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Sliming Pelosi

Internet rumormongers spread misinformation about her husband, her tax plans, her plane rides and a "mental deficiency."

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  • Posted By: Pudbert @ 01/15/2009 12:02:40 PM

    That stretch-faced liberal doof Pelosi should move to a SOCIALIST country, , where they don't have intelligence requirements..

    She'll fit right in..

    • Posted By: Doc Howl @ 01/16/2009 12:14:41 PM

      We have intelligence requirements? Link?

      (Hint: If we did, you would have just failed to make the standard.)

  • Posted By: 40YearR @ 01/15/2009 1:36:41 PM

    Having read the posts here, I can't resist reposting this:

    "Here's the truth about some of the bunk being thrown at her by anonymous Internet rumormongers:"

    Dear true believers and assorted victims, and patriots of truth and justice,

    Yes, the radlib MSM is just a tool to further injure the faithful and the Party.

    Of course the organized anonymous rumor department of the propaganda machine therefore is justified, indeed necessitated, by the ongoing mistreatment of us by that abusive and deceiving media. We can never be expected to cease disseminating the party message of truth and integrity of we righteous few while the media remains so corrupt.

    What other means could we ever employ to ensure enlightenment of those unquestioning media dupes, or to rebuild the Party with more good, honest, right-thinking people?

    The lesson of the last election is that convincing 23% of Texas voters that Obama is Muslim and was born in Kenya, and manufactering fabricated purported passages from Obama's books were not enough. We must keep up the good fight and do more.

    Those of you who do not have the imagination to concoct such stories have only three honorable, patriotic choices:

    1. Come to these sites frequently and point to the outrageous bias of the MSM in responding with debunks like these, as proof of our theme. Disproving the debunks should be avoided.

    2. Accuse as dupes all who believe such debunks, but worse is better. Name calling is preferred. Limp-wristed, unemployed, lefty and ignorant are particulary effective.

    3. Develop a larger email list and send emails more often. Repetition is a proven method for getting our truths accepted.

    A 40 year republican

    • Posted By: brydges @ 01/15/2009 2:20:57 PM

      "The lesson of the last election is that convincing 23% of Texas voters that Obama is Muslim and was born in Kenya"
      Majority of people who voted in harlem thought Sara Palin was Obama's running mate. So what's your point that the media can sway idiots, the election outcome proved that.

      • Posted By: Doc Howl @ 01/16/2009 12:12:44 PM

        "Majority of people who voted in harlem thought Sara Palin was Obama's running mate."

        Link?

      • Posted By: 40YearR @ 01/15/2009 3:16:54 PM

        I haven't seen statistics on the number in Harlem you claim. I saw one interview of one guy in Harlem say that. It was played on an endless loop on Faux 'News'. But we do have statistics on Texas voters. Which do you think is a bigger number?

        But, you typically avoid, the main subject, the reason for this article, and the theme of my post on the same subject: the ongoing propaganda apparatus that continues doing the same thing they did while trying to deceive the electorate during the campaigns with that plethora of anonymous smear emails.

        The ignorance of some voters in Harlem or elsewhere does not justify this ongoing campaign to deceive us.

  • Posted By: DuaneLeeC @ 01/16/2009 11:44:27 AM

    OK, I'll play this word game. Was this article written by Bill Clinton's lawyers??? You do not dispell a rumor with such carefully worded denials. This leaves me to believe there could be some truth to this gossip. Instead of saying that Ms Pelosi's husband does not own any share in a Samoan plant....The writer carefully states that her husband does not own a $17Mil share in the company. Is it a $16.9 million dollar share? She does not routinely fly on a 757 demanded from the Air Force, but has she ever demanded the use of a 757 for her flights?? If it's untrue that she's calling for a 100% windfall profit tax on stocks, how much is the tax she is calling for?? You feed the gossip mill with an article like this.

    • Posted By: Doc Howl @ 01/16/2009 12:09:10 PM

      " This leaves me to believe there could be some truth to this gossip. "

      *shrug* You'd believe it anyway, under any circumstances.

  • Posted By: PacificGatePost @ 01/16/2009 2:38:15 AM

    Out of control spending coming to a neighborhood near your wallet.

    Republicans were trashed, deservedly so, but the Democrats got a FREE PASS on their involvement in the creation of the economic mess.

    Is that an intelligent way to run a country? Is it right that Democrats be getting off ???scott free,??? and will now have free reign over fixing the mess?
    - -
    http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2009/01/democrat-responsibility-for-economic.html
    - -
    No feet are being held to the fire. Can we assume Madoff arrived just in time to take the brunt of it away from Congress?

    Will anything change? No chance. America is heading into the new and never before seen levels of debt. Here comes inflation.

  • Posted By: capealava @ 01/16/2009 1:44:02 AM

    Callejero, You are a idiot. Take your crap somewhere else

  • Posted By: bettycoak @ 01/16/2009 1:22:14 AM

    What has always bothered me about Pelosi is that she was a 'trained' daughter of Tommy d'Alesandro, the mayor and boss of Baltimore politics years ago and not someone whose reputation led to trust. After all, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, and this tree was bad, really bad.

