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Exclusive: Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says She Has 'No Regrets'
Pelosi Tells Diane Sawyer She Hasn't Thought About Her Future Yet
Ray Sanchez / ABC News / November 3, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today she has "no regrets" one day after a Republican landslide stripped her of the power that defined her historic tenure as the first female Speaker of the House.
The California Democrat, who won a new two year term in Tuesday's election, also said she has yet to consider what she will do now.
"I'll have a conversation with my caucus, I'll have a conversation with my family, and pray over it, and decide how to go forward," she said in an exclusive ABC News interview with "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer. "But today isn't that day."
Pelosi became the first female House speaker in 2007. But now, she will be handing over her speaker's gavel to a Republican, likely the current House minority leader, John Boehner, R-Ohio.
"Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important," she told ABC News. "Now it's time to move on."
Pelosi said she had "no regrets" after losing her position as the most powerful woman in American politics and said the country's unemployment problem was to blame for the Democrats' loss.
"We believe we did the right thing, and we worked very hard in our campaigns to convey that to the American people," she said. "Nine and a half percent unemployment is a very eclipsing event. If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results."
Asked to assess her tenure, Pelosi quickly answered, "Job well done."
She said it's now Boehner's job to produce results and described him as a friend.
"He knows that I wish him well personally," Pelosi said. "And for the American people, I wish him well in his work as well."
Nancy Pelosi Says She Didn't Take Dems' Loss Personally
Allies and critics say Pelosi's legacy will be as much about the position she held as the sweeping agenda that she pursue.
From the Capitol, she led her party's efforts to overhaul the health care system, increase the minimum wage, reform the regulation of Wall Street and stimulate the economy. At times Pelosi pushed through intense Republican opposition.
More than any other Democrat other than President Obama, Pelosi became the face of GOP attack ads. Michael Steele, the Republican National Committee chairman, campaigned around the country in a bus plastered with the slogan, "Fire Pelosi."
At an election night rally in downtown Washington, Steele said: "We're about to do the one thing the American people want done and that is to fire Pelosi."
Pelosi said she didn't take it personally.
"They have used me as a personification of health care and the rest," she told Sawyer. "I take that as a compliment."
When pressed by Sawyer whether she ever in private felt "bruised" by the attacks, Pelosi said, "Well let me tell you, when I get time for that, I'll call you and I'll let you know how it feels. Because first of all I haven't had a moment alone to even think about myself. And second of all, it's a luxury at this time and that I can't afford."
She said she was affected, however, by the defeat of so many Democratic colleagues.
"We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us," Pelosi said. "It's just lost to the Congress."
She conceded she was surprised by the magnitude of the Democratic loss and thought that as many as 20 close elections were going to go Democratic.
"They were falling our way and $100 million approximately weighed in in those races and changed the atmosphere in last couple of weeks," she said.
With the 2010 election over, she said that the Democrats are ready to regroup and made a plea for cooperation.
"Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it."
Pelosi Tells Diane Sawyer She Hasn't Thought About Her Future Yet
Ray Sanchez / ABC News / November 3, 2010
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today she has "no regrets" one day after a Republican landslide stripped her of the power that defined her historic tenure as the first female Speaker of the House.
The California Democrat, who won a new two year term in Tuesday's election, also said she has yet to consider what she will do now.
"I'll have a conversation with my caucus, I'll have a conversation with my family, and pray over it, and decide how to go forward," she said in an exclusive ABC News interview with "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer. "But today isn't that day."
Pelosi became the first female House speaker in 2007. But now, she will be handing over her speaker's gavel to a Republican, likely the current House minority leader, John Boehner, R-Ohio.
"Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important," she told ABC News. "Now it's time to move on."
Pelosi said she had "no regrets" after losing her position as the most powerful woman in American politics and said the country's unemployment problem was to blame for the Democrats' loss.
"We believe we did the right thing, and we worked very hard in our campaigns to convey that to the American people," she said. "Nine and a half percent unemployment is a very eclipsing event. If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results."
Asked to assess her tenure, Pelosi quickly answered, "Job well done."
She said it's now Boehner's job to produce results and described him as a friend.
