You might think Nancy Pelosi maintains that grotesque semblance of youth by spending a fortune on plastic surgery. Guess again, dummy! It’s all about eating right.
In the cover story on Pelosi in the latest New York magazine, writer Vanessa Grigoriadis includes this wonderful little nugget (emphasis mine):
Suddenly, a door opens, and a beaming servant zooms to Pelosi’s side, stooping to show her the contents of his platter: a delicate bowl, piled high with two luscious scoops of dark-chocolate ice cream.
She lets out something you’ve never heard from her before, at least not on TV: a tremendously long and high-pitched giggle, like one that would come from a girl about a half-century younger. “Hee-hee-hee-hee,” she goes, pushing her chin to the sky. “Oh, no, Michael,” she says, “I don’t want that now. Later, later!”
Chocolate ice cream is the staple of Pelosi’s diet: She doesn’t cook herself, so except for a salad for lunch and whatever an aide hands her for dinner, that’s what she eats. “I think that’s the first time she’s ever turned it down,” whispers her personal assistant, later. “The other day, she came in at 8:45 a.m. carrying a pint of Häagen-Dazs with an inch left in it–she’d eaten the whole thing on the way in. She handed it off to Michael, and then two hours later, she said, ‘Where’s that ice cream? Can I eat the rest of that?’”
Ice cream for breakfast. And lunch! How delightful.
It sounds like Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows best what to put in her own tum-tum. She thinks she can decide whether to eat unhealthy foods at all hours of the day, every day. It’s not like she doesn’t know it’s bad for her. Of course it’s bad for her. But she doesn’t need anybody else telling her what to do. Nancy doesn’t need a nanny.
In a completely unrelated story, Nation’s Restaurant News reports:
WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 2009) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Thursday introduced a sweeping, $894 billion health care bill that also includes provisions for menu labeling.
The 1,990-page bill outlines general nutrient-labeling requirements for restaurants and retail establishments that are part of a chain with 20 or more outlets.
Those restaurants affected would be required to prominently post calorie counts for standard items on menus and menu boards as well as calories per serving for each item on a buffet, salad bar, cafeteria line or self-service display…
Restaurateurs also would be required to post a brief statement regarding daily caloric intake “designed to enable the public to understand, in the context of a total daily diet, the significance of the nutrition information that is provided.”
See, because you’re not smart enough to figure out that the Big Mac you’re munching on and the buttons you can’t get closed on your Levi’s might have something to do with each other. How the hell are you supposed to know? Who can save you from your own fatassedness? Why, the government, of course.
And how about this, from p. 1213(!) of the Pelosicare bill:
(viii) VENDING MACHINES.–In the case of an article of food sold from a vending machine that (I) does not permit a prospective purchaser to examine the Nutrition Facts Panel before purchasing the article or does not otherwise provide visible nutrition information at the point of purchase; and (II) is operated by a person who is engaged in the business of owning or operating 20 or more vending machines, the vending machine operator shall provide a sign in close proximity to each article of food or the selection button that includes a clear and conspicuous statement disclosing the number of calories contained in the article.
Or else you might think those Doritos give you rock-hard abs and fight cancer.
Do you think Nancy Pelosi ever pauses in her high-pitched giggling over her breakfast pint of Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream to look at the number of calories? Does she give two chocolate chips about it? No, she eats it because it’s delicious and she wants to. She’s no more interested in reading the label than she is in reading her own bill. But you? You need her help, fatso. You’re so stupid, you can’t even feed yourself without clearly marked signs.
This is just one of the many reasons the Wall Street Journal is calling Pelosicare “the worst bill ever.”
What’s next, Michael Moore lecturing you about who should make your health care decisions? Yeah, like that’d ever happen.
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ug, quick. Get her off of the page before I lash out at her. I love it when they lecture to us minions what we should or should not do, but then do it themselves. Al Gore, anyone? The more I read about this Administration and their gaggle of goons, the more my blood pressure rises, and that is defininetly not good for my health. The government might then decide that I am not worth the money to keep me alive.
These people don’t care about our health, they don’t care about the health care system. What they do care about is expanding the scope and power of government in our lives. If this health bill passes we will one day be entirely reliant on the decisions (and whims) of some bureaucrat when it comes to our health care – freaking scary. Scarier than Pelosi’s face.
