One week after the midterm elections and Representative Nancy Pelosi has laid the marker for regaining her role as Speaker of the House. The unnaturally pulled politician is not going to let go of power. Nope, she is holding on like a shopper with a hot toy on Black Friday. Pelosi had it the speakership and she is getting it back. Girlfriend is going to play every card in the deck, including the woman card. Vagina politics will be on full display.

During the midterm election, non-incumbent Democrat candidates were swearing up, down and sideways that they would not vote for Pelosi for Speaker of the House. They were independent. They were young. They wanted fresh leadership and idea. They wanted to get elected.CNN.com recently reported that those incoming freshman are facing pressure over there “No Pelosi” pledge. From the article:

But as the freshmen come to Washington this week, they are also under growing pressure from their caucus to avoid a messy floor fight and to back Pelosi after she’s expected to win the Democratic nomination for speaker later this month. If they don’t, they risk provoking chaos in their new majority — while alienating themselves with their new colleagues and party leaders who could help them ascend in their caucus and land plum committee spots.
Publicly, Pelosi was nonchalant during the campaign. Her message to those candidates: “Just win, baby.” She went on to raise more than $6.7 million for the party’s program that supports candidates aiming to flip their districts for Democrats — many of whom opposed Pelosi. Overall, Pelosi raised $129 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Nancy Pelosi may be a craven politician who is devoid of ideas or ethics. Our girl Pelosi brings in the big green. Photo credit: Pexels.com

Two things stand out from this paragraph. The first is the importance of committee and subcommittee assignments. If Nancy gets her role as Speaker back and you didn’t vote for her, you will end up on the Natural Resources subcommittee for Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. There is no juice in that gig. The second is Pelosi does bring in major moolah. To quote urban poet Coolio, “Power and the money, money and the power.”

So what’s an aging, power mad pol to do. Play “vagina politics”, of course. When you got nothing else, pull out that vagina and throw it on the table. Grown men hide under the table when that organ comes out. The Daily Wire posted an article titled “Nancy Pelosi: Make Me Speaker Because I’m A Woman”. Here are a few quotes from that article:

Pelosi is now arguing that not only is she the most qualified, having served as House Speaker for four years under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, but that she should be Speaker again because she’s a woman.

And:

Pelosi’s supporters are using the “woman card” to back her up, attempting to sex-shame anyone who votes against her. What if the opposition put up another woman as speaker? There’s no way Pelosi would dismiss this line of attack.

“I think it would look ridiculous if we win back the House … we have a pink wave with women who have brought back the House, then you’re going to not elect the leader who led the way? No,” Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) told Politico. “That would be wrong.”

Incoming Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) echoed Frankel’s statement: “We have a president who is a misogynist, a president who has been antagonistic to women’s issues… There is no better person at the very top than” Pelosi.

“Woman card” and “pink wave” are you freaking kidding me? Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall.

Okay, I am back. But notice in the video of a press conference what color suit “San Fran Nan” wore:

That’s right. Pink suit for the pink wave. Vote for me because I am a girl. It’s vagina politics.

It’s sad. The Democrat Party has consumed the kool-aid of identity politics for so long that they can’t see the nation craves sweet tea. Wouldn’t it be beautiful to have women elected and then move up through power because they had great ideas and could actually form a sentence. Get ready for Speaker (yet again) Nancy Pelosi.

Feature photo of Nancy Pelosi courtesy: Samantha Shanahan/KQED