DU did it for news reporter, Helen Thomas a while back...

election night.

He brought her a Cupcake for her birthday.

I actually sent her an Email telling her how much I admired her. She answered,short and sweet,”It is nice to have friends!”

How lovely that she replied to you

Obama rocks

Of her regular seat. Helen asked hard questions. Bush was as nasty as Trump, but could put on a nice face,mostly. He was not qualified either.

who have little or no respect for women.

sigh****

I do remember when we sent roses to Helen Thomas.

down PA Avenue and the Democratic Underground's black and white banner was well and proudly displayed on the street being held up by Skinner and Elad on the sidewalk being televised during that limo ride. That is when I joined DU but I forgot my username and password and it took a while for me to get back on DU.

Do any other DU old timers remember that? Come on Skinner, et al.! Confirm my memory with the film!

It was because the Felonious Five gave W the white house in the 2000 election that we arranged to send Tipper Gore roses. I taped her receiving the roses on VHS tape. Kind of out of date now!

and 'reposted threads' on the topic - from early DU. I didn't join until 2004.

It was so much fun!!

sage

I miss her. Great lady, great DUer.

Because she stood with the House Black Caucus in challenging BushII's second "election." I was happy to contribute.

On edit: Barbara Boxer may not have been the first. She was the first I participated in. Helen Thomas came later.

the only Senator to do so, if I recall correctly.

She could send them out, laminated for fundraising and such.

Giving them to nursing homes and hospitals would be really nice too!

as I recall, so I bet she does that again

I had no idea that Kos did that again since I migrated over to DU since then. (The in-fighting over there bugs me.) I'm really happy that they did that!

ETA:. I missed the three times it was mentioned in the post!

🙄

I now keep hearing the saying," You know nothing Jon Snow"....

I’d go for that many dead fish to the top turd though.

On something that would help people,then notified Nancy.

She deserves them, but a dozen would be fine.

Also, sending flowers to a woman is kind of old school sexist. Unless, of course, they sent 10K flowers to Harry Reid and Chuck Shumer as well.

I’ll tell my wife and mother that I can send them flowers anymore because it would be sexist.

I guess the fact that they love getting them means they are unconscious victims of a misogynistic culture?

Their flowers. Sometimes flowers are just flowers.

Geez.

So, yeah, whatever. Geez.

DU racks up another BIG win!

We guys NEVER ever get the roses.
We get, oh I don;t know... I new box wrench or socket set, or something.

I don;t know what I';m going to do.
Even in the Kentucky derby it's the damn HORSE that gets the roses_ never the jockey( whihc is USUALLY, however, a man. a very smaall man) (I wish there were more women jockeys.)

I think there should be an amendment to--- something, that says anytime a woman gets a bunch of roses. SOME guy should get some also. Or at least.. a cactus, or Venus fly trap...... All this sexist stuff just has me down.



Plus, my Japanese almost girlfriend and I had a big misunderstanding several weeks ago. and she almost will not talk to me. Maybe I can send her roses. She's in Japaan. I'm here in la la usa land...

Peace out,

Try sending her roses, or whatever passes for that sentiment in Japan!

"The extras were shipped, at Pelosi's request, to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md."
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424622-pelosi-receives-10000-roses-at-her-office-thanks-to-online-fundraiser

it down thread to someone who "didn't think it was a good look" for Nancy.

What did Chuck get? Anything at all? Chopped liver perhaps?


Maybe I shouldn't say anything negative this close to Valentines Day or I won't get any roses from DUers this year.

Not just roses, though, since I prefer a mixture of flowers. (My son and husband haven't registered a preference, except for color.)

And neckties. Every once in a while a pocketknife, pair of leather gloves, corncob pipe, or some other “masculine” symbol.

I’m gonna go have a beer and watch wrasslin’ to drown my sorrows.

They loved them. I alternate between Jackets and Jeans or sweat shirts.

But sometimes I have to look better than a sweat shirt.. not often, but it does occur.

Between dressy,casual Jackets and sweatshirts. But the College kid wants sweats. Told me he was still wearing the jacket I bought him 2 years ago. Son wears his jacket everywhere.

