Tag Archives: Nancy Pelosi

Stop Scaring People! That’s My Job

December 10, 2009 – 10:29 am

The Wall Street Journal reports on a testy exchange between President Obama and Congressional Republicans at the White House yesterday.
“At one point, the president told Republican leaders to ‘stop trying to frighten the American people,’ displaying a chart showing diminishing job losses over the past four quarters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said after [...]

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Where Have I Heard That Before?

September 18, 2009 – 4:52 pm

Associated Press, September 17th, 2009:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the anti-government rhetoric over President Barack Obama’s health care reform effort is concerning because it reminds her of the violent debate over gay rights that roiled San Francisco in the 1970s.
Anyone voicing hateful or violent rhetoric, she told reporters, must take responsibility for the [...]

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Pelosi Delivers Stark Contrast on Health Care

August 1, 2009 – 10:52 am

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to take a strikingly aggressive tone against insurance companies — you know, the entities that make reliable health care available to a couple hundred million Americans.
Politico reports:
“The glory days are coming to an end for the health insurance industry in our country,” Pelosi told reporters Friday afternoon. “This is about inoculating [...]

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