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January 6, 2009
Beat 360 1/6/09
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) accepts the gavel from Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) during the first session of the 111th Congress in the House Chambers January 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Sherri, Somerset MA   January 6th, 2009 5:22 pm ET

"Get over here or I'll hit you with this!"

John in Valhalla, NY   January 6th, 2009 5:23 pm ET

Pelosi, showing what she's learned from Illinois now that the democrats have the majority. If you can't join 'em,....beat 'em.

Kristien,Antwerp, Belgium   January 6th, 2009 5:24 pm ET

Let me see if I can crack the brown veneer with this hammer...

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:25 pm ET

Each has the Congress that deserves (Laughing...)

Vanessa, El Paso,TX   January 6th, 2009 5:26 pm ET

touch me and i'll smack you, knucklehead

Pamina   January 6th, 2009 5:27 pm ET

Speaker Pelosi demonstrates physically what happened to the Republicans on November 4th.

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:27 pm ET

Gentlemen, come owner of the house!

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:28 pm ET

Honey, here the last word is always yours!
(Since that is: "Yes, sir!")

kaye in Vancouver   January 6th, 2009 5:28 pm ET

"can i have a kiss?"
"only if can hit you in the face"

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:30 pm ET

And they said that I was bad policy, poor platform of, awful of oratory!

John Brody, Williston Park, NY   January 6th, 2009 5:32 pm ET

Please, please don't hurt me! I just wanted to see what it felt like to sit here.

STEVE-HIGH LEVEL, ALBERTA   January 6th, 2009 5:33 pm ET

Nock on wood , keep this hammer for the economy

steve ramsey
alberta

STEVE-HIGH LEVEL, ALBERTA   January 6th, 2009 5:34 pm ET

What are you going to cook today dear?
I hope it is a pork

steve ramsey
alberta

Patrick Quinn   January 6th, 2009 5:34 pm ET

No, Nancy. Capitol croquet is played underhanded.

Gulf Shores, AL

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:35 pm ET

Bush thinking: "Even though it is ending ...
Lack little"

ryan j burmester   January 6th, 2009 5:36 pm ET

no john!! we're both married!!

Larry Fleece   January 6th, 2009 5:36 pm ET

"Before I got to Washington, I had NO idea how powerful the croquet lobby was."

STEVE-HIGH LEVEL, ALBERTA   January 6th, 2009 5:39 pm ET

Roses are red ,hammer is wood
USA people are evcting there homes and have no food
Tell me if you did get your pork ,next time i will use the fork on your head and that i would.

steve ramsey
alberta

Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:40 pm ET

Thanks, John. I've always wanted to take a crack at it!

- Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles

Ray Richardson   January 6th, 2009 5:40 pm ET

We've got to stop meeting like this.
Ray Richardson, Greenfield, Indiana

Paul - Castro Valley, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:40 pm ET

" I double dog dare ya John to try and kiss me again "

DaveLee   January 6th, 2009 5:40 pm ET

When all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail.

Paul - Castro Valley, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:41 pm ET

Pelosi – " Maybe I can beat Your Republican views out off Your head "

Michael Kajdas Chicago, IL   January 6th, 2009 5:41 pm ET

Hang on, John, one of your carpet tacks is coming loose.

Larry Fleece   January 6th, 2009 5:41 pm ET

"John, did you realize that your name's an anagram of B Hornee?"

Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:42 pm ET

Boy! I'd love to knock some sense into you!

- Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:42 pm ET

Thank God that this isnt a scythe.

Steve, Bend OR   January 6th, 2009 5:44 pm ET

Speak softly and carry a big gavel.

Dylan Neill   January 6th, 2009 5:44 pm ET

During the new session of Congress, the Democrats promise to be more "hands-on" with their republican counterparts.

Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:45 pm ET

Watch that hand, John, or you'll be seeing stars minus the stripes!

- Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 5:45 pm ET

Women, this here isn't an auction, no.

Larry Fleece   January 6th, 2009 5:46 pm ET

"Yeah, it IS Hillary's pantsuit. And your point is...?":

Judith New Orleans area   January 6th, 2009 5:46 pm ET

Let me hammer this point home! " I am the first woman Speaker of the House!"

Paul - Castro Valley, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:46 pm ET

Pelosi – " I hear You didn't like my speech on the bailout, well You might like this better when I smack You over the head"

Greg S. from Santa Monica   January 6th, 2009 5:47 pm ET

Nancy whips out her "Fili-Buster" when John Boehner and the Republicans get out of hand.