  • Posted By: trogers @ 01/15/2009 11:46:59 PM

    Pelosi has become the new Hillary as a target for right wing slander. It is the only way they can stay in the game. They have to keep their supporters informed with misinformation so they do not stumble onto reality. Otherwise they might realize their party has no purpose beyond deception. The sloppy solution of tax cuts, deregulation and defense spending has lost its magic. The current next ex-President is leaving a trail of incompetence that a blind tracker could follow. Attack Pelosi and maybe the faithful will forget to wonder what went wrong. Gotta love the right wing for their predictability. Lets hope Pelosi remains the Republican pin-up girl for hatred and hostility. That will really help us out of this mess.

  • Posted By: Jymn @ 01/15/2009 11:47:35 AM

    Reading the right wing comments here, it's no wonder we had Bush for all those years and almost had Palin as veep. The righties posting here can't read, spell or put together a coherent thought. This article talks about Pelosi. The misinformation about Palin was previously discussed as pointed out in the article. Please, right wingers go back to night school and get an education. Your source of news in Fox News and right wing blogs are obviously inadequate.

  • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 01/15/2009 9:38:50 AM

    georgeos makes a fair point. Look closely at AP articles on Gov. Rod Blagovich over the course of the last six weeks. Most never mention that this politician is a Democrat. 100% of its headers and bylines on Sen.Ted Stevens corruption however,ensured to add that this man was a ''Republican''.
    This new tax mess over Obamas Treasury pick Gaither. PEW [People and the Press] and the libertarian INSTAPUNDIT,observe that while private citizen and runner for no office Joe Wurtzelbacher owed just over 1000 $ in unpaid taxes,he became the subject of no fewer than 86,000 mentions on YAHOO/GOOGLE and LEXXIS NEXXIS by the American press in owing these taxes. That the press was able to print this finding was the result of illegal activity by official Ohio state agency heads who are now being investigated by the state AGs office for releasing Joes private records to the press. Joe ''the Plumber''was envicerated by the press to the point that even Joe Biden stepped in calling the payment of taxes ''patriotic''.
    Gaither however, not only owed 25 times more in back taxes [26,000$],and is being primed to take over one of Americas most infuential cabinet positions,but is barely mentioned in the press and where he is,[such as yesterdays NY and LA Times],it is a ''no big deal'' position with the press acting as sweepers under the carpet for Obamas pick.
    Plainly,the American press adopts a rather slipshod attitude of its ''two legs good''[Democrat], ''four legs bad''[GOP] viewpoint which only invites ridicule. Indeed,FACTCHECK [ a portion of ANNENBERG ,which is a nominally liberal creature], shiftily,as the above paragraph in ''Analysis'' displays,fails to observe that it was largely not the ''Bogus Internet'' which invented Palinian lies,but the mainstream American press itself, including CNN,MSNBC,The NY Times,NEWSWEAK,TIME ,the Washington Post and the AP. The very bedrock of what is considered ''hard'' news in this nation.

    • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 01/15/2009 11:10:58 PM

      As I rightly observed. NEWSWEAKS newest two-page report[lifted from the Always Partisan,AKA ''AP''], on Burris being empaneled in the US Senate never once mentions that Blago.....is a Democrat.

      www.newsweek.com[Politics].

  • Posted By: tbourlon @ 01/15/2009 9:58:37 AM

    Yes I read the Pelosi/Capt. Cook thing, it was clearly a JOKE, not meant to be seen as true. And I don't care if all those "rumors" are false, I STILL don't like the bitch and wish she was out of office. And when did you guys EVER run a rumor-debunking article on Sarah Palin? I mean, besides saying that Trig was her baby and not her daughter's?

    • Posted By: chris s. @ 01/15/2009 9:45:17 PM

      You said it all by admitting that you don't care if the rumors are true or not. Typical republican, just love to hate. Palin does it to herself. I hope she just keeps talking and talking; it's just too amusing!

  • Posted By: Ickster01 @ 01/15/2009 10:51:34 AM

    The truth about the minimum wage on American Samoa is that half of the islands work force are employed by Sunkist....formerly owned by Dole. Dole is headquartered in...wait for it...Nancy Pelosi's district! She is a fraud and has not accomplished a positive thing since taking over. However...in comparison she will probably make the Magic Negro look great!

    • Posted By: chris s. @ 01/15/2009 9:40:47 PM

      You forgot to call him B. Hussein Obama. Kinda like G. Walker Bush right?

    • Posted By: ThePCGuy @ 01/15/2009 12:17:53 PM

      Grow up and stop calling names, dickface!

    • Posted By: nimodahooligan @ 01/15/2009 11:14:51 AM

      dickster01:

      i really hope your dont have childeren to spread that kind of crap to...

  • Posted By: paulte @ 01/15/2009 11:21:55 AM

    I wouldn't pay any attention to rumors and idle gossip about our illustrious "Speaker of the House"! Anyway, you don't need a rumor to know she is mentally deficient! Also, I saw her once on CNN while waiting for my car to get serviced and it looks like she had her face lifted.

