Woman with 14 percent approval rating to energy protesters: “Can we drill your brains?”
posted at 3:58 pm on August 26, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Hard to believe that a wit this quick could produce a book no one wants to read. Snappiest takedown since Tim Kaine accused McCain of not being able to count to seven? I think so.
House Democratic leaders and protesters waving McCain signs had a war of words Tuesday at a press event outside an old train station. The demonstrators interrupted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with chants of “Drill here! Drill now!”
Pelosi paused and asked the group, “Right here?”
Seeming to enjoy the back and forth, she followed with another question: “Can we drill your brains?”
She went on to refer to the protestors, who continued to chant sporadically, as “handmaidens of Big Oil.”
I crave video, that together we might cherish the obligatory look of satisfaction on her face after she delivered that titanic slam, but I can’t find any. Rule one when heckling slow-witted Democratic politicians: Always bring a camera. And speaking of dimwits with cameras, if you missed Sherrod Brown’s infomercial during the convention last night, you really should treat yourself. McCain’s blog has a clip. It’ll drill your brain.
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Did she follow it up by saying “I’m rubber, you’re glue!” and storming off?
its_a_trap on August 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Finally, someone appeals to the all-important zombie demographic.
Slublog on August 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM
That woman is no Newt Gingrich. She’s not really a good comedian either. Why does she always look so – frightened?
perroviejo on August 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Another great moment in the history of the Democrat Party.
Unbelievable. Such dignity. Such intellectualism. Such wit.
This woman couldn’t run a sewing circle. How on earth she’s Speaker of the House I have no idea.
Even Democrats must be embarrassed about her. Even their trolls don’t defend her I’ve noticed.
NoDonkey on August 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Wow. Her handlers must have taken weeks to come up with those witty comebacks.
Sharp as a bent tack, Pelosi is.
Anna on August 26, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Didn’t Uday and Kusay drill people’s brains? Or was is just Saddam’s pals?
My collie says:
CyberCipher on August 26, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Well, we sure couldn’t drill Nancy Botoxi’s brain because once the drill bit punctured a surface stretched that tight, all hell would break loose.
Kafir on August 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Maybe as sharp as silly putty.
perroviejo on August 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Umm nancy, if we drilled your, the sour crude would get no money!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM
I think that was her one for the week.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM
We could drill her brain, but methane is not all that efficient.
Vashta.Nerada on August 26, 2008 at 4:05 PM
ok what are you eating? Potatoe Chips? Cheetos? give me some, please!?!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:06 PM
This is what having lots of money in SF gets you.
Lots of botox and no clue as to how the real world works.
It also can get you elected, so that you can funnel even more money to your husband.
bbz123 on August 26, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Nancy, Nancy, Nancy, why O why must you be so hot-headed, it’s like you got temper issues. I didn’t realize menopause lasted for so long.
Exit question: Will OxyClean remove the stains from my TV, it’s got Democratic Convention stains all over it.
Lance Murdock on August 26, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Is this where I yell “Palomino?” Hey Grue, aren’t you full yet?? All that eatin ain’t good for you.
KelliD on August 26, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Did you hear the awe-inspiring speech she made at the convention last night? I laughed, I cried, I laughed some more then I fell asleep.
thedudesblog on August 26, 2008 at 4:07 PM
WOW…
Call the Human RIGHTS FOLKS….
Pelosi wants to drill in peoples heads… gotta be covered as Torture…its much worse than waterboarding…
And… I’ve got only one thing to add…
PALOMINO!
Romeo13 on August 26, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Because the Botox has frozen her face into that hideous mask. Seriously.
crazy_legs on August 26, 2008 at 4:08 PM
And Nancy would be the handmaidens for the
middle east!
christene on August 26, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Finally we know the key to making liberals – lobotomy!!
crazy_legs on August 26, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Depends on who you ask. But sour crude is just as vile.
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:09 PM
No. That’s… Can I eat your brain.
