Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object
Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), who traveled last week with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as part of her delegation to the Middle East, said this morning on C-Span that Pelosi told Bush of the trip to Syria a day before they left, and Bush did not object.
Rahall said, “The Speaker had met with President Bush in the halls of the U.S. Capitol just the day before we left and mentioned to him that we were going to Syria. No response at all from the President.”
Watch it:
Despite the White House’s public rhetoric that the trip was a “bad idea,” President Bush “did not tell her not to go, nor did the State Department tell us not to go,” Rahall said. “The State Department was certainly aware of our traveling to Syria and our full itinerary. And there were State Department officials in every meeting that we had on this codel. So that is all hogwash as far as I’m concerned.”
Transcript:
CALLER: I am a Republican. And I thought under the Logan Act that Ms. Pelosi has committed a felony because under our Constitution, section 2 of the Constitution, that the president is the one who conducts — sends the people off, to conduct our foreign affairs. Now he told her he didn’t want her to go. That is a violation of the Logan Act. She should be hauled off in jail because if i was to commit a felony, i’d be hauled off and gone to jail.
RAHALL: First of all, that’s baloney. We were in violation of no u.s. laws. Second of all, the President did not tell her not to go, nor did the State Department tell us not to go. There were three Republican members of Congress in Damascus a few days before our trip. There was a Republican member of Congress in Damascus meeting with the President after our trip.
The Speaker had met with President Bush in the halls of the U.S. Capitol just the day before we left and mentioned to him that we were going to Syria. No response at all from the President. The State Department was certainly aware of our traveling to Syria and our full itinerary. And there were State Department officials in every meeting that we had on this codel. So that is all hogwash as far as I’m concerned.
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Someone else had to tell Bush to object.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:02 pm0wned
April 8th, 2007 at 1:03 pmOuch!
And good for him for standing up to the bullies!
April 8th, 2007 at 1:07 pmOh for God’s sake, do you actually think the president is capable of thinking for himself? Please. He’s a monkey.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:08 pmIs it really so hard to tell these people their half thought out regurgitations of what they heard on the Rush Limbaugh program makes them look foolish and no thinking person would give them any credibility?
This guy did it, but far too few do.
It seems the right only understands being bashed. So it is time to start bashing them… well actually time was years ago…
April 8th, 2007 at 1:13 pmBush was told by Rove not to object until she returned. Typcial tactics of republiscum smears. The voters are on to them now.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:13 pmHe objected–but he has very slow reflexes.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:14 pmChimpy can’t think on his feet — no surprises there.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:18 pmYes, but since Democrats generally lie, we cannot trust what Rahall says.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:18 pmAnd where do you suppose the “republican caller” got his erroneous information?
April 8th, 2007 at 1:19 pmBet rove and cheney worked double hard on this latest bunch of lies…Blessings
April 8th, 2007 at 1:21 pmWell, Suprise, Suprise!
I’m shocked that Karl Rove and the adminsitration and the right-wing noise machine of Drudge, Limbaugh, and Faux News would contrive something that has no connectionwith reality for short term political gain.
What else might they try to do next to simply gain some kind of political advantage…again? Start an illegal war of choice, this time in Iran? Allow a another major American city in a Democratic district and State to remain in crisis and then blame local “Democrat” politicians…again? Subvert our civil libirties and the framework of the Constitution under the aegis of an unending war against evil…again?
The real “crime” here is how the corporate media has become a right-wing echo chamber (see Matt Lauer’s Today Show interview with Russert from4/6/07). It’s amazing how there has been a paucity of Democratic voices allowed to be heard in the corporate media on this contrived news story. Today Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s Late Edition had Arlen Sector “balanced” by the reasonalbe voice of Joe Lieberman.
Until the Fairness Doctrine forces the corporate media to prsent both sides, this criminal misrepresentation and obfuscation from the real issues will continue. Kudos to C-SPAN!
April 8th, 2007 at 1:30 pmOh for God’s sake, do you actually think the president is capable of thinking for himself? Please. He’s a monkey.
Comment by Jim Source — April 8, 2007 @ 1:08 pm
Well, considering he can’t tell the difference between a hydrogen refueling port and an electrical outlet on a hybrid car, I’d guess the answer is a big fat NO.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:41 pmYes, but since Democrats generally lie, we cannot trust what Rahall says.
