May 22, 2008
Mills on the Hill: Nancy Pelosi's Potty Mouth (Jim Mills)
Today Mills on the Hill reports the sordid and nasty truth about the dark and secret life of noneother than the esteemed Speaker of the House — Nancy Pelosi.
Sure, we already knew about Pelosi's (D-Calif.) debilitating addiction to dark chocolate. And yes, we were pretty sure she didn't spend too much of her discretionary time bonding with her fellow Americans in the clothing departments at Target and Wal-Mart.
But, today, for the first time, and now confirmed by the facts, we have learned definitively that the first female Speaker of the House, the Catholic school-trained mother of five, has a potty mouth.
The nearly imperturbable (at least in public, anyway) gentlelady from San Francisco let the Capitol Hill press corps in on just how angry she can get when the need arises. And, trust me brudda, this week the need has arisen …
The revelation came Thursday during Pelosi's weekly press conference just off the House floor on the second floor of the Capitol. The topic of the hour was the embarrassing snafu that erupted when the Democrats sent President Bush an incomplete version of the $300 billion farm bill.
After talking about her plans to rectify the situation by having the House vote on the bill again (presumably the entire bill) and re-send it to the president, Your Humble Reporter couldn't resist the opportunity to ask Pelosi what we all really wanted to know. Let's go to the videotape:
Mills on the Hill: What was your immediate reaction when you heard this [the snafu]?
Ms. Pelosi: (After a long period of silence with several interesting facial contortions.) Uncustomarily crude.
[Laughter.]
Mills on the Hill: Excellent.
(Later in same news conference)
Mills on the Hill: Madam Speaker?
Ms. Pelosi: You had one already.
Mills on the Hill: That was a retort.
[Laughter.]
Ms. Pelosi: You got the most information of anybody.
[Laughter.]
I was uncharacteristically candid to you.
Mills on the Hill: You could go all the way around the bases and tell us exactly what you said.
Ms. Pelosi: It wasn't as bad as you think.
[Laughter.]
Mills on the Hill: What was the first letter?
At which point, things started to deteriorate. So we let it go. But, intrepid Hill reporter Mike Soraghan (who actually knows how to ferret out a story instead of throwing little grenades like Mills on the Hill typically does) got some Pelosi aides to fess up about the exact word Pelosi summoned up in her fit of anger.
Soraghan reports that Pelosi aides informed him that she spelled out “C-R-A-P."
As in: "C" — "R" — "A" — "P". A trick Pelosi no doubt employed as she was raising her brood of smart, quick-learning children and long before she ever dreamed about national politics.
Soraghan tells Mills on the Hill that just as he was extracting the Gitmo truth out of the Pelosi staff, the Speaker walked by and fessed up to the (not-quite-by-Washington-standards) crude outburst: “That’s how I was raised,” she explained to Soraghan and a few other hallway gagglers, who no doubt were a little disappointed by the fairly tame language.
Since this is a family space, Mills on the Hill would like to apologize ahead of time to anyone who took offense at this bare-bark, straight-talking telling of the facts. Pursuing the truth is sometimes a conscience-searing endeavor that, for the good of the American public, requires not holding back any punches.
I did my job reporting the facts. Now I leave it to history to decide if this episode is the beginning of the end of Nancy Pelosi's meteoric, unblemished political career.
Mills on the Hill, signing off.
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Pretty earthshaking news …
Comment by smilinjack — May 22, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
Mills on The Hill; that was a lot of words and with little or no substance. Where's the beef?
Comment by Janet M — May 23, 2008 @ 9:45 am
[…] For that answer, you'll have to check out Jim Mills' sensational blog in The Hill. Here's an excerpt: Mills on the Hill: What was your immediate reaction when you heard this [the snafu]? Ms. Pelosi: (After a long period of silence with several interesting facial contortions.) Uncustomarily crude. [Laughter.] Mills on the Hill: Excellent. (Later in same news conference) Mills on the Hill: Madam Speaker? Ms. Pelosi: You had one already. Mills on the Hill: That was a retort. [Laughter.] Ms. Pelosi: You got the most information of anybody. [Laughter.] I was uncharacteristically candid to you. Mills on the Hill: You could go all the way around the bases and tell us exactly what you said. Ms. Pelosi: It wasn't as bad as you think. [Laughter.] Mills on the Hill: What was the first letter? […]
Pingback by Extreme Mortman » Crude: Oil? Nope. Pelosi. - Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Take Politics Seriously Again — May 23, 2008 @ 11:54 am
Obviously you have never been around a number of women when they talk about their spouses or their children. They all have potty mouthes.
Comment by Mike Coleman — May 23, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
Mike, what's wrong, your prison "spouse" gave a you hard time again? Just sit down if you can, and relax.
Comment by Igor R. — May 25, 2008 @ 1:33 am