"He knows that I wish him well personally," Pelosi said. "And for the American people, I wish him well in his work as well."
Nancy Pelosi Says She Didn't Take Dems' Loss Personally
Allies and critics say Pelosi's legacy will be as much about the position she held as the sweeping agenda that she pursue.
From the Capitol, she led her party's efforts to overhaul the health care system, increase the minimum wage, reform the regulation of Wall Street and stimulate the economy. At times Pelosi pushed through intense Republican opposition.
More than any other Democrat other than President Obama, Pelosi became the face of GOP attack ads. Michael Steele, the Republican National Committee chairman, campaigned around the country in a bus plastered with the slogan, "Fire Pelosi."
At an election night rally in downtown Washington, Steele said: "We're about to do the one thing the American people want done and that is to fire Pelosi."
Pelosi said she didn't take it personally.
"They have used me as a personification of health care and the rest," she told Sawyer. "I take that as a compliment."
When pressed by Sawyer whether she ever in private felt "bruised" by the attacks, Pelosi said, "Well let me tell you, when I get time for that, I'll call you and I'll let you know how it feels. Because first of all I haven't had a moment alone to even think about myself. And second of all, it's a luxury at this time and that I can't afford."
She said she was affected, however, by the defeat of so many Democratic colleagues.
"We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us," Pelosi said. "It's just lost to the Congress."
She conceded she was surprised by the magnitude of the Democratic loss and thought that as many as 20 close elections were going to go Democratic.
"They were falling our way and $100 million approximately weighed in in those races and changed the atmosphere in last couple of weeks," she said.
With the 2010 election over, she said that the Democrats are ready to regroup and made a plea for cooperation.
"Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it."
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I bet you're one of those cunts that forwards news blasts to all your contacts.
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You're not so good at the track are you?Pill wrote:I bet you're one of those guys that forwards news blasts to all your contacts.
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See ya bitch!
My party putting her there was like if the Republicans put Pat Buchanan there. Just too out there to rep the country.
My party putting her there was like if the Republicans put Pat Buchanan there. Just too out there to rep the country.
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Cliffenstein wrote:
Asked to assess her tenure, Pelosi quickly answered, "Job well done."
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Yep. I'd imagine that she represents her constituents pretty well, but as Speaker, she was waaay too far out there.Skate4RnR wrote:See ya bitch!
My party putting her there was like if the Republicans put Pat Buchanan there. Just too out there to rep the country.
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What does this have to do with your news spam? Maybe you missed it, but I said in another thread that I voted for three Republicans.Cliffenstein wrote:You're not so good at the track are you?Pill wrote:I bet you're one of those guys that forwards news blasts to all your contacts.
Also, why do you Walmart those you quote?
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Pill,Pill wrote:What does this have to do with your news spam?
My point was that you were wrong.
I have never sent a single forward via email in my life. Neither have I ever forwarded a forward...of any kind, regardless of whether or not it was news based information.
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Cliff,Cliffenstein wrote:Pill,Pill wrote:What does this have to do with your news spam?
My point was that you were wrong.
I have never sent a single forward via email in my life. Neither have I ever forwarded a forward...of any kind, regardless of whether or not it was news based information.
I don't believe you. You can't provide for your family and you probably will be a horrible father.
Fuck you.
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Seriously, dude...what the heck is wrong with you?Pill wrote:Cliff,
I don't believe you. You can't provide for your family and you probably will be a horrible father.
F*ck you.
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Are you censoring posts?Cliffenstein wrote:Seriously, dude...what the heck is wrong with you?Pill wrote:Cliff,
I don't believe you. You can't provide for your family and you probably will be a horrible father.
F*ck you.
Pill wrote: Cliff,
I don't believe you. You can't provide for your family and you probably will be a horrible father.
Fuck you.
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Since I'm not an admin, that is not possible.MasterOfMeatPuppets wrote:Are you censoring posts?
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Apparently it's possible for you to be even more dense than usual. You substituted 'f*ck' for 'fuck' That's censoring.Cliffenstein wrote:Since I'm not an admin, that is not possible.MasterOfMeatPuppets wrote:Are you censoring posts?
