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Originally Posted by tom kelly
She has become a TOOL of the Radical Left, watching her pander to the radical liberal left democrat base was pathetic. She is an old swamp dwelling politico trying to hold on to power. When the radical left are done with her, she will be swept aside and forgotten. SAYO'UNA'RA nancy pelosi, BON VOYAGE...
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Pelosi has always been a radical leftist. She just no longer feels the need to fake moderation or decorum to maintain her leadership role, since the rest of the caucus, especially those with seniority in leadership positions, is so far left it does not matter anymore.
For reference, here are her Americans for Democratic Action (leftist) and American Conservative Union ratings for her first few years in Congress:
1987 - 93 - 0
1988 - 100 - 0
1989 - 95 - 4
1990 - 100 - 0
1991 - 90 - 0
1992 - 90 - 0
1993 - 95 - 0
And in several cases where she did not get full credit from the ADA, it was because she did not cast a vote, not because she went against the left's position on the particular vote. Another was her vote on NAFTA, since that legislation, originally negotiated by the Bush Administration but put to a vote under the Clinton Administration, divided the left, especially the old-school industrial union left (as opposed to the new-school public-sector union left).