Nancy San Fran NanPelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of politicians. Formerly Speaker of the House, but it's not her fault they lost. Really. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace...
attacked House Republicans for pursuing contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Eric
Inaction JacksonHolder on Wednesday.
"I could have tossed in the clink
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
Karl Rove on any given day," Pelosi said on Wednesday, The Huffington Post reports. "I'm not kidding. There's a prison here in the Capitol. If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have tossed in the clink
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
him."
"Oh, any number" of charges could have been brought against Rove, Pelosi said. "But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress."
Pelosi also criticized Republicans pushing for justice for Border Patrol agent Brian Terry -- as House oversight committee ranking Democratic member Rep. Elijah Cummings
...Representative-for-life from Maryland, representing half of Baltimore City, which makes his district ultra-safe, and most of Howard County, which is out-populated by the city. Cummings' politix are so liberal they're tedious...
has on numerous occasions -- as "just strictly political."
"It's just the irresponsibility of the Republicans," Pelosi said. "We want jobs. Why are they spending this time doing this?"
Pelosi attacked House oversight committee Chairman Darrell Issa too. "'Loose cannon' would sort of be like such a compliment to Darrell Issa," Pelosi said. "'Loose cannon' would be a moderate phrase. This is an bomb. It doesn't serve our country, and it undermines the true purpose of contempt of Congress."