Larry Fleece   January 6th, 2009 5:47 pm ET

"There! Not a hair out of place! And I assure you the headache's only temporary."

STEVE-HIGH LEVEL, ALBERTA   January 6th, 2009 5:47 pm ET

Shoulda had a V8

steve ramsey
alberta

Vivien, Germany   January 6th, 2009 5:48 pm ET

Okay, dude, now i'll take the lead!

Kimberly S.   January 6th, 2009 5:48 pm ET

YOU WISE GUY....WHY I OUGHTA....(tone like Three Stooges)

Kimberly S.
Dallas, Texas

STEVE-HIGH LEVEL, ALBERTA   January 6th, 2009 5:48 pm ET

What? Did we run out of aenesthetic?

steve ramsey
alberta

Larry Fleece   January 6th, 2009 5:49 pm ET

"Oh, stop your sniveling John. It's Barack's new stimulus package. EVERYone gets a gavel."

Paul - Castro Valley, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:50 pm ET

" This is awkward Mr. Boehner I'm clearly not feeling this chemistry as much as You "

eddy, toronto canada   January 6th, 2009 5:52 pm ET

"John, there's a fly on your forehead!"

Mike from Ithaca   January 6th, 2009 5:52 pm ET

Nancy and John prepare to hammer out a stimulus package.

Wyatt Knight - Rochester, NY   January 6th, 2009 5:56 pm ET

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner reenact the Britney-Madonna kiss.

Paul - Castro Valley, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:56 pm ET

Pelosi " Kiss me once shame on You, kiss me twice and I'll beat You into the middle of next week "

Larry Fleece Los Angeles, CA   January 6th, 2009 5:57 pm ET

"Don't make me use this, John. Get your right hand out of my pork barrel."

Belinda - Menard Texas   January 6th, 2009 5:58 pm ET

Now be real still.....there's a mosquito on your head.

Janine from PA.   January 6th, 2009 5:58 pm ET

Lets get this stimulis package passed or I'll boink you over the head with this!

Wyatt Knight - Rochester, NY   January 6th, 2009 5:58 pm ET

Pelosi and Boehner tell each other,
"You da man."
"No, you da man!"

Ebony Jackson   January 6th, 2009 5:59 pm ET

"Love Ya Knuclehead"

Janine from PA.   January 6th, 2009 5:59 pm ET

It's hammer time!!!

Monica Marsh   January 6th, 2009 6:00 pm ET

Just a little more to the left John, just a little more.

Susan, Novato CA   January 6th, 2009 6:00 pm ET

Now let me see if I can knock some sense into you.

Janine from PA.   January 6th, 2009 6:00 pm ET

We'll be hammering home our message to you republicans all year!

Janine from PA.   January 6th, 2009 6:01 pm ET

Put the hammer down and let's dance.

Amy- Kentucky   January 6th, 2009 6:05 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi says, "Touch me, and the toupee gets it!"

Pamina   January 6th, 2009 6:08 pm ET

Speaker Pelosi unveils the Democrats new plan for bi-partisan negotiation!

Charles in Harbor Springs, Michigan   January 6th, 2009 6:09 pm ET

"I John, do take thee Nancy, as my Speaker of the House."

Greg in Los Angeles   January 6th, 2009 6:10 pm ET

"Nancy... testing my reflexes does not include my skull!"

Wyatt Knight - Rochester, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:10 pm ET

John Boehner: Thanks for taking over. Look out for the guy in the third row...his shoes are untied."

Louie Alvarez - Tucson, Az   January 6th, 2009 6:11 pm ET

We couldn't find your broomstick, Nancy. Hopefully this gavel will suffice.

Mary - Hawaii   January 6th, 2009 6:12 pm ET

"Knock 3 times on my forehead if you waaaant me, twice only if the answer is noooo!

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:12 pm ET

I'm powerful or not?

Tyson, Modesto, CA   January 6th, 2009 6:13 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi ushers in post-partisan era by bludgeoning Republican counterpart.

Judith New Orleans area   January 6th, 2009 6:14 pm ET

House Speaker Pelosi uses her gavel to "drive home" the idea that "It takes a woman to clean House!"

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:15 pm ET

Come on, we have much work to do!

Terry   January 6th, 2009 6:15 pm ET

" Hit me again, Nancy, I'm beginning to like it."

