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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoo boy Nancy!
She just asked if Trump painted houses!
Holy moly!
For those not in the know that is the phrase used in the netflix movie The Irishman where the mobster who is a hitman was asked if he painted houses when a hit was being ordered. It was code.
BeyondGeography
(39,388 posts)Fucking thug.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)was serving. #geewonderwhy
dem4decades
(11,310 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,357 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)Keep those boots on his neck Speaker Nancy
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)She even knows obscure movie references!
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)mercuryblues
(14,550 posts)for her to say this, means something. Hang on folks, there is more to come.
mopinko
(70,275 posts)this shit about tailing masha has lit a fire, i am sure.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)I watched the Irishman and said to hubby "I heard You Paint Houses" (he does paint houses) his reply..."where have you been, that term has been around for a long time"..
Good on Nancy..it is about time we meet them head-on...
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)The title is in reference to, according to Sheeran, the first conversation he had with Hoffa over the phone, where Hoffa started by saying, "I heard you paint houses"a mob code meaning: I heard you kill people, the "paint" being the blood that splatters when bullets are fired into a body.
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives just asked the President of the United States if he was a mobster who kills people. Never thought I'd see this day. Holy shit!
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)No offense to the Sicilians.
yellerpup
(12,254 posts)That's why he is known in NYC as "The Donald." He wants to be a mob boss but he's just not tough enough. They laugh at him instead.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)It had nothing to do with importance. God knows how much contempt and hatred I feel toward this waste of a sperm and an egg.
aggiesal
(8,940 posts)then by all means, call him "L'idiota mafioso Don!"
lunatica
(53,410 posts)3catwoman3
(24,079 posts)...The Donald, I thought it sounded completely ridiculous.
I have not changed my mind.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I think it pretty much stuck as a way to make fun of him, so Im fine with it just for that.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)This time it might stick!
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,206 posts)Call him "Fredo".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredo_Corleone
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)wnylib
(21,685 posts)wnylib
(21,685 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)He's allergic to manual labor.
wnylib
(21,685 posts)to him? He considers himself a master builder. Why nit a master house painter?
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)wnylib
(21,685 posts)In music, a master lyre player.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Whopper----Cheeseburger
2 humorous responses----Double and "Cheesy"
Yeah, I have those moments too sometimes.
dflprincess
(28,088 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)dflprincess
(28,088 posts)he was rambling on about the "beautiful" chocolate cake he had had and that he got two scoops of ice cream with it while everyone else only got one.
Besides, who would be surprised that he's a glutton?
CaptainTruth
(6,610 posts)Duppers
(28,127 posts)Our Lady is a gutsy queen. Love this. Yep, she's now a queen to me.
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Hekate
(90,909 posts)No, she should not run for president.
gab13by13
(21,448 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)hope that we have hard-nosed people working undercover to discover and implement defenses against the assault on our democracy.
No need for cleverness or sly references, no need for tweets or memes, just down and dirty slugging it out with the bad guys.
Mister Ed
(5,945 posts)The time will come for a changing of the guard, but not while this brilliant and experienced general still has a war to win.
liberalla
(9,273 posts)The best man for the job is a woman... and that woman is Nancy Pelosi!
Mme. Defarge
(8,055 posts)is there a link?
Hekate
(90,909 posts)Jaw-dropping
H2O Man
(73,650 posts)The phrase was used in the movie, because it was common language in that line of business. Great movie, not intended as a documentary, but it told a lot of truth.
Trump has long been a petty mobster. Never able to follow the first two rules, per loyalty and keeping his mouth shut.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)LAWD LAWD If she didn't send for you, don't come for the Speaker
Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)Thumbs up to you!
doc03
(35,396 posts)did she use that phrase?
Hekate
(90,909 posts)...that the Articles would be voted to be sent over & took a few questions after introducing the managers. It went by very fast, and sounded off the cuff -- and I didn't know what it meant until now.
dflprincess
(28,088 posts)Great opening line in the article "Leave the articles of impeachment, take the cannoli"
https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/pelosi-quotes-irishman-after-signing-impeachment-articles-against-trump/
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)will his supporters praise him for it? I think so.
But this will have to piss off some around the edges. May make life more difficult for Susan Collins and other at-risk Russiapublican Senators.
Hekate
(90,909 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,484 posts)However, he hires people to do his dirty work then stiffs them on the payment.
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)The problem is fining 4 hours of free time.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)tRump speaks in code.
Skraxx
(2,985 posts)Which is clearly exactly what was happening.
Marthe48
(17,055 posts)She has more balls than all of the repukes put together. Hope she has terrific security!
WheelWalker
(8,956 posts)Does she have SS protection?
Thekaspervote
(32,813 posts)Kali
(55,026 posts)Staph
(6,253 posts)When I heard that the Speaker asked if Trump "painted houses", I assumed it was a reference to Hitler. One of the slurs against Hitler in the years before and during WWII was that he was just a house painter. He had pretensions as an actual artist, so calling him a house painter was a bit of a slam.
dweller
(23,684 posts)coming and going, they both fit
✌🏼
honest.abe
(8,686 posts)Home taking day off due to bad back.
Great movie with some legendary actors.. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel.
Wounded Bear
(58,755 posts)Hitler fancied himself a painter, but the only thing he really painted were houses. There's a clip of it in Shirer's movie Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich. I assume it was in the book, though I don't remember that. It was a long time ago. I have the movie recorded and watch it periodically to remind myself.
dflprincess
(28,088 posts)it was definitely a reference to "The Irishman", not Hitler.
Article & video here:
https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/pelosi-quotes-irishman-after-signing-impeachment-articles-against-trump/
calimary
(81,548 posts)Havent seen The Irishman yet.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Go Nancy!
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)wnylib
(21,685 posts)but had no idea what she meant.
bucolic_frolic
(43,393 posts)These guys sound like the whackers
tblue37
(65,502 posts)lastlib
(23,344 posts)She BURNED him, and he didn't even realize it!
dlk
(11,585 posts)Nitram
(22,922 posts)propaganda over the years.
marble falls
(57,397 posts)NewDayOranges
(693 posts)Irishman so I had no idea what Speaker Pelosi meant when she said that!
aikoaiko
(34,185 posts)Kid Berwyn
(15,007 posts)That makes Nancy Pelosi a heroic patriot.