what here tits and bush look like (at age 66)...that'll learn you.

No one has these complaints about Dennis Hastert.
 
mistersite
2006-10-06 11:32:43 AM  
grapecranberry: No one has these complaints about Dennis Hastert.

Damn you. The thought of Dennis Hastert naked just turned me off sex for the next year or two. Can someone pass the mental bleach?
 
miseducated
2006-10-06 11:32:45 AM  
grapecranberry: No one has these complaints about Dennis Hastert.

No one finds Dennis Hastert "hawt".
 
hillbillypharmacist
2006-10-06 11:34:21 AM  
grapecranberry: No one has these complaints about Dennis Hastert.

He's got a purty mouth.
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mialynneb
2006-10-06 11:34:30 AM  
I hate politicians.

Crazy bastards.
 
CravenMorehead
2006-10-06 11:34:42 AM  
That all sounds pretty damn good to me.
 
BigTuna [TotalFark]
2006-10-06 11:36:08 AM  
If they accomplish even one of those items, they will have surpassed the 109th by leaps and bounds.

I'm not holding my breath though.
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 11:37:59 AM  
Okay, so we've heard the Democrats' plan.

Republicans: what's your plan?
 
maudibjr
2006-10-06 11:38:28 AM  
miseducated: grapecranberry: No one has these complaints about Dennis Hastert.

No one finds Dennis Hastert "hawt".


Oh theres a fetish group out there for anything. Someone is diddleing it to a picture af his power hungry tubby ass.

/I'll just let that image sit on your mind
 
pwhp_67
2006-10-06 11:38:55 AM  
Hey, all she needs is a Democratic majority, which she will have.


It's not our fault your team sucks ass and couldn't get a single thing passed that didn't involve removing/ignoring Constitutional rights...
 
Mohawk742
2006-10-06 11:40:46 AM  
Nancy wants this. Nancy wants that.

What does Sluggo want?
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 11:45:36 AM  
Republicans: what's your plan?

Don't everyone jump at once, guys.
 
tobcc
2006-10-06 11:47:07 AM  
GrapeCranberry
wha?

Is that a question or do you just have a dumb look on your face?
 
Three Crooked Squirrels [TotalFark]
2006-10-06 11:47:42 AM  
Is it just me or does

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=

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?
 
StretchCannon
2006-10-06 11:48:41 AM  
Republicans: what's your plan?

Hey, we don't need plans. We umm, have morals. Yeah. We do that moral thing. That's what they told me to say. We have God, so we must be right. God likes us better. That's why our guys are right. We have the white hats and stuff. We are a christian nation. ummmm, Hang on (sound of papers ruffling, mouse clicks)

Clinton got a blowjob.
 
xen0blue
2006-10-06 11:49:14 AM  
Those wouldn't be such bad ideas if she wasn't flat-out lying.
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 11:51:03 AM  
zen0blue

Yeah, because raising the minimum wage is something the democrats would never do.
 
KazamaSmokers
2006-10-06 11:51:58 AM  
If she can get all that done, President Romney should make her one of his wives.
 
suebhoney
2006-10-06 11:52:23 AM  
With a Republican-controlled gov't, I find it hilarious that the party of "We're here to keep you safe from terrorists" hasn't bothered with any of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations and that now it's the Democrats who get to use that as an issue.

The GOP is cowardice. They love their talking points and there memes, but yet they never seem to accomplish anything to make them reality.

What they seem to be very good at is eroding away our rights, bit by bit.
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 11:52:25 AM  
Unpimp ze Congress.
 
eldoce
2006-10-06 11:57:05 AM  
while everything she's saying is, obviously, A Good Thing(tm)...

This is Washington we're talking about. I'll believe it when I see it - especially the part about lobbyists. And even after, I'll still disbelieve.

Nothing against Pelosi. This just comes across as the ultimate pie-in-the-sky campaign promise, and I'm inclined to dismiss it out-of-hand.
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 11:59:31 AM  
eldoce

And eradicating the world of terrorism is such a down-to-earth goal?
 
Coolhaus
2006-10-06 11:59:57 AM  
Three Crooked Squirrels: Is it just me or does

*DING!*
 
Puppeteer_23
2006-10-06 12:01:56 PM  
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/Now, Righties... when the dems try to get some of these things done, and the repubs try to block them for political purposes, I expect every single one of you to come out and scream about how obstructionist they're being, okay?
 
Dancin_In_Anson
2006-10-06 12:03:41 PM  
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DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 12:07:57 PM  
Puppeteer_23: when the dems try to get some of these things done, and the repubs try to block them for political purposes

Won't happen. The Republicans have drained all power out of the minority in the House. They never seem to understand that the weapons they forge will, be used against them some day.

The the Dems get both houses, the best Republicans can do is fillibuster. Can you imagine that?

Increase Minimum wage: fillibuster.
End corporate lobbying: fillibuster.
Enact 9/11 Commission reccomendations: fillibuster.
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 12:10:18 PM  
Then again, they can get Bush to take a few more for the team and veto all those as well. Still would be bad news for Republicans.
 
DrJesusPhD
2006-10-06 12:12:21 PM  
Dancin_In_Anson

Haha! A picture of a donkey looking stupid. Obviously the democrats are going to fail just as badly as the Republicans.

I mean, just look at him.
 
Dancin_In_Anson
2006-10-06 12:16:19 PM  
DrJesusPhD: Obviously the democrats are going to fail just as badly as the Republicans.


Actually, I was looking for "Cart before the horse" but that was a pretty accurate description...
 
StretchCannon
2006-10-06 12:23:48 PM  
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