I expressed my sincerest condolences by offering positive consolation on a post, and it was rejected. Someone was saying that she loves Nancy Pelosi so much that she would choose Nancy to be a grandmother to her own grandchildren. She had expressed earnest hope that Nancy would retain her Speaker of the House position, and had every faith that she would.
When this poor member’s hopes were dashed, I rushed right over to share some words of encouragement. I felt compelled to help this grieving woman look at the positive side as she soulfully laments the loss. The thanks I got? She deleted my comment. If I have offended her in any way, I apologize profusely. I certainly would never want to add to her pain in these darkest of days following the agonizing defeat of the would-be proxy grandmama.
I said, “She has plenty of time for visits and singing lullabies now.” I thought that would be comforting, but it was not appreciated. Perhaps I should also have reminded her that Nancy still retains her House of Representatives seat and is worth well over $12 million, so she's not so sad. She just has more time for visits and lullabies, and maybe even a visit and a lullaby for you. Some people just can't be consoled, though.
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Pelosi's net worth is over 12 million. I know too many people that would put up with her in order to inherit that!
"I wouldn't mind, but they talk about her like they really know her"
That is not an illusion unique to one political clan, by any means. Many thought nothing of granting Mr. Bush the power to declare himself Ruler of America, after all ; )
And that power remains . . indefinitely.
I was talking about people who are under the illusion that they know personally not only politicians, but also any celebrity or talk show host well enough through their public presence and/or from hearsay to embrace them to an extent that is beyond rationality. Certainly, that kind of illusory manifestation of deifying celebrity is not indigenous to any particular political persuasion; no mental illness is.
This whole post was just a bit of levity to endure the insanity of watching someone's histrionics become a serious discussion. All kidding aside, it's rather sad to watch. It's just really sick stuff.
The "narratives" we are offered, relentlessly, are very difficult to get beyond, it seems to me, and include all sorts of obfuscatory aspects that "catch" various people in various forms of idolizations and fantasy realities. Something like "Global Warming" is a great example, but so is something like the "Patriot Act", or "WMD" in Iraq. This is very serious business, even if it strikes us each as comical sometimes . .
Different strokes, for different folks, as they used to say ; )
I also put the communication in Dan's post into a satirical synopsis in my head. I never got around to writing it out, though. It just helps to put into perspective for me the things I can't change. Some people write poetry. Some people paint pictures. I've always turned to music and humor for relief.
I should check to see if she took me up on my suggestion to change the title to My Life Before Beltone.
I did call, but I got some ditsy receptionist and gatekeeper who wasn't about to put me through to anyone who would give a good damn. I could have pursued it and called again, but I scoured rhe Internet at the time too. If this had been something that really happened that way, it would have been everywhere. They're scripted calls so the same thing would have been said throusands of times and several people would have picked up on it.
I pointed out several flaws in that story and looking back now, I think I did a good enough job there single-handedly to dispel the rumor for anyone not reading with bias to blast Christians. It was rather fun, actually.
Further down the article says:
“She’s been working her entire career to be at this point — a speaker with a big enough majority that she can actually do something,†said Pelosi biographer Mark Sandalow, who tracked the California Democrat’s career for two decades as a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle."
And now just about two years later, due in part to her own greediness and arrogance in "doing" too much, too fast, too left, the headline in January 2011 will reflect a completely opposite scenario.
Yes, she wanted all the things most of us were shocked and dismayed at ... but apparently she took a longer view and might not have taken up health care or clean energy until much later (if but for except that ... some outside force changed that?).
Of course, I guess my assumption depends on what the definition of "much later" later is or was in Pelosi's mind.