Nancy Pelosi not wild about Lincoln Chafee’s presidential candidacy

HOUSE DEMOCRATIC Leader Nancy Pelosi poked fun at the possibility that former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, a Republican turned independent, might be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC Leader Nancy Pelosi poked fun at the possibility that former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, a Republican turned independent, might be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday poked fun at the possibility that former Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, a Republican turned independent, might be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Pelosi engaged in the political raillery when a reporter asked her about Chafee’s contention that any candidate who voted to authorize the Iraq war should be politically disqualified from being elected president prefaced his question with the phrase “speaking of candidates running for president.”

“Lincoln, of course,” Pelosi said after the reporter mentioned Chafee, the former governor and ex-senator announced he is exploring the possibility of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

“Why did I not think that was going to be the first name out of your mouth?” she said playfully, once the reporter had finished his question.

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Pelosi publicly opposed the war when Congress was debating the resolution authorizing President George W. Bush to invade Iraq. Still, Pelosi said that she doesn’t think Hillary Clinton’s vote disqualifies her to be president. “That was then, this is now,” Pelosi said. Despite that vote, Clinton “will be among the best prepared to serve as president.”

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  1. Chafee wants to keep his family name in the limelight. By becoming a candidate for president, he will be able to engage Hillary in the Presidential Debates on TV and become known as a dedicated liberal democrat. He also will be supportive of most of Hilllary’s policies and they will become good friends. If Hilllary wins the election for president of the United States, Chafee will ask to be considered for an Ambassadorship. I think that Chafee would enjoy being the Ambassador to the United Kingdom.