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Pelosi receives John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
May 20, 2019, 12:38 AM
HighZoniePelosi receives John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
THE HILL >>
https://thehill.com/homenews/h...ard-for-helping-passOh, PLEASE gag me with a spoon
The award was given for:
“consistently acting in service of our highest principles and our most vulnerable citizens.”
and .....
"Pelosi was honored with the prestigious award for her role in “putting the national interest above her party's interest to expand access to health care for all Americans and then, against a wave of political attacks, leading the effort to retake the majority"
and .....
"Previous honorees of the annual award include former Presidents Barack Obama and Gerald Ford and prominent lawmakers Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)."
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May 20, 2019, 05:30 AM
mark123A bunch of old honkies, patting each other on the back and giving out participation trophies. How quaint.
May 20, 2019, 06:13 AM
SportshooterThen Trump should be awarded the most likely to drain the swamp out from under her royal reptile highness medal.
May 20, 2019, 06:22 AM
KevboI remember reading profiles on courage as a kid...my dad made me read it
Boy does that ring hollow now
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May 20, 2019, 06:44 AM
parabellumIs it true that Pelosi shouted "Its a toaster!!" when they handed her this thing?
May 20, 2019, 07:29 AM
John Steedquote:
Originally posted by mark123:
A bunch of old honkies, patting each other on the back and giving out participation trophies. How quaint.
Why not give one to Al Gore and Barack Obama as well?
They could put it next to their meaningless Nobel Prizes.
... stirred anti-clockwise. May 20, 2019, 07:38 AM
MuddflapWell bless her little heart.
She is so precious. Don’t you guys think she’s precious?
May 20, 2019, 07:44 AM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by John Steed:
Why not give one to Al Gore and Barack Obama as well?
quote:
From the linked article:
"Previous honorees of the annual award include . . . Barack Obama"
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים May 20, 2019, 07:52 AM
220-9erAre you sure that isn't the Teddy Kennedy award where you do everything to save yourself without regard to others?
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May 20, 2019, 07:57 AM
LeemurIt does take a certain amount of courage to flaunt your insanity in a high profile public office.
May 20, 2019, 08:05 AM
senza nomequote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
It does take a certain amount of courage to flaunt your insanity in a high profile public office.
Read up on the
Dunning Kruger effect which "suggests that poor performers are not in a position to recognize the shortcomings in their performance".
May 20, 2019, 08:16 AM
EponymAre you sure this wasn't a comedy sketch meant to be satire? Gag me with ipecac.
May 20, 2019, 08:19 AM
RipleyAs long as we're talking bogus, shouldn't it be the Sorensen Profiles in Courage Award?
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. May 20, 2019, 08:20 AM
parabellumThey should have held the ceremony in a clue field.
"Look at my new toaster!"
May 20, 2019, 09:14 AM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by Leemur:
It does take a certain amount of courage to flaunt your insanity in a high profile public office.
That was, literally, my very first thought.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher May 20, 2019, 10:22 AM
jhe888Well, they have to give it to somebody.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. May 20, 2019, 10:24 AM
GGFI wouldn't trust her with the TV remote, much less a toaster.
JFK wouldn't be enough of a commie for this new generation of shitheels.
"Previous honorees of the annual award include former Presidents Barack Obama and Gerald Ford and prominent lawmakers Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)."
May 20, 2019, 12:29 PM
TMatsThis is the full statement from the Kennedy Library website on Pelosi’s award.
quote:
The 2019 Profile in Courage Award goes to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for putting the national interest above her party's interest to expand access to health care for all Americans and then, against a wave of political attacks, leading the effort to retake the majority and elect the most diverse Congress in our nation's history.
In 2010, amid a public climate of deepening polarization, Pelosi tirelessly spearheaded the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA has subsequently enabled millions of Americans to have access to quality, affordable health care, and improved benefits for tens of millions more; it was the most significant expansion of health care access since the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid nearly half a century before. Following its passage, Pelosi became the subject of negative political attacks from the GOP. Democrats lost control of the House in November 2010, ending her first tenure as House Speaker.
Despite facing opposition, Pelosi Illustrated her persistence and determination, as she set out to rebuild the Democratic Party in the image of America. In 2018, she led Democrats in electing the most diverse Congress in U.S. history – more people of color, more LGBT Americans, and a record setting 35 new Democratic women – including the first native American women and Muslim American women. With Democrats back in the majority, Pelosi elevated a new generation of leaders to leadership positions and skillfully united her party focusing on shared values, policy priorities, and a commitment to governing for the greater good. On January 3, 2019, Pelosi was once again elected Speaker of the House, becoming the first speaker in more than 60 years to win nonconsecutive terms.
In her extraordinary tenure as House Speaker, Pelosi has secured the passage of landmark legislation to expand access to health care, make historic investments in renewable energy resources, improve access to education, reform the financial services industry, and repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military.
linkThe first thing they mention is Pelosi “tirelessly spearheading” the passage of ObamaCare, probably the biggest expansion of government since FDR, and the most far-reaching legislation EVER, to pass without a single vote from the opposition party.
As the saying goes, I threw up in my mouth a bit when I read that she “set out to rebuild the Democrat Party in the
image of America.” That couldn’t be further from the truth.
An award that
could have come to really mean something, politicized to the point of irrelevance.
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May 20, 2019, 01:10 PM
arfmel“The first thing they mention is Pelosi “tirelessly spearheading” the passage of ObamaCare, probably the biggest expansion of government since FDR, and the most far-reaching legislation EVER, to pass without a single vote from the opposition party.”
The hag should have been publicly caned for that little jewel, instead of winning a toaster.
May 20, 2019, 01:15 PM
HighZonieMy favorite quote from Nancy [Constitutional Crisis] Pelosi:
“we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.”
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* Diligentia Vis Celeritis *
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"Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy."
- Sun Tsu - The Art of War
"Fast is Fine, but Accuracy is Everything" - Wyatt Earp