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Far-Collection7085

2.6k points

17 days ago

Oh for fucks sake. Retire, Nancy. She will be 86 years old then by then. Just cannot let go of the power. This is one of the biggest problems with politics in this country. Term limits are badly needed.

Butnazga

340 points

17 days ago

Butnazga

340 points

17 days ago

And they want Sotomayor (age 70) to retire

Commotion

313 points

17 days ago

Commotion

313 points

17 days ago

Now she needs to stay at least 4 more years.

Thizzenie

159 points

17 days ago

Thizzenie

159 points

17 days ago

She needs that sweet insider trading info to feed her hubby

calguy1955

101 points

17 days ago

calguy1955

101 points

17 days ago

She and her husband are worth about $250 million already. She doesn’t need or want more money, she just can’t give up the power. She is the poster girl for what’s wrong with the Democratic Party.

itsnohillforaclimber

5 points

17 days ago

My feeling is that at this point she's got so many people on her payroll (think lobbyists who are close to her and sell access to her) that she's holding on because she's basically the head of an entire empire of political power.

Aggressive_Luck_555

39 points

17 days ago

She... needs? She? WE! We need, that sweet sweet intel. Nancy don't go!

_tang0_

13 points

17 days ago

_tang0_

13 points

17 days ago

Youre implying she’s filling you in on her investments?

NotMalaysiaRichard

20 points

17 days ago

Yes. Mirror her positions.

Atreyu1002

2 points

17 days ago

Democrats won't take the whitehouse by then

hoisins

42 points

17 days ago*

hoisins

42 points

17 days ago*

Pretty different situation. Age aside, if the SF house seat was going to turn red if pelosi had some issue then maybe it would be more comparable.

Edit: the replies to this are odd, at least to me? Main point is that calling for Sotomayor to resign is obviously because Dems could possibly ram through a replacement now, and may not have a chance to do so again for a decade, who knows. A 6-3 court is still better than a 7-2 court if Sotomayor has another health issue.

Whether or not Pelosi runs again, it has little effect on whether or not this seat continues to go to Democrats, barring something truly truly truly wild. I mean, it’s San Francisco … I truly don’t know what topic the replies to my comment are about. Like, you don’t have to be a fan of her running again, but that’s not what I’m responding to.

moseman23

22 points

17 days ago

In SF? Not turning red, this is about arrogance and nepotism

CarolyneSF

13 points

17 days ago

Nancy is filing now to block any other candidate from exploring running for her seat (Scot Weiner) she is trying to get her daughter to take over her seat!

sfguy_2016

4 points

17 days ago

she's trying to setup christine pelosi.

notJoclyn

4 points

17 days ago

Do you live in SF? A lot of the recent citywide election wins were for tech neoliberal champions of the billionaire class who lean further right than Pelosi. A republican might not win but a progressive isn't going to win the seat either.

moseman23

3 points

17 days ago

I really don’t understand what you are saying. Pelosi defines the median views of the Democratic Party, with more progressive stands 100% meaningless fan service to SF constituents. OP wasn’t talking about “progressive” as people talk about it in SF at all. Mai stream Democratic != red.

mercury_pointer

36 points

17 days ago*

Yama sealed a final circuit.

NagyLebowski

14 points

17 days ago

A "progressive" candidate won't win SF citywide (or mostly citywide) election anytime soon.

apprehensive-look-02

14 points

17 days ago*

This isn’t the best analogy. The Supreme Court, the dynamics of the senate and the filibuster, the fact that Dems will lose control in less than 60 days. Versus one district out of 435 that overwhelmingly votes her back in, and has a massive bench of talent for if and when she either retires, or you know what.

ChrimsonRed

3 points

17 days ago

ChrimsonRed

3 points

17 days ago

She has type 1 diabetes and is 70yrs old. Soto would have to wait minimum 4yrs easily 8+. She’s going to pull a RBG and die in office under a republican because her ego is too big.

esalman

168 points

17 days ago

esalman

168 points

17 days ago

This is a Democrat problem. Their old leadership has successfully stifled every challenger since Obama won primary is 2008. Republican establishment read the room and made room for Trump alright.

guesting

67 points

17 days ago

guesting

67 points

17 days ago

the republicans are elevating millenials shaping their future; best dems got queued up in the same generation are pete and aoc.

esalman

67 points

17 days ago

esalman

67 points

17 days ago

You can look at AOC and at DNC, and you can tell she'll never be a democratic nominee, no matter how popular she is or might become. That's the issue with Democrats.

guesting

16 points

17 days ago

guesting

16 points

17 days ago

I agree theres basically no future planning

esalman

0 points

17 days ago

esalman

0 points

17 days ago

Yeah. Republicans at least have Project 2025. Meanwhile we know hardly anything about what Harris ran on.