Maxx on August 26, 2008 at 4:09 PM
It seems Madame Speaker is looking for a brain to replace the one she has
ordi on August 26, 2008 at 4:09 PM
I think when they did her botox injections, the needles were placed too deep.
Vashta.Nerada on August 26, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Ok someone make a straw man from the wizard of Oz and put pelosi’s face on it….
If she only had a brain!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Dittos.
diogenes on August 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM
C’mon Nance. Even you could have come up with, “Drill her? I hardly know her!”
Exurban Jon on August 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM
FIFY
Anna on August 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Bad botox, and too many face lifts.
Right_of_Attila on August 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Yeah, Pelosi is one sharp cookie!
Give her a break, though. I hear her most important duty is lifting the lid on Harry Reid’s coffin every morning.
Sigh…. what’s a girl to do, eh?
Cody1991 on August 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM
It’s too late for a late-term abortion…
ninjapirate on August 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Kafir,
I just spit my lunch all over my desk!
texette on August 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM
A real statesman!
sabbott on August 26, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Seems like the dems already like brain drilling – of the innocent pre-born baby type…
I think all that botox went to your head, madame speaker.
pullingmyhairout on August 26, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Like I keep saying, it’s not that she looks frightened. It’s because the only instructions she gave her plastic surgeon were “make me look like I belong behind my desk” so he made her look like that bird desk toy that bobs it’s head up and down.
slug on August 26, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Alien comes to mind!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Note to congressional democrats:
When you (all) get back to Washington, you might want to caucus and consider a new speaker of the house for the next session. It certainly
won’t hurt your approval ratingsit can’t hurt your approval ratings.rockhauler on August 26, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I think she was quoting the phrase, “I’ll drill your brains out, baby” but never having had that spoken to her or implemented, she clearly is confused.
Hening on August 26, 2008 at 4:15 PM
ninjapirate on August 26, 2008 at 4:15 PM
14%?
Wow – that’s way, way worse than, say, a president with a 28% approval rating.
Dave Rywall on August 26, 2008 at 4:15 PM
It’s sad to know that thousands of cats and dogs are being tragically put to sleep every day in our country and yet this crazy stupid bitch is allowed to roam free through our neighborhoods, barking at the moon.
TexasJew on August 26, 2008 at 4:16 PM
God…that was a hoot. near tears.
Scoreboard44 on August 26, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Another shining example of one of Bill’s “getting it done” fellow travelers.
Fletch54 on August 26, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Tell Blinky to go sit on a windmill…
J.J. Sefton on August 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Yes, it is.
Congratulations on figuring out the whole “one number is smaller than another” thing.
Slublog on August 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Lil’ Nancy’s doing everything she can to energize and mobilize the party base.
Unfortunately for her, the party base she’s energizing and mobilizing is the GOP’s.
SuperCool on August 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM
“drill your brains”
Was that really appropriate, given the ongoings of the convention that evening?
progressoverpeace on August 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Shrill.
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Not a decent congresswoman, not a decent author, not close to a decent comic,someone find this woman a job she can handle!
dhunter on August 26, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Heh.
God she’s an idiot. She reminds me of the women in the old Redford flick, Jeremiah Johnson. The lady with the slaughtered family and just the boy left. Running around everyone dead, not wanting to leave.
Starts screaming, looks all nutty on screen.
Reminds me of Pelosi.
Scoreboard44 on August 26, 2008 at 4:19 PM
I’d be happy to use her to plug a dry hole. Botox probably works well with class C cement.
At least she would be useful for something.
TexasJew on August 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Wow. Did she follow it up with a “yo mama”?
Chuck Schick on August 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM
She is just smarterer than the rest of us.
jukin on August 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM
14%?
Wow – that’s way, way worse than, say, a president with a 28% approval rating.
Dave Rywall on August 26, 2008 at 4:15 PM
And your point, you gagging pinhead?
TexasJew on August 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Again..this reminds me of the old Bugs Bunny cartoon.