You can get dressy sweat shirts. But they would not wear a sweater. The only time I tried I heard it looks like Mister Rogers!

Oh, Oh.. that is NOT good.

Love your post - send her flowers.

This was 10+ years ago, but it still pisses me off. Nice gesture to Madam Speaker tho.

For a Very BLUE Lady.

I can't remember the occasion, but I remember her acknowledging it later on (just the flowers, not the sender).

and opposition to Condi Rice's confirmation amongst other good stuff. She was being a real liberal lioness at the time while other Dems were meekly allowing Bush and the GOP to steal their lunch money. So many liberals felt she should have some positive encouragement to keep up the good work.

but it wasn't officially from this site. I do remember it.

Let her know we love her!

BUT, I think the money would have been better spent to donate to one of our fights or to assist with campaigning for next elections.

and well deserved.

Keep grounded and focused Nancy we love you and we are paying attention!!

I think it would irritate the hell out of me.

And I am not one of the unpaid. Yet!

I have to step over homeless people everyday to get to my job. They don't have healthcare. I don't need to read about the ACA. I see exactly how it's working everyday.

About 30 million people have health care, who didn't have it before, because of the ACA. Nancy Pelosi played a critical role in getting the ACA passed.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/whats-next-aca-and-people-it-covers
https://www.kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/preventive-services-covered-by-private-health-plans/
https://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-facts/

appreciate Nancy.

Too bad.. I'm grateful we have her and all she's done for our Country.

The way she and Harry Reid got the ACA passed still rankles RWNJs. (Probably because of how many people it helped). It wasn't the single payer system she wanted, but, just like Hillary, she worked to get the best she could through a changing Congress.

I'm really glad that people pooled together and got her the roses. There can be tough times between now and the next blue wave. She knows there are people who appreciate her effort.

meet with trump, and get candy offered, with no reporters, so he/doormats could lie about it.

How many roses is that worth?

"Because of the ACA about 44 million people in this country have no health insurance, and another 38 million have inadequate health insurance."

It's a bit hard for me to see how a law that resulted in millions of people getting affordable health insurance for the first time caused millions of people to have no health insurance.

The logic escapes me.

Your polling seems a bit suspicious too when you assert, without citation, that "the majority of Republicans support Medicare for All."

Gee, you point to an article, dated "08/23/18", about "a new poll" while arguing that the ACA causes a loss of health care and deaths.

Where is the poll from the time Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and many, many others were getting "Obamacare" passed? How does ACA prevent Medicare for all? How does the ACA prevent health insurance?

How is the gifting of roses to Nancy Pelosi, by voluntary donations, offensive to you?

You seem to want everything, all at once, and retroactively to some unspecified past.

Reality is a little more frustrating at times, but it can also be full of hope and goodness.

You have managed to keep this Nancy Pelosi appreciation thread at the top for those who may have missed it, though, so thank you for that.

Not to me. Healthcare is a human right. When it comes to human rights, YES, I want everything all at once.

Wanting everything all at once can lead to a great deal of frustration. Some people work for years to get just a portion of what they want. Some others then come along and complain so little has been done, but can't seem to finish the job. Still others pick up the task as it is and complete a little more.

Something about a tortoise goes here, I think. Or maybe shoes and a man with no feet. I get confused sometimes.

Please, carry on with the crusade. I would suggest you cease blaming the ACA for 45,000 deaths a year, though, until you can come up with some facts to support the claim.

The ACA by design does not cover millions upon millions of Americans. 45,000 deaths a year is the result.

Mocking universal healthcare as a human right is just wrong. We are the richest nation on Earth. Yet we are the only country in the civilized world that does to provide universal healthcare.

The ACA is the closest we've come to it.

Spit on actual progressive legislation if you want, but no one 'designed' it not to cover Americans.

Since you don't seem to be familiar with the deets on the ACA or universal health care, lemme remind you...

The GOP killed the medicaid expansion, not Nancy Pelosi, who seems to be your dartboard.

You seem to be cool with the alternative to the ACA - which was what it was before the ACA, or the GOP version.

So you're cool with 30million people dying from going without the healthcare the ACA provided?

If not, thank Nancy Pelosi, because that was her doing. You need to learn a little respect for women of an age that get it done.

