Nancy Pelosi has it all wrong.
Fighting to keep her job as minority leader in the House, she blamed Republicans. She said opponents always go after the other party's leaders – "and usually they go after the most effective leader."
I want to disabuse her of any such notion.
Yes, even though I can't stand many Republicans in the House and don't have much respect for House Speaker Paul Ryan, I remain a registered member of the GOP. I remain an eternal optimist, dreaming of the day that the majority in the Congress will somehow come around to doing what they always promise to do at election time.
So, as a Republican voter of 34 years, I want to say I wholeheartedly, enthusiastically, exuberantly and zealously endorse Nancy Pelosi as minority leader in the House. In fact, I would like to see her remain as permanent minority leader – minority leader for life!
She so perfectly reflects the values of her party, not to mention the lucidity, the temperament and the judgment of her constituents. Who better? Keep her!
Like she said, ever so modestly in making her case: "You want me to sing my praises? Well, I'm a master legislator. I am a strategic, politically astute leader. My leadership is recognized by many around the country, and that is why I'm able to attract the support that I do."
There you go.
She's been a pioneer in steering her party to the left since she was a founding member of the House Progressive Caucus, under the sponsorship of the Democratic Socialists of America.
So, she's lost a few seats, big deal.
You can't win 'em all.
So what if she can no longer keep her train of thought.
You think Mitch McConnell can?
So what if she gets a little confused sometimes. She's been there a long time and seen a lot.
She was honest when she said a few years ago that Democrats had to pass Obamacare to see what was in it. She didn't have to read the bill. She knew it was the right thing to do – a stepping stone to her ultimate plan of ruining the best health-care system in the world and ushering in a single-payer system where the government was in charge of the most personal medical decisions of every individual in America.
Republicans don't want to see her demoted. We don't want to see her run out of town on a rail.
Her opponents for remaining in power are not Republicans, not at all. We love her. She's our poster girl. What would we do without her? Certainly, most Republicans in Congress couldn't beat someone who sold out their principles like they do – telling voters one thing and doing another. Nancy is a true believer. She says what she means and means what she says.
That takes guts – and it sometimes results in failure at the polls just because Americans don't yet buy into all that socialist stuff and transgender nonsense.
Nancy doesn't care. She's a leader. She's determined to keep Barack Obama's promise to "fundamentally transform America" in her own spitting image.
You gotta admire that.
No, Pelosi's opposition comes from within the party. It comes from those who want to deceive the public into believing Democrats aren't willing to go off the cliff in pursuit of their utopian ideals.
And I just want to testify to that fact. I think other Republicans should stand up and cheer her on in her desperate fight to remain relevant.
To repurpose a phrase: "I'm with her."
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