Pelosi Calls Thomas Book ‘Revisionist’
EmailABC News’ Jennifer Parker Reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ new autobiography a "revisionist" book and offered her support to Anita Hill, who accused Thomas of sexual harassment 15 years ago.
"I have enormous respect for Anita Hill for her courage and she really changed the way the workplace views sexual harassment and we’re all in her debt for that," Pelosi said in a rare live appearance on ABC’s ‘The View,’ a daytime talk-show targeted toward women.
"I think the book is a revisionist book,’ Pelosi said, noting, however, that she has yet to read it. "Whatever he’s writing, the fact is is that this courageous woman changed things for women in the workplace."
The Speaker’s position on the Iraq war was challenged by The View co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck, who have been supportive of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.
"All the generals tell us, the retired generals, that if you’re going to have stability in the region you must begin by redeploying the troops out of Iraq to end the occupation," Pelosi said.
"Even though today we had news that the surge is actually working, that civilian deaths in Iraq are down, like, 53 percent?" Hasselbeck said.
"Elizabeth, if I may, with all due respect, there’s still a lot of people dying," Pelosi said. "The cost in lives is of course the most important to us, over 3,800. Tens of thousands permanently injured of our troops. We’re talking about a cost in reputation in the world, we’re talking about a cost to our readiness to be able to meet any challenges to our security."
Pelosi said the Bush administration’s desire to continue to war in Iraq denotes "misplaced priorities." In New York to receive an award for her support of breast cancer research, Pelosi said not enough federal money is spent on cancer research.
"All cancers, 550-thousand Americans [die each year], and we spend $5.5 billion dollars on cancer research in a year — two weeks in Iraq," Pelosi said. "We are threatened by cancer and other disease and we have to make a war on that disease."
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–”I think the book is a revisionist book,” Pelosi said, noting, however, that she has YET TO READ IT.–
That is to say, I have not read the book, but I already know it is evil because the author betrayed his own race by becoming a conservative.
Posted by: Not a fan of San Fran Nan | October 2, 2007, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm
Speaker Pelosi, until you have read the book, I would hope you would shut your mouth about your opinion of it, unless it has to do with the dust cover.
Posted by: DisdainLady | October 2, 2007, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm
I totally agree with Nancy Pelosi — the book is delving into something that doesn’t need delving or re-examing.
I remember watching Anita Hill on Television — and listening her go through embarrassing and humiliating questioning — I admired her greatly then and still do —-
This administration and it’s level of denial and ability to try and re-write history is wearing off to Justice now?? We should all watch out. For Shame!!!!
Posted by: Paulet | October 2, 2007, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm
Wow, “shut your mouth”. That’s some nice respect for the Speaker of the House. Either way, it doesn’t take more than a few minutes of listening to one of his interviews floating around these days to understand that what he is pitching is, as the Speaker said, revisionist. He continues with the “high tech lynching” theme, and that Anita Hill was some simpleton caught up in the storm.
If you remember the hearings, you’ll know that she didn’t stand there and speak of these matters for kicks.
Posted by: Brian in CA | October 2, 2007, 11:33 pm 11:33 pm
Pelosi doesn’t have the time.
Important things happen every day and I would be disappointed to know that Pelosi had time to read that particular book now.
Posted by: Dave | October 2, 2007, 11:49 pm 11:49 pm
Really, what was up with The View?? It looked like a Comedy Central Roast of Nancy Pelosi. All they needed to make it complete was Flava Flav and Andy Dick.
Posted by: carl | October 4, 2007, 9:27 am 9:27 am