Comment by USA Patriot
Yes, but since Republicans generally lie, we cannot trust anything they ever say.
Comment by USA Patriot
There, I fixed it for you.
You’re welcome.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:42 pmI’m with Gerald and unbelievable on the way Rahall responded. Too few Democrats appear to have the ability to push back with aggressive, blunt, and plain-spoken language.
Artfully constructed speech with lots of dependent clauses and words that trolls have to look up in the dictionary may be perfect when speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, but sometimes you simply have to identify something by its most fundamental essence: horseshit. Or in this case, baloney and hogwash.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:43 pmFile under the bureau of “Oh, Snap!”
April 8th, 2007 at 1:43 pmGasp!
The administration conveniently forgot something it said in order to push forward its own world views and smear political enemies?
I’m surprised! (not really)
I wonder if the media will pick this up, or continue on with its ‘PELOSI IS AN UNPRECEDENTED TRAITOR TO OCEANIA!’ narrative.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pmUh…uh…wha’?
April 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pmI love when our elected representatives use words like “Bolonga” and “Hog wash” in their debates . hehehe.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:17 pmBush was told by Rove not to object until she returned. Typcial tactics of republiscum smears. The voters are on to them now.
Yea but apperently our news agencies are still lock step in spreading “hogwash” to the “voters”
April 8th, 2007 at 2:19 pmThere, I fixed it for you.
You’re welcome.
Comment by Zooey
Thanks Zooey. Somehow USA_Patriot got it all backwards. Hmmm, I wonder why he got it all backwards.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI want to know why this was only on C-Span – the channel that news junkies like some of us here watch – and not the MSM. Why isn’t Rahall on CNN or MSNBC or ABC or CBS? Why didn’t anyone else report this fact?
April 8th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI read this a few days ago on a liberal site, but few people have heard this — the people are still deliberately kept in the dark with the true facts. That republican caller is merely echoing what he hears on the “news” – not that republicans think for themselves otherwise, as they all suffer from “group think” but he is typical and the media is at fault — again.
Classic repub tactic; quietly give permission, then smear when the action goes forward. They used it on Saddam when our ambassador said to his diplomats that we had no interest in involving ourselves in conflicts between Arab nations before the gulf war.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:27 pm“The Speaker had met with President Bush in the halls of the U.S. Capitol just the day before we left and mentioned to him that we were going to Syria. No response at all from the President.†– - Bush immediately got Condi on his cell and asked, “Where’s Seeer-reee-uhhh?”
April 8th, 2007 at 2:30 pmHey USA Patriot!
Rep. David Hobson (R-OH), who accompanied Pelosi, said…
You calling him a liar? Prove it or shut up.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:40 pmGood question, Marie! Why isn’t Rahall on CNN or MSNBC or ABC or CBS?
It would make sense to get it from the source, right?
It’s so apparent how the mainstream media is owned by the corporate right! Can’t wait too see how they smear the “Democrat” nominee in ‘08!
April 8th, 2007 at 2:40 pmLike a good little troll, USA Patriot has flown the coop.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:48 pmLe Dauphin is scared to death of Nancy Pelosi. She reminds him of his mother.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:50 pmBush thought she said they were going to Syracuse. He didn’t object, because he doesn’t care about our relations with Canada.
Bush thought she said they were going to Syriana. He didn’t object, because he doesn’t care about George Clooney’s movies.
Bush didn’t know where Pelosi was talking about. He knows about three countries in the middle east, and all of them start will vowels.
Phony baloney political scandal…hyped by the lazy mediots.
April 8th, 2007 at 5:36 pmCHIMPya ALWAYS LETS HIS FLUNKIES AND TOADYS DO HIS DIRTY WORK FOR HIM, SUPERVISED BY FRANKENCheney and FAT-F*CK Rove, OF COURSE—-THIS WOULD EXPLAIN THIS EASILY!!!!! SWIFT-BOAT-SHIT-SMEARS CARRIED OUT BY OTHERS SO HE CAN LOOK CLEAN AS A WHISTLE, WHILE BESMIRCHED WITH SMELLY SHIT IN REALITY, OF COURSE!!!!!
April 8th, 2007 at 6:44 pm[...] Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object [...]
April 8th, 2007 at 6:50 pmI see my first response to this story isn’t unique.