    • Posted By: chris s. @ 01/15/2009 9:37:31 PM

      Oh my God! She had a facelift? Shoot her!

  • Posted By: DSchoen @ 01/15/2009 5:09:51 PM

    Uhm, considering a ???Newsweek??? employee(s) with ties to ???The Daily Kos??? was the originating source of much of the Bogus attacks on Palin, ya got a lot of dame gall to come out and complain now.

    Newsweek is WAY over due for a house cleaning.
    You need to come clean on ALL your actions and inactions concerning your own participation in the dissemination of bogus hatful rumor mongering.

    Been waiting for an honest account from Newsweek about Newsweek, I can see now you don???t have the integrity to do such a story.

    ???Her husband does not own a $17 million stake in the parent of a company whose American Samoa plant she tried to exempt from minimum wage laws. That claim stems from a Wikipedia hoax.???

    Here are the facts as I know them.
    Star-Kist Tuna's headquarters are in San Francisco, Pelosi's home district.

    Star-Kist is owned by Del Monte Foods and is a major contributor to Pelosi.

    Star-Kist is the major employer in American Samoa employing 75% of the Samoan workforce.

    American Samoa was exempted from the minimum wage increase that the House passed in 2007

    Pelosi was a co-sponsor of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1999 and co-sponsored subsequent versions of the bill, introduced in 2001, 2003 and 2005.

    ALL of these bills excluded American Samoa from the Fair Minimum Wage Act before it was bought by Del Monte.

    ALL of these bills excluded American Samoa from the Fair Minimum Wage Act when

    Star-Kist was owned by H.J. Heinz. Co. That would be Senator John Kerry???s (D) wife.

  • Posted By: MrsDi @ 01/15/2009 11:44:15 AM

    So many men are so afraid of women that they have to smear them instead of facing them in a fair competition.

    • Posted By: 40YearR @ 01/15/2009 3:32:01 PM

      I am as anti-antifeminism as one can get, but I cringe for feminism every time I see a post like this.

    • Posted By: Twinings59 @ 01/15/2009 11:57:32 AM

      Mrs Di, this has NOTHING TO DO WITH GENDER please don???t pull that card other wise you put yourself in the same boat as the Illinois Governor.

  • Posted By: think4yourself @ 01/15/2009 3:16:30 PM

    She just makes ME SICK! She's a lier, and underhanded and will have a primary role in bringing her party down!

  • Posted By: Dave in NM @ 01/15/2009 1:14:30 PM

    Funny how the righties have to attack Democrats with lies, and then go around believing them (like they believe so much other horse manure). It's much easier from the other side - all the bad stuff we say about the Repugs is true.

    • Posted By: brydges @ 01/15/2009 1:33:03 PM

      When you say lie do you mean how Obama said he would take public financing and then didn't when he realized he could raise more money. I'm sure that's ok with you because your a typical mindless servent of the party of stupidity and hate.

      • Posted By: lvbartman @ 01/15/2009 1:40:28 PM

        Call us mindliess, but at least smart enough to know the difference between "your" and "you're", and how to spell "servant"

        • Posted By: brydges @ 01/15/2009 2:25:53 PM

          And when you correct someone else sure your post is correct idiot. You need a we are before the word smart. Thanks for proving my point

        • Posted By: brydges @ 01/15/2009 2:22:50 PM

          Sorry can I blame my typos on Bush like everything else, rather then take resposibilties for my own actions. Oh wait I'm not a democrat.

  • Posted By: Karenn1 @ 01/15/2009 9:24:27 AM

    So Palin information is true.,Pelosi is not, right. Any way who cares ,if you want bashing go to talk radio with the inbreds.

    • Posted By: gideb @ 01/15/2009 1:40:35 PM

      Yes please go to NPR to listeinint to the inbread trash talkers.

  • Posted By: brydges @ 01/15/2009 1:30:25 PM

    Then came a sudden wave of mistaken and made-up claims about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, after she burst on the national scene as the Republicans' choice for vice president-
    Some of those stories actually originated in Newsweek, like thinking Africa was acountry. I didn't see one article about how those rumors were false. Now after the election and their political agenda has been satisfied Newsweek decides to make light of this. Typical liberal hypocrocy, it's ok for them to smear and hate and then call then accuse other side out for the same tactics.

  • Posted By: community banker @ 01/15/2009 11:30:39 AM

    Ha! where was Newsweek when Gov. Palin and her family was, and still is being smeared w/o mercy by false rumor mongering? This article is a nice defense of a liberal democrat, though. good job.

    • Posted By: 40YearR @ 01/15/2009 1:29:50 PM

      The truth about Palin and her own 'words' are what did Palin in. She continues narcissitically on the same course.

  • Posted By: rockitman @ 01/15/2009 1:29:40 PM

    Ahh, the lrampant liberal media defending Pelosi. You are a bunch of ass clowns whose dayss are numbered. I ssure hope Newsweek and The NTTimes has enough liberal idiots to support operations....Oh snap, I would be so sad to see the liberal media fail and go bankrupt....

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