"NICE LADY"?!?

"Nice lady" was one of the famous catchphrases of Jackie Gleason's Buford T. Justice character in the old film Smokey & The Bandit (first link below), and now it's being used by conservative Senator Tom Coburn (R-Ok.) to describe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (second link below) -- and yes, he's being serious. In the same comments (which Coburn made in a recent town hall meeting), Coburn tells constituents that they should not get their news solely from FoxNews (suggesting also CNN, for example). The right-wing talking heads are UP IN ARMS over these comments today, while left-wingers must be having a field day.

I'm largely inclined to stay out of this one and let the right and left have one of their little pi$$ing matches. So I have just a few comments here: (1) Is it good advice that people should look to a variety of sources for their news and information, and not just FoxNews? Absolutely. (2) Is Nancy Pelosi a "nice lady"? Irrelevant. Who cares? All I know is that I have found many of her words and actions completely repulsive over the past year, topping things off by ram-rodding into law a health care monstrosity against the clear will of the American people. I really couldn't care less whether, on a face-to-face personal level, she's a "nice lady."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jTz9Ldia18
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35446.html