The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

and Pelosi said something to the effect of "well, we have to pass it so we will know what's in it!". That was pretty major....

I do believe we discussed this at the time but your quote here isn't correct and completely misrepresents what she said.

The full quote was (bolding mine):

But we have to pass the bill so that you [The National Association of Counties] can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.

She knew what was in the bill. Her colleagues knew what was in the bill. She was telling these local government officials that congress needed to get the bill passed so that these local government officials could begin to act on what was in the bill, with certainty, and without the ongoing debate.

But yes, when you take half of one sentence out of a paragraph in a 5 minutes speech and then change one of the pronouns, then it is easy enough to make the speaker look stupid.