Scott - Springfield, IL   January 6th, 2009 6:16 pm ET

Watch the hands, Boehner. I'm packin'.

JIM O'DONNELL - The Villages,FL   January 6th, 2009 6:17 pm ET

John, let's play the Gong show.

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:19 pm ET

I said: "Abortion is a matter optional"

Kalon (pronounced like Palin) Haggith, Toronto   January 6th, 2009 6:19 pm ET

Shoulda had a V8, John Boehner!

Jafar   January 6th, 2009 6:21 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi: OMG. Just like home, I have to fix everythign myself!

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:21 pm ET

If I could break the ice in Greenland, imagine here!

Candy   January 6th, 2009 6:21 pm ET

You like it? I picked it up cheap at one of those foreclosure garage sales!

Charlotte Lauren, San Francisco, Bay Area, California   January 6th, 2009 6:22 pm ET

Cougars Rule!

Aaron- Kentucky   January 6th, 2009 6:22 pm ET

"John, if you call me Hillary one more time I am going to hit you with this gavel."

JIM O'DONNELL - The Villages,FL   January 6th, 2009 6:23 pm ET

John, this is so tempting!!!

Jim Atlanta   January 6th, 2009 6:25 pm ET

3-to-1 odds says I can dent your hair with this thing.

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:28 pm ET

Get out, get out! Now I am!
I took, but I arrived!

Mike Grohs, St. Pete Beach, FL   January 6th, 2009 6:29 pm ET

"It's works perfectly for stone crab and is a great literal and metaphorical ice breaker."

Bob - Massillon, OH   January 6th, 2009 6:29 pm ET

"Give me a hug and get out of my chair."

Gary - Fujisawa, Japan   January 6th, 2009 6:29 pm ET

Okay, Nancy, now will you stop singing "If I had a hammer"?

Sydney Greene Charlotte,NC   January 6th, 2009 6:29 pm ET

Trust me John, you need this .Don't forget to pass it on to Blagojevich too!

Jim W   January 6th, 2009 6:30 pm ET

Good thing I'm not left handed. It won't hurt that much when I open the session by rapping on your forehead.

James J. Fassler Mill Valley,Ca.   January 6th, 2009 6:30 pm ET

You really didn't fall for that BIPARTISAN nonsense DID YUH ???

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:31 pm ET

You knew that the launch of the hammer is an Olympic sport.

Chris Sosa - Boston, MA   January 6th, 2009 6:31 pm ET

"Try anything, and I'll brain you with this gavel."

Tessa   January 6th, 2009 6:33 pm ET

"How does it feel to be in the minority party now, Boehner?"

Shawna   January 6th, 2009 6:34 pm ET

We're not dancing anymore baby, this is MY chair now so get out before before I pop you on the head with MY new toy!

Ryan D Russell, Avondale,AZ   January 6th, 2009 6:34 pm ET

I'm gonna beat that fake tan right off you, John!

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:34 pm ET

You knew that the Woman of the Stone Age already used the hammer.

Crystal Greenfield   January 6th, 2009 6:35 pm ET

"Watch those hands, Mister. You don't want me to use this on your head."

joanne osinkowski ontario canada   January 6th, 2009 6:35 pm ET

Stand still so I could knock some sense into that republican thing you call a brain...

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:35 pm ET

Archaeological findings show primitive forms of hammers.

Jennifer Lane, New Rochelle, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:35 pm ET

Democrat Nancy Pelosi demonstrates bipartisanship by bopping Republican John Boehner on the head.

Kevin Clotfelter from Skokie, IL   January 6th, 2009 6:35 pm ET

"Let me show you how it's done"

Lauren Conley, Wheeling   January 6th, 2009 6:35 pm ET

"Knock-knock!" "Who's there?" "Nancy!" "Nancy who?" "Nanananana, see you later, Republicans!"

Bob - Massillon, OH   January 6th, 2009 6:36 pm ET

Pelosi begins the 111th Congress with the traditional game of "Whac-a-Repbublican".

Jennifer Lane, New Rochelle, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:37 pm ET

"Ha Haaa...NOW who's boss?"

Cole Bernstein, Irvington, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:37 pm ET

So are you going to kiss me or are you going to hit me.

Kevin Clotfelter from Skokie, IL   January 6th, 2009 6:38 pm ET

"Oh, Gosh.... I was told not to look her directly in the eyes."

Susan   January 6th, 2009 6:39 pm ET

There's more than one way for women to break the glass ceiling!