JPR slow today?

....more people have health care coverage BECAUSE of the ACA, something like 30+ million (at least before republicans started gutting it)

I don't know where you get your information, but I think it's incorrect.

and Nancy Pelosi over bogus claims?

That they would lose it for a great new system no one can tell us how to pay for?

Cause the 50% of Americans who get their healthcare from their employer will not make that trade.

Especially since the ACA provides level of care mandates.

Yes, Nancy helped pass ACA and Millions are grateful. All you're doing is trying to re-write history.

ban removed.

You're really lucky.

Nancy Pelosi.. so no.. you don't have a clue.

Who refused to expand Medicaid which would cover poor people.

That not on the Democrats that passed the ACA.

when I saw it I found it too over the top, not a good look..

to Nancy for Fighting Fascism on the front lines.

It's a look of gratitude for Nancy.

That has to cheer some folks up who could use it.

dailykos knew from the past that she would make good use of the roses to cheer others.

make all the difference. Spread the good cheer. And, they're from those radical activists at Dailykos. They do excellent work for our Democracy.. so does Kos.

I say if they want to send all those roses to Nancy, from the money they raised in an hour, to thank her for all she's done for us, and will do over the next two bloody years then have at it!

She gets torn down by the gop and that's not all.. so why not let Nancy know how much she's loved?

Thanks, Hermit

When I saw the photos, I could hear Mom's voice in my head, "Give a person flowers while they can enjoy them. Don't wait 'til they can't smell them."

Some people seek office for self enrichment or aggrandizement. I think Nancy Pelosi's record is sufficient evidence that she seeks something better. Speaker Pelosi could be home with her grandchildren and great grandchildren instead of taking flak from all sides. She's still fighting for us.



Thank YOU, Cha.

and gratitude from those who realize how close we have been, and still could be, to losing our country to a fascist regime, that will stop at nothing to hold onto their Power.

She's out there fighting gaslighting, brainwashed idiots, sociopathic Liars.. and entertainment "news".

Kos members are fully aware of what it takes to do Nancy's job. We finally get the Democratic House Majority back, and there's a bunch of Dems, thanks to years of gop hate propaganda, who had to promise not to vote her in as Speaker of the House..

But, in spite of everything and against all odds.. she's back where she belongs..

Here's to Nancy, Senator Schumer, and all our Dems who are out there on the front lines Fighting for us! It's no small feat.

I just saw this..

Link to tweet

Time messed up; Speaker Pelosi has a whole gang, each with a subpoena catapult.

To buy her roses for her office?

This is what people are talking about when they say politicians are out of touch with voters. When I have extra money I give it to the homeless.

Are you mocking charity for the homeless? Is the housing and homeless crisis in this country some kind of joke to you?

Mahalo, stonecutter

done/doing/will do.. from political activists.

Too bad if you can't see what's happening here.

for everything you do as well.

Emoji roses:

regular people each contributing a small amount.

to give a politician worth over a 100 million dollars money to fill her office with roses. My friend just called the other day freaky out because the cat had to be taken to a emergency room vet and it's going to cost an arm and a leg.

Virtually everyone I know is struggling. Two jobs. No job. Low wages. Underemployed. Living with their parents. House under water. Kids coming back home. Credit card debt. Can't afford to use their own health insurance. Student loan debt.

The optics on this is just bad.

I also think she donated many of them to a military hospital, so people who are actually suffering can get a little uplift in their day. And, I'm sure many who donated also donate to food lifelines and other charities in their local areas (I often buy for food banks, and donate to other relief organizations from time to time, though I would obviously prefer that it came from tax dollars, not personal donations by people like me).

I think the optics are good.

They like her and wanted her to know that, but you are banging on about optics.

Three dollars a rose not 100 million. It was lots of 'anyones' that donated.

knowing the reality of the situation.

Why are you resorting to hyperbole?

This has nothing to do with Speaker Pelosi's wealth, and everything to do with people freely giving from their resources to welcome, encourage, and support her in the battle she is waging on our behalf.

If it were the result of some type of mandatory tax, or if she insisted upon receiving 10,000 roses as a condition of representing us, that would be a different matter.

Reeks of the elite. Especially now.