Oh my dar-lin'
Oh my dar-lin'
Oh my dar-lin' Nancy P
It is gone-na be two long years
That we can all-ready see.

The Hypocrites In Power
Posted by Curt

As Nancy Pelosi accepts her position as Queen of the United States:

A new Congress convenes today with a narrow Democratic majority lording over a despondent Republican minority.

While the full weight of Republicans' powerlessness sinks in after 12 years of control, Democrats are celebrating the historic election today of the first female speaker of the House.

"We have waited over 200 years for this time to come," Mrs. Pelosi said on the eve of her selection as speaker, a position that makes her second in line to the presidency after Vice President Dick Cheney.

"We will not just break through a glass ceiling, we will break through a marble ceiling," she said. "In more than 200 years of history, there was an established pecking order -- and I cut in line."

After calling herself "the most powerful woman in America," Mrs. Pelosi flexed her right muscle like a weight lifter to much applause at an event yesterday titled a "women's tea."

"All right, let's hear it for the power," she screamed as the jubilant applause continued.

Victor Davis Hanson is questioning the hypocrisy: ...

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Pelosi Takes Charge, Calls for Abortion Ban

(2007-01-04) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, became the first female Speaker of the House today, and immediately called for a ban on abortion to promote social justice because almost 60 percent of aborted children are ethnic minorities. ...

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The Ascension
Contributed by The Gray Dog

After six days of national mourning, our long national nightmare is about to begin.  Nancy Pelosi plans to ascend to the speaker’s throne with a 100 hour flurry of liberal legislative initiatives, while Republicans are faced with the task of determining how they will limit her tenure to the 100 weeks that follow. 

In another time, I would applaud what appears to be a perfect opportunity for beltway gridlock.  The “libertarian” that lives inside me believes that the best laws are the ones that stay in committee.  Unfortunately, I see too much opportunity and willingness on the part of Senate Republicans and the President to either compromise or, in some cases, gladly join the Democrats on issues that did not gain a satisfactory resolution under House Republican control. ...

Continue reading "The Ascension"

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If your stomach can handle it:

• Video: Pelosi elected Speaker of the House

• Video: Ellison and Goode shake hands
  Update: Video: Ellison “sworn” in by Pelosi

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Gateway Pundit has a good related post here.