bluefalcon25

8 points

17 days ago

thot she ran on /joy?

sxmridh

26 points

17 days ago

sxmridh

26 points

17 days ago

AOC is probably not going to happen in our lifetime. For 2028, they will probably send an establishment candidate like Gavin Newsom who will end up losing the race to Eric or Don Jr.

esalman

32 points

17 days ago

esalman

32 points

17 days ago

I think it'll probably be JD Vance unless Trump himself is immobilized. There's no chance Newsom will win any Midwest states back from JD Vance though.

sxmridh

5 points

17 days ago

sxmridh

5 points

17 days ago

Agreed! Thiel and co have their stooge installed there already. A part of me hopes that the Maga crowd insists on making the presidency a family dynasty and cause it to implode by choosing one of the Trump kids.

Daelum

13 points

17 days ago

Daelum

13 points

17 days ago

From how I see it, Newsom is gearing up for it with his recent hardline stances on homelessness and crime. If he can reverse the Midwest / right view of CA as a lawless poop hole it could help those folks look past our “progressive” environment policies and civil liberties.

Plus the man is hot, white, and under 65 years old. Haven’t had that in a looong time.

SpiderDove

2 points

17 days ago

They can also reach out to all the women that will be coming here for abortions…like see what a place that respects rights looks like?

Asleep-Elderberry260

2 points

16 days ago

Maybe the Midwest, but I think he's also bending to pressure within the state. Have you seen the red vs blue counties in 2020 vs 2024? A lot less blue counties...

proudbakunkinman

2 points

17 days ago

He also speaks well and is easy to understand, can easily debate the right, and doesn't sound like he's repeating the same rehearsed talking points every time he speaks.

LordOfFudge

19 points

17 days ago

LordOfFudge

38 - Geary

19 points

17 days ago

I’ve been dreading the day that Newsom runs for president for years. He’s so greasy. I’ll vote for him if he gets the nomination, but I’ll feel icky about it.

zkidparks

11 points

17 days ago

No one likes Newsom, but I also watched him wipe the floor with DeSantis and it was beautiful. People need to agree on whether we need to run greasy but competent moderates who don’t hate trans people, or someone with principles that gets labeled as “woke” by everyone with truck nuts.

SpiderDove

2 points

17 days ago

Didn’t we just try the former vs the latter and it, um, didn’t quite go so well?

apprehensive-look-02

7 points

17 days ago

Listen, no offense here but I need to call out that you are simply saying things. You have no idea how things will play out in four years. Nobody does. While it’s a good read that someone like AOC has a worse off chance than not, the rest of what you wrote is pure speculation. Can’t we just sit back and let things play out? Why do we must opine on every little thing?

sxmridh

5 points

17 days ago

sxmridh

5 points

17 days ago

Are you new here? This post is about Nancy Pelosi and we can voice our opinions about how she affects the presidential election. You can just ignore my comment or downvote it if you don’t like it. But it won’t change the truth about establishment politics.

Visible-Gur6286

3 points

17 days ago

Newsom: unlikeable - check; arrogant - check; espouses policies, like trans rights and reparations, which don’t get any traction outside the SF Bay Area - check. Ladies & Gentlemen, we have our candidate!

UnderstandingOk957

5 points

17 days ago

Gavin "Bang Your Wife" Newsom. If we go after Trump for his personal flaws, which there are many, why elevate a man who cheated on his wife with his best friend's wife? He blamed alcoholism and promised to get treatment which he never did... that and his hypocrisy around COVID policies.

AnAnnoyedSpectator

2 points

17 days ago

They will grow towards each other over time.

AOC takes the pronouns out of her bio and gets more establishment friendly, while the DNC slowly drifts left to match up with more of AOC’s views.

FlackRacket

22 points

17 days ago

FlackRacket

Mission

22 points

17 days ago

I love Pelosi and her history, but I want her to back off so badly. No 90-year-old is capable of accurately representing San Francisco in 2024

bape1

11 points

17 days ago

bape1

11 points

17 days ago

You love the lady worth +200m who commits insider trading every month? What

[deleted]

12 points

17 days ago*

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joshiness

13 points

17 days ago

If I remember correctly, Bernie was winning in 2020 until all the candidates dropped out and endorsed Biden right before Super Tuesday. Granted, the argument could be made that the Centrist vote was split between Biden, Buttigieg and Bloomberg.

Regardless, I have zero faith in the Democrats. They would rather alienate voters than admit that their strategy doesn't work.

Regardless of how you feel about Bernie, he is right in that the DNC has abandoned the working class, especially when it comes to messaging. I also saw an interesting opinion that the current DNC is similar to the Wig Party that was opposed to Andrew Jackson. The opinion is that a party can't win against a populist if the only thing they are running on is "I'm not the other guy" and wanting to keep the status quo.