Of course Bush didn’t object, because he had no idea what the trip meant. It was only after Unca Karl told him he could use it to make a Democrat look bad.
April 8th, 2007 at 7:22 pmHey USA Patriot!
Rep. David Hobson (R-OH), who accompanied Pelosi, said…
“We reinforced the administration’s positions and at the same time we were trying to understand and maybe getting some voice to some things people wanted to say that maybe they were not comfortable saying to the administration.â€
You calling him a liar? Prove it or shut up.
Comment by WC
Rep. Lantos (D), accompanying Pelosi: “We have an alternative Democratic foreign policy”.
THAT is the violation of the Logan Act. Only the President of the United States has the authority to determine Foreign Policy on behalf of the United States of America.
Affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, in the
landmark 1936 Curtiss-Wright case, which reads: “Into the field of negotiation the Senate cannot intrude, and Congress itself is powerless to invade it.”
There is your PROOF, WC.
It was Pelosi’s goofs so much as her declaration, through Lantos, of a Democratic Foreign Policy that was utterly unConstitutional.
It was only after Pelosi got smacked down universally that she now declares she was totally onside with Bush. LOL
There is, under the Constitution, ONE foreign policy of the United States of America. The executive, not Congress, determines this.
I won’t suggest that you should “shut up”, because I am not so rude. However, I would suggest you read the Constitution and some Constitutional Law.
April 8th, 2007 at 7:35 pmThere is your PROOF, WC.
Comment by Marlowe — April 8, 2007 @ 7:35 pm
Not so fast.
The Logan Act specifically prohibits private citizens from negotiating wit foreign governments. Members of Congress are not private citizens: They are part of the government.
Also, Pelosi did not travel to negotiate with Assad, but to talk with him; the same goes for the Republican delegation that preceded Pelosi’s visit, and the one that followed it. Not to mention the Republicans accompanying Pelosi in her delegation. Your talking point would mean that all delegations violated the Logan Act.
I would mention Congressional delegations that have traveled abroad to engage foreign governments in previous administration, but I think my point is clear.
As for recent applications of the Logan Act, in 1975 two US senators were accused of violating the Act for traveling to Cuba, of all places. This is what the DoS said at the time:
The clear intent of this provision [Logan Act] is to prohibit unauthorized persons from intervening in disputes between the United States and foreign governments. Nothing in section 953 [Logan Act], however, would appear to restrict members of the Congress from engaging in discussions with foreign officials in pursuance of their legislative duties under the Constitution.
CRS Report from Congress – Conducting Foreign Relations Without Authority: The Logan Act
What you are saying in essence, is that members of Congress should sit tight behind their desks, waiting for the president to fund tis or that foreign policy initiative, without becoming involved in what they are funding. In other words, you propose that Congress should abdicate their Constitutional duties. Every right-winger’s dream nowadays.
I suggest you update your talking points. The Logan Act nonsense has already been debunked here and elsewhere.
April 8th, 2007 at 8:53 pmWe have alot of pretend experts on the Constitution these days – - those that want not to support the tenets of the Constitution, but have support bending the words to their purposes.
Read the Patriot Act if you want to see some wanton infringement on the Constitution.
As for Ms. Pelosi’s visit – WAS SHE ATTEMPTING TO ACT AS OFFICIALLY REPRESETING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT POSITIONS AND NEGOTIATING ON THE COUNTRY’s BEHALF?
That is the key question if you are trying to accuse her of violating the Logan Act. Likewise, were the representatives of the other party attempting to act as official representative of the US Govt. when they met with Syr. officials before and after Pelosi?
Marlowe, if you are a lawyer or are studying law, you should give up the hope of successful practise now, because the evidence you present is never close to passing muster.
It does, however, make good sense for Ms. Pelosi to get as much foreign policy experience as she can, considering that she is thrid in line to the Presidency.
April 8th, 2007 at 8:57 pmRepublicans should be well aware of the Logan Act and its historical relevance to (1) negotiations to sell arms to Iran to support the Contras, (2) negotiations to free hostages from Iran.
April 8th, 2007 at 9:03 pmCorrection:
The paragraph “What you are saying in essence, …”
should read “What you are saying is that members of Congress should sit tight behind their desks, waiting for the president to ask they fund this or that foreign policy initiative, without becoming involved in what they are funding.”
