Pelosi, Giuliani and the Anemic State of Democracy and the Press in the U.S.
As Nancy Pelosi is poised to become the first woman Speaker of the House, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer gushes at the undemocratic nature of her rise in politics:
Active as a Democrat for many years behind the scenes, she was a big-time fundraiser for the party…
Pelosi was a favorite of San Francisco’s politically liberal and powerful Burton family, headed by Congressman Phillip Burton, who built coalitions in the diverse city.
After his death, Burton’s wife, Sala, replaced her husband in Congress. Philip’s brother, John, also a former congressman, and longtime party activist Agar Jaicks recalled how Sala Burton, on her deathbed, anointed Nancy Pelosi to succeed her.
JOHN BURTON, Former California Democratic Leader: Sala’s laying there. And, you know, she was a fairly zaftig [Yiddish for "pleasingly plump"] woman. Well, she was in pain from cancer, and she said, “I called you here because I want you to help Nancy.”
And she launches into this thing like she’s nominating a president, that she’s smart, she’s tough, she’s good on the issues, she’s organizational, she understands — and, I mean, everything that we see now, I mean, she had Nancy Pelosi pegged right down to her socks.
Pelosi’s “credo to live by” is just as inspiring, having nothing to do with democracy, morality or ethics:
[Michael] Yaki, who went on to become a San Francisco supervisor, said Pelosi drummed into his head the credo she lived by.
MICHAEL YAKI: Number one, politics is not for the faint of heart. Number two, politics is a free hedge-clipping service. Every time you poke your head up, someone’s there to chop it off. And, number three, if you’re going to throw a punch, you’ve got to take a punch.
Meanwhile former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had a secret 140-page presidential campaign strategy guide published by the Daily News. It documents how “Giuliani’s aides have created an aggressive fund-raising schedule that sets a $100 million to $125 million ‘baseline’ goal for 2007.” and how “the plan calls for 250 fund-raising events over the course of the year, including 50 between Feb. 15 and March 31.”
Too bad Giuliani’s a Republican. Otherwise he could have asked “big-time fundraiser” Pelosi for help.
Interesting Pelosi background. You may already know she is a friend of Michael Savage and has been on his national radio show.
Mick
January 5, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I did not know that. He’s horrible though: “ghetto slime”, “latinos breed like rabbits”, and “women shouldn’t be allowed to vote”.
And thanks for your “Real Nancy Pelosi” post. Very informative.
Mitch Abrams
January 5, 2007 at 11:07 pm
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Fundraiser
January 18, 2007 at 4:07 pm
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Mick
January 18, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren’t a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? What is he doing to us, and what is he doing to the world?
Our country is in debt until forever, we don’t have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
Antibush
February 15, 2007 at 9:13 pm
We had more people killed on 9/11 than at Pearl Harbor. Get it? There have not been any more attacks since. I get it.
Mick
February 16, 2007 at 12:47 am