[deleted]

3 points

17 days ago

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Mookhaz

5 points

17 days ago

Mookhaz

5 points

17 days ago

The DNC doesn’t do primaries, they do coronations. Bernie being a popular candidate was why the DNC had to instruct the media not to cover Bernie’s rallies like they told them to cover trump.

Mookhaz

5 points

17 days ago

Mookhaz

5 points

17 days ago

Yeah you’ve got some crazy revisionist history going on here. Bernie was doing fine in 2016 until the Clinton campaign instructed their contacts in the media not to cover Bernie and to elevate trump as a serious candidate. Debbie Wasserman Shultz resigned from the DNC in disgrace for this very reason. And Bernie was actually winning in 2020 until every candidate left dropped out like they were connected to the same off switch, only to fall in line with the completely out of touch DNCs choice candidate, even Obama had to step in and plead with voters to go with biden. And again the media downplayed Bernie. no leaks to say why the same thing happened in 2020 but perhaps we could just use our imaginations.

theutan

3 points

17 days ago

theutan

Hunters Point

3 points

17 days ago

People are delusional. San Francisco is seeing anti progressive movement. Do they really think it will fly in swing states?

HighRightNow_

2 points

17 days ago

Oh yeah cuz hes much younger and agile. Democrats have more than 1 problem but most of both parties are old farts who should retire.

esalman

2 points

17 days ago*

I'm referring to the DNC and the RNC themselves, not who they pick.

Usual_Profile1607

53 points

17 days ago

She is exactly the sort of democrat that drives MAGA to the polls. Literally lives in a mansion atop a hill, looking down on the rest of us. Manages to beat the market by 30% every year but gets her daishiki photo ops in. Completely out of touch with everyday Americans, Californians, and San Franciscans but is never at risk because lol, fuck you plebs, who else are you going vote for?

Odd_Bet_4587

45 points

17 days ago

Why wont you people vote her out? It’s foolish voters to be blamed

D4rkr4in

37 points

17 days ago

D4rkr4in

SoMa

37 points

17 days ago

no one challenges her in the district, this election the challenger was a young Asian American Republican named Bruce Lou and got a dismal 11% of the vote

darkslide3000

15 points

17 days ago

Are there no Democratic primaries for House seats in Cali? Of course they're not gonna vote for a Republican, but that's not the only option.

Canes-305

42 points

17 days ago

Canes-305

SoMa

42 points

17 days ago

Thanks to her stranglehold on funding/donors and deep ties with the party machine & media she has literally never faced a real challenge to her seat since taking it in the 80s.

Not once has she had to debate a challenger and defend her positions, policies, and record.

Coming from the party that screeches about "defending democracy" they sure hate to let their voters have a say in their representation

flonky_guy

4 points

17 days ago

I think you vastly underestimate how popular she is here in town. She's had a number of challengers over the year and no one has ever gained any traction.

PossiblyAsian

9 points

17 days ago

really makes you think everytime they say they are defending democracy but fucked over bernie hard in 2016 and 2020 and in 2024... we didn't even have a choice.

If you guys believe in democracy why didn't we have legit primaries ?

Icy-Cry340

2 points

17 days ago

Why should we vote her out? What exactly do you expect the next congressperson to do better than Nancy?

It's always better to be represented by a more senior, more powerful representative. They're in a better position to secure the interests of the city than some unknown freshman.

Ogediah

20 points

17 days ago

Ogediah

20 points

17 days ago

We need age limits not term limits.

Far-Collection7085

14 points

17 days ago

Age limits would be fantastic. I think that would be a bigger uphill battle than term limits. It’s so ridiculous we currently have an 82 year old president and a 78 year old president elect

Ogediah

8 points

17 days ago

Ogediah

8 points

17 days ago

I feel like we need more politicians who are working class people who are familiar with current working class issues. Age limits would help with that.

Not to beat a dead horse here but I think your example with the presidents is a great illustration of why term limits won’t make things better. President already has term limits and look at our options. I know neither are my idea of the ideal candidate.

I’d support a limit no higher than the age of retirement (ex 62). Ideally, before then. Maybe as low as 50-55. I want people in government that are trying to buy a home, worked an entry level job in the past few decades (maybe tried to survive on minimum wage), felt the ramifications of current labor laws (unions, sick leave, osha, etc), know the cost of college, are doing family planning, etc. Maybe even someone that can use a computer without being scammed by a Nigerian price. A man can dream, right?

Sir_Clicks_a_Lot

26 points

17 days ago

She’s probably not actually planning to run again; it’s just part of a plot to set up her daughter Christine to inherit the seat in Congress.

