Why I’m secretly rooting for Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday
Would it be the end of the world is the Dems take one house next week? I don’t think so. In fact, I think it would be the best thing that could happen to the GOP. If you believe that 2008 is far more important than 2006, as I do, then it is better for the GOP in so many ways. Here are my top three reasons,
1. The GOP Congress has been pitiful. Better than a Democrat Congress, but totally off mission from the 1994 group that took over. Granted, the House has been better than the Senate, but that is damning with faint praise. They need a shock to the system, to wake them up and remind them of what they were in 1994 and what they have become. They’ve become the same thing that happens to all parties in power too long…arrogant, bloated and scandal plagued, ethically challenged and beholden to special interests.
Instapundit has the list of transgressions.
2. Let the country to get a nice full plate of Nancy and the Gang for two years leading up to the next presidential cycle. Chairmen Dinngell, Conyers, Hastings, the hearings, the histrionics, the hypocrisy. Let’s give this gang some of the sunshine they long for. It can only be good for the GOP. They have been out of power so long, they are bound to overreach, to be too cute by half to fumble away any opportunity that is given them. In other words, they will be the same people they have been these past two years as the GOP has handed them one gift after another, none of which they have been able to fully, or even partially take advantage of.
3. The above serving of Nancy and the Gang will damage St. Hillary’s campaign for 2008, which at the moment appears to be a steamroller. Moderate Dem. Mark Warner from Virginia has already dropped out because of his own potential for bimbo eruptions. John Kerry, who had no chance to begin with, has committed career suicide, at least at the national level. If he wants it, the people in this state will keep sending him back to the senate for another 35 years, ala Ted K. Sure, there is Barak Obama, but is he really ready? Does he really want to take on Hillary? I don’t think so.
Let’s summarize: teach them a lesson, show the country the alternative and damage Hillary’s chances in 2008. That is enough for me to secretly root for Nancy and the Gang.
November 4, 2006 6:52 pm 
Regardless, the House GOP needs new, smart,tough leadership that at least appears to have a clue what’s going on it’s midst.
To borrow from Dean Wormer, “getting sucker-punched by Nancy Pelosi is no way to go through life, son.”
While part of me fears the damage the Democrats can do by running things for two years, another part thinks…ok, you’ve been sitting on the sidelines for years just throwing rocks at the grown-ups…let’s see how YOU lead…let’s see how YOU deal with global radical Islam…then again, we might not even GET to ‘08 if these people are in charge. Pelosi, Reid, Dean, Durbin, Kennedy, Kerry…Jesus, what a “rogues gallery” of douchebaggery!!!!!
It is a good thought, however, there are many things that get passed and are never going to be changed…a Great example is the budget cutting that went on when the Democrats controlled the Congress and Senate in the Clinton Early Years….much of the cutting was in NSA, CIA and other assorted budgets that deal with security. Much of the cuts that were made were in the Military as well..these cuts and “changes” can not be CORRECTED by putting Republicans back in office..What is cut one year takes a lot longer to restore..and to make up for LOST TIME..A prime example..the distaste of our Security Agencies being able to Talk to “Nasty” and “Naughty” folks..that became ingrained and has only been changing since 9/11. We could face another attack and find that our Security/Intelligence Agencies were once again Muzzled..it takes years to Undo the harm. The budget cuts in our military during the early 90’s under Clinton’s one party years meant that companies that would have had Armored Equipment, New Airplanes, Weapons etc..did not continue to Research and Develop all the things we could have used after 9/11..we are still catching up.. Amazingly..no one realized what Rumsfeld Meant when he said “You go to war with the Army you have”…During the Gary Hart era democrats cut the military battalions (or whatever they are called) we have not recovered from that, even today…by the Clinton neglect of NOT getting arabic speaking spies..cutting that funding, Despite his supposed fear of Terrorists and his unfailing worries..we perhaps could nhabve noticed strange calls from Osama to his 19 henchmen…..WE WERE FOR HIS 8 YEARS entirely dependent on Foreign Intelligence sources and all the while they BLAME BUSH for Faulty Intelligence..IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR OWN, THEN YOU MUST DEPEND ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE. And to this day…I still believe, listening and reading all the democrat speeches in the 90’s..that SADAAM was a TRUE DANGER…
If the tax cuts are CHANGED..the damage to the economy will take a long time to recover. Once small businesses and businessmen are gone it takes a long time to get that and them back. It is really sad to think how long it takes to grow a REAL Business. The democrats pushed and pushed to tighten up things when the Enron (bubble company) went belly up..now with the rules evey company really has to have a bottom line that is real,,CLINTON AND HIS BUSINESS ADVISORS DIDN’T WORRY..RUBIN FROM WALL ST, MC CAULIFFE..ALL MADE THEIR BUCKS AND NEVER WORRIED. The bubble burst..imagine a company selling billions in stocks and never making a profit? Clinton thought it was cool..THE COMMON FOLK WOULD THINK IT A MAD OPTION..BUT WITH CLINTON BRAGGING ABOUT HIS MIRACLE ECONOMY..AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE GOT HURT AND NOW A PHONY PROFIT IS NOT ALLOWED..!
