Nancy Pelosi took the stage at Cohen Auditorium on the Tufts campus Friday afternoon with the federal budget in gridlock in Washington.
“Minute to minute, hour to hour, we’re getting reports,” Pelosi said. “As long as we don’t have to take something to the floor, I can be with you right now.”
Pelosi was the guest for the innaugural Alan D. Solomont lecture. She took the stage shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, gave a brief speech, then answered questions from Solomont, a Tufts Alumnus who is the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra.
The issues holding back the federal budget have been narrowed to about a half dozen, including funding for planned parenthood and clean air/clean energy programs, Pelosi said.
“There were fifty then there were 25 now it’s down to about six areas of policy disagreement,” Pelosi said. “The policy issues don’t really belong in this kind of bill, but nonetheless, they are
there.”
“You really can’t split the difference if splitting the difference means half the kids are going to be thrown off head start but not the full number, or that half the homebound seniors will lose meals,” Pelosi said. “…You can’t just talk about dollars you have to talk about values.”
The house minority spoke out against a government shutdown.
“It’s really unfair to the American people,” Pelosi said. “It will create a level of payouts that is unworthy, if it were to shut down. It’s not a tatic or a strategy that is worthy of the aspirations of the American people.”
Looking forward to 2012 elections, called for Democrats and Republicans to find common ground when it comes to values.
“Try to make sure that the values that I’m sure we all share are reflected in the choice you make,” Pelosi said. “Another I way I would say to my Republican friends: Take back your party, so it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election because we have shared values about the ed. of our childen, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, have civil liberties, how we respect our seniors.”
Before leaving the stage, Pelosi was presented with some Red Sox apparel for her grandchilden and a stuffed Tufts Jumbos elephant.
Pelosi’s visit to the Boston area will continue with a visit to the National Conference for Media Reform later on Friday.
Couldn’t George Schwartz, I mean “Soros” throw Nancy a few bucks for her 100,000-mile BOTOX touch-up?
NANNY is getting NERVOUS
Well, good riddens. We don’t need the federal government. Think of the money we’ll save. The mountain of over-regulation and taxation we have to put up with is inexcusable. Congress should be fired and the states need to take back our nation!
If she would have passed a budget when when she was in charge we wouldn’t be in this situation now. Heck she didn’t even submit one.
Haul your botoxed ugly self BACK TO YOUR WORKPLACE UNTIL THE BUDGET IS PASSED YOU HAG!!!!
YOU FAILED TO DO YOUR JOB FOR OVER ONE YEAR TO PASS A BUDGET – AND YOU PUT US HERE YOU BEAST!!!
I SERVED IN VIETNAM.
She’s having “some work done” while she’s in Boston.
Amazing how she doesn’t think elections matter. I wonder if she would say her election in her district didn’t matter if she lost?
She is a like long toot that just won’t stop. And even when it does, it still smells.
“Take back your party, so it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election because we have shared values.”
If all the candidates look the same what’s the point in having a vote.
When will we be able to be free of this babbling almost always incoherent devoious ,self serving fool?? Her constituents seem not to mind now that most people hope the Big One cracks it off and sinks it with every lame brain who ever voted for her. When in joy can we finally sing “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead”
This Marxist twit has got to go!