Nancy Pelosi Chokes Up Amid Fears of Political Violence

I know what she means, some of the hateful speech coming from left wing radicals is really just fueling anger. They should be more respectful.

Slow day?

Nice to see ABC can handle real comments. How do u sleep at night?

Glen Beck the Garbage on Fox News the One that truly despises and Hates 911 Victims families as quoted by him because of their constant whining is taking full credit for this Obama/Democrat Hate fest He thinks its great! But when someone gets seriously hurt or Killed because of his daily Garbage and Lies he spews Well lets see if he takes Responsibility for it! what a piece of Trash that scum is!

NAncy – “from the right it’s called
HATE SPEECH.” That is because the “critisisms” usually involve burning crosses and violence. They also tend to spew hatful words as well. Disagreeing can be done in a civil tone. See MArtin Luther King.

Where are all the decent Republicans? Those who are horrified at what some loons are doing in the name of their party. Death threats? Depictions of the President as a witch doctor? And the gran-daddy of them all, the anti-christ? Really? Is that how you want to be remembered and viewed? Really? I have few kind words for the last administration, but Democrats never went this low and the silence of the decent Republicans is amplifying the voice of the lunatic fringe.

I am sooooo sick of all this. What is happening to this country?
Read the 23rd Psalms and move on.

For people who call themselves Christians, they display the most un-Christ like behavior ever witnessed. Christ would weep blood to see what is being done in his name.

I’m surprised that even still has tear ducts after all the plastic surgery.
Assinine doesnt even begin to describe her behavior.

Pelosi should just give her speakership to Hoyer and be done. I guess she can’t out-argue her opponents so she must resort to fear-mongering. It’s tough to be a leftist now that they’re in power because people can actually see what leftists want to do.
SEIU – helping to keep townhalls orderly.

“Disagreeing can be done in a civil tone.”
That’s funny coming from liberals and Pelosi. If the media had any guts, they would put together a video of dems bashing Bush during his term. Pelosi, Reid, VP Gore, President Clinton, Carter, Kennedy, Hillary, and so many others. Many times screaming. Their hateful speech went unchallenged by the media…big surprise!
The dems are turning into drama queens.

I believe ABC reported there were over a million people at last weekend’s rally and “no one” was arrested. How many times did that happen when people gathered to protest Bush? Not many. There was often vandalism and sometimes many people were arrested. Please stop the phony outrage.

Pelosi’s shamelessness is simply stunning.
First, she provocatively baited her political opponents by calling them swastika wearing un-American mobs. Then she exacerbated matters by initially accepting Joe Wilson’s apology only to then humiliate him on the House floor. And now, she even further enflames matters by fabricating a crisis that exists only in her fevered imagination.
Like Maureen Dowd who imagined that she heard Joe Wilson call Obama a “boy,” Pelosi now engages in a neurotic fantasy that violence is somehow imminent, as if the soccer moms, elderly persons, and other ordinary Americans opposing Obamacare are latent Timoth McVeighs itching for violent insurrection.
Enough is enough. Does Nancy Pelosi have no shame?

I can’t think of anyone in Congress who has done more to create a personal pariah status.
A more honest statement would have been: “I have concerns about some of the language that I regularly use to describe my opponents.”

Nancy…just shut up.

Once again the left pushes their double standard.
Hey Angie and Boston Dan – do you even listen to the vile and absolute crap spewed by the likes of Olbermann, Matthews, Huffington and now Carter?
Get off your high horses, there are loons on both the extreme left and right.
the bottom line is that this is a county of middle-right folks who work hard, pay their taxes (unlike some demo congressmen) and what America to be great. They don’t want big government invading their lives and they don’t subscribe to the “progressive agenda” Pelosi and her ilk push.

I thought Libs wanted to talk healthcare? I guess that when they are loosing the argument a diversionary attack is the best they can do.

I truly cannot fathom how Pelosi got her job unless it was from the influence of her family’s wealth. She is the biggest problem for the Dems.
She doesn’t have a clue as to what the average American wants–and it surely is not her!!

