Ellen Tauscher: DLC-ona non Grata

(Editor’s note: Hyphen inserted in title for those unfamiliar with the Latin term ‘persona non grata’ and for those who speak Portugese or who are unfamiliar with the DLC.)

How do you know when a Democrat is really not on your side? There are many ways, and the voting record is not always the best indicator. But I don’t know that I have ever seen a better indicator than the following:

In 1996, [Rep. Ellen] Tauscher [D-CA-10] ran for Congress as a pro-business, pro-environment, pro-military centrist against Bill Baker, a conservative Republican she portrayed as too far right for his suburban swing district. Pelosi supported her, and she won. But when Pelosi ran for whip, Tauscher supported moderate Hoyer, a close friend. And later in 2001, Tauscher accused Pelosi and her allies in the California Senate of redrawing her congressional district as payback. The new district was much more Democratic, which made it a safer seat for the party, but not necessarily for Tauscher — unless she followed Pelosi’s lead.

Let’s go over this slowly. Ellen Tauscher’s 10th district was redrawn in 2001 to make it much more Democratic, and Tauscher interpreted this as punishment for supporting Steny Hoyer over Nancy Pelosi for minority whip.

I don’t know how much clearer it could be that Ellen Tauscher does not have our best interests at heart. That’s why the netroots is mobilizing to defeat her.

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16 Comments

Brendan Skwire on February 21, 2007 at 1:58 pm

Oh yeah.
She is going DOWN like a bowling pin.

BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 2:36 pm

Not if the Washington Post has any say in the matter. She is right there on their Mt. Rushmore with Lieberman, McCain, and Harold Ford Jr.
- Maryscott OConnor on February 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm
  
  Are you calling her a cunt?
  - BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 5:25 pm
    
    Uhh…no.
    - Maryscott OConnor on February 21, 2007 at 5:43 pm
      
      Cona = cunt in Portuguese
    - BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 6:39 pm
      
      I’m not fluent in that language.
    - pyrrho on February 21, 2007 at 6:54 pm
      
      what’s the origin?
    - BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 6:56 pm
      
      the word ‘persona’.
    - pyrrho on February 21, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Brendan Skwire on February 21, 2007 at 5:07 pm

I think you mean “Mount Turdmore”.
And so far as what the Post wants, these are the same ding-a-lings that sent broder out on monday to tell us Bush is making a comeback.

pyrrho on February 22, 2007 at 3:17 pm

so I don’t know the phrase “persona non grata”… perhaps I UNDERSTAND “non grata” is ALSO a phrase on its own.

You were given a chance to correct by our gentle and non-accusatory question, you are not one of those that has to give a passive aggressive dig with simple corrections, are you?

BooMan on February 22, 2007 at 3:28 pm

DLCona? Are you calling her a cunt?

That’s non-accusatory?

Anyone can have a misimpression and ask a question.

Let me ask you if you think this is a reasonable response to your confusion and my reaction to it (which was direct and succinct and required no ‘correction’ on my part).

You’re exactly right. He comes up with an extraordinarily lame attempt at a pun that inadvertently produces a Portuguese vulgarity, and the people who point that out are the clueless ones. I don’t know whether to more impressed by the size of his ego, the shallowness of his mind, or the thinness of his skin. A little self-deprecation in this instance would go a long way towards disspelling the notion that he’s a vain little man of mediocre intelligence, but if he were capable of discerning that, he wouldn’t be a vain little man of mediocre intelligence.

or, how about this one?

You’d think that since it’s been pointed out to him what Cona means in Portuguese that he’d find a little grace and take it down. Which should have been msoc’s next question. Nope. Stubborness counts for more on the mean streets of Philly I guess. Tough guy.

That’s my paparazzi fan club busy at work. When they’re not accusing me of racism, they’re piggybacking on your questions to insult me.
- Maryscott OConnor on February 22, 2007 at 9:21 pm
  
  I don’t want to get caught up in any of these misunderstandings, BUT…
  
  DUDE. I Know what “persona non grata” means!!!
  
  You callin’ me DUMB or somethin’?
  
  I read it with a hard “c” because I saw it in Portuguese. Thass all.
  
