2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWTF!!!! I just heard on MSNBC that Nancy Pelosi supports limited strikes on Syria
Anyone living in her district call her and tell her hell no Nancy
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)You don't get to be the 12th richest member of Congress, with an estimated net worth of $58million without having some war stocks.
Besides, AIPAC loves her, and she would like to keep it that way.
She did oppose both Iraq wars, but that's because she is smart enough to know that boots on the ground were a bad idea.
Bombs away!!!
tomp
(9,512 posts)....to maintain credibility. i'm sure she knew there would be enough votes to get us into iraq anyway. this is how the game is played.
Peregrine Took
(7,414 posts)when she was Speaker - recall her emphatic speech on that topic? She seemed quite angry the subject should even be introduced.
Tweety then said that Bohner should do the same to his nut jobs who want to impeach Obama.
And now she is for limited "strikes."
Ole Nancy - she's quite a progressive gal.
tokenlib
(4,186 posts)It will take public pressure on the rank and file members to push back on this. IF it is to be pushed back... The Dem leaders will be the last to bend if the President remains decided on this..
TBF
(32,064 posts)How is this a surprise?
morningfog
(18,115 posts)He wouldn't have said it otherwise.
Igel
(35,317 posts)Sometimes I wonder that people think the word "know" means.
"Suspect"?
"Believe"?
Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)I think that the vote counters are right far more often than not.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Pelosi is very corrupted. IMO
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)Pelosi has become a turn coast and a turn-off.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)I know they don't like the calls from out of district voters. But tough cookies, SHE is the house minority leader of the Democrats and she has the most influence how the Democratic vote on Syria will shape up.
She needs to hear our opinions and our anger. Pelosi can not hide from us.
polichick
(37,152 posts)On edit: Make that MOST of "our representatives"...
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Marin County, CA ... takes a lot of MIC money to live there
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)that Obama/US should retaliate. The disagreement was about when
Members of Congress participating in the briefing included:
· Speaker John Boehner, R-OH
· Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
· Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
· Senator John Cornyn, R-TX, Republican Whip
· Representative Eric Cantor, R-VA, Majority Leader
· Representative Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, Majority Whip
· Representative Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Democratic Whip
· Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, Democratic Conference Committee Vice Chair
· Senator Barbara Mikulski, D-MD, Chair, Appropriations Committee
· Senator Carl Levin, D-MI, Chairman, Armed Services Committee
· Senator Robert Menendez, D-NJ, Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee
· Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, Chair, Select Committee on Intelligence
· Senator James Inhofe, R-OK, Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee
· Senator Bob Corker, R-TN, Ranking Member, Foreign Relations Committee
· Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-GA, Ranking Member, Select Committee on Intelligence
· Senator Patrick Leahy, D-VT, Chairman, Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
· Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC, Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
· Senator Thad Cochran, R-MS, Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
· Representative Bill Young, R-FL, Chairman, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
· Representative Ed Royce, R-CA, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee
· Representative Mike Rogers, R-MI, Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
· Representative Nita Lowey, D-NY, Ranking Member Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
· Representative Buck McKeon, R-CA, Chairman, Armed Services Committee
· Representative Eliot Engel, D-NY, Ranking Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
· Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, D-MD, Ranking Member, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
· Representative Kay Granger, R-TX, Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
--Source: White House
--This report was updated at 9:38 p.m.