“The Most _______ Woman in the United States”
Hey New York Magazine, it’s “Hated”. Geez don’t journalists go to college? I thought you guys were all supposed to be so smart.
A woman who has never worked a day in her life and has lived in the lap of luxury thinks she knows what is best for the common man. Who the hell elects a multi-millionaires wife to government and thinks she will care about anyone who also isn’t in the rich bitch club? It proves the old adage that with enough money you can get ANYONE elected into office.
In the proud tradition of Deceiver readers everywhere, I shall now eat a cheeseburger. Oh heck, make that two. With TWO apple pies and a sundae for dessert. Take that, Pelosi!
What can I say, I go by the old ‘do whatever feels good’ moral code. Oh wait, that doesn’t apply to eating habits??? Dang.
You know that South Park episode in “SpookyVision”, where Barbara Streissand’s face is used to scarify people? They need a sequel, starring Pelosi.
Now THAT’s scary.
@AAW – At least it’s Tuesday and not Friday.
Lol I have to agree with Catharine, I am going out and having either Hardees or Rallys tonight. Monster Burger here I come.
look on the bright side. eating unhealthy food will shorten her life and we will never have to look at her sorry ass, er face ever again. and even better: she won’t be in a position of power.
Unfortuately Mermaid, she does have that congressional healthcare at her disposal. You know, snap her fingers and a doctor will fly in to treat her, any test that might help will be done, not to mention all the meds and treatments she might need. All at our expense, to save her life, so she can stay in office as long as possible!
Obama, the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and the New World Order
http://www.infowars.com/obama-the-cloward-piven-strategy-and-the-new-world-order/
Obama and the Cloward-Piven Strategy to Destroy America
http://rightwingrebel.com/2009/03/12/obama-and-the-cloward-piven-strategy-to-destroy-america/
California Dave beat me to it. if this was Friday I’d pour bleach in my eyes. God I hate that bitch.
So we’re going to put all the vending machine operators out of business? All the machines will need redesigned to put nutritional info close to the button/item. There went the funds schools get from the sales. I guess manufacturers would like it, though not as many would be made as exist now, because most operators probably don’t have the cash on hand to replace every machine they own.
I can’t believe people make fun of Joan River’s plastic surgery when the industry has this poster girl. Not the paragon of female leadership I want to see.
And what’s with the beaming SERVANT? Isn’t that not allowed under the Axis of Evil (also know as Obama, Pelosi and Reid)?
Lastly, everyone in America knows what kind of food is good for them and what is bad for them, with the exception of two-year-olds and younger, and the mentally incompetent. If people aren’t able to make that connection, food labels and signs in restaurants aren’t going to help. Even a three year old knows broccoli is “healthy food”, he just doesn’t necessarily like it. If I eat crap, that’s my problem. My insurance company can even slap a higher premium on me if I get uber fat or unhealthy. The government has no business sticking their nose in what I eat, so BACK OFF NANNY-STATERS!!!
Well, the top guys in the Soviet Politburo snarfed Beluga caviar and washed it all down with champagne while the “comrades” stood in long lines for that crummy dark bread you always see peasants eating in the movies. San Fran Nan is just living out that fantasy…Haagen Dazs for me, not for thee.
“Lastly, everyone in America knows what kind of food is good for them and what is bad for them, with the exception of two-year-olds and younger, and the mentally incompetent.”
See, and that’s the problem with the world today. Every warning label we post, every idiotic nanny state law we pass, is helping these potential Darwin-award recipients alive long enough to breed a litter of even more moronic children.
We’ve removed ’survival of the fittest’ from the equation, and that really doesn’t bode well for the future of human evolution.
Kinda reminds me of Diana from V — only dumber.
Why, why, why, why…..I love you, Scott F. You said exactly what I was going to say as I read this after chowing down on a giant piece of cake. And once more, I will cry myself to sleep tonight thinking about the collective intelligence of the human race plummeting with every passing day.
Plus, as I’m sure many of you know, there are certain times when it’s just not smart to get between a lady and her chocolate. Pelosi doesn’t count. As a woman, I mean. But Swamp Thing, don’t try to guilt me out of my cake and ice cream.
