# How did this woman get elected (Pelosi)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [October 30, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982 "2014-10-30T08:25:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/41 "2014-10-30T13:37:34Z")
It’s not the OP’s fault, he only just gained sentience after being struck by lightning.
Oh, wait, that was _Johnny_ 5.
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/42 "2014-10-30T13:38:10Z")
I seldom take suggestions from inferiors. Thanks anyway.
> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Yep. You got it in one. Everybody on the whole message board is a drooling moron. There is nothing you could possibly gain intellectually by sticking around. You might as well move on.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/43 "2014-10-30T13:39:21Z")
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> I guess you’ll have to elect her again to find out just how damaging she can be.
Who’s this “you” you keep talking to? The overwhelming majority of us didn’t elect her in the first place and are in no position to elect her again. We don’t live in her district.
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/44 "2014-10-30T13:40:45Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#):
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> Not enough cash to pay for a third hour I take it.
They don’t charge me to be on here but I can see why they would you. Save those posting pennies. What are you getting 5 cents a troll?😃
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/45 "2014-10-30T13:43:06Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> I miss **Citizen4** already!
Im sure you have missed a lot. Man you guys are easy.
I love this forum already. 😃
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/46 "2014-10-30T13:45:02Z")
Didn’t take long for the new guy to basically admit he’s a troll.
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/47 "2014-10-30T13:46:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#):
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> Who’s this “you” you keep talking to? The overwhelming majority of us didn’t elect her in the first place and are in no position to elect her again. We don’t live in her district.
Pelosi is in the 8th district in California. Seriously, you didn’t know that?
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/48 "2014-10-30T13:46:51Z")
The election this year is a real nailbiter. She only won 73% in the primary, so who knows what might happen.
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### Author:  [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/49 "2014-10-30T13:47:36Z")
The woefully poor state of the OP aside, the answer to the question is: San Francisco is friggin nuts. This is the place that gave Cindy Sheehan over 16% of the vote when she challenged Pelosi for her seat 8 years ago or so, because Pelosi wasn’t afar enough to the led!. And this is the place where one of the Board of Supervisors, Gerardo Sandoval, argued for abolishing the U.S. Military.
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/50 "2014-10-30T13:47:49Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Didn’t take long for the new guy to basically admit he’s a troll.
People like me seldom care what people like you are trying to think.
NEXT! 😃
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/51 "2014-10-30T13:47:56Z")
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> Another in depth rebuttal.
More in-depth than a content-free YouToob link post, certainly.
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### Author:  [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/52 "2014-10-30T13:48:17Z")
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> Pelosi is in the 8th district in California. Seriously, you didn’t know that?
And I am not, and neither are most of the posters here. The representative of the 8th district of California is not a nationally elected office.
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### Author:  [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/53 "2014-10-30T13:49:30Z")
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> Then why did you come on to this thread. Wasn’t the title clear enough for your comprehensive abilities? (rhetorical):rolleyes:
So you are not going to have the balls to address the issues of the slip of the tongue or your own fuck ups? I think that pretty much defines your troll status. I can hardly wait to hear the zinger you fling at me. \
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/54 "2014-10-30T13:50:32Z")
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> So here no one thinks it is important that their reps understand the difference in the 1st and 2nd amendment?
Is it more important, less important, or equally important, compared to reps understanding the difference between “than” and “then”?
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> If you are referring to me **than** you completely failed
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> I seldom take suggestions from inferiors.
Obviously not, as you seldom find any.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/55 "2014-10-30T13:52:38Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Didn’t take long for the new guy to basically admit he’s a troll.
I don’t know if he’s a troll, but he’s making it easy, and a bit fun, to kick him around. Nothing like starting off the day with smacking down a dim bulb!! Makes me feel better already!!
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/56 "2014-10-30T13:53:11Z")
Where do I send my LED watch for repair?
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/57 "2014-10-30T13:54:00Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> I miss **Citizen4** already!
Don’t worry – you can still [catch it in the theater](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/) or wait for the DVD.
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/58 "2014-10-30T13:55:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> And how do you propose the _vast_ majority of us do that?
Well if your a democrat in Chicago you could just buy votes on facebook.
"Recently, local Chicago news caught a Democrat Chicago politician committing election fraud… on FACEBOOK.
Fifth Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston and her staff were bribing voters to go to the polls! They offered local residents gifts and prizes if they would just make their way to the polls and vote.
Here’s what the alderman’s Facebook page told voters to do,
“Vote–you’re eligible no matter the candidate, then put their name and contact information on the back of their voter receipt… And stop by the Fifth Ward office and drop it off.”
The prizes being offered were all gift cards to local business like Starbucks and Walgreens, as well as $100 Visa gift cards, which can be used anywhere that Visa is accepted.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/59 "2014-10-30T13:58:58Z")
> [@Citizen5](#):
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> The prizes being offered were all gift cards to local business like Starbucks and Walgreens, as well as $100 Visa gift cards, which can be used anywhere that Visa is accepted.
A clever plan. Presumably, the Starbucks certs were given to any Republican voters who stumbled in to insure that they would be too sickened by stomach rot to vote in future elections.
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### Author:  [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982/60 "2014-10-30T14:00:08Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> I don’t know if he’s a troll, but he’s making it easy, and a bit fun, to kick him around. Nothing like starting off the day with smacking down a dim bulb!! Makes me feel better already!!
Why do liberals always think they are winning a debate by just claiming so? Wait, I will go get my 6 year old grandson to debate you. That’s only fair.
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