The mad scientist with the Vincent Price like voice….running around in slow motion….chasing after Bugs…
“Come here little Bunny, I want your Brraayin…”
Scoreboard44 on August 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM
+++5
HAHHAHHAAAAA
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:22 PM
“I could while away the hours, conferrin’ with the flowers
Consultin’ with the rain.
And my head I’d be scratchin’ while
my thoughts were busy hatchin’
If I only had a brain.” – Scarecrow
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Oh come on TJ, stick a fuse in her butt, lower her in the hole and use her as a perf for the hole. That would be using her head to drill oil since it would explode!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Fancy Nancy needs to be detoxed. She’s a sad old skank has been.
And people keep voting her in office. Sad, sad, sad.
Offshore_Drilling on August 26, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Ugh… why does America even bother with this vacuous loon?
When my coworkers ask me why I’m a Republican, I just look at them and say, “Nancy Pelosi.”
I used to say, “Juanita Broaderick.”
Gartrip on August 26, 2008 at 4:24 PM
What does that even mean? “Drill your brains”?
It’s nice that she can laugh off your average American’s problems…it’s not like she has to pay for her own gas. The Dems fiddle while Rome burns…
Asher on August 26, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I was thinking, “About as sharp as a pound of wet leather.”
CurtZHP on August 26, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I’d say brains but someone already beat me to it.
(At the moment, red soda and a stromboli >_>)
*eats*
PS: +9000 to TexasJew
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Wow – that’s way, way worse than, say, a president with a 28% approval rating.
Sure sure, brought to you by the same people who would fall into an hysterical frenzy of delight if Bush dropped even one point over a six month period.
Ever since Pelosi took over its been falling like a stone.
Bishop on August 26, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Hmmm… pasty compexion… check…
Lack of intelligent thought… yes…
Looks dead… yep…
Wants to drill in peoples heads… uh huh…
Dam… do we need an American version of “Shawn of the Dead”?
Romeo13 on August 26, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Hm, I want to drill too…I didn’t know that made me a “handmaiden of Big Oil” though. Thanks for the insults, Nance.
CP on August 26, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Like 7-11 night manager?
SuperCool on August 26, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Weapons-grade stupidity, that man. The WTO would have to come up with a whole new file storage facility if that jerk were making our trade policy.
DrSteve on August 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I’ll take Big Oil over Big Brother any day of the week…
leetpriest on August 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Carter says she’d need an accent.
Oh wait, was that racist?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM
You expect her to handle the money at night?!??! Are you INSANE! More like a clerk with NO responsibilities!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Good thing I read carefully…could be “woman with 14 IQ rating…”
Entelechy on August 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM
And your point, you gagging pinhead?
TexasJew on August 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM
—————
Awwww, did my comment fly over your little Texas head? Did that upset you? I’m sorry.
Dave Rywall on August 26, 2008 at 4:29 PM
“Hey you dolts! I’m trying to save the planet! And it all starts with wind!”
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Can this be made into an ad, like tomorrow?
This is this idiot’s “Let them eat cake” moment.
And we all know what happened to Marie Antoinette. She wasn’t re-elected or something.
NoDonkey on August 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM
I think TJ is just saying you are a pathetic excuse for a troll. :) Have a GREAT DAY!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM
I guess pulling up to the pump and shelling out $4.00 a gallon just so I can get to work makes me a “handmaiden of Big Oil.” It must be nice not to have to worry about stuff like this.
Bitch.
CurtZHP on August 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM
This made me picture her with Pickens’s moustache.
*SHUDDER*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Ewwww… just caught it…
I want to drill…
so I’m a hand MAIDEN for big oil…
(to be rude)
/reaches down, checks his package…
Dang… gonna come as a BIT suprise to the new Girlfriend…
Romeo13 on August 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM
“BIG” that is…. grrrr…
Romeo13 on August 26, 2008 at 4:32 PM
…Upon realizing the hillarious irony of Pelosi’s moronically diabolical quip, the protestor shouted back: “SURE NANCE, since it is abundantly clear that you have exhausted your own supply.”
