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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI remember DUers pitching in and buying roses for Helen Thomas
as she was the ONLY reporter challenging Bush Co. about the Iraq War and his bs weapons of mass destruction lies.
I think our speaker deserves the same for her courageous leadership, among other things.
I'd love to chip in if someone would take the lead on this (DC based so that they can oversee delivery to her office).
Just a thought.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)catrose
(5,068 posts)tishaLA
(14,176 posts)have flowers because of treatment weakens their immune systems
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)don't get me wrong, but that is Rep. Nadler's lane.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)getting chemo. I can't remember how many treatments this makes.
But, you are correct...she cannot accept any plants or flowers from anyone.
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)And prayers for a complete recovery
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)It is very much appreciated.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)to you Ferrets are cool, may your wife have a speedy recovery.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)DFW
(54,403 posts)So far, she has beaten it twice as well. Here's hoping you can relate a similar outcome to us when the time comes.
It's an ordeal hard to imagine if you've never been there. Neither of my parents made it, and neither did any of their siblings, so my genetic odds are piss-poor, too. Not "if," but "when."
Cancer just sucks, period.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,196 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)since she passed.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)elleng
(130,964 posts)or am I mis-remembering?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Maybe someone will remember it for sure.
elleng
(130,964 posts)How Two Local Florists Delivered 25,000 Freedom Roses to Nancy Pelosi
Potomac Floral Wholesale in Silver Spring and Blue Iris Flowers in Eastern Market teamed up to execute the massive order from Daily Kos.
*We wanted to express our love for all the work she does and how hard Speaker Pelosi worked to get a Democratic majority, Hogarth says.'
https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/01/10/nancy-pelosi-freedom-roses/
progressoid
(49,991 posts)but I think the roses went to Walter Reed to our troops, if I remember correctly.
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)Not Nancy Pelosi
elleng
(130,964 posts)Thanks
TexasBushwhacker
(20,196 posts)babylonsister
(171,070 posts)onecaliberal
(32,862 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)pens. I'm not saying don't do it, just saying how they will respond. Maybe we should send chickenshit to the GOP cowards in the Senate instead. n/t
you are wondering what we can send to GOP cowards copies of the Constitution.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)during this highly stressful time for her and her family.
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)somebody give me a pic site to opst pics to. I don't remember what the best pic site is. Sorry, I just had bypass surgery and my memory is a bit bad
Duppers
(28,125 posts)You'll regain memory as you heal, according to my brother and b.i.l.
Take care. We need pawesome folks like you. 🐾🌹
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)Remembering things now. Too many puppies over the spring and Summer! I think the pup count was 27, and 4 moms
Duppers
(28,125 posts)You were busy! 🐕
MiniMe
(21,716 posts)The 6 seemed like a small litter, seemed much smaller than the 9's.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)And a few others as well. I would love to contribute to the cause!!
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)Iirc, Cynthia McKinney challenged in the House but needed a Senator to cosponsor the challenge. Boxer did it. Several CHefs were in DC for the event and some of us watched the House challenge from Senator Boxer's office, surrounded by our roses. Our beloved Andy Stephenson was with me. We were lobbying to stop paperless electronic voting machines.
Kali
(55,013 posts)Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)I am not suggesting this site, but $2 is in a lot of people's price range, and can you imagine an office filled with 1000s of state flags sent as thank yous?
Something like this (I have no affiliation with this site, it was the first one I found):
https://www.miniatureflagshop.com/mistfl.html
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)FarPoint
(12,409 posts)I contributed $....It was fun and a beautiful feeling... Great days at DU..
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)Also Nancy Pelosi
H2O Man
(73,558 posts)Great idea!
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)back in 2005; she refused to accept the Ohio electors after so much crookedness there. DU filled her office with roses.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)MiniMe
(21,716 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)for Keith Olbermann, for being the bravest liberal commentator on t.v.! The K.O.E.B., as I recall! (estrogen brigade).
DFW
(54,403 posts)She and my dad were friends for many decades, and she was the first one to show up at his memorial service in Washington. She and I became close after he died, and we always had dinner in DC at Mama Ayesha's or at her apartment, which was close by. She was one of a kind.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)DFW
(54,403 posts)[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]
The gentleman to your right?
About 12 years ago, I had made it a pet project to get Helen and Howard together, since their paths had never really crossed. It took me about two years to all be in the same city at the same time, but we finally had lunch in Washington, just the four of us. Howard embarrassed me by picking up the tab, and Helen gave Howard her highest compliment ("He's not like a politician at all!" ):
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We had no one to take a pic of the four of us!
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Woozer pics. 👍
HD was our candidate and we felt cheated by what the press did to him.
DFW
(54,403 posts)History cheated us big time.
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