Brian, Oxford, CT   January 6th, 2009 6:40 pm ET

let me wipe off those white flakes....thanks, I forgot to use my head and shoulders

Justin from Orlando, FL   January 6th, 2009 6:40 pm ET

Talk to me like you did in college, Nancy.

Mike, Syracuse NY   January 6th, 2009 6:40 pm ET

Pelosi demonstaretes a bipartisan smack up side the head.

Mike in Ithaca, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:40 pm ET

By the power of Grayskull... I have the power!

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:41 pm ET

Go, Nancy, go!

Mike, Syracuse NY   January 6th, 2009 6:41 pm ET

After 'convincing' by Pelosi, Boehner changes his vote.

James J. Fassler Mill Valley,Ca.   January 6th, 2009 6:42 pm ET

BEAT 360 ?..... I,d rather BEAT YOU !!!

Jennifer Lane, New Rochelle, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:42 pm ET

"Mmm...Nancy...how about a kiss?"
"You just try it, buster...I've got a gavel and I'm not afraid to use it!"

Joseph Carlson, San Diego, CA   January 6th, 2009 6:44 pm ET

Finally, we can stop people from coming in...just like they are doing in the Senate!

Pati Mc   January 6th, 2009 6:46 pm ET

"BEAT" 360, you say???????????

Gary Shaw Washington DC   January 6th, 2009 6:47 pm ET

"It's hammertime, can't touch this"

Lisa Deckard   January 6th, 2009 6:47 pm ET

And they say Democrats and Republicans can't get along!

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 6:47 pm ET

If you were a good boy, Santa Claus will reward you.

Peter Barrie   January 6th, 2009 6:48 pm ET

As it's her birthday, Nancy gets first crack at the John Boehner pinata.

Debra Bernstein, Irvington, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:49 pm ET

Hey Nancy, let's agree upon a stimulus package and seal it with a kiss.

Kevin Haggith Toronto   January 6th, 2009 6:50 pm ET

Nancy delights in a good game of 'Wack the Mole' before settling down to business.

Greg, Austin Tx   January 6th, 2009 6:50 pm ET

Nancy if you bang me with that thing one more time I'm telling Obama.

Olivia Schellenberg- Sudbury, Massachusetts   January 6th, 2009 6:50 pm ET

This is just a little preview of what is going to be going on in congress in at-least the next 4 years

Timothy Gibson   January 6th, 2009 6:51 pm ET

Nancy prepares to tenderize more pork that is Washington politics as usual, in a bypartisian fashioned suit.

Tim Gibson
San Diego, CA

Lynette from Michigan   January 6th, 2009 6:51 pm ET

"I have one of these at home too, I use it for a meat tenderizer!"

Lori - Pennsylvania   January 6th, 2009 6:52 pm ET

Let's knock the economy back on track!

JC- Los Angeles   January 6th, 2009 6:52 pm ET

"The one and only time Pelosi will resemble a knockout."

Brandon Montgomery   January 6th, 2009 6:52 pm ET

And this is the new politics, silence the opposition.

Brandon
Murray, Kentucky

Greg Myers,Houston TX   January 6th, 2009 6:53 pm ET

The definition of a pounding headache.

Jennifer Lane, New Rochelle, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:53 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi shows how she will get the Republicans to behave.

Ken Bernstein, Irvington, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:54 pm ET

Thanks John. Now get out of my seat or I'll knock you unconscious!!

Kevin Clotfelter from Skokie, IL   January 6th, 2009 6:54 pm ET

Almost there...If I can just reach into her pocket, I can disable her.

Cindy/Seattle   January 6th, 2009 6:54 pm ET

Quit doddling John, or I'll show you the business end of the gavel. I've got work to do.

Charles in Harbor Springs, Michigan   January 6th, 2009 6:55 pm ET

“Bang, bang Nancy’s wooden hammer came down upon his head!"

Lynette from Michigan   January 6th, 2009 6:55 pm ET

"This new gavel will go nicely with that hushed up raise we're all getting this year!"

Gordon Campbell, Calgary, Canada   January 6th, 2009 6:55 pm ET

Thanks John, but with two lawsuits pending I think the Senate needs this more than we do.

James J. Fassler Mill Valley,Ca.   January 6th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

You only see the STRIPES, NOW let me show you some STARS !!!

Lynette from Michigan   January 6th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

"Speak softly, but always carry a big gavel!" (Nancy quote)

Brad, Trenton, NJ   January 6th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

You're welcome to stay at the podium since I'm inviting all of the children to come forward for my swearing in.

