Mark Z. Barabak: The essence of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi comes through in her not-farewell address
The not-farewell address Nancy Pelosi delivered Thursday captured the quintessence of her history-making career. The departing House speaker was, as ever, immaculately turned out. She wore white, the color of the suffragette movement, of which Pelosi was a legatee and enormous champion. She read, dutifully, from prepared remarks that were filled with the typical exhortations and platitudes — a ...
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Nov 18, 2022
3 minutes
The not-farewell address Nancy Pelosi delivered Thursday captured the quintessence of her history-making career.
The departing House speaker was, as ever, immaculately turned out. She wore white, the color of the suffragette movement, of which Pelosi was a legatee and enormous champion.
She read, dutifully, from prepared remarks that were filled with the typical exhortations and platitudes — a reference to the "Star Spangled Banner," a paean to the Capitol and its
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