# The Nancy Pelosi appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 17, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907 "2019-01-17T01:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/101 "2019-01-19T00:18:37Z")
Aaaaaannndd now you’ve linked to their page so they’ll get even more traffic. Nice one, Monty. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/102 "2019-01-19T00:37:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Here you go.](https://www.facebook.com/TrumpOurPotus/videos/267552747272207/?t=0) So, just clips of Democrats saying illegal immigration is a problem. Which doesn’t contradict anything Democrats are saying now. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/103 "2019-01-22T02:17:13Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Pelosi is teaching Trump a painful political lesson. Campaigning is one thing - Trump has proven he can campaign. This isn’t a campaign. This is institutional, procedural, political. It’s an entirely different battlefield. She’s a crocodile that’s dragging him further away from land. (post shortened) Pelosi is THE queen of the swamp. ol’ Nancy has been involved in politics since 1961. She was first elected to public office in 1987. If anyone knows how to play hardball, it’s ol’ Nancy. The resist movement, and old style politics, are alive and well. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/104 "2019-01-22T02:20:17Z")
Well, that was timely and insightful. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/105 "2019-01-23T02:40:14Z")
What’s the status of the State of the Union address? Is it on or off? What’s the latest? I just saw a headline in passing (no cite) that said Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t let WH staffers in the Congressional chamber to do a walk through. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/106 "2019-01-23T02:49:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What’s the status of the State of the Union address? Is it on or off? What’s the latest? I just saw a headline in passing (no cite) that said Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t let WH staffers in the Congressional chamber to do a walk through. [Supposedly, two versions of the SOTU are being prepared.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-seeks-walk-through-for-state-of-the-union/2019/01/22/e91f1c7c-1e69-11e9-bda9-d6efefc397e8_story.html?utm_term=.66adc65f3dd8) > [@](#): > > The White House is forging ahead with State of the Union preparations despite no commitment from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to hold the annual address at the Capitol, further escalating the political tit-for-tat between the two leaders as the federal government remains partially shuttered. > > President Trump is preparing two versions of the speech — one that could be delivered in Washington and another that would be given somewhere else in the country, depending on the circumstance, according to a senior White House official. Meanwhile, the administration is trying to conduct advance work to prepare for an address in the House chamber, originally scheduled for Jan. 29, even though Pelosi has the power to determine whether Trump can do so. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/107 "2019-01-23T02:57:28Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Pelosi is THE queen of the swamp. ol’ Nancy has been involved in politics since 1961. She was first elected to public office in 1987. If anyone knows how to play hardball, it’s ol’ Nancy. The resist movement, and old style politics, are alive and well. You know what? You’ve long been an insufferable fool and I’ve long wondered why you haven’t been banned. Now you’re just trolling for the sheer joy of displaying your incredible stupidity. Until TPTB see fit to actually remove you from this site, I’m going to do what I am now suggesting others do: remove your inane posts from visibility. And good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/108 "2019-01-23T04:56:34Z")
It’s about time, **Monty**. I took that step a couple of years ago. Nice to see that at least one more person won’t be abusing my scrolling finger by live-quoting him… ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/109 "2019-01-23T05:10:38Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You know what? You’ve long been an insufferable fool and I’ve long wondered why you haven’t been banned. Now you’re just trolling for the sheer joy of displaying your incredible stupidity. Until TPTB see fit to actually remove you from this site, I’m going to do what I am now suggesting others do: remove your inane posts from visibility. And good riddance. Oh No! How am I going to get my usual seven hours of sleep tonight if I don’t have your internet blather to put me to sleep? How’s everything in Beijing, China? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/110 "2019-01-23T05:31:41Z")
Pelosi is awesome, and I’ve long been mystified, and frustrated, that she hasn’t gotten more credit as a trailblazer (and extremely effective Speaker). We still haven’t had a woman president, and that’s not right; but we’ve had a female Speaker and now have one again, and that’s a HUGE deal. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/111 "2019-01-23T12:03:26Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Interesting, I can see the alien and the octopus but not the “nice rolleyes”. Same as me on Chrome. With Firefox I can see all three. All three codes are, in decimal, ‘& # 128xxx ;’. Is this a new series? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/112 "2019-01-23T13:19:45Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > [Supposedly, two versions of the SOTU are being prepared.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-seeks-walk-through-for-state-of-the-union/2019/01/22/e91f1c7c-1e69-11e9-bda9-d6efefc397e8_story.html?utm_term=.66adc65f3dd8) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/113 "2019-01-23T13:54:14Z")
You go, Nancy! I wouldn’t let that flaming asshole into any place I was in charge of either. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/114 "2019-01-23T14:35:29Z")
I gotta clap for Pelosi if she goes through with canceling the SoU address. Also I appreciate her refusing to buckle to Trump’s wall demand. I wish she had taken a similar pro illegal immigration stance before this, but Trump has clearly brought out the best in her. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/115 "2019-01-23T14:38:33Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/116 "2019-01-23T14:38:40Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I gotta clap for Pelosi if she goes through with canceling the SoU address. Also I appreciate her refusing to buckle to Trump’s wall demand. I wish she had taken a similar pro illegal immigration stance before this, but Trump has clearly brought out the best in her. Being against a moronic wall is not the same as being “pro illegal immigration,” and you know it. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/117 "2019-01-23T14:40:25Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I gotta clap for Pelosi if she goes through with canceling the SoU address. Also I appreciate her refusing to buckle to Trump’s wall demand. I wish she had taken a similar pro illegal immigration stance before this, but Trump has clearly brought out the best in her. Hi, **Will**. Nobody knows whether this is intended to be sarcastic. Or cares. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/118 "2019-01-23T14:43:21Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Being against a moronic wall is not the same as being “pro illegal immigration,” and you know it. Ok my approval of Pelosi on that item is revoked, but I still clap for her intransigence and cancelling the SoU (if she follows through). ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/119 "2019-01-23T14:49:09Z")
I must note that Pelosi is an anarchist’s dream compared to Ryan and Boehner. Both of whom buckled to Obama’s demands after a few days max. Perhaps Ryan left his copy of Atlas Shrugged next to the gavel. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907/120 "2019-01-23T19:49:32Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Nope, now this is what we’ll be talking about, this stupid bickering between two dotards. By this time next week, Trump’s numbers will be up. […you were saying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21447323&postcount=29847) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nancy-pelosi-appreciation-thread/827907.md?page=7)