It is unfortunate that the only way “We the People” can get the attention of our elected officials in DC is to talk this way. HOwever, when elected officials do not listen then voicing anger is all that is left. Our country has fallen to the level of shouting, marches and saying things that may not be carried out just to be heard by people that are paid to represent us and have failed in their jobs. People are tired of the talk from these elected officials. The words are the same no matter what party is in office. Tell us lies and then do as they wish. “We the People” has special meaning in this country and we should never forget how those words came into being. Lincoln was correct in saying “United we stand and Divided we fall.” Because of the disrespect our elected officials are showing to the American People our country is divided on every issue. Congress needs to get their head out of the sand and listen before it is too late.

left=stupid
right =hate
we’re screwed

Wasn’t Sessions one of the Senators who voted against Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme court?
Sessions could easily be described as a person who would not respect others based purely on the color of their skin or to who and where they worshipped.

Chuck, remember that the shoe-thrower was confronting the man directly responsible for the needless deaths of tens of thousands of his fellow Iraqi citizens. And he had just heard Bush’s unspeakably smug remark that “freedom is our parting gift to the Iraqi people.” I don’t condone what he did, but THAT is provocation. Trying to provide health care for all Americans is not exactly in the same league.

For goodness sakes, people, are you such blind followers that you can’t understand that Nancy Pelosi is not the devil. Rush and Glenn are doing you all a disservice. They take home the bucks and laugh all the way to the bank. Meanwhile, our country falls apart because of the hate that you clearly have more than enough of for all of us.
My prayers are with us all. We are going to need every one of them.

Russia was once a super power and lookwhat happened to them. They splintered into many smaller countries that now struggle to survive.
America is headed in that direction. It’s not enough that extremist religions hate us and are seeking to destroy us. We’re destroying ourselves by imploding from within. America cannot survive a race war. All of us really need to look at how we’re pushing each other in that direction. If we truly love this country, we need to examined our attitude towards our fellow citizens of other races and do what we can do to be more tolerant.

Chuck, remember shoes don’t kill people. people do.

Yes, Nancy, you will incite violence in Americans whom you infer any regulation on free speech. California, when will you get rid of this clown ??

This women is so beyond “normal”…She is truly a doo-whacka-doodle!Impeach Obama and his cohorts!

It’s laughable how this woman acts and what she says. Her own state is so messed up it’s ridiculous. The headline should have read, “Pelosi Chokes on her own Stupidity!” She would love for EVERYONE to be held responsible who doesn’t see eye to eye with her. Dangerous and scary.

This story is bull. Where’s the ACORN coverage?

Please, Nancy Pelosi has never gotten “choked Up” before. Why now? Poor Poor Speaker can smell fear alright. Like maybe it isn’t a given she will remain in her seat of power. Poor Nancy I would be fearful too. Probably the same feeling she has when she can’t get the Lear jets at her highness’ appointed time.

Pelosi should be choking up. Her name calling of concerned citizens she represents threw wood on the fire.

According to these posts there is enough hate in both parties. Entering intelligent posts with opposing views, may challenge reasonable people, and have an opportunity to change a mind.
Pres. Pelosi and Harry Reid do more to hurt the President, than help. Their “We know best” attitude is fueling the American public into a frenzy. People of all races, ages and economic resources are fed up with Washington. Career politicians will be in for a BIG surprise next election year. NO MORE “RE-ELECTS”..

Funny how the Democrats are in fear of protestors but are just as happy to become them during a Republican administration. For example, I thought the war in Iraq was an abomination. Where did the protestors go?
Start listening to the people and perhaps you can start sleeping better and night, Madame Speaker.

“The 1.7M who marched on Washington last weekend is just the START.”
1.7M, eh? You must be a Beckian…
Greta Van Susteren: Screen banner reads “Thousands of protestors marched to the capitol on Saturday”
Fox News: “Tens of thousands”
Bill O’Reilly: “About 75,000”
Griff Jenkins: “There weren’t a million, but there was more than a hundred thousand.”
Sean Hannity: Screen banner reads “Hundreds of thousands descend on nation’s capital for ‘Tea Party’”
Glenn Beck: “University of Illinois I think did a spatial count and looked at the photos and said I think it was 1.7 million people there.”

*yawn* No articles on ACORN?

Maybe the president is straying from the script and the Dems are laying out a scenario to remove him?? Hmmmmmmm

The extremes of this could be helped by better communication on both sides. Polarization gets worse when both sides feel that their legitimate concerns are dismissed and unheard.
If Speaker Pelosi is truly concerned, listen to and acknowledge the legitimate points being made by opponents.
Assuming that everyone who disagrees is a “quack”, fringe lunatic, etc. rather than people who have real concerns further confirms peoples fears and concerns.

