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Nancy Pelosi should go (Original Post) Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 OP
I trust Pelosi. riversedge Jun 2017 #1
So should we all Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #2
We need to focus on winning House Seats... FarPoint Jun 2017 #3
I think it's time for new leadership Va Lefty Jun 2017 #4
run for office, win your seat...then run for party leadership Fresh_Start Jun 2017 #5
We need to win seats.... FarPoint Jun 2017 #18
She should go and give room to a winner. Lunabell Jun 2017 #6
She's won her seat consistently for a long time now BainsBane Jun 2017 #9
You live in her district? Seems to me she wins every time there's an election. Hekate Jun 2017 #11
Presumably the issue is over minority leader Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #30
DEMS are energized! I am with Pelosi & with DEMS going forward. Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #7
Republicans are struggling under Trump and Democrats are energized! Madam45for2923 Jun 2017 #8
No, we need more anti-abortionists! ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #9
Nancy P is pro-choice, and her district knows it. She's also pro-LGBTQ, and her district knows it. Hekate Jun 2017 #15
Was it or was it not a divisive statement? ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #23
Anyone who can use the names of Trump and Pelosi in a comparative paragraph .... Hekate Jun 2017 #25
Thanks, you've proven my point ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #26
I feel your pain. nocalflea Jun 2017 #29
We need to go for the bigger picture, not the small ones. Initech Jun 2017 #12
She has been a wicked smart, classy leader. The claim she's a moonscape Jun 2017 #13
What kind of a poll has only one option? Equinox Moon Jun 2017 #14
Now you understand how the election polling happened, too. Shandris Jun 2017 #17
Post removed Post removed Jun 2017 #16
Why? Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #20
Is DU being over run with Russian Bot postings? HipChick Jun 2017 #19
Clearly she should not Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #21
Nancy isn't the head of the DNC LeftInTX Jun 2017 #22
It's distressing how many people think they're being clever by hippie punching. Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #28
No. Cenk Uygur Republicans who are trying to hijack the Democratic Party NYResister Jun 2017 #24
She should go... Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #27
We should do what gets us winning. Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #31

FarPoint

(12,636 posts)
3. We need to focus on winning House Seats...
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:09 PM
Jun 2017

This kind of talk and thinking is worthless, a distraction from the real issues and is essentially dividing flamebait.....
Stop falling into the repugs games!

We have 45 seats to win to control the House... Now that is a big mission...Foolish chatter about who's leadership blah, blah, blah...is fruitless....

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
4. I think it's time for new leadership
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:13 PM
Jun 2017

Ms. Pelosi has done a great job, but I think it's time to change. What we're doing isn't working. Flame away

FarPoint

(12,636 posts)
18. We need to win seats....
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 10:40 PM
Jun 2017

Once we win an additional 45 Seats in the House...then we can discuss leadership ...until then, this issue is moot.

BainsBane

(53,180 posts)
9. She's won her seat consistently for a long time now
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:28 PM
Jun 2017

But suddenly Ossoff's loss is her fault? That's bullshit.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
7. DEMS are energized! I am with Pelosi & with DEMS going forward.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:24 PM
Jun 2017

Not minding whiners and saboteurs. No time for that right now.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
8. Republicans are struggling under Trump and Democrats are energized!
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:25 PM
Jun 2017

What I take from yesterday's election results is that Republicans are struggling under Trump and Democrats are energized!

Hekate

(91,804 posts)
15. Nancy P is pro-choice, and her district knows it. She's also pro-LGBTQ, and her district knows it.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:45 PM
Jun 2017

In favor of protecting immigrants, and her district knows it. Is a faithful Roman Catholic in her personal beliefs, and is not an Evangelical theocrat, and her district knows it. She suits them, and they continue electing her.

Her district, which encompasses the City of San Francisco, is only one of many, many Congressional districts in California, yet most of California's 10s of millions of voters know this about Nancy because she is prominent and a respected Democrat.

It's rather sad that alleged (or just plain ill-informed) Democrats outside California choose to believe RWNJ divisive propaganda about Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, who I hope will be Speaker of the House again one day. Because she is, in fact, good at what she does.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
23. Was it or was it not a divisive statement?
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:47 PM
Jun 2017

It wasn't only the RWNJs who picked up on it. Kicking her out for one statement (or even ten) is wrong. Blaming her for the mid-terms is wrong. However, I am not going to hold my tongue and let every transgression go. She is not above reproach. That is what the tRumpers did; they forgave him when he "misspoke" and made excuses for his mistakes. If Pelosi has achieved that sort of status with her supporters, then I am afraid for the party. If her supporters shield her from criticism, then that is the end of meaningful dialogue.

nocalflea

(1,387 posts)
29. I feel your pain.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 04:34 AM
Jun 2017

There is no comparison. Nancy Pelosi is far from being a treasonus race-baitng con artist.

Initech

(100,440 posts)
12. We need to go for the bigger picture, not the small ones.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:30 PM
Jun 2017

The bigger picture is taking down Trump. These small elections, while important, are still distractions. We should be focused on the prize: taking down Trump and the Russian cabal. That should be our primary agenda right now. Focusing on these elections where the candidate is only in office for a year in districts where you know you have no chance of winning is like focusing on 1 game out of 180 when your prize is winning the World Series.

moonscape

(4,682 posts)
13. She has been a wicked smart, classy leader. The claim she's a
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:35 PM
Jun 2017

lightning rod which helps Repubs rally is hollow - they would do this no matter who was our House leader. Hey Repubs - we get to choose! And we choose Pelosi!

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
17. Now you understand how the election polling happened, too.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:48 PM
Jun 2017

Sometimes synchronicity shoves an answer right in our faces -before- the question is asked.

I was hoping to check the 'Don't care' option, because this is some boring industrial-grade polarization/divide and conquer going on, and I'm not interested in playing it.

Response to Tiggeroshii (Original post)

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
19. Is DU being over run with Russian Bot postings?
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 10:41 PM
Jun 2017

with subject theme of Nancy Pelosi must go, with the intent to sow discontent ?

LeftInTX

(26,357 posts)
22. Nancy isn't the head of the DNC
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:21 PM
Jun 2017

Newt Gingrich was smearing her in the 2012 election...he kept calling her a "San Francisco liberal"...

Hhhhmmm....this used to be Newt Gingrich's seat. Maybe it was his handiwork. Why would we cave to that slimy pig?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
28. It's distressing how many people think they're being clever by hippie punching.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 03:06 AM
Jun 2017

To me, it's the mark of a dude with serious penis size issues.




Voltaire2

(13,744 posts)
31. We should do what gets us winning.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 06:16 AM
Jun 2017

I don't see pelosi as the problem. If however we need new leadership across the board in order to start winning, I'm fine with that.

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