Nancy Pelosi is planning a four-day extravaganza hailing her ascension to the position of House Speaker on January 4, 2007.
The festivities are on a scale usually associated with presidential inaugurations …. or perhaps coronations. It should be quite the celebration.
Among other things she will dine at the Italian Embassy as Tony Bennett sings “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”
Rumor has it that it’s more than just a 4-day party. It’s a power grab or at the very least image reshaping.
Pelosi is grabbing the moment to present herself as the new face of the Democratic Party and to restore the party’s image as one hospitable to ethnic minorities, families, religion, the working class and women.
“This is important strategic repositioning,” said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, who teaches political communication and rhetoric at the University of Pennsylvania. “Essentially, she’s trying to embody the Democratic Party that she would like to offer the nation in 2008.”
In her meticulous selection of events and venues during a week when she expects to attract media attention from as far away as Australia, Pelosi is clearly trying to bury the label “San Francisco liberal” ……
Ahhh, so she wants the little people to know that she hasn’t forgotten them.
She is planning events that will highlight select parts of her personal life while muting her liberal voting record and ideology. “She’s showing all the ways she shares other women’s lives,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic strategist.
A communications consultant for entertainers and Democratic politicians, Ken Sunshine, says Pelosi is ‘right on’. Far out!
Queen Nancy, whoops, House Speaker-elect Nancy grew up in Baltimore as the daughter of the mayor. Her brother was also mayor. She will return to Baltimore on January 2nd to have a street named after her. Albermarle Street will be renamed “Via Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi.”
The celebrations will end on January 5th when Nancy will hold what she is calling the “People’s House” open house at the Cannon House Office Building. But it will be less welcoming than it sounds … the event is by invitation only. The People’s House! Why do socialists use The People when naming things.
Whatever her purpose in this elaborate, in-your-face celebration, she is certainly grabbing the spotlight. She will be queen for a few days and then ascend to her position as Speaker of the House.
I hope she will remember that being Speaker of the House is not, or should not be, about HER and her power and her position. Hopefully, she will stop with the narcisim and start with getting about the business of ‘the people’.
Kim Priestap calls it hubris, but doesn’t think that word goes far enough. (She also likened it to a coronation!).
The Daily Brief is working on what to call the affair.
{My appologies to Queen Elizabeth I, one of my favorite monarchs, for dressing Pelosi in one of her finer gown!)
December 23rd, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Wasn’t Nancy Pelosi one of the Democrats that were chastising President Bush for the cost and extravigance of his own inaugural ball and the parties that were paid for by the RNC?
December 23rd, 2006 at 11:03 pm
hmmmmm …… yes, I think so!! But that was him - this is her. It’s all about her, her, her! lol
December 24th, 2006 at 3:43 am
Merry Christmas Open Trackback Weekend…
Merry Christmas to all…and to all a good night! Just leave a post and I’ll be sure to send a tb ping (eventually…hey, I have to work for a living!) your way. I hope everyone has a really nice Christmas….
December 24th, 2006 at 3:46 am
What a hypocrite!
BSC Beth: Yep!
December 25th, 2006 at 9:10 am
Let’s help Nancy Pelosi celebrate……
Al Qaeda’s message to leaders of the Democratic party is that credit for the defeat of Congressional Republicans belongs to the terrorists. Here’s an idea to help the Democrats celebrate their victory……
January 4th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Aren’t you the same people who DEMAND monuments to Ronald Reagan in every state and then plan to movce to one in every county, etc.? When it comes to memorials and coronations, I think we know who the REAL hypocrites are.
January 5th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I used to be a Democrat. One of the main things that drove me away from them long ago was the continuous hypocrisy of the Leftist Elites, who continuously exempted themselves from the critical standards they would apply to everyone else. I lived with that for 23 years in San Francisco/Pelosi Land. Elitist posturing and posing; it’s a way of life there.
January 6th, 2007 at 2:03 am
First woman Speaker of the House-that’s a historic occasion. I don’t think she is parading around pompously the way you depict her but she certainly deserves some attention. I saw the swearing in and it was exciting and full of hope. She wasn’t hiding her “liberal agenda”. She even mentioned.. yikes, dare I say it…climate change. I used Google images to try to find a nice picture of her at the ceremony and most of the pictures that came up were just from bloggers like you mocking her. What are you so afraid of? I am eternally grateful that she is trying to restore some of the checks and balances. I can’t believe you’re whining about it already. I think y’all have screwed up enough. Stand back and let her see what she can do to fix it.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
i hope you don’t mind, but i’ve taken the liberty of borrowing your most exquisite “pelousy” creation for a very important post at longrange. i’ve given the proper credit where credit is due you.
you are brilliant!