There, better (I hope)
April 8th, 2007 at 9:08 pmh for God’s sake, do you actually think the president is capable of thinking for himself? Please. He’s a monkey.
Comment by Jim Source
Don’t insult monkeys. They are fairly intelligent animals.
April 8th, 2007 at 10:10 pmLe Dauphin is scared to death of Nancy Pelosi. She reminds him of his mother.
Comment by PD
How could the slim, stylish Nancy Pelosi remind Le Dauphin of his fat, dowdy mother? I think he is most likely scared of women who won’t coddle or adore him, and that fits Pelosi to a T.
April 8th, 2007 at 10:13 pm[...] (or CODEL), n. Congressional Delegation. [via, [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 1:07 amI hope Olbermann picks this up. This kind of direct refutation of a NeoCon flim-flam sliming operation is right up his alley!
He’ll use Rep. Rahall’s words to hoist the NeoCon slime machine on its own petard!
April 9th, 2007 at 4:25 amFunny – the Rpulibcan’t shills weren’t screaming nearly as loud when Repulican’ts did almost the same thing – only worse:
In 1997, Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) led a delegation to Colombia at a time when U.S. officials were trying to attach human rights conditions to U.S. security assistance programs. Hastert specifically encouraged Colombian military officials to “bypass†President Clinton and “communicate directly with Congress.â€
In other instances, Hastert actually guided congressional staff to unilaterally reach deals with Colombian officials:
I guess IOKIYAR!
April 9th, 2007 at 9:46 amIt seems to me that the only real reason the neocons are trying to stomp on Speaker Pelosi is because she is a woman doing a man’s job. Of course, when you’re dealing with “men” who are a disgrace to the good of the male species, you have to be a “man” to show them what to do and how to do it. This is not meant to be sexist. In fact, one of the nicest compliments I’ve been paid was by a fellow soldier (a drill sergeant) who told me: “You think more like a man than most men I know.” It was not offensive to me because I understood how it was intended.
Go Nancy — show the chickenhawks what it means to be a woman with balls.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:16 amHelen: It really ticks me off when you say Nancy Pelosi is “a woman with balls.” Why would a female use that expression?! Women don’t need men’s genetalia to be courageous and gutsy. That phrase really turns around and compliments a man, suggesting women are lacking a man’s attributes. Oh please!!
April 9th, 2007 at 11:36 amRemember the comment Bush was making to Blair when he was talking with his mouth full of biscuit?
It was: “What [the United Nations] need to do is to get Syria to stop Hezbollah from doing this shit.”
So Bush himself knows that Syria is an important player in middle east dynamics – and wants someone else to deal with them for him.
To pretend that Nancy Pelosi was engaging with terrorists is disingenuous from his own words.
April 9th, 2007 at 11:48 am[...] the White House, which was after the fact, kind of…… what’s the word? Ahhh……. irrelevant. Article is here. __________________ Remember these words, and never let it happen again: "We came to [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 11:58 amThere did not seem to be any criticism until it was obvious she was received with respect, by heads of state that do not even want to see George. If you do not have a dialogue you can not negotiate anything, but hostility. Opening a door to our foes may give them courage to reform some of their presumed activities. Olive branches are a time honored tradition in that part of the world. A long history of negotiating comes to mind. The neocons need to study some history once in a while. But of course ,the neocons are happy with all the hostilities everywhere in the Middle East .What better way to get their hands on the oil. Keep them angry and unfocused ,like they do at home.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:04 pmThere is no more Fairness Doctrine! Reagan quietly got rid of that so Americans have no balance of news. It is so sickening to me that Cheney and others use the drug -addicted, criminal, liar Rush Lumbaugh as a mouthpiece for their propaganda! Doesn’t that tell anyone anything! Rush is the sickest, meanest liar, drug addicted hate monger in the world and they act like he is a real jounalist! Just like they treat Bill O’Reilly, who never has had an jounalistic experience. Rush should not even be on the air, and O’Reilly is totally unfactual, and also an idiot.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:19 pmWe need intelligence like Nancy Pelosi’s , finally , to tell Americans the truth. We need to re instate the Fairness Doctrine and control how many news outlets can be owned by one person. Otherwise, the facists win.
