Comments on: Reason to Believe

By: farang

farang — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thought she looked familiar at first, then read the part about Leo Ryan and remembered: When my family first moved from D.C. to S.F. in the mid sixties, my folks rented a house in SSF from her parents. Damn, almost 40 years ago.

Hope you make it all the way to Sacramento, Jackie. Way to smack Ahnold down, too.

By: Joel Sax

Joel Sax — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Somehow, the Republicans will come up with someone who will say “I was on that tarmac and Jackie Speir was actually off in the bushes making love to an armadillo”.

But I will happily vote for her. Phil Angelides is another good future governor.

By: bwunderlick

bwunderlick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

like other, i never heard about the jones thing, but as a calfornia resident i have always admired jackie speirer. literarly on every issue progressives care about she is there actually introducing legislation, being the point person pushing views into the papers, and generally being a leader on all the important issues. there are very very very few politicians who actually make you feel good about our repsentative democracy, jackie speier is one of them.

By: firedoglake

firedoglake — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, Texas Dem, I was just going to say that if I was going to hand over my political opinion to anyone, it would be MB. She must be the bomb.

By: texas dem

texas dem — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hello. Jackie Speier just got the coveted Meteor Blades endorsement. She has my vote for the rest of her life.

By: Malacandra

Malacandra — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I actually have met Jackie Speier… and was very impressed with her, even without knowing this amazing story from the jungles of Guyana.

She was giving an “ice cream” reception at a suite during the California Democratic Convention. You attract a lot of flies with ice cream, and I was one of those flies. :)

Anyways, she came across as a smart, dynamic, and capable woman.

By: punaise / berkeley

punaise / berkeley — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If I’m not mistaken she also lost her hubby years ago in a broadside by a red-light-runner.

By: Sonoma

Sonoma — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Speier is the epitomy of political courage. Coupled with a innate decency and bare knuckled toughness, she always fights the good fight, win or lose. She is, without a doubt, one of the finest public servants I have ever known. My admiration for her could not possibly be greater. My mother, who once worked for San Mateo County’s social service department, swore by her. The handful of times over the years in which I turned to her office for information or assistance, her people always came through (I was her constituent up until a few months ago). Above and beyond all that, I encourage any resident of California to peruse both her biography, and more importantly, her voting record. She is, simply, eminently worthy of any office in the state she may seek.

For the record, I am not in the habit of laying it on thick where politicians are concerned- far from it. I’ve never met Speier, and likely wouldn’t even recognize her if our paths crossed. But this is from the heart. Vote Jackie Speier.

By: CmdrSue

CmdrSue — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Now I wish I lived in California. How can you not vote for someone who was laying on the tarmac 22 hours, left to die, and sipping rum? That is Christopher Walken-character-level cool. I can’t think of an actress that portrays that level of cool…

By: The Truffle

The Truffle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

She sounds like a tough cookie! That fighting spirit is sorely needed on today’s political scene.

Forget Lt. Governor–she sounds like she’d be a great governor!