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Maybe Pelosi should try baring her fangs
House Republicans held a press conference Thursday to call attention to their continuing protest on Capitol Hill. Since Aug. 1 when the House began its traditional summer recess, Republicans have been taking turns on the House floor, demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., call a special session to vote on oil drilling.
They suggested Pelosi may be avoiding a vote because she must spend time promoting her new book, “Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters.” House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., played straight man for Rep. John Linder, R-Ga. “John, do you have any idea how many books the speaker may have sold on her book tour or where she is today?” he asked.
“She’s somewhere — she’s, I’m told, somewhere, after two weeks, about 5,700 books. And my guess is that Republicans have spoken to more people on the floor of the House than that,” Linder replied.
Even if not cleanly delivered, his joke was on target. Amazon.com ranks her book at No. 2,717, far below the No. 1 selling book, Breaking Dawn, about vampire antics.
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