Stoooopid.
ChipDWood on August 26, 2008 at 4:32 PM
I think it was a sincere question. The Democratic party is short on brain and they think drill for them will solve the problem.
The Republican House should return from recess wearing zombie masks and shouting… “Brains” when she steps up on the podium.
Damiano on August 26, 2008 at 4:33 PM
I hope you know Bits are usually diamond tipped. You sure you want to show her?
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:33 PM
And remember, a pic is not enough. Make sure it’s set to video. Pleeeease!!!!
Dusty on August 26, 2008 at 4:34 PM
AWESOME IDEA! Let me find a zombie mask online and send it fed ex to those who stayed in D.C. LOL.
I wonder if they would do it?
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Good grief. So this is the caliber of reasoning and intellectual prowess of the second in presidential line of succession? What should we expect from the third, Robert Byrd? “Yo Momma” jokes?
The fact that Congress has a 14% approval rating utterly perplexes me; because, seriously, who are the people saying they are satisfied with Congress’ performance?
Send_Me on August 26, 2008 at 4:35 PM
You know, Pelosi has been a target-rich environment lately. Maybe she should lay low for a while. Really low.
Anna on August 26, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Ah, that means she’s not a stupid leftist with terrible ideas, right? I understand that 66.1 percent of Japanese eat breakfast as well…I guess that means I should vote for Obama.
Random troll is random….
Asher on August 26, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Rush was absolutely right today (as usual) when he said that the Dimocrat party is run by idiots. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Howard Dean. They truly are are bunch of losers. It makes Bambam a lot easier to explain, too.
I happen to be a believer in the two-party system. What’s happening with these fools is not good for the country, or, even the Republicans. There is no way to debate, or work with, morons and children and deal with matters of importance. The Dimocrat half of our system is dangerously broken.
trigon on August 26, 2008 at 4:40 PM
You’re right, I don’t know what I was thinking on that one.
Garden gnome maybe?
SuperCool on August 26, 2008 at 4:40 PM
You know what would be a good chart…
Economy for the last 8 years… Against who sets economic policy… ie… who runs Congress….
Cause Gase prices have SPIKED the last 2 years… inflation is UP the last two years…
Romeo13 on August 26, 2008 at 4:40 PM
How about leaving all together?
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 4:41 PM
“Oh yeah? Well the Jerk Store called and they’re out of you!” – George Costanza
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Not of this event, but if you missed Pelosi’s landmark speech last night, I trimmed it down to 24 seconds.
Cuffy Meigs on August 26, 2008 at 4:43 PM
I’m not an optimist. : )
Anna on August 26, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Nice, Cuffy, very nice.
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 4:46 PM
I’m assuming the Pelosi thinks that she will have more brains if she drills people who have them.
Pelosi=Scarecrow
“if I only had a brain” – pelosi
theguardianii on August 26, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Weapons-grade stupidity, that man. The WTO would have to come up with a whole new file storage facility if that jerk were making our trade policy.
DrSteve on August 26, 2008 at 4:28 PM
When he won his Senate race in 2006 I knew we were in for a long run of lunacy. His idiot wife writes for the local fishwrap; I think they’re the two most annoying people in history.
Captain Hate on August 26, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Yes, in fact it’s half the approval rating. Oh, were you being sarcastic? If you were, you must not have been a math person.
Oh, that’s right, you’re the one that acts like a middle schooler, so maybe your math class hasn’t gotten to percentages and ratios yet. I’ll give you a short lesson, the Presidents approval rating compared to Congress’ is 2:1. Meaning that for every 1 percent that approves of Congress, 2 percent approve of the President.
Hope that helps. If not, ask your teacher when you go back to school tomorrow.
MobileVideoEngineer on August 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Why does she keep looking at her own nose?
Travis1 on August 26, 2008 at 4:52 PM
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