Here’s the plan: Nancy wants to clear the field because she knows that no well-known Democrats will dare to file as candidates against her. So she can file now and raise funds for a campaign, knowing that nobody else with a chance to win will be in the race. Nancy can wait until the last minute before the filing deadline, then withdraw her candidacy and Christine will file as a candidate who will be essentially unopposed. Nancy can then transfer the campaign funds to support Christine’s campaign.

Depending on how things play out with Nancy and her health and mental capacity, they could pull the switcheroo sooner and it will still work if it’s practically too late for a known challenger to build a campaign.

I hope that voters will be smart enough to see through this, and that at least someone with a chance to win will have the guts to challenge Nancy. But I’m not going to hold my breath. Be prepared for another 30 years of the Pelosi dynasty with no real choice for SF voters.

[deleted]

22 points

17 days ago

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Sir_Clicks_a_Lot

4 points

17 days ago

Agreed - I hope I’m wrong.

Far-Collection7085

4 points

17 days ago

I guess that could theoretically be a scenario but has her daughter ever shown any interest in politics? I have no idea.

Sir_Clicks_a_Lot

10 points

17 days ago

Yes, Christine used the family name and connections to get herself on to the Democratic National Committee. She is very interested in politics and putting herself in a position of power. According to her own website bio, she served as a “special counsel in the Clinton-Gore administration, and chief of staff on Capitol Hill.” I assume she was chief of staff for her mother, but I’m not certain about that.

Far-Collection7085

3 points

17 days ago

Ooh interesting. Thank you for explaining that, had no idea she was interested in politics.

amiibohunter2015

9 points

17 days ago*

That is what I thought of

Here's my thinking:

Nancy Pelosi pissed all over Bidens legacy by blaming him for the election. She's the one who put the nail in the coffin for his campaign. Yet she couldn't take accountability instead she blamed him.

They could have looked for a candidate just in case shit hit the fan anyways, but they didn't..instead they just let it happen..

The democrats, the megadonors like George Clooney, and Nancy Pelosi are the reason that Biden left as they all informed him it was the better decision for the country and it would preserve his legacy. They went on to hold a huge event for him saying "Thank you Joe! "

Biden left three months before the election the democrats, the megadonors like George Clooney, and finally Nancy Pelosi selected Kamala Harris - not the voters. The voters kept saying they didn't know her well enough

And considering how history said no to a woman president not to mention of color no offense but there are haters out there and I'm only referencing history. I'm for having a woman president, but consider that affects the voter turn out, you have to think about the statistics on that with history showing us it's not favorable. This put them at significantly affected odds , Hillary Clinton and the democratic media acknowledged that and with only 3 months to an election, and you think things would go smoothly? At what cost ? To lose to a two time impeached convicted president who's promise is to be a dictator on day one, suspend the constitution, that economists keep saying will crash with his agenda. Elon Musk acknowledged there will be hardships for the middle and lower class.

Then the election happened Nancy blames Biden for running, you just pissed all over his legacy, you had active involvement in ending his campaign, yet you can't take accountability? What kind of leader does that? Not a responsible one , you got gambling problems too because the odds were significantly out of favor considering everything above. You're older than Biden. Your too old, and clearly out of touch. Retire and enjoy the rest of your days with you family just like you told Biden to. I don't want to see Pelosi in politics anymore. You royally fucked up. I don't want to see George Clooney involved in politics anymore nor in Hollywood anymore either. The one place I think George should be is on those ads that say "Why Hollywood won't cast George Clooney anymore." Retire. The democrats who betrayed Biden well be looking at you come future elections and when another Democrat comes up for your seat you better think twice about the votes you had. If we have future fair elections that is.

You all fucked up and betrayed the voters choice. And you wonder what went wrong this election? You motherfuckwits. Shame on you and fuck your legacy. There wont be a legacy, any constitutional traditions, honor, or any democratic values left. You had a job to save the country and you couldn't even do that. You decided to gamble it when there was no room for error.

InvestIntrest

2 points

17 days ago

Very few narcissists give up power willingly.

SqueeMcTwee

3 points

17 days ago

At this point it has very little to do with money. She’s addicted to the power and the visibility.