…you know, that junk food tax…..can we just tax HER purchases? These idiotic taxes should be tested out on Congress first so they can see how they like it. Except, you know, let’s scale it for income level just for them. Okay, not really, but these people are in serious need of a reality check.
*throws Scott F. stickers around with wild abandon*
Wow Conrad the website you linked is full of nut jobs. Read some of the comments. Please tell me Americans aren’t as dumb as those comments portray.
LEt’s hope with the wins in NJ and Virginia that the Americans are finally waking up from their year long nap. Fingers crossed that people like Pelosi will be out of office so we can get some real change coming. It frightens me to know that she will have a say in my healthcare.
I’m starting to really understand Pelosi. Because she has no clue about what she would need to do to take care of herself, she assumes that the all of the “commoners” are the same way and need Big Brother for guidance.
Whatever clogs her arteries and causes an incendiary stroke fastest, I say. Few things would make me happier than reading that this pampered pteranodon has gone tits-up, unless it was reading that she died when Michael Moore fell on her during his own massive coronary.
I agree with most of the comments except remember that many companies/restaurants have made false claims for years about the health and nutrition of the food they server and sell. Taco Bell once had their taco salad listed as a healthy alternative, that frickin’ thing has more calories then a bic mac (500 w/o shell vs 485).
My dog Dim does the same exact thing when I give him a scoop of kibble.
Which is why I don’t usually let him rewrite my health insurance policy.
some may think the infowars link leads to weirdo stuff but it does contain kernels of truth. look at who the NEA reading list recommends (I guess if you are a bleeding heart liberal, this would make you happy):
http://www.nea.org/tools/17231.htm
Recommended Reading: Saul Alinsky, The American Organizer
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul Alinsky
Vintage; Reissue edition (October 23, 1989)
Buy It
Rules for Radicals
by Saul Alinsky
Vintage; Reissue edition (October 23, 1989)
Buy It
I have to agree with D—. A few weeks ago I ate at CPK (chicken lettuce wraps), which of course, I know aren’t “good” for me, but I had no idea that they were nearly a thousand calories a serving. Definitely a buzz kill, but still, it’s difficult to make an informed choice when there’s no information about what you’re actually eating. I mean if someone asked you which was healthier: a lettuce wrap or a cheeseburger, I doubt that many people would choose the former. Besides, as far as I know the bill doesn’t disallow the purchase of unhealthy products, it just gives you more information about what you’re about to buy… since when is more information a bad thing?
Since when did knowing junk food is bad for you stop people from eating it?
@SimonScowl I certainly wouldn’t have chosen the lettuce wraps if I had known that they had over 900 calories. I would have gotten the normal sized cobb salad with blue cheese dressing for half the calories.
Nobody is responsible for the size of your ass but you.
@ Beige . . . Any way, you think, to arrange that delightful-sounding accident between Moore and Pelosi? You know, give them a little nudge-nudge in that direction?
Minnow, every time I forget how much I love you, you post something like that and I get hearts shootin’ out my eyes all over again, just like “Tom and Jerry”.
Beige, I am currently having that kind of moment in Simon’s general direction. Simon, I hope you aren’t maimed by the copious eye-hearts currently firing at your person.
I was wondering why I had a heart on!
What ingredients are contained in these evil chicken lettuce wraps? I’ll write a letter to Speaker Pelosi so she knows exactly what to place a ‘health tax’ on next!
@Habanada: I think it could be as simple as slathering her with barbecue sauce (a la “Carrie”) and telling Moore that someone has cleverly stuffed some ribs in an expensive dress. The resulting one-man stampede should finish off both of them.
The “beaming servant” brings her ice cream on a platter and she “giggles” that she wants it later, not now? Pass me that platter, I need something to barf on.
This is the woman who compared people protesting Obamacare to Dan White? She EATS like Dan White.
I find something about that picture distinctly frightening.
@Digitalis: It’s probably b/c Pelosi wants to eat your soul. Preferably a la mode.
Maybe because we’ve seen the ice cream waltz before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTihNzoYV8Q
(skip to 8:50)
@Simon Yeah, but the way it’s sticking out of your torso like that…maybe you should see a doctor.
@ Beige — Okay, right. I’ll acquire about 30 gallons of Hunt’s BBQ sauce, and you can deliver the “good news” to Moore. I can bring a camcorder too.