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SDjack

(1,448 posts)
2. Hope that happens. On the plus side for Mitt, he got to run
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:20 PM
Sep 2012

for president without revealing his tax info. He was spoiled meat before he started, and the GOP primary failed to eliminate him and advance a worthy candidate.

Freddie

(9,231 posts)
3. The freepers are going to have a canary about this
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:22 PM
Sep 2012

They HATE Nancy Pelosi with a white-hot passion--a smart Dem and an uppity woman, ya know. We're going to be hearing all about her arrogance, overconfidence, etc.
Of course she's right.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
15. AND she's from California. SAN FRANCISCO, California, to boot.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:24 PM
Sep 2012

Blue state. Bad enough. California in particular and especially San Francisco both embody a lot of what they hate. The most broad-minded state in the union, at least I think so (biased, of course), and I think also the biggest of the melting pots. We have EVERYBODY in this state, and lots of the key demographics that are making the most noise, challenging the status quo the most, and poised to dominate or go fully mainstream in the future. The fading power of the previous Alpha category, White Male, is provoking desperation and bringing out the worst in them in the form of very negative and even antisocial reactive behavior. It's acting out. Which explains the rise of the rowdies and bullies and goons and the whole aggressive teabagger phenomenon. I'm being diplomatic in describing them as a "phenomenon." "Abberation" is more like it, IMHO. That's what happens when you start to feel outnumbered. And then add Old to the category and that makes things even worse! As it ages, it loses potency - WHICH HAPPENS TO EVER CARBON-BASED LIFE FORM ON THIS PLANET, okay????

Nancy Pelosi is on the cutting left edge of the country and represents the inevitable change that's already happening in this country, in demographics and power and general public mindset. The freepers and others of their ilk, teabaggers too, and religious whackos that have taken over the GOP know that this big tsunami is already on the way toward land and they can't do quite enough to stop it, and it's going to take over the world as they presumed to know it. They don't want it to happen, and they're NOT taking this well. And instead of trying to evolve, they're fighting it, kicking and screaming every micron of the way.

It's to be expected. Evolution is not without pain. Neither is growth. There will always be people who don't want to change. I mean, look at the Amish in this country. But they're a peaceable people. The freepers and teabaggers and so forth are anything but.

As far as Nancy Pelosi herself, what probably burns their burgers more than anything is that she's in such a safe district. Hell, even Cindy Sheehan couldn't beat her. So there's certainly no way any knuckle-dragger has any hope running against her. Nancy will never leave that seat until she chooses to walk away from it.

BenzoDia

(1,010 posts)
4. Oh wow. I'm starting to feel more confident with recent polling.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:46 PM
Sep 2012

But the thought of a Mitt Romney presidency is so unnerving that I'm still on edge.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
5. There are times when Pelosi is her own worst enemy
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:49 PM
Sep 2012

And this may be one of those times.

I don't think she should be saying this. Let Obama & the DNC determine the strategy. Telling people that the election is in the bag could create overconfidence and cause the risk of people not bothering to come out and vote. I already know some young people who assume they don't need to vote because they think Obama is going to win.

The Senate is still on the line, as is the House and her own chance of becoming Speaker again.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
8. I, personally, never like to say something will turn out ok
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:18 PM
Sep 2012

Out loud or even to myself. I feel like it kind of puts the hex on things. So I always make sure to worry a lot (not just about elections--about everything!), and think its likely things will turn out badly. Then they usually turn out great. And one can feel all the happier for the angst one has properly lived through.

This is just my own admittedly backwards and superstitious psychology. But honestly, I apply it from everything to thinking the cake is going to collapse in the oven (it came out beautifully!) to they won't have the particular knife I want to buy at the store (they did!), to ... elections!

Think negatively and it has to turn out better than you thought!

kurtzapril4

(1,353 posts)
14. I agree with you, TroyD.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:22 PM
Sep 2012

Anybody who thinks OBama's got it in the bag is not thinking. There is lots of time left until the election, and lots of time for stuff to go very, very wrong. Pelosi needs to learn when to shut her yap. She's not helping.

BeyondGeography

(39,278 posts)
6. I'm sure she'll get a call from the campaign
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:56 PM
Sep 2012

There is no point to bragging about winning before the game is played. It only fires up the opposition.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
19. True
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 10:29 AM
Sep 2012

but it also helps create the perception that Romney is a loser and that an Obama win is more inevitable. Remember, people like to vote for people whom look like they are going to win............

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
7. The only way he can "win" is if the elections are stolen again
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:09 PM
Sep 2012

Nobody likes him. Nobody.

Nobody from any party can even guess what he'll do under any set of circumstances. There is no there there.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
9. There are other ways he can win other than stolen elections
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:21 PM
Sep 2012

If the debates go badly for Obama . . .

If the situation in the Middle East becomes a full-blown crisis and de-stabalizes Obama's foreign policy . . .

These things aren't necessarily going to happen, but anything can occur in politics and it's unwise to assume it's in the bag.

Who would have thought Scott Brown would win Ted Kennedy's seat?

bloomington-lib

(946 posts)
10. Even Mitt knows that, which has got to suck to think while preparing for the debates and events.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:37 PM
Sep 2012

He should just quit, buy an island, and enjoy the rest of his life.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
11. I think she should rephrase that.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:51 PM
Sep 2012

Pelosi should've said, "Mitt Romney isn't going to win the presidency." See, there's no way he can defeat Obama in a fair-and-square election. The policies he has to offer are terrible and outdated, and his only hope to be selected for president (notice that I didn't say "win&quot is for the GOP's voter suppression scheme to succeed so that enough Dems cannot vote.

 

johnlucas

(1,250 posts)
18. She said the same thing about Newt Gingrich not being the Republican nominee & she was RIGHT
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:31 AM
Sep 2012

She's right about this too.
A month & a half to go then Mitt Romney will be cancelled.

I wanna see a landslide of 20 points in favor of Obama when Mitt gets his ass whooped.
John Lucas

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