GOP lawmaker slams RNC video mocking Pelosi as ‘reprehensible.’
GOP lawmaker slams RNC