ALL IN ALL…Damage done can be long lasting and hard to recover FROM. I do fear especially for our security…No matter what happens do you think a CIA agent or some other Agent is going to Risk his all for us when he keeps getting slapped around? No matter how loyal..these Spies are not gluttons for punishment…WE HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT OURSELVES…NATIONAL SECUROTY SHOULD NEVER BE A JOKE OR A POLITICAL ITEM…YEARS AGO IT WASN’T..BUT NOW THE DEMS ACTUALLY WANT TO “PUBLISH” HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON OUR SPY AGENCIES…NOT A WISE THING..BUT FOR THEM ANYTHING GOES..POWER IS ALL THAT MATTERS!
When Gov’t steps into private indutries and creates regulations and taxes..businesses have a hard time surviving and growning..and raising capital.
Oil companies are making “record” profits..they know full well that the Dems will go after them for “Wind Fall Profits”..so they will hold that cash instead of maintaining and growing research..The Greenies will like it..But I have yet to find a bus or train that can take me from Abington to Waltham in under two hours…guess I will be on Devals Welfare Rolls…when it costs too much to drive, no way on earth to get from North to South and it is not worth it for my company to stay here….we all will see what DEMOCRATS CAN DO…It took a long time after Dukakis to recover…THESE DAYS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE..RECOVERY MAY NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION!
[...] Nancy’s right on schedule. Three significant missteps already. The unforced errors are piling up fast and the game hasn’t even started. She is Kerryesque in her ability to be her own worst enemy. [...]
[...] How out of touch and pathetic is Nancy Pelosi? The nation’s leading liberal newspapers are ripping her plan for Iraq to shreds. With her and the always embarrassing John Murtha leading the way, they continue to the best asset that the GOP has going for it in Washington. Just as I predicted before the election, Let the country to get a nice full plate of Nancy and the Gang for two years leading up to the next presidential cycle. Chairmen Dinngell, Conyers, Hastings, the hearings, the histrionics, the hypocrisy. Let’s give this gang some of the sunshine they long for. It can only be good for the GOP. They have been out of power so long, they are bound to overreach, to be too cute by half to fumble away any opportunity that is given them. In other words, they will be the same pople they have been these past two years as the GOP has handed them one gift after another, none of which they have been able to fully, or even partially take advantage of. [...]
[...] In the days before the 2006 election I did a post titled Why I am secretly rooting for Nancy Pelosi. My reasoning was pretty simply, she is a complete tool and would be a major embarrassment. Let the country to get a nice full plate of Nancy and the Gang for two years leading up to the next presidential cycle. Chairmen Dinngell, Conyers, Hastings, the hearings, the histrionics, the hypocrisy. Let’s give this gang some of the sunshine they long for. It can only be good for the GOP. They have been out of power so long, they are bound to overreach, to be too cute by half to fumble away any opportunity that is given them. In other words, they will be the same people they have been these past two years as the GOP has handed them one gift after another, none of which they have been able to fully, or even partially take advantage of. [...]