{"id":7539,"date":"2006-05-30T09:45:42","date_gmt":"2006-05-30T13:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7539"},"modified":"2006-05-30T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2006-05-30T13:45:42","slug":"nancy-pelosi-can-keep-a-caucus-together-but-she-doesnt-know-curly-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/nancy-pelosi-can-keep-a-caucus-together-but-she-doesnt-know-curly-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi can keep a caucus together, but she doesn’t know curly fries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe I just need to lower my expectations when it comes to what qualifies for a front-page story in the [tag]New York Times[\/tag]. Last week it was a 2,000-word piece<\/a> on how many weekends Bill and Hillary Clinton spend together. Today, [tag]Nancy Pelosi[\/tag] makes the front page<\/a> with a largely unflattering piece that mocks the “cadence” with which she repeats her “alliterative sound bites.”<\/p>\n

Consider these illustrative paragraphs.<\/p>\n

As the prospect of a Democratic majority gains credibility and Ms. Pelosi is more visible, she is also subjected to the speculation and analysis about her [tag]hair[\/tag], [tag]makeup[\/tag] and [tag]clothes[\/tag] that any woman positioned for such a big job often must endure.<\/p>\n

“I hear them say on TV that I’ve had face-lifts,” said Ms. Pelosi, 66, who added that she had never had one. “I heard one woman say I’ve had a [tag]face-lift[\/tag], but it looks terrible.” She shook her head and said, “Did you ever think that those two things cancel themselves out?”<\/p>\n

Ms. Pelosi said she slept little, stole exercise by dashing through airports and subsisted many days on Ghirardelli [tag]chocolates[\/tag] (“less than 10” a day) and pistachio nuts (which she shells with her teeth).<\/p>\n

“I had a [tag]hamburger[\/tag] last night and it was my breakfast, lunch and dinner,” she said last week. “And I had these strange things. I realized they were French fries.” She made quick spiraling gestures with her fingers to show what they looked like. It was apparent that she was not familiar with [tag]curly fries[\/tag].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, then Pelosi clearly has no business serving as [tag]Speaker[\/tag] of the House, right?<\/p>\n

Also note how the NYT’s Mark Leibovich mentions that it’s unfortunate how women in positions of political power have to endure “speculation and analysis” about [tag]superficial[\/tag] issues, which Leibovich then adds to with additional analysis of her [tag]appearance[\/tag] and eating habits.<\/p>\n

Trivia aside, the Times’ article does make one thing clear: Republicans thrive when they have a villain they can demonize in direct mail and red-meat speeches for the GOP base. More than any House Dem leader in years, Nancy [tag]Pelosi[\/tag] will be that [tag]villain[\/tag], whether Dems take back the House or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe I just need to lower my expectations when it comes to what qualifies for a front-page story in the [tag]New York Times[\/tag]. Last week it was a 2,000-word piece on how many weekends Bill and Hillary Clinton spend together. Today, [tag]Nancy Pelosi[\/tag] makes the front page with a largely unflattering piece that mocks the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}