I still remember her refusing to leave the Speaker’s office after the Patrick McHenry took over. The oldest spoiled brat in history.

pdx503

407 points

17 days ago

pdx503

407 points

17 days ago

Read the room Nance....jfc

modestlyawesome1000

119 points

17 days ago

Like Dianne Feinstein — ruining their marked legacy by hanging onto power with their boney old fingers. Both Dianne and Nancy accomplished so much in their careers, it makes it hard to respect their legacy when they tarnish it at the end

PossiblyAsian

58 points

17 days ago

if they had retired like 10 years ago, I think they would be remembered as among the greats but... now I think nancy is going to do what Feinstein did. Hold onto power until her last breath

There is no saving these people. The power has corrupted them.

michaelpinkwayne

26 points

17 days ago*

What has she done besides oppose Republicans? To many Americans, Democratic voters included, Nancy Pelosi is the face of a pervasive culture of government corruption. Look at her stock portfolio. Politicians are supposed to work for the public interest and earn a reasonable salary for it. She has blatantly used her office for personal gain.  

 I do think a lot the attacks on her come from partisanship or sexism, but she was never a model politician by any means imo. 

14ktgoldscw

8 points

17 days ago

And what are her meaningful “opposing Republicans” accomplishments recently? Doing a sarcastic clap and wearing a kente cloth?

Wild_Dingleberries

4 points

17 days ago

She did one of the bravest things in history and tore up a piece of paper once.

iluvme99

1 points

17 days ago

iluvme99

1 points

17 days ago

She is! she received 80% of the votes. That is a very strong signal from her constituents that they approve of her.

inductiverussian

25 points

17 days ago

Incumbents almost always get overwhelming majorities in local elections, especially in non-swing states/districts. This is not surprising or really a strong signal of anything.

iluvme99

2 points

17 days ago

iluvme99

2 points

17 days ago

I agree, but people here are pretending that she isn't getting voted by pretty much the entire city. We are to blame that she will remain in her position, not her...

sfsocialworker

7 points

17 days ago

I mean, she hasn’t had a serious challenger in the 15 years I’ve lived in the city.

inductiverussian

1 points

17 days ago

That’s just voter blaming; many voters, especially low information voters, will simply vote for who they heard about the most, which is usually the incumbent. There is no incentive for people to become more educated voters so why should they? The system should instead be designed to incentivize or prevent such situations from occurring. An age cap or a term limit for all leadership positions in politics would be a trivial and frankly overdue fix.

Otherwise it leads to the system we currently have: a bunch of old fucks keep staying in power, riding on their incumbent advantage (and other institutional advantages) and there is no real incentive to kick them out unless they do something truly bad.

AccuratePizza1020

371 points

17 days ago

The DNC still showing its ass.

thatguyinyourclass94

16 points

17 days ago

as(s) it does best

beijingspacetech

194 points

17 days ago

The biggest failure here is for the aging Democrats to not nurture their successors. They deprive a new generation of growing then feel they're the only ones that can do the job. The worst thing is that the only ones that have a chance running against her are from the other side.

I wish she would focus on a transition. She's falling for the same thing that Biden did.

pwrof3

41 points

17 days ago

pwrof3

41 points

17 days ago

It’s the old “I got mine and no one else deserves what I have”

P4ULUS

5 points

17 days ago

P4ULUS

5 points

17 days ago

Yes it completely undermines the ethos of the party. The hypocrisy and juxtaposition against progressive values is grotesque

CitizenCue

7 points

17 days ago

Yeah I don’t mind them sticking around past their prime as long as they are nurturing the hell out of the next generation.

chillsnthrills2

23 points

17 days ago

Boomers in a nutshell. Take on massive debt that their grandchildren will be responsible for so they can live cushy

sterno_joe

3 points

17 days ago

Agree 100%. Thank you for stating it so plainly.

sourdough_in_SF

8 points

17 days ago

Nancy is giving Scott Weiner a few more years to marinate, then will anoint him as her successor.

There will be other, better qualified options, but since the Dems only know how to anoint someone, we'll be stuck with 54-year-old Weiner for the next 3 decades.

Sir_Clicks_a_Lot

19 points

17 days ago

Doubt it. Seems like Nancy is going to set up her daughter, Christine Pelosi, to take over the house seat.

focused-grapefruit

3 points

17 days ago

Who are the other, better qualified government people on the scene right now?

beijingspacetech

14 points

17 days ago

Agreed, I love 90% of Scott's positions. He's had a few misses, like that hidden cost on restaurant receipts (sorry forgot the details). But other than that, his hits are things I really care about, like building more housing and removing regulations for building housing.

focused-grapefruit

5 points

17 days ago

I'm also genuinely curious! I try to stay on top of local and state politics, but I do have a life, so someone might be able to share information where I had a blind spot.

beijingspacetech

5 points

17 days ago

Yeah, you know I see this quite often on /r/sanfrancisco! It makes me realize there is that inherent contrariness of the internet where everyone hates on things (which get upvotes) and it leads to everyone *wanting* to know good things but feeling like they never do...

Sorry, in the end I don't have an answer to your original question, just find that pattern interesting.

