10/22   Regarding whoever was saying that Nancy Pelosi is popular in SF
        because she "took 97% of the SF vote", she certainly didn't get that
        much when running for supervisor.  Maybe it has something to do with
        people being more likely to vote for someone from "their" town?
        Think "pork"... -John
        \_ That's what legislators are for - getting pork for your own town.
           \_ Welcome to descriptive versus prescriptive politics: you're
              describing what legislators do, not what they're for.  Drop
              the cynicism and concentrate that sharp wit on convincing them
              to do what they're supposed to do: represent the people.
        \_ Could I have somebody left of center explain to me what, in
           particular, I'm not supposed to like about Nancy Pelosi? I'm no
           bigger on her than any of the rest but she seems to be doing a
           better job than Daschle did. -- ulysses
           \_ I'm not familiar with what she's been up to since I moved out
              of SF, but when she was on the board of supervisors, she and a
              number of her colleagues formed what's best described as a
              "bleeding-heart cabal of the stupid."  -John
              \_ Ooo, boy! Tell me more John!
              \_ Or, as non-lunatics put it, a group of concerned officials.
                 \_ Ah, "lunatic".  Well, you're a shit-eating cretin.  Now,
                    anything of substance from your corner?  -John
                    \_ I didn't realize "bleeding-heart cabal of the stupid"
                       had substance. -!pp
                        \_ Look, I don't feel like looking up the exact
                           issues again; suffice to say that when I was in
                           HS in SF there was a fair amount of pretty idiotic
                           activity from the supervisors, including Pelosi.
                           I have no clue what the woman's been up to since,
                           nor do I care, but a lot of what came out of SF
                           city government around 1990 did not remotely
                           translate into "common sense".  I fail to see how
                           that translates into "lunatic".  -John
                           \_ I was around then.  It was lunatic.