I have a list of good news bits today I want to get to later, but since I can’t stop getting all choked up about it, nor stop squealing her name, I just have to say….
And all other sorts of really encouraging political gains for those of us who, you know, actually give a shit about people, their rights, and our collective well-being.
But the idea that some little girl somwhere was able to have the first election she saw involve a woman, winning the third most powerful position in U.S. politics — an unapologetic feminist, no less; such an awesome woman, too, and don’t think it doesn’t get me extra beamy that she’s an Italian-American — has just got me so damn loopy, I cannot stop happydancing and weeping.
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November 8th, 2006 at 11:21 am
i know!! my thoughts exactly. i heart nancy pelosi, always have.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
i am UBER-STOKED about her winning the election! i don’t know much about her, to be honest, but this entire election was about progress, and having a woman be elected as speaker of the house meant progress in spades! also…being an ohioan, making sure that ken blackwell wasn’t elected as governor of ohio was incredibly important to me. but don’t get me started…