Jim from Alden   January 6th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

You try kissing me I'll bop you!!

Nina Bernstein, Irvington, NY   January 6th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

My arms on your shoulder, your hand's on my waist, your eyes closed, lips almost puckered...

CAN I SMACK YOU NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Randy, Princeton NJ   January 6th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

A disarming smile masks the Speaker’s true intent..

Randy, Princeton NJ   January 6th, 2009 6:59 pm ET

Make nice or I’ll bonk you!

Christine - Lawrenceville, NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:00 pm ET

Come here and let me knock some sense into you, you conservative right-wing nut!

geno oklahoma   January 6th, 2009 7:00 pm ET

Speaker Pelosi hammers out a deal with Minority Leader Boehner

Randy, Princeton NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:00 pm ET

So you think we’re going to give you the $800 million…?

Dan - California   January 6th, 2009 7:01 pm ET

"I TOLD you there is NO SMOKING in here!"

Martha(from NashvilleTN)   January 6th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

IIf you don't behave, I'll haved to use the gavel on you, SO NO partisan politics or ELSE!!!!!!!!! Remember I'm the majority leader, not you,,.................

Randy, Princeton NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

This new spirit of bipartisanship…it’s like a first date.

Randy, Princeton NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:04 pm ET

You’d better duck…

Randy, Princeton NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:05 pm ET

I’ve always wanted to do this.

Latarsha   January 6th, 2009 7:06 pm ET

"Come any closer and I'll knock the tan off you!" Latarsha – Jacksonville, FL

Ekene Onyebeke   January 6th, 2009 7:06 pm ET

It's ok Johny, there's nothing wrong with loosing an election and an eye

Mike, Kingston, Canada Eh.   January 6th, 2009 7:06 pm ET

I guess I'm going to have to put you in your place Mister.

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 6th, 2009 7:06 pm ET

Finally... something to work with!!

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 7:07 pm ET

Gaza here I come!

Rikki, Fargo, ND   January 6th, 2009 7:07 pm ET

"OK John, now hold still and you wont even know what hit you!"

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 6th, 2009 7:08 pm ET

Vote for the bailout, or the gavel will take you out!

JIM O'DONNELL - The Villages,FL   January 6th, 2009 7:09 pm ET

John, if you don't get your hand off me, you will be wearing this gavel !

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 7:09 pm ET

I'm the most powerful woman in U.S.!
Hahaha ...

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 6th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

"Come on John.... I only want to see if I can ring your bell."

Erik in Upper Saddle River, NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

C'mon a my House!

Jose Gonzalez   January 6th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

No, it's my gavel! Now back off or else!

Ron San Bruno Ca   January 6th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

Does Minority Leader , ring A bell ?

Kostas (from Montreal)   January 6th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

You might want to give this to Hillary for the next time she tries to break through the glass ceiling.

Kevin Haggith Toronto   January 6th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

Pelosi and Boehner dance to the Elvis classic, "Love me Tenderized"!

Erik in Upper Saddle River, NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:12 pm ET

Hey Johnny...c'mon a my House!

Josh Smith   January 6th, 2009 7:13 pm ET

"So just hit this desk with this wooden thing and people listen to you." – Boehner

Mike, Kingston, Canada Eh.   January 6th, 2009 7:13 pm ET

This is not going to workout, the gavel will always come between us!

Dan - California   January 6th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

"This is what you get for having a better dye job than me, Boehner!"

Steve, Bend OR   January 6th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

May I borrow this to break the glass ceiling.

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 6th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

Look Nancy I don't think that's what they mean when they say "RING" in the new year!

Hubert Wells   January 6th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

"Say my name..."

Janine from PA.   January 6th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

Nice to see a man be in the "minority".

JIM O'DONNELL - The Villages,FL   January 6th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

Nancy, you look like the Statue of Liberty.

Pat from New York City   January 6th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi, National Whack-a-Mole Champion

Erik in Upper Saddle River, NJ   January 6th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi doing her best Eartha Kitt "Hey Johhny....c'mon a my House!"

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 6th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

I'm in charge now.... get out of my way.

Janine from PA.   January 6th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

It's time we put you republicans in line.

Jack Orangeville,Ont. Canada   January 6th, 2009 7:17 pm ET

If we bail out any more banks,insurance companies,brokerage firms,trust funds and car companies were going to need a sickle to go with this hammer!!!!!

