Even "The Man with No Name" (Eastwood) Appreciates Nancy Pelosi, per Henry Paulson

An excerpt from Paulson's new memoir that I thought Dems--especially those who are either Clint Eastwood fans, or Clint Eastwood skeptics--might appreciate.

This is from Paulson's account of a White House reception on Sunday, December 7, 2008, in the East Room:

"..there I ran into Nancy Pelosi. I told her that circumstances might force us to notify Congress that we needed to draw down the last TARP tranche, perhaps over the holidays. She took my hand, which she did when she was trying to charm.

'Please don't,' she told me. 'We don't have the votes.'

"While Nancy and I were chatting, I was surprised to see Clint Eastwood walking toward us. The actor, a friend of Nancy's, would be speaking on behalf of honoree and fellow actor Morgan Freeman, and he said, 'II don't know what she's talking to you about, but she's stronger than you, Mr. Treasury Secretary. I suggest you do whatever she wants.'

"I chuckled appreciatively. By then, no one understood Nancy Pelosi's power better than I did."

She comes across very impressively, to say the least, in Paulson's book. She is portrayed as someone with boundless energy and intensity, as someone who works around the clock, knows what the voting prospects are for almost any issue that Treasury or the Fed brings to her.

I was very unsure what Clint Eastwood's political leanings were, based on some of his choices as an actor, but more importantly on his choice of friends. But watching his late work, you get a sense that the guy is moving left and waking up. His friendship with Pelosi just boosts my already-very-high reverence for the man as not simply an artist but a human being thinking of the future.

telling that henry paulson pirate - that a GIRL is stronger than he is. PRIMO!!! He needs a WHOLE BUNCH of that.