Regarding the Fairness Doctrine. I think a new Fairness Doctrine is long overdue. The main difference is that it SHOULD allow opinion shows, opinion channels, opinion websites, and opinion newspapers, but there should requirements that, say, two to four times per hour or visible on the top-half of the front page (etc), they have a announcement saying “This is an opinion program/website and does not necessarily equally present all sides of an issue” or something like that. Then Rush and O’reilly, as well as favs of mine like Thom Hartmann and Stephanie Miller can stay on the air and it won’t impede their business, as it will only make sure that listeners KNOW they aren’t hearing balanced news. I garauntee you that the only ones against it would be the Limbaugh types.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:43 pmHmmm, let’s see, Logan Act violations by private citizens.
1968 – Richard Allen enlists Henry Kissinger to approach the South Vietnamese through Anna Chennault to tell them not to cooperate with LBJ’s peace initiative because they will get a better deal if Nixon becomes president.
Nixon gets elected, Kissinger is brought into the government and a guy named Bill Casey is named head of the SEC.
1980 – The afore-mentioned Casey, along with George H. W. Bush and other private citizens meet in Paris with representatives of the Iranian government to work out a deal with the Iranian government whereby the Iranians will not release 62 American hostages until after the election of in November and they promise that the Iranians will get a better deal from Reagan than from Carter if he is reelected.
Reagan/Bush are elected and the hostages are held until moments after the inauguration in January, 1981.
People who live in glass houses should be very careful when they start flinging the bullshit.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:55 pm[...] the White House, which was after the fact, kind of…… what’s the word? Ahhh……. irrelevant. Article, along with Nick Rayhall’s interview on CSPAN this morning, is here. __________________ Remember these words, and never let it happen again: "We came to [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 1:42 pmAll you libtards really think your clever. I’m really getting a kick out of most of your replies. Just because she has a D in front of her name, you want to let her off the hook.
April 9th, 2007 at 1:53 pmComment by Gregor Samsa — April 8, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
I believe Marlowe got owned!
Gregor, you are da man!
April 9th, 2007 at 4:19 pmOf course Bush had no CLUE what the implications of her trip to Syria were. I personally think that someone has to tie his shoes for him every day.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pmHey Gospel of Thomas:
“All you libtards really think your clever. I’m really getting a kick out of most of your replies. Just because she has a D in front of her name, you want to let her off the hook.”
Comment by The Gospel of Thomas — April 9, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
First of all it’s “you’re” as in “think you are clever.” Historical FACTS were presented and dots were connected. So YES, most of the progressives sharing their insight ARE CLEVER, and can back up what they say with documentation not taken out of context. This is more than I can say for the unimpressive tidbid you felt you needed to share. Perhaps you had better return that check from the right-wing think tanks who pay people to sow seeds of doubt by planting talking points. If that’s the best you can come up with, your side of the aisle is in serious trouble.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:21 pmI meant “tidbit”.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:26 pm[...] get this, from Think Progress – Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), who traveled last week with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as part of [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 7:18 pm#44 – Comment by Audrey — April 9, 2007 @ 11:36 am
I have a dear friend who compliments a woman who can stand up to any man, any time, with the words, “That Lady has got a set of ovaries on her!”
Does that suit you better?
April 9th, 2007 at 7:53 pm[...] and mentioned to him that we were going to Syria. No response at all from the President.” Think Progress » Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object The guy on the phone in the video is EXACTLY like you right wingers (not an insult, he sounds [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 8:59 pm“All you libtards really think your clever. I’m really getting a kick out of most of your replies. Just because she has a D in front of her name, you want to let her off the hook.â€
Comment by The Gospel of Thomas — April 9, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
Let her off the hook for what, Tom? Seems to me other than what the rightwing idiots have claimed, she hasn’t done anything that’s hurt this country. Prove it otherwise with facts and tangible evidence, and then we’ll talk.
Your empty words prove that you’ve got nothing to offer.
Let’s recap, shall we?
Pelosi, along with other Republicans, take a trip to Syria.
The administration, including Dick Head Cheney and Bush, both bitch about her trip.
Yet the Republicans who accompanied her, and the ones who went to Syria on their own, get a free pass from Bush and his idiot supporters.
No proof whatsoever has been offered that she has damaged America or our national security in any way. All we have is empty rhetoric from the likes of idiots such as Lieberman.