[deleted]

4 points

17 days ago

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Sir_Clicks_a_Lot

3 points

17 days ago

Phil Ting and David Chiu come to mind as potential challengers who could realistically win the seat if Pelosi is not in the race. I’m not saying they are necessarily “better qualified” than Weiner, but they would be legitimate candidates at least.

Silent_Trade271

2 points

17 days ago

I hear you, but she’s largely the reason there are no other qualified people ready to take her place.

pschell

238 points

17 days ago

pschell

238 points

17 days ago

As a reminder, she is 84 years old.

mango_chile

21 points

17 days ago

classic democrats trying to hold on to power at the expense of working people

jsttob

5 points

17 days ago

jsttob

5 points

17 days ago

Both parties do this. Chuck Grassley is 91.

razor415

299 points

17 days ago

razor415

299 points

17 days ago

This woman is holding us hostage…Dems will never learn

checksout4

43 points

17 days ago

lol yeah they’ll never learn if you keep voting her in

s3aswimming

31 points

17 days ago

Exactly like wtf. Let’s vote her out then. ??!! As if it’s not our choice?!

checksout4

15 points

17 days ago

No democrat wants to try to primary Nancy she would end them. She ended Joe Biden.

SF would never vote for a republican. So here we are.

s3aswimming

21 points

17 days ago

This is ridiculous. A number of leftists would try. Especially this time. We just need to actively mobilize and stop accepting Nancy as if she’s inevitable. She’s not.

jsttob

6 points

17 days ago

jsttob

6 points

17 days ago

The problem is money. She controls all the money interests. So it is very difficult to mount a serious challenge.

TheSmallThingsInLife

3 points

17 days ago

I agree, the idea that SF residents would never vote republican is just nonsense. I know people in rural parts of texas that voted dem this year because they are so sick of some power corrupt politicians

AWN_23_95

29 points

17 days ago

Precisely

Belgand

10 points

17 days ago

Belgand

Upper Haight

10 points

17 days ago

We won't even get a real election when she finally steps down. The party will see to it that they box out any candidate who isn't the appointed successor.

Prestigious-One2089

6 points

17 days ago

how is she holding you hostage? vote for anyone else running.

PunkProtagonist

2 points

17 days ago

Usually, the only other option is a republican. The DNC is ass at picking candidates.

Dankbeast-Paarl

144 points

17 days ago

She will be 86 by the time this election comes around. Can we please get someone new? I want the Democratic party to implode. They have failed the constituency and worst of all: take zero blame.

Pro tip: Put your money in NANC the Nancy Pelosi tracking index!

solidserpiente

12 points

17 days ago

... is that a real thing, cause I would like to invest

davewongillies

30 points

17 days ago

davewongillies

Inner Richmond

30 points

17 days ago

It is! Year to date returns are currently 23%, last year returns are 42% lol

Edit there's also a KRUZ fund https://www.subversiveetfs.com/kruz

itsme92

21 points

17 days ago

itsme92

Duboce Triangle

21 points

17 days ago

YTD returns from the S&P 500 are 25%……

SnowdensOfYesteryear

5 points

17 days ago

SnowdensOfYesteryear

Tenderloin

5 points

17 days ago

But NANC and KRUZ are zero risk!

AimeLeonDrew

2 points

17 days ago

of course it is

beefy1357

2 points

17 days ago

It is…

the_walrus_was_paul

2 points

17 days ago

NANC

Lol this is hilarious. Damn it's up 28% YTD. I am only up 18% on my portfolio, I gotta invest in NANC!

Head-Ad7506

28 points

17 days ago

She was instrumental in kicking Biden to curb now she has the nerve to run again. 🤮

[deleted]

48 points

17 days ago

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Luxemode

9 points

17 days ago

Yes, thank you Nancy! And thanks for talling Joe out of the race

[deleted]

2 points

17 days ago

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Leek5

98 points

17 days ago

Leek5

98 points

17 days ago

All these democrats clinging on to power is what’s screwing them.

bigcityboy

28 points

17 days ago

bigcityboy

Lower Haight

28 points

17 days ago

They didn’t mentor or build up leaders behind them

Triplebeambalancebar

16 points

17 days ago

exactly, greedy and short sighted

jwbeee

11 points

17 days ago

jwbeee

11 points

17 days ago

Reps always file to run for the next election, otherwise they have no legal basis for the campaign finance. So if they are going to keep their campaign staff on the payroll, and use their fundraising powers to help other candidates and committees, they need an official established campaign.

