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In reply to the discussion: Dear Mr. HOGG, Please educate yourself first. Who has stood with you? [View all]happy feet
(869 posts)64. When did old by itself become a disqualifier?
I'll take effectiveness while building a pipeline any day. No time for neophytes given the current Republicans and Congress.
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Really? I dont know any Democrats who know anything about anything who do.
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#5
How about the 50-something D candidates who either won't vote for her as Speaker
BeyondGeography
Aug 2018
#6
All of us Dems, including that candidate, should not fall for repug framing of who our House...
brush
Aug 2018
#11
YOu wont like my answer to that question, but the attempt to destroy the D party from within
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#19
Pre-election promises are not the same as post election promises. Whose running for Speaker now?
haele
Aug 2018
#20
How about not falling for Republican character assassination campaigns and inadvertently helping
emulatorloo
Aug 2018
#55
It's not often when a Representative is elected Speaker of the House unanimously.
George II
Aug 2018
#121
+100000000! The people who don't support Nancy Pelosi generally do not have a clue
skylucy
Aug 2018
#76
I know who doesnt like her and WHY. Sadly, there are some who dont like her on our side
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#153
I gather he was saying she was old, Hatch is old, Trump is old. There is a time...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#110
If you wish to be ageist against Pelosi, be consistent & be ageist against Carter & Hillary
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#43
2003? Hillary has been active at the highest levels of government since 1993.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#58
His point is a 70 year old woman shouldn't be the Democratic Speaker of the House.
lark
Aug 2018
#136
Give him a break? No. He needs to educate himself as to who has fought as he does for gun control
Wwcd
Aug 2018
#15
Tbh, this education approach sounds like something a schoolyard bully would do
Politicub
Aug 2018
#149
She isn't targeted by GOP b/c she's in the leadership position, she's targeted b/c she's EFFECTIVE
RockRaven
Aug 2018
#13
He's asking the right question. Age often equals more net worth in Congress.
MadDAsHell
Aug 2018
#21
He may have a point about considering someone else as Speaker, though not because of her age
renate
Aug 2018
#34
Let's not be ageist. Let's not condemn Hogg's youth & inexperience, only his ill-considered content.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#38
Thank you. Of all OLD Congress people to name, he chooses his best anti-gun rights ally!
Wwcd
Aug 2018
#67
When I jump into the middle of a discussion in which I wasn't participating, I make a practice....
George II
Aug 2018
#119
What did he tweet, and why did you not put that? Leave the kid alone, will ya.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#105
Republicans fear Pelosi because she is such an effective leader and because she is female.
Cassidy
Aug 2018
#145
Let's not have hissy fits over word usage, when his general gist was that she's out of touch
Tarc
Aug 2018
#150