Who is Nancy Pelosi?

I wanted to write these comments earlier but I have been engaged in a number of intersting activities recently.

Nancy Pelosi who represents San Francisco in the Congress is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives and third in line for the Presidency--after President Obama and Vice President Biden. She is responsible for pushing some very liberal and expensive legislation through the current Congress. She has also recently received a lot of attention by accusing CIA briefers of lying to her about a number of things including allegedly not telling her about the use of waterboarding of three prominent terrorists in 2002. Her comments have been contradicted by other members of Congress and by CIA officials who attended those meetings. When confronted by this information she gave what can only be described as an inept press conference.

But where did Nancy Pelosi-two hardbeats from the Presidency-come from? While she currently represents California in the Congress, she is orginally from my hometown of Baltimore. Her father, the late Thomas D'Alessandro Jr., was Mayor of Baltimore for three terms and ran the classic Democratic political machine by rewarding friends and eliminating enemies from the political process. While a number of questionable things were done during his administration his most notable action was awarding me with my high school diploma. Nancy was the only girl among six children and she learned politics as a combat sport. She married a wealthy banker, moved to California, had five children and through a combination of money and hardball politics became the Speaker of the House.

So when you see Speaker Pelosi attacking her political opponents and charging the CIA with lying think about her roots.