Is Nancy Pelosi really the “radical” she’s made out to be by Republicans?

Question

You can only believe that Pelosi is a “radical” if you’re the kind of person who believes that John McCain is an “independent.”

Nancy Pelosi should be understood as someone who has supported George Bush for the last six years. She voted for a motion for unequivocal support for George Bush’s conduct of the war in Iraq, and she led the Democratic Party to vote for that. So she is someone who has been committed to the policies that the U.S. government has followed.

Answer 1

She's a radical if you define her on Republican terms, i.e. anyone who has power who doesn't fall in line with the neoconservative ideology...

Answer 2

I'm not sure where you came up with the idea of radical. Many of us have for years realized that the liberal wing of the Dem party wants badly to control the country. A Dem from San Francisco is by definition a liberal. This is the concern, not that she is a radical. In spite of her saying she wants to work with reps, I expect her to push for impeachment of Bush. I don't trust her any further than I can throw a horse. She has a definite agenda and I was appalled when she was elected by the house. That does not make her a radical nor do I think the reps have made her out to be that. I think you made that up.

Answer 3

Well she is a far-left California democrat. Even if she is a radical, we have republicans and conservative democrats to keep her and Bush in balance and checked. Everything should be fine.

Answer 4

Have you been hiding under a rock the last 6 years? Have you not been paying attention to her?

You have forgotten one really big key here. The election, while having been won by democrats, was won by democrats who are fiscally and socially conservative. Which means she is going to have to be careful of what, where and how she says things. She is extremely liberal, and very far left in her thinking, maybe more so than our inebriated buddy Sen. Kennedy and John "which way should I go today" Kerry. She will push for her far left tendencies, but it will be more back door and under wraps than she would other wise have to be thanks to these conservatives recently elected to the democratic side of the aisle.

Answer 5

Radical or just liberal Nancy Pelosi fits the dictionary definitions . I don't believe in her agenda as is my right as an American citizen.

Her voting record on issues important to me.....
NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism
NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries
NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries
NO on authorizing military force in Iraq
NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration
NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
NO on Prescription drug coverage under Medicare
NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits
NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty"
NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business
NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years
NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax")
NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment
NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business
NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties

Dictionary meaning both radical & liberal......
Radical -favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms
Liberal-favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.

Answer 6

Hating to agree with you, I am beginning to think she may not be the radical that I thought she was. However, it's only been a week, and I am still skeptical. I have adopted a "wait and see" strategy.

Answer 7

she definitely isnt, im far more of a radical than she is, and im not even calling for cheneys resignation yet.

Answer 8

No, to the insane sanity is strange.

Answer 9

Who are you ? her mother. Yes she is a radical and a hypocrite. Get your facts in line.