Pelosi shrugs off White House criticism of Syria trip.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday shrugged off White House criticism of her upcoming trip to Damascus… Speaking hours after arriving in Lebanon, Pelosi indicated the Bush administration was singling out her trip to Syria, but ignoring the recent visits by Republican members of Congress. ‘It’s interesting because three of our colleagues, who are all Republicans, were in Syria yesterday and I didn’t hear the White House speaking out about that,’ Pelosi said… ‘I think that it was an excellent idea for them to go,’ said Pelosi, who is to meet Syrian leaders Wednesday. ‘And I think it’s an excellent idea for us to go, as well.’”
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Busch is to chicken to go……………
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:11 pmDeadeye is to scared to go………
Condi is to scared to go…………
Diplomacy now!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:12 pmGood Nancy, keep pointing out their hypocricy.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:13 pmIOKIYAR
Right?
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:15 pmKnow why Nancy?
Because republicans are hypocrits!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 pmRepublican House Members Visit Syria Ahead of Pelosi to Discuss Ties
DAMASCUS, Syria –U.S. House members meeting with President Bashar Assad Sunday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialogue with the Syrian leadership.
The U.S. House members, who included Virginia Republican Frank Wolf, Pennsylvania Republican Joe Pitts and Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt, also said they had raised with Syrian officials the issue of stopping the alleged flow of foreign fighters from Syria to Iraq.
THERE WILL BE NO PROGRESS MADE UNTIL PELOSI VISITS AS THE REPUBS ARE THERE TO DICUSS THE SAME OLD SHITE
http://www.thestate.com/372/story/24186.html
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:25 pmThere is big chance of peace soon in Isreal and Arab countries , No Doubt thats the last thing Bush wants
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:29 pmSyria get to speak to the Speaker of the House and she is in charge of the money now. Bush/Cheney/Connie can cry all they want Pelosi is third in line to the White House and she has the power. Notice the man is the head of the family but the wife is in charge of the money. Syria and others should get use to speaking to an American woman, soon they’ll be speaking to President Hillary Clinton. Sorry George your time is up and the World Leaders know it. Even Israel is working with the new Speaker of the House. Girl Power and Bush is hosed.
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:34 pmBecause Pelosi’s group includes the Muslim Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, the predictable conservative catcalls of treason are also almost sure to follow.
For the details, see:
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm“Keith Ellison, Syria and the Coming Conservative Smear.”
Nancy Pelosi has definitely got balls!
If she keeps this up, she’ll have Dubya cowering in the corner of his bathroom, babbling, “Is she gone? Is it safe to come out?”
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:45 pmIf she keeps this up, she’ll have Dubya cowering in the corner of his bathroom, babbling, “Is she gone? Is it safe to come out?â€
Comment by Ranger Jay
My fondest wish…..
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:50 pmI look forward to the day Pelosi speaks to Iran as well -
I cannot see Pelosi using the words “war is my last choice” like Bush and even those famous words by Bush was a pack of lies
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:11 pmPelosi is more presidential than Chimpy…
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:12 pmI hope Pelosi becomes the first female president, and Bush flees to Paraguay.
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:16 pmbet you Bush would like to give Pelosi a stiff seeing too
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:17 pmPresident Pelosi… Its nice to have a real leader instead of a punk idiot GWB.
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 pmbet you Bush would like to give Pelosi a stiff seeing too
Comment by Tobey Tall — April 2, 2007 @ 6:17 pm
Or a good tongue-lashing?
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:36 pmSo Nancy is taking charge. The fascists dream is falling to pieces. The Republican facsist will come out screaming over this. Their hopes of an authoritan theocracy is going down the drain. Time for them to scream treason to anyone who dares question them.
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:54 pmShe should make a surprise visit to Iran while she’s in the neighborhood. Perhaps she could even persuade them to let her take the 15 British sailors home to their families. I could see them going along with it, really. A perfect snub to Bush and Blair.
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:06 pm#19 Probably not while we still hold the Iranian diplomats we grabbed in January.
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:17 pmIf DUHmerica wasn’t so racist…
…Jesse Jackson could get the British soldiers out of Iran…
…in a heartbeat…
…but THAT would upstage the criminal, al Crackkker Bushites…
…wouldn’t it?
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:22 pmThe Balance of Power in the Middle East has shifted. Thanks to Bush’s illconceived and lethally incompetent war in Iraq, Iran’s Shiite star has risen, and the Sunni powers are worried. I think the Arab leagues offer to establish normalized relations with Isreal reflects this concern.
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 pmBush is as incompetent at waging Peace, as he is at waging war. Refusal to talk to Iran and Syria being exhibit A! Hopefully Pelosi can interject some common sense into the situation. Who knows,? she could end up with a Nobel Peace Prize.
She’s third in line to the presidency and doesn’t answer to Bush. She can do whatever she damn well pleases!
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 pm‘DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO,” RIGHT, HYPOCRITE white house?
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:36 pmActually, Pelosi is SECOND in line to the Presidency, not third.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:14 amWhy is Nancy Pelosi not guilty of treason trying to undermine the position of our State Dept and our President??
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 amshe cant do any worse then condi or rumsfeld or cheney or the pres or our allies. all this crazyness that syria and these other nations are put in time out and cant be talked to are rediculas.whatever she accomplishes the cia will undue .you can count on it .Then people wonder why that fat pig of Rosie O Donald wont shut up . Give it a rest its over this wwf mentality that people are cheering for fixed events in time.THE GLOBAL ECONOMY HAS TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO SURVIVE RATHER THEN GO TO THAT OLD STANDBY[LETS SUSTAIN THIS WAR ECONOMY]Im sure the pres loves this country and i respect him but not for this crazyness.ITS OVER .WE NEVER LOST A BATTLE THERE SO WE DIDENT LOSE THE WAR THATS THE BULLSHIT.POLOSI MAKE THEM AN OFFER THEY CANT REFUSE
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:38 pm