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Nancy Pelosi is a remarkable politician and one of the top Speakers this country has ever had. Her determination, singular focus, and management skills are remarkable. Without her, we would not have health care reform (of any kind).

Now, I wouldn’t want to have a beer with her because the skills that make her a great Speaker make her a pretty miserable social “normal” human (see also: Madonna and M.D.s) but I wanted to note for the record how much I appreciate her and admire the job she has done.

Note: this is in response to James Brooks’ saying on PBS “She is not a great speaker — I mean a spokesperson, a communicator. I personally don’t think she’s great on policy. But she has the skills to know how to control this body, which is a fractious body, even when you have a majority. And, so, those skills are maybe in her blood from her father and her brother, but also skills that she really possesses. And there’s no denying she is a very effective legislator.”

What an asshole. Brooks, that is.

… because they’re first on my Death Panel list.

This video is a great example of how the TeaBaggers are the expression of the American nativist/right id. They’re incoherent, ignorant jackasses who know nothing, but are very angry about it, whatever “it” is. In this case I really think “it” stems from having a black president[1, 2] and, probably, a poorly expressed inner rage at increasing feelings of powerlessness and meaninglessness in a corporatized, multicultural 21st century. It doesn’t excuse their stupidity or expression of the lizard brain, but it is … understandable.

See also, this video where HCR opponents scream at a Parkinson’s sufferer. I don’t think I’ve seen a video more fuel my misanthropy in quite some time.

Things were much easier for the TeaBaggers when we could lash out at those furrin brown people with the funny ibn- and al- and mohammedan-esque names.

[1] Teabaggers chant “nigger” at Rep. Lewis
[2] Man carries assault rifle to Obama town hall meeting