I have yet to see an independent analysis of how our healtcare situation reached this point. Lots of rhetoric and blaming, but not a clear analysis.
What factors have driven up the price of healthcare costs? What part/percentage do each of those contribute?
- Insurance company profits
- multiple layers of “managed care” that consume premium dollars without adding to the quality of care (or that could be achieved on different, more effective ways)
- excess regulation and administrative burden
- excess capacity of high cost specialty services
- lawsuits and malpractice insurance
- Failure of local medicial associations and licensing boards to effectively address poorly performing doctors
- physician investment in rehab, radiology and labs business that they refer to and profit from
- Increased specialization of physicians rather than increased support of General Practitioners who could manage many health conditions without referral to higher cost specialists
- Lack of competition in health insurance in some parts of the company – e.g. areas where one company has a virtual monopoly
- Pharmaceutical companies – costs of marketing activities – golf trips, exotic vacations for doctors and politicians
- Has the FDA approval process become so cumbersome and lengthy that it’s “keeping us safe” yet driving up the cost of medications to the point that it’s depriving care in the long run?
We did not arrive in this mess overnight, and it seems that an overnight solution may be a “ready, fire, aim” approach that fails to address the true underlying causes.

Our current economic situation, of which healthcare is just one part begs us all to do some thoughtful soul-searching.
- I’m not happy that almost 50% of my income is going to taxes if you total up – Federal, State & local Income taxes, Social Security, Property taxes, and sales taxes.
- Greed is part of the problem – whether it is the profit margins being demanded by the companies that we work for and buy from.
- Sloth is part of the problem – there is a growing attitude of “entitlement” in our country that wants benefits and privileges without working for those things.
- I do have compassion for people who have experienced catastophic situations in their lives and need help.
- Yet I also experience frustration about people who “brag” that they got $30K in “free” home improvements by maxing out their credit cards and then declaring bankruptcy.
- I believe we should help people who are truly “down and out”, but I get frustrated by families who have been on welfare for generations and make no attempt to rise above that.
- I believe in Social Security Disability Income for people born with severe disability or who suffer severe injuries and illnesses, but I’m frustrated that SSDI is set up in a way that discourages people from working part-time or doing the most that they can because then they lose the Medicare coverage.
- I’ve seen abuses and poor behavior in healthcare that creates more regulation, but the burden of those regulations falls more on the people who were already doing the “right” things. The people and practitioners whose wrongs led to the regulation are as unlikely to comply with new regs. as they were with the old standards.
- Am I willing to accept a lower return on my 401K (what’s left of it) to support healthcare companies dropping their profit expectations from the 20% range to a more realistic 8%?
Compassion, greed, industry, sloth and selfishness cross color, social class, and religious lines. We all are both a part of the problem and need to be part of the solution.

Pelosi used the word “unamerican”
and then others used words like “brown shirts”, “racist”; Now she is comparing protesting and speaking up to an “assasination”.
No more name calling…

I think that’s the problem, anyone who needs reform will end up curling up and dieing without Healthcare. But what does the Republican party care? I mean for the rich who run the party, things are always pretty good. Its better to use scare tactics about change than to educate the public about the real problems. The mere fact that people who use government roads, medicare, unemployment, social security, police and fire departments, the postal service, public education, bus services, and piped and sanitized water are the same ones who are supporting a healthcare system run by insurance companies shows there is a severe disconnect. Why would anyone trust a profitable company with paying for life/death procedures and healthcare? Sometimes it is just more profitable for people to die rather than keep paying for their healthcare, but i guess that’s the republican party’s point, let’s let them die – cheeper healthcare.

Kerry/Sep 17, 2009 3:38:37 PM
You said; “Democrats are calling conservatives racist for merely disagreeing with Obama. …”
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The “Ridiculous Right” has been ‘busted’; It’s now clear, their “DEFENSIVE TALKING POINT” Track, is made up of the following; “Anyone who disagrees with Obama is labelled a Racist. It won’t work.” (Or some derivation thereof.)

Rose – Thank you for your kind feedback.
Although these are troubled times, I still believe we have enough of the American spirit of innovation and determination to overcome if we focus on “fixing the problem instead of fixing the blame”. God Bless.

Nancy, Get a life; and, the Academy Awards are on in April. Grow up!

Does Pete Sessions stand by his words today, Jan. 8, 2011?