Pelosi's Trifecta
Nancy Pelosi hit a trifecta of sorts today, issuing three statements on
presidential declassification of the NIE,
ethics
and
the economy. As you'd expect, the statements border on the irrelevant. Let's take a look at them in order:
It was the leakers' manipulation that was stopped dead in its tracks by the publishing of the NIE in total.
Furthermore, the intelligence wasn't manipulated by the Bush administration. Rather, it was manipulated by the administration's opponents who 'published' only the snippets favorable to their case.
I hope Republicans remember these manipulations when they step into voting booths next November.
The American people aren't buying into that farce, Ms. Pelosi. In fact, I suspect that they're getting sick of hearing you act like Democrats are the 'Party of Virtue' because they don't believe either political party has a monopoly on virtue or corruption.
Finally there's her statement on the economy. To say that it's incoherent is being kind:
Does that sound like Ms. Pelosi's version of America? When you get right down to it, it's amazing that she'd say such idiotic stuff because I'd doubt she thinks that people believe it. If she does think people believe it, then she needs to be fitted with a white jacket and a padded room.
Cross-posted at California Conservative
Posted Friday, April 7, 2006 5:00 PM
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"President Bush's selective declassification of highly sensitive intelligence for political purposes is wrong. Executive Order 12356 requires 'a uniform system for classifying, declassifying, and safeguarding national security information.' Why didn't President Bush follow this protocol before authorizing the selective leak of highly sensitive intelligence?The President authorized the declassification of the NIE because proven liar Joe Wilson was undercutting the President by misrepresenting what the President said about Saddam's nuclear weapons program. Democrats, in turn, tried politicizing Wilson's 'discovery'. President Bush was right in declassifying the NIE in total so that people would see the entire picture, not just manipulated snippets that represented minority views.
From the beginning, the Bush Administration manipulated intelligence about Iraq to strengthen the President's political position. The President owes the American people the truth about his manipulation of sensitive intelligence for political purposes. The Republican cover-up Congress must stop blocking the urgently-needed investigation of the Bush Administration's manipulation of intelligence information and release of a CIA clandestine service officer's identity."
It was the leakers' manipulation that was stopped dead in its tracks by the publishing of the NIE in total.
Furthermore, the intelligence wasn't manipulated by the Bush administration. Rather, it was manipulated by the administration's opponents who 'published' only the snippets favorable to their case.
I hope Republicans remember these manipulations when they step into voting booths next November.
"Speaker Hastert and his Republican cohorts are responsible for the most corrupt Congress in history and the American people are paying the price at the gas pump, at the pharmacy, and with record high deficits.Perhaps Ms. Pelosi should remember that Harry Reid had shadier dealings with Abramoff than DeLay did. Or that William Jefferson was found with about $90,000 in cash in his freezer and an indictment is pending for Mr. Jefferson. But those don't matter to Ms. Pelosi because she knows that they're 'in the right political party'.
Republicans destroyed the ethics process in the House to protect their cronies Cunningham, DeLay, Ney, and other Members implicated in the Abramoff scandal, to name only a few. The Speaker should join me in directing the Ethics Committee to get to work, and not cast aspersions on the independent and distinguished Ranking Member."
The American people aren't buying into that farce, Ms. Pelosi. In fact, I suspect that they're getting sick of hearing you act like Democrats are the 'Party of Virtue' because they don't believe either political party has a monopoly on virtue or corruption.
Finally there's her statement on the economy. To say that it's incoherent is being kind:
President Bush should ask American families, millions of whom are struggling to make ends meet and going deeper in debt, if they believe that there is 'an economic resurgence that is strong, broad and benefiting all Americans. With tax cuts for the wealthiest few causing red ink as far as the eye can see, incomes falling, and our jobs moving overseas, the economic record of President Bush is dismal for middle-class families. The Bush economy is going in the wrong direction: gas prices are sky-high and health costs are an overwhelming burden for too many Americans.To hear Ms. Pelosi's version, you'd think that this is the worse of economic times since the depression. Does she actually think that people are buying that? People see their 401's getting bigger, unemployment is decreasing monthly and companies are expanding payrolls.
Does that sound like Ms. Pelosi's version of America? When you get right down to it, it's amazing that she'd say such idiotic stuff because I'd doubt she thinks that people believe it. If she does think people believe it, then she needs to be fitted with a white jacket and a padded room.
Cross-posted at California Conservative
Posted Friday, April 7, 2006 5:00 PM
No comments.
