[ May 4, 2024 ]
And she gave out souvenir pens like she was a Disney princess (Washington Times). From the Wall Street Journal: She demands what she calls a “fair trial” after preventing a fair impeachment probe in the House. This is an abuse of the impeachment power (WSJ). From another story: Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley laid out a sweeping indictment of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arguing that her impeachment strategy backfired and gave Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the upper hand. “The delay now seems largely driven by a desire to preserve the image of Pelosi as a master strategist despite a blunder of the first order,” Turley wrote in a column titled, “Pelosi’s Blunder: How the House Destroyed its Own Case for Impeachment’ (Fox News).
So much for “somber” and “solemn.”
House Dems are so excited about impeachment that they’re passing out commemorative pens and grinning for photos at a celebration ceremony.
Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/GQUfG8VZQi
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 15, 2020
‘An Impeachment That Will Last Forever’
Why did the Speaker of the House go before the press to declare that the charges against the president are “an impeachment that will last forever?” Mrs. Pelosi used the phrase just before sending the charges over to the Senate. She was flanked by the two key managers who will prosecute the case, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler and Adam Schiff, who showed no emotion. Yet the more we rolled her phrasing over in our mind, the more it struck us as peculiar — off — and even an abuse.
Story continues below advertisementFor, at least to us, Mrs. Pelosi spoke as if she doubts her impeachment managers can win a conviction. What she was saying was that she comprehends she is likely to lose but is proceeding anyhow for the purpose of marking the President’s reputation and tarnishing his legacy (and damaging his election chances 10 months hence). She mightn’t gain a conviction, she seemed to be saying, but it is enough to make the charge. The charges themselves will last forever.
Even, the Speaker was suggesting, if there is an acquittal. And that is something to think about. It sent us back to our dog-eared copy of Robert Jackson’s famous speech called “The Federal Prosecutor.” The future Supreme Court justice was attorney general when he delivered his remarks to a gathering of United States attorneys. His aim was to mark for them the need for humility, objectivity, fairness, and decency. And warn of the lurking temptation to abuse of power.
A prosecutor, Jackson asserted, “stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone.” That phenomenon, he seemed to suggest, hisses an invitation to hubris. In such a case, “it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him.”
Then the famous words: “It is in this realm — in which the prosecutor picks some person whom he dislikes or desires to embarrass, or selects some group of unpopular persons and then looks for an offense — that the greatest danger of abuse of prosecuting power lies. It is here that law enforcement becomes personal, and the real crime becomes that of being unpopular with the predominant or governing group, being attached to the wrong political views, or being personally obnoxious …”
We understand that an impeachment is not the same as a criminal proceeding in a conventional court. Yet Jackson put his finger on the very character flaw that Mrs. Pelosi and Messrs. Nadler and Schiff seem to have brought to this drama. It becomes an abuse when one proceeds in the face of the likelihood of acquittal. Acquittal is not certain — these columns have been warning about that — but acquittal is likely, and Mrs. Pelosi and the accusing Democrats know that.
Hence her remark about this being an impeachment that will stand forever. Justice Jackson is long gone, sadly, but we found ourselves thinking all evening about what he might have said had he seen this day. He himself was a Democrat down to the ground. He warned, though, against partisanship in prosecutors. He’d have, we suspect, been horrified at a House seeking satisfaction in the idea that it will be the accusation that will stand throughout history — rather than the verdict.
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25 Comments
4 years ago
There are so many words to describe Pelosi, most of which are unprintable or would be censored. So, it is best to call her what she is, a contemptuous traitor, as is her Party. If anyone is a faux-princess, it is Nancy Pelosi, who in real time is a political *hore. One prays that Karma, Divine Justice strikes this malevolent, waste of flesh-and-bone sooner than later; only then will justice be served and deserved.
4 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
I wonder, was it mere coincidence or some sort of arcane symbolism that she wore a peach dress on the day she signed the impeachment paperwork?
4 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Great observation, I’m sure in the twisted perversities within Pelosi’s mind, it is likely.