So what if Rep. Santos says the Dems have their own foreign policy plan. The point is…??? History has shown that the Repubs in Congress have had their own ideas and own plans about the direction that America, and a Democratic president, should take when it comes to the execution of war plans, and our troops’ involvement in foreign affairs. Good to see that you disagree with the Republicans’ actions in the past.
Again, your empty words prove that you’ve got nothing to offer. But I give you credit for being a good little tool for the rightwingers in charge. You must like being used. In reality, you are a loser who has no skills at debating any issues facing this country. You have no logic. No reasoning skills. You are one of the 28 percenters that will continue kissing Bush ass until the end of time. How proud you must be to be part of the minority.
April 9th, 2007 at 9:34 pmThe republicans in the House and the Senate are looking
April 9th, 2007 at 9:51 pmpretty desperate nowadays. Even Hysterical. The fact
that the Congressional contingent traveling to Damascus
was a “bipartisan” one, is completely ignored by the
Pundits on the Right. Of course, truth has never been an
issue for the Right Wing. So why would anyone be at all
surprised at this farcical attack on Domina Pelosi? These
Right Wing attacks on Pelosi are Sexist to say the least.
How dare a Female get it right. All the former leadership
in the House did, was play yes man to the Executive. The
rhetoric from the Right, becomes more Shrill with each
passing day. They have made it quite clear that when one
says “bipartisan” to them it means you fold, and give them
every single demand they make. Even if its detrimental to
the Republic. Its All or Nothing to that crowd.
I’m so proud of Rahall for standing up and telling our side of the story after all this time!
I sent a letter to my good friend Nancy and suggested she do just such a thing. I like to think my little letter might have had some impact. That makes me very proud. I just hate they took this long to decide which story to tell! It would have been better if they had a story set up before they got back to the States, but this is still good and pretty believable.
It makes it all the more believable since we all know that Bush couldn’t respond in the hallway. He is probably still recuperating from all the cover-up he’s had to do over his planning of the 9/11 unfortunate incident.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:53 pm[...] Gregory for peddling unfounded GOP talking points about Speaker Pelosi’s trip to Syria. And Think Progress has a video in which Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) in which he confirms that Pelosi told Bush of the trip to Syria a [...]
April 10th, 2007 at 7:47 amA return of the Fairness Doctrine won’t do it, what we need is an anti-trust action breaking up all the media into much smaller companies, and forcing cable companies to provide at least 50% of their channel space to local providers.
American politics has, except for WWII to the 80’s, been pretty ugly. We’re returning to ‘normal,’ and the Fairness Doctrine won’t work anymore. We just need to make sure big money can’t shut up the little guy.
And Mr “GOSPEL OF THOMAS,” don’t you know that the real Gospel of Thomas is a LIBERAL GOSPEL OF CHRIST?
( caps for the brain challenged ;)
April 10th, 2007 at 8:51 amWhy should Bush object to the Dunderheads plans to go and make total fools all by themselves… Besides what would have our clueless nancy have said if he had objected??? That he would not let her make afool of herself??
April 10th, 2007 at 10:04 amPelosi is not third in line, she’s second, unless Bush is in line to be President and not the actual President, oh, wait, maybe she is third in line afterall.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:20 pm[...] by Rob: Turns out President Bush’s own State Dept. (that’d be the one led by Secretary of State Condi Rice) approved Speaker Pelosi’s trip [...]
April 10th, 2007 at 3:30 pm[...] didn’t. By the way, Bush may have known about Pelosi’s visit all along, and didn’t object: Think Progress » Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object [...]
April 10th, 2007 at 5:29 pmNancy Pelosi has to have balls. Her dad was mayor of Baltimore!
April 11th, 2007 at 4:39 pmJust shows that Bush is smart enough not to waste his time trying to tell a woman what to do!!!
April 11th, 2007 at 6:21 pm[...] were aware of the trip and didn’t take steps to stop it, so I question SOME of the outrage.Think Progress » Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object [...]
April 12th, 2007 at 11:56 am[...] he had no objections. Are you telling me Bush is ignorant by insisting this was unconstitutional? Think Progress » Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), [...]
April 13th, 2007 at 11:20 pmImpeach Chaney Then Bush , Then Bring The Troops home and The Terrorist with Them NOW!!!!!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 1:41 pm