It's the Little Victories.
On Monday, I wrote about how the Pat Tiberi school of "bi-partisanship" involved blaming Nancy Pelosi for everything from high gas prices to the decline of Western Civilization.
According to the Newark Advocate, Pat was striking a different tone on Tuesday with the Licking County Chamber of Commerce:
Tiberi spoke out against the bill, describing the “expansive” spending plan as representative of what’s wrong in Washington. He said voters are disgruntled about subsidies. He praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for opposing earmarks and making them more transparent.
After reading that, I thought to myself, perhaps I'm being unfair. Perhaps I'm cherry-picking Pat's references to Ms. Pelosi, and, perhaps, he praises her all the time. Lucky for me, there's Google, which you can use to not just search the whole web, but to search specific websites. So I searched tiberi.house.gov for "Pelosi," looking for all that praise I had missed:
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Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
Speaker Pelosi won’t allow us to expand nuclear energy production, ... However, instead of voting on Speaker Pelosi’s energy tax plan over and over, ... tiberi.house.gov/news/ |
tiberi.house.gov Tiberi Contact: (202) 225-5355 ENERGY SOLUTION ...
When Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) was sworn in as Speaker of the House in January of 2007, ... Even then Speaker Pelosi thought gas prices were too high. ... tiberi.house.gov/news/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
May 16, 2008 ... Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, despite having advocated for reform in the 2002 farm bill, when she was minority leader, ... tiberi.house.gov/news/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
“There are so many things wrong with Speaker Pelosi’s bill; I’m not sure where to start. First, this bill includes billions and billions in pork that ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
Washington, Jun 13, 2007 - Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer: “Five months after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team took control, that promise remains ... tiberi.house.gov/news/ |
tiberi.house.gov Tiberi Contact: In Case You Missed It ...
Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer: “Five months after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team took control, that promise remains unfulfilled … ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
In the Democratic Congress, Pork Still Gets Served
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did just that when she requested $25 million ... Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Pelosi, said that any suggestion of a ... tiberi.house.gov/UploadedFiles/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
What’s especially dispiriting is how quickly the House Democrats under Speaker Nancy Pelosi have tumbled from idealism to cynicism. ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) today calls on the new Majority led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to appoint members to a conference ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
That is why the ACLU's website wants you to "tell House leaders" to "keep standing up to Bush" and thank Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer for "standing up" to ... tiberi.house.gov/news/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) want to increase spending in fiscal year 2008 by $219 million a day. ... tiberi.house.gov/currentissues/spending.htm - 11k - |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
... community hospitals, and on skilled nursing facilities, Democrats under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) are now planning on ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
David Obey, Reformer
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML ... to explain why he won't be disclosing earmarks in spending bills despite the promises made by Nancy Pelosi while lambasting Republicans last year. ... tiberi.house.gov/UploadedFiles/David%20Obey.doc - |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
... for final passage and ultimately to the president’s desk, House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) stalled the legislative process. ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi
At the beginning of the month, Republican leaders sent a leader to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) asking her to appoint the House conferees, ... tiberi.house.gov/News/ |
In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 15 already displayed.
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So, Pat has averaged approximately one criticism per month of the Majority Leader (D-San Francisco... that's subtle, Pat) in the time that she has held that position. He's praised her once - the day after it was pointed out that this constant partisan criticism didn't fit in with the image he likes to portray of himself. It would appear that sincerity and consistency are also among those virtues Pat admires from afar.
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