4 years ago
This is her big, somber prayerful moment… as she GLOATS. Her name is on each pen too. LOL!
She would like you to believe she “doesn’t hate anyone” and “prays for our President Trump” as HATE drips from her eyes.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Agreed. I hate Nazi comparisons but few cases line up as seamlessly as this one. What do you want to bet this “putsch” was hatched in a beer hall somewhere?
“Straight outta Reichstag”.
4 years ago
Her actions can no longer be dismissed as that of a crazy person. She is truly EVIL. How much more of this can our country take. There will be a reckoning at some point. And she will be at the top of the list to receive her “prize.”
4 years ago
I bet the Republicans regret nit impeaching Obama for his transgressions which were actual crimes. After Trump’s acquittal I hope he punishes the Democrats and outs the most conservative justices on the court.
Second I hope Trump starts going after these sanctuary cities and build a big beautiful wall higher than before.
Last but not least I hope when the Republicans control the house and a Democratic President, they prepare impeachment from DAY 1. Payback is a BI**H. Regardless if a black democrat, white, gay, lesbian or a woman.
4 years ago
Looks like the pens were from China…..
4 years ago
Reply to
Lee
And are no doubt soon for sale on eBay – Impeachment pens as endorsed by Nancy Pelosi. along with this very fetching portrait of her????.
4 years ago
It’d be OK if she had paid for the pens.
We know she didn’t.
Typical democrat : loves to play Santa Claus
with other people’s money / property.
4 years ago
“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.”
– Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police
4 years ago
“O what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!” — Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
In her cowardly remarks regarding the upcoming sham impeachment, Pelosi used this quote but claimed she first read it in elementary school.
Typical Pelosi, she had a perfect chance to make herself seem scholarly and well-read but blew it with that crack about elementary school.
The dumb b*tch!
4 years ago
The Pelosi pen…..with disappearing ink……
4 years ago
Reply to
MajorTom
Soon to be sold in stores, in the “As Seen On TV” section, for only $9.99 each !!
4 years ago
Alice Pelosi in Wonderland at the age of 120.
Performing puppet theater – surrounded by her royal suite of worn and crippled marionettes…
4 years ago
Don’t be fooled, folks, what the Witch of the House is actually celebrating is the hundreds of millions of campaign contributions and other goodies being poured into the Commiecrat coffers by the Swamp and their legions of swine feeding at the federal pig trough. Now, the fight goes to the Senate where they need 20 Republican Senators to vote to impeach our President. The ante will be up. Already, Bloomberg has already stated he’ll spend 1 billion to get rid of Trump and many others will up the ante. What is the price of a Senator? We’ll soon find out. Be aware, be forewarned and better yet, locked and loaded. Our President may need more than a few lawyers to defend him.
4 years ago
She had to wait on the pen order to get filled before moving on with her dog and pony show.
4 years ago
She probably passes out free needles and cheap wine to the homeless derelicts in her district when she goes back there.
4 years ago
she can stick that pen where the sun don’t shine.
4 years ago
This woman, from the filthy streets of San Francisco, is a very foolish puppet, who has surrendered to her string pullers.
The fact remains that she is a liberal simpleton trying to survive in a pool of Progressive sharks. She will fail and be assimilated into the community of hate, called Progressive Socialism, which is outgoing …death-bound.
4 years ago
Its only ” fair ” if that psychopath defines fair under her terms – as SUPPOSEDLY NON PARTISAN – this is supposed to be she turns it into a 3 ring circus – which makes her head clown…
4 years ago
She wants him impeached and removed as that would move her to the Vice President seat. Pens won’t be any good as Trump will not be impeached and Pelosi can go back to planning her next move.
4 years ago
3 years of constant investigations. Nothing came up but a phone call to Ukraine. I think we should investigate Nancy pelosi jerrold nadler and Adam pencil neck Schiff in the same manner and see what we can come up with against them. I seriously doubt they can handle the scrutiny.