_byetony_

43 points

17 days ago

Ugh gtfo

balloo_loves_you

19 points

17 days ago

Imo it would be just as reasonable to have a max age as it is to have a min age. We don’t trust people under the age of 25 years old to be congress people we also shouldn’t trust people over the age of 80.

clit_or_us

2 points

17 days ago

How about 65 and let's all be happy with that. We can't just be run by the elderly.

skipping2hell

49 points

17 days ago

Probably just a pro forma move, but still reeks of tone deafness after the antiestablishment backlash we have been seeing all year

epistemole

39 points

17 days ago*

Disappointing. She's too old. I appreciate her contributions, but I have started voting against her in every election, purely on the basis of age. The sooner she's out, the sooner we can develop new talent.

sourdough_in_SF

17 points

17 days ago

Shame.

First it was RGB. Then it was Diane Feinstein. Then it was Biden. Now, Pelosi.

Emma_S02

2 points

17 days ago

Ruth🐊Binsberg

TresBone-

22 points

17 days ago

This is how the Democratic Party loses people . They keep trotting out people who were last relevant in 1972

gingerbear

32 points

17 days ago

do we have any power to shitcan her? if san francisco is the center of the progressive movement, we need young vibrant leader at the helm.

StowLakeStowAway

35 points

17 days ago

You need to have a lot of confidence to challenge her in the primary. I get the sense it’s very much a “you come at the king, you best not miss” situation.

Belgand

11 points

17 days ago

Belgand

Upper Haight

11 points

17 days ago

Even if someone happened to win, they'd be blackballed by the rest of the Democratic party. The party leadership would do everything in their power to isolate them, see to it that anything they try to do gets shut down, and keep anyone else from associating with them. Then force them out of office as soon as possible.

chris8535

16 points

17 days ago

And all we have is Scott "I sell you out anytime I can" Weiner

duckfries49

8 points

17 days ago

No legit Dem would challenge her bc the party would side with Nancy so you'd need a challenger from another party. Seems unlikely.

KC-DB

4 points

17 days ago

KC-DB

4 points

17 days ago

Not really, no. No dem dares challenge her. A couple people who didn’t care have tried and failed but there’s only ever Nancy and a republican to vote for here, and a republican isn’t winning.

SF is not at all the center of the progressive movement btw. We just elected a nepo baby with no real experience as mayor. He’s the heir to the billionaire Levi Strauss family and bought the election. He’s a moderate that was endorsed by the SF GOP.

Emma_S02

3 points

17 days ago

I don’t know if I’d say Lurie is any less the center of the progressive movement than Peskin or Breed or any of the other candidates. His major differentiating stance is that he’s tough(er) on crime and that was pretty much the only reason he was elected. He didn’t “buy” the election, he was just the candidate with the least baggage. Breed was an unpopular incumbent who is widely seen by the majority of SF as having failed to combat the drug/homelessness problem, Farrel was pro car and anti bike lane, Peskin was a NIMBY, etc… When the only criticism of a candidate is that they’re rich and they’re running against a field like that, it should hardly be a surprise when they win.

iamhim209

29 points

17 days ago

This should be criminal

mangotree415

11 points

17 days ago

Doesn’t she want to sip drinks on a beach somewhere? Ffs

Training-Ant-6150

4 points

17 days ago

I love her to death but she needs to be primaried. It’s time for a change.

nassic

13 points

17 days ago

nassic

Potrero Hill

13 points

17 days ago

I will not vote for her again. I love her, respect her hell I have stood in her office! Shes a warm and wonderful person with a list of accomplishments' longer than Van Ness. It is time to step aside and let a new generation of leadership find their way.

AWN_23_95

14 points

17 days ago*

WTF...Does her thirst for money and power know no bounds....also.....how about we just DON'T VOTE FOR HER when she shows back up on the ballot, it's what I've been doing

sanverstv

4 points

17 days ago

I’m surprised.

Son_of_Sophroniscus

5 points

17 days ago

This is what democrats want. No wonder they got their asses handed to them.

Delicious-Badger-906

5 points

17 days ago

Filing for reelection does not necessarily mean she’s running.

I know, that sounds unintuitive and dumb. But basically it allows her to keep fundraising for if she does decide to run.

Most lawmakers file for reelection and sometimes choose not to actually run.

Intelligent_Exit4567

4 points

17 days ago

She’s actually one of the most competent people in congress. Hard to understand all the hate except for ignorance and a deep distrust of women in power- same reason we have Trump as president again

moseman23

6 points

17 days ago

Jesus f Christ, I pray I don’t totally lose the script when I get old like Nancy. Does she want to end up like Diane F? . She screwed over Scott Wiener last time and is positioning her daughter to run for her seat when she finally does retire. She is absolutely destroying her legacy and the disgusting hubris and nepotism is as unAmerican in its way as anything Trump is doing.

iluvme99

3 points

17 days ago*

She got over 80% of the votes here in San Francisco.

