早晨上班的時候,聽NPR News,然後,就聽到了這個。
Health Care Overhaul Boosts Pelosi\'s Clout上一周,8馬同學signed the health care bill into law。歡欣鼓舞之餘,8馬同學打掃舊戰場,審視新人類;指點江山,激揚文字,第一個被他拎出來,並遭到其熱情表揚的就是congresswoman Nancy Pelosi。
8馬同學gave a lot of the credit for passing the legislation to Nancy Pelosi,他說:
One of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had, Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
不同的人,對這個Healthcare overhaul bill,對Pelosi,可能都有不同的感想,或者,根本沒感想。這不是我想討論的話題,但是,當我饒有趣味地聽完了整段新聞,心裏倒是蠻感慨的。
在被人追問,對president calling her one of the most effective House speakers in history的感想的時候,Pelosi說:
I knew I came here to vote for health care for all Americans. That has been a pillar of who I am and who we are as Democrats, but I didn’t think I would be leading the way as Speaker of the House, that’s for sure. But let me give credit where it is due: the president of the United States. Without the leadership of President Obama, we would not where we are today.
Pelosi的這段話,可以分解成三層意思:
1. 我是一個高尚的人,有理想的人,脫離了低級趣味,為美國人民的終生福利而努力奮鬥的人;
2. 我是一個謙虛的人;
3. 就象要感謝人民感謝黨,放在這兒,人Pelosi說,光榮屬於Obama。
Nnd,我被感動了,我被Pelosi沒有一句廢話,沒有一個字多餘的表揚和自我表揚感動了。
聽完這一段,突發奇想:如果不是Pelosi,是Hillary,如果Hillary在Pelosi的位置,故事的結果會怎樣?Health care bill會通過嗎?她們的big boss又會怎樣樣評價?說到底,誰是大贏家?
這是一個沒有意義的假設,因為不可能,所以就有無限的可能。但是,我始終還是相信,性格決定命運。
I really learned something from Pelosi.