  : )
  - BooMan on February 22, 2007 at 9:29 pm
    
    I’d take it offline.
- pyrrho on February 23, 2007 at 8:15 pm
  
  well, I assumed you were responding to MSOC and/or I.
  
  The reasons you give for my confusion just don’t pertain.
  
  I’m well aware there are people that are not particularly forgiving of any mistake of yours… but if I say something and you respond to them it’ll be hard for me to know the difference.
  - BooMan on February 23, 2007 at 8:53 pm
    
    i’d have to make a mistake for any of this to be remotely interesting. I can’t account for morons.

Brendan Skwire on February 21, 2007 at 1:58 pm

Oh yeah.
She is going DOWN like a bowling pin.
- BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 2:36 pm
  
  Not if the Washington Post has any say in the matter. She is right there on their Mt. Rushmore with Lieberman, McCain, and Harold Ford Jr.
  - Maryscott OConnor on February 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm
    
    Are you calling her a cunt?
    - BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 5:25 pm
      
      Uhh…no.
      - Maryscott OConnor on February 21, 2007 at 5:43 pm
        
        Cona = cunt in Portuguese
      - BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 6:39 pm
        
        I’m not fluent in that language.
      - pyrrho on February 21, 2007 at 6:54 pm
        
        what’s the origin?
      - BooMan on February 21, 2007 at 6:56 pm
        
        the word ‘persona’.
      - pyrrho on February 21, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Brendan Skwire on February 21, 2007 at 5:07 pm

I think you mean “Mount Turdmore”.
And so far as what the Post wants, these are the same ding-a-lings that sent broder out on monday to tell us Bush is making a comeback.
pyrrho on February 22, 2007 at 3:17 pm

so I don’t know the phrase “persona non grata”… perhaps I UNDERSTAND “non grata” is ALSO a phrase on its own.

You were given a chance to correct by our gentle and non-accusatory question, you are not one of those that has to give a passive aggressive dig with simple corrections, are you?
- BooMan on February 22, 2007 at 3:28 pm
  
  DLCona? Are you calling her a cunt?
  
  That’s non-accusatory?
  
  Anyone can have a misimpression and ask a question.
  
  Let me ask you if you think this is a reasonable response to your confusion and my reaction to it (which was direct and succinct and required no ‘correction’ on my part).
  
  You’re exactly right. He comes up with an extraordinarily lame attempt at a pun that inadvertently produces a Portuguese vulgarity, and the people who point that out are the clueless ones. I don’t know whether to more impressed by the size of his ego, the shallowness of his mind, or the thinness of his skin. A little self-deprecation in this instance would go a long way towards disspelling the notion that he’s a vain little man of mediocre intelligence, but if he were capable of discerning that, he wouldn’t be a vain little man of mediocre intelligence.
  
  or, how about this one?
  
  You’d think that since it’s been pointed out to him what Cona means in Portuguese that he’d find a little grace and take it down. Which should have been msoc’s next question. Nope. Stubborness counts for more on the mean streets of Philly I guess. Tough guy.
  
  That’s my paparazzi fan club busy at work. When they’re not accusing me of racism, they’re piggybacking on your questions to insult me.
  - Maryscott OConnor on February 22, 2007 at 9:21 pm
    
    I don’t want to get caught up in any of these misunderstandings, BUT…
    
    DUDE. I Know what “persona non grata” means!!!
    
    You callin’ me DUMB or somethin’?
    
    I read it with a hard “c” because I saw it in Portuguese. Thass all.
    
    : )
    - BooMan on February 22, 2007 at 9:29 pm
      
      I’d take it offline.
  - pyrrho on February 23, 2007 at 8:15 pm
    
    well, I assumed you were responding to MSOC and/or I.
    
    The reasons you give for my confusion just don’t pertain.
    
    I’m well aware there are people that are not particularly forgiving of any mistake of yours… but if I say something and you respond to them it’ll be hard for me to know the difference.
    - BooMan on February 23, 2007 at 8:53 pm
      
      i’d have to make a mistake for any of this to be remotely interesting. I can’t account for morons.

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