Marina;Saugus, California   January 6th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

Oh, it's so great to have power at you FINGERTIPS!!!! Ha ha ha ha!!!!

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 6th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

" I am woman..... HEAR ME KNOCKING??????"

Marina;Saugus, California   January 6th, 2009 7:20 pm ET

Let's see if this will make a dent in this crummy economy.

Jim Hutchins, Ogden UT   January 6th, 2009 7:22 pm ET

The power in the House used to reside with Rep. Tom "The Hammer" DeLay. Now, the power is wielded by Rep. Nancy "The Gavel" Pelosi.

Janene from Mesa, AZ   January 6th, 2009 7:22 pm ET

"Do you play AC Beat 360 John? I think this is what they really mean."

David Jones, Las Vegas NV   January 6th, 2009 7:23 pm ET

Oh John, you always know how to spoil a girl.

Randall Manning   January 6th, 2009 7:23 pm ET

....In case that junior senator from Chicago gets in.....

Socialninja
San Antonio, Tx

Dan - California   January 6th, 2009 7:24 pm ET

"Bonk? I'll show you bonk, Boehner!"

Janene from Mesa, AZ   January 6th, 2009 7:25 pm ET

"John do you think this will help me get those pork barrels opened?"

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 7:25 pm ET

The Republicans don't know with whom they got!

Reski Ramli - Bali   January 6th, 2009 7:25 pm ET

Bang, bang Nancy's wooden hammer came down on his head; bang, bang, Nancy's wooden hammer turned the US blue from red.

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 7:26 pm ET

Easy, Easy, I do what you want! ;)

Marge Lindskog, Pueblo, Colorado   January 6th, 2009 7:28 pm ET

This gives new meaning to "hammering out a deal."

Alisha Cambari-Saka, Bali   January 6th, 2009 7:29 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi continues what voters began on November 4.

Janene from Mesa, AZ   January 6th, 2009 7:31 pm ET

"Oy Gavelt (Geh-vollt); this thing is heavy. It would have cost a fortune to Mallett (mail it)"

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 7:31 pm ET

I'll interrogate everyone. Will not leave one!

Louis Krasnovsky   January 6th, 2009 7:32 pm ET

Smell it, smell it, smell it............Now take it!

Paul Zuker, Austin, TX   January 6th, 2009 7:32 pm ET

You have no idea what the 233 seats are whispering to me about what to do with this gavel!

ROXANNA, Greenville, MS   January 6th, 2009 7:34 pm ET

Hey John want some good old liberal slap and tickle?

Sarah R Toronto Ontario   January 6th, 2009 7:34 pm ET

Minority leader John Boehner goes in for a hug as speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi goes in for a smack.

Dan - California   January 6th, 2009 7:34 pm ET

"Tell me where you got that dye job, Boehner, or else!!"

Judy Opial   January 6th, 2009 7:34 pm ET

Please, from every concerned American, use that gavel for good instead of evil!

Julie   January 6th, 2009 7:35 pm ET

Move that hand any lower and the gavel will be yours again.

Elizabeth -TEXAS   January 6th, 2009 7:35 pm ET

Knock, Knock – don't mess with the lady in charge!

Mark Villono-Canton, Ohio   January 6th, 2009 7:35 pm ET

No! I don't want to be donkey kong, you can be donkey kong!

Stephen- Tucson, AZ   January 6th, 2009 7:35 pm ET

Have you seen my new Galahger inpresion???

William Shakespeare   January 6th, 2009 7:36 pm ET

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

sarah ,doha   January 6th, 2009 7:36 pm ET

now be good or else i'll beat you with it

Anne Morgan - Atlanta, GA   January 6th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Nancy Pelosi reacts to John Boener's comment: "You must have enjoyed your holidays -I see you've put on a few extra pounds".

Maria_Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 6th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Mirror, mirror my own:
"Who better dance?"
And the mirror replied: "Hillary!"

sarah ,doha   January 6th, 2009 7:38 pm ET

i love the way how you hold it nancy

Dan - California   January 6th, 2009 7:38 pm ET

Bonk THIS, Buckeye!

Jordan B, Miami FL   January 6th, 2009 7:38 pm ET

Remember...leave plenty of room for Jesus.

Vonda in Texas   January 6th, 2009 7:38 pm ET

Nancy, I'll need this back. I kinda promised Roland Burris he could take it home as a souvenir for his trip to Washington.

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