Pelosi jabs DeMint on his way out
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday linked outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to one of the “saddest” Senate votes in years and suggested DeMint’s values won’t be missed on Capitol Hill.
Pelosi criticized the resigning South Carolina lawmaker and other GOP senators for voting Tuesday against Senate ratification of a United Nations treaty on rights for the disabled.
“For them [DeMint and other treaty opponents] to slap the face of our veterans, of people with disabilities, of families with children with disabilities, that was one of the saddest days,” Pelosi said in the Capitol, taking care to avoid DeMint’s name. “So anyone who was a party to that, well, I wish them well wherever they are going, and hope that we can have more of our values represented [by his replacement].”
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I doubt if Nana knows who DeMint is without being reminded by her ever-patient staffers.
slickwillie2001 on December 6, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Oh, I do hope his replacement is Tim Scott.
Wethal on December 6, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Cupid stunt
Rio Linda Refugee on December 6, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Pelosi is the biggest pill in DC. Rivaled closely by Harry Reid.
dczombie on December 6, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Classy as always, that’s the demorat party.
Bishop on December 6, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Why would we need to sign up for a treaty that covers laws that are already on the books? We’ve covered that already, doesn’t Congress have more pressing issues?
DFCtomm on December 6, 2012 at 9:20 PM
I second that emotion!!!
honsy on December 6, 2012 at 9:20 PM
If democrats only achieved the stated goals of their lofty bill titles. Did she even read any of this one?
MechanicalBill on December 6, 2012 at 9:21 PM
I despise that effing wench.
BallisticBob on December 6, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Reminds me of Obama when after Romney’s hidden-video “47%” comment came out, and Obama sniffs that the President should be the President of all the people, little whiny snots, nit-picking and back-biting over what they portray as betraying their liberal values, when they’re making a big thing out of nothing. Annoying little turds. If I may use that term.
Paul-Cincy on December 6, 2012 at 9:35 PM
UN treaty on rights for the disabled. Something tells me if I look into this, it either is some scam against Israel or the US, or involves some other shenanigans.
Dongemaharu on December 6, 2012 at 9:36 PM
We already have the ADA on the books, Pelosi. We don’t cede our sovereignty to the UN.
Meanwhile, Jim DeMint makes clear his disagreement with Boehner:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/271579-demint-sends-parting-shot-at-boehner
DeMint is correct that Heritage Action can get the conservative message out to the public via radio and television spots.
onlineanalyst on December 6, 2012 at 9:37 PM
She is such a classless, menial, vacuous whore. No offense to whores intended.
ExpressoBold on December 6, 2012 at 9:43 PM
Thank goodness someone stands up for U.S. sovereignty!! This would have made the united states accountable to a committee of academics and ‘disability experts’ based in Geneva, Switzerland. Why would we want this? America has already passed the Americans with Disability act as the rule of law here. We are accountable to our own courts.
Dollayo on December 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Pelosi is a harlot extraordinaire – the book about how she became famous is yet to be written.
Schadenfreude on December 6, 2012 at 9:57 PM
I think you mean on “his” way out. Sadly she remains.
Cindy Munford on December 6, 2012 at 9:58 PM
The clueless idiots in this country are closer than over to destroying it. The UN is a profoundly anti-American organization. I don’t care what kind of treaty it is, it has no business being “ratified” in our government.
WisCon on December 6, 2012 at 10:02 PM
If she’s squealing about something, it’s good for America, and vice versa.
SouthernGent on December 6, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Indeed. Very sad, but one can dream, yes? If only the vile hag was leaving.
Slainte on December 6, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Without looking, name the person whom he is replacing. Name one person at Heritage who has influenced the national debate consistently. Name the most memorable radio, television ad sponsored by HF.
He’s doing it for the money. Stop with this more powerful position BS. He will not be seen or heard from in a meaningful way once he leaves Congress.
Capitalist Hog on December 6, 2012 at 10:22 PM
On a broom, in the light blue suit.
Schadenfreude on December 6, 2012 at 10:34 PM
He’s replacing Ed Feulner, CH.
DeMint does not have to be the face on the ads or radio spots to be effective. Pay attention to what his credentials are before he entered public service.
DeMint’s work with the Senate Conservative Fund was very influential in getting some fine new senators into Congress. DeMint is not a showboat; he is a behind-the-scenes leader, an influential one at that.
onlineanalyst on December 6, 2012 at 10:34 PM
Capitalist Hog == fatty bacon. With a commensurate intellectual capacity…
affenhauer on December 6, 2012 at 10:42 PM
Spot on!
I’ve been out of the loop for a couple days. What’s causing all the tantrums by the RAT’s?
VikingGoneWild on December 6, 2012 at 11:04 PM
Ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) would have done nothing to help persons with disabilities, but would have diminished U.S. sovereignty by giving the United Nations unprecedented authority over American businesses.
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/07/13/another-u-n-convention-that-poses-threats-to-u-s-sovereignty/
ITguy on December 6, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Thanks for the info!
VikingGoneWild on December 6, 2012 at 11:16 PM
F-ck you bitch.
Ward Cleaver on December 6, 2012 at 11:28 PM
Stupid b!tch.
Ward Cleaver on December 6, 2012 at 11:28 PM
Did she jab him with her broom?
steebo77 on December 7, 2012 at 12:06 AM
classy as usual
cmsinaz on December 7, 2012 at 6:10 AM
I’d call them dangerous anti-American traitors who engage in sedition on a daily basis. “Annoying little turds” qualifies as a complement.
Myron Falwell on December 7, 2012 at 8:18 AM