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Your vast intellect has caused you to miss the point of my reply.MasterOfMeatPuppets wrote:Apparently it's possible for you to be even more dense than usual.
The only way for me to have censored his post is to have changed it. It isn't censorship to bleep a swear word when quoting via reply, as that doesn't change the original post.
Only an admin or the original poster can change the contents of a post.
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Um, yeah, it is.Cliffenstein wrote: It isn't censorship to bleep a swear word when quoting
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If you believe that then you must also believe that quoting only a portion of a post is censorship. Thanks for censoring me.bane wrote:Um, yeah, it is.Cliffenstein wrote: It isn't censorship to bleep a swear word when quoting
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You're welcome.Cliffenstein wrote:If you believe that then you must also believe that quoting only a portion of a post is censorship. Thanks for censoring me.bane wrote:Um, yeah, it is.Cliffenstein wrote: It isn't censorship to bleep a swear word when quoting
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Cliffenstein wrote:Thanks for @#&?!+ing me.
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Actually Bane is editing your post to quote a certain part of it.Cliffenstein wrote:If you believe that then you must also believe that quoting only a portion of a post is censorship. Thanks for censoring me.bane wrote:Um, yeah, it is.Cliffenstein wrote: It isn't censorship to bleep a swear word when quoting
You are censoring posts because you're obviously offended by mere words on a computer screen..
Thereby censorship.
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It isn't censoring posts. I'm simply refusing to engage in mind-numbingly stupid behavior when engaging the use of the quote function here on the board.Luminiferous wrote:You are censoring posts because...
It isn't possible for me to censor his post. His post is his post. I changed a letter to an asterisk in MY OWN post.
It has nothing to do with being offended. It has to do with grace, decency and being in possession of a large enough vocabulary to render swearing unnecessary and irrelevant.Luminiferous wrote:you're obviously offended by mere words on a computer screen.
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Perhaps you could add the L-word and the F-word to yours.
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You changed my words. Argue it was in your post all you want, but who wrote those words? Me.Cliffenstein wrote:I changed a letter to an asterisk in MY OWN post.
Go copulate yourself, terrorist.Luminiferous wrote:It has to do with grace, decency and being in possession of a large enough vocabulary to render swearing unnecessary and irrelevant.
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This thread is is like a microscopic Washington D.C. so fuck off you butt clenching faggots!
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But you censored HIS words. Much like when a song is played on the radio or a political fanatic appears on Faux News screaming about that scary black socialist commie Muslim in the White House and it has a cuss word in it, the cuss words are CENSORED with a beep or if closed captioned it is blurred or they use asterisks..Censorstein wrote:It isn't censoring posts. I'm simply refusing to engage in mind-numbingly stupid behavior when engaging the use of the quote function here on the board.
It isn't possible for me to censor his post. His post is his post. I changed a letter to an asterisk in MY OWN post.
Cliffenstupid wrote:It has nothing to do with being offended. It has to do with grace, decency and being in possession of a large enough vocabulary to render swearing unnecessary and irrelevant.Luminiferous wrote:you're obviously offended by mere words on a computer screen.
You typed this with your pinky in the air didn't you Jeeves? Keep dancing Nancy.. You CENSOR profanity.... On...(of all places)....Sludge..
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You lousy cork-soaker. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves.Skate4RnR wrote:This thread is is like a microscopic Washington D.C. so fuck off you butt clenching faggots!
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From the Juan Williams thread:
Cliffenstein wrote:Liberals have been working hard for many years to restrict everybody's freedom of speech.
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It's a good thing he changed fuck to f*ck because that totally disguises the word and leaves you with no idea what it really is. Hell, it could be fack, feck, fick, or fock even.
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That was the point...wasn't interested in changing intent.tin00can wrote:because that totally disguises the word and leaves you with no idea what it really is.
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Aw heck, don't you say another gosh darned thing!Luminiferous wrote:You lousy cork-soaker. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves.Skate4RnR wrote:This thread is is like a microscopic Washington D.C. so fuck off you butt clenching faggots!
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Could fooled me.Cliffy wrote:I'm simply refusing to engage in mind-numbingly stupid behavior
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