Originally posted by: Genx87
Originally posted by: joepa99
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
And not because she is a Democrat, but because she is a bullet and a heart attack away from the Presidency.
Are you kidding me? I think this is great for everybody but the democrats. You will have this whackjob limo liberal as the speaker of the house. I welcome the change, I think it will remind people why democrats were given the boot 12 years ago
Yeah, I am sure Nancy Pelosi will be almost as stupid as the present speaker, Dennis Hastert.
I think you guys are misunderestimating her intelligence and political savvy, much as Democrats laughed at Ronald Reagan and George W Bush-till they got their asses kicked.
Here are some gems about Mr. Hastert you might not be aware of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert
Hastert generated controversy on 1 September 2005 when he said spending federal money to rebuild New Orleans from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina "doesn't make sense to me."[13][14] Hastert went on to say that "It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed."
Hastert, an Illinois Republican, held a fundraiser at Jack Abramoff's Signatures restaurant in Washington on June 3, 2003, that collected at least $21,500 for his Keep Our Majority political action committee from the Abramoff's firm and tribal clients. Seven days later, Hastert wrote Interior Secretary Gale Norton, urging her to reject the Jena tribe of Choctaw Indians' request for a new casino. Hastert's three top House deputies also signed the letter, which said that approving the request would "run counter to congressional intent."
Hastert collected more than $100,000 in donations from Abramoff's firm and tribal clients. On May 24, 2006, ABC News chief investigative reporter Brian Ross reported that the FBI has begun an investigation into Hastert's connections with Abramoff, and the June 2003 letter in particular.[16] The Justice Department quickly issued a denial of the ABC report: "Speaker Hastert is not under investigation by the Justice Department," DOJ Director of Public Affairs Tasia Scolinos said in a one-line statement.[17] Hastert has strongly denied the report. ABC News later issued a updated report which stated that its sources stood by the story.[18] There have been no further developments.
On June 14, 2006, the Sunlight Foundation reported that Hastert has used an Illinois trust to invest in real estate about six miles from the proposed site of the Prairie Parkway. Hastert's financial disclosure statements did not list the trust or its value, but did list several transactions done by the trust as if Hastert had done them directly. The House Ethics manual states that "Disclosure of real property should include a description sufficient to permit its identification (e.g., street address or plat and map location)."[19] The use of an undisclosed trust to purchase and own land made it impossible to identify the property owned by Hastert.
Dennis Hastert's oldest son, Joshua Hastert is a lobbyist for the firm PodestaMattoon. [33] Joshua Hastert is registered as a lobbyist for clients ranging from Amgen, a biotech company, to Lockheed Martin, a defense contractor. Such family ties are sparking debates about lobbyists. "There definitely should be restrictions" on family members, said Craig Holman, a Congress Watch official who has studied the matter. "This is family members cashing in on connections... It is an ideal opportunity for special interest groups to exploit family relationships for personal gain." Joshua Hastert says he does not lobby House Republican leaders. [34]