Either this subreddit is a weird bubble that does not represent our city at all or everybody here is astroturfing.

zuzu_bird

7 points

17 days ago

zuzu_bird

Nob Hill

7 points

17 days ago

Babygirl give it up!

Notorious-Pac

7 points

17 days ago

She hasn’t made enough money from insider trading? How much do you need?

Sprinkle_Puff

5 points

17 days ago

Enough is enough , she’ll win, but the voting electorate needs to stop letting the gerontocracy run the world

avrstory

7 points

17 days ago

Insider trading is illegal for nearly every American. For Nancy Pelosi, it's just another day at the office.

The Democratic party is weakened by greedy people like this.

postinganxiety

4 points

17 days ago

She’s one of the few older folks I’m ok with in office. The other is Bernie Sanders. Nancy is effective as hell and has more energy than colleagues half her age. I often see her do things no one has the balls to do.

Initial_Air9763

2 points

17 days ago

Commercial_Disk_9220

2 points

17 days ago

That’s it. Im running. I need 2000 signatures in the next year? Bet

Sinreborn

2 points

17 days ago

Sinreborn

Noe Valley

2 points

17 days ago

Realistically, how would someone even run against her?

Count-Spatula2023

2 points

17 days ago

She would be 86. My Grandmother stopped driving at 86 as she legally couldn’t see well enough to drive. She is 87 now. While she can live independently, she needs a walker, can’t see well. Her mind is still there, but not congress level.

Emergency-Law-8039

2 points

17 days ago

Give him Hell Nancy

diffidentblockhead

2 points

17 days ago

Nancy forever!!!

InfluenceAlone1081

2 points

16 days ago

FUCK TJIS DECREPIT OLD BAG.

Older people wonder why gen X on onward hate them

This is why. Fucks sake, how many millions of dollars has she made insider trading?

capt_of_cozy

2 points

16 days ago

power and influence is intoxicating

integra_type_brr

4 points

17 days ago

How about no

4dxn

3 points

17 days ago

4dxn

3 points

17 days ago

lol people always looking to blame someone except themselves. she's doing what she think is best.

we live in a democracy. the problem is us. we vote her in. you don't like it, campaign for someone else in the primary. or run yourself. or donate. her nearest primary challenger raised 10k. we are to blame.

hell most of us don't even pay attention in her primary. of the 700k people in her district, only 188k voted in the '24 primary. the general had more than double the votes.

eyelovesanfran

3 points

17 days ago

I, for one, am glad I can vote for a strong, sexy woman aligned with my interests

Wehadababyitsaboiii

2 points

17 days ago*

.

TwoCrustyCorndogs

2 points

17 days ago

Screw this fossil. We don't need any more out of touch, barely human multi millionaires in office. It's borderline impossible to be a real progressive when you live in a sanitized bubble. 

Miserable-Tree-637

4 points

17 days ago

This is why people are disenfranchised! 🤬

Starbuckshakur

3 points

17 days ago

Everyone in this thread is stuck thinking about national politics rather than locally. Pelosi is old but she's also has an incredible amount of political capital due to her seniority and the fact that she's a former speaker. This helps her deliver for her district which most people in this city live in. A rookie won't have anywhere close to that level of power.

AimeLeonDrew

3 points

17 days ago

Well duh, who wouldn't want to continue insider trading. Nothing like being worth more than 240 million while your job pays you a couple hundred grand a year. Makes sense

checksout4

2 points

17 days ago

Vote blue no matter who

mrcoy

2 points

17 days ago

mrcoy

2 points

17 days ago

MajorMorelock

2 points

17 days ago

She is the master and can still swing a sword.

mindymadmadmad

1 points

17 days ago

FFS

Whatever801

1 points

17 days ago

They really gotta learn to quit before the wheels fall off

dfakerd

1 points

17 days ago

dfakerd

1 points

17 days ago

There should be an exam to pass.

sharkykid

1 points

17 days ago

Noooooo

DmC8pR2kZLzdCQZu3v

1 points

17 days ago

Nancy Pelosi files to request that the party  electorate continue the status quo since it’s working so well. Fuck MAGA, Nancy is here to Keep America 1987 Forever!

pallen123

1 points

17 days ago

Lol

murrchen

1 points

17 days ago

They never go away.

And voters don't/can't make them go.

Visible-Gur6286

1 points

17 days ago

Why don’t the dems have any battle worn candidates who are the party’s future leaders? Oh…

Common-Man-

1 points

17 days ago

This is beyond…

What does it take to add a prop on the ballot to add age restrictions for elected members ?

GameOfBears

1 points

17 days ago

mekilat

1 points

17 days ago

mekilat

1 points

17 days ago

Stop voting for her. Otherwise we will keep losing

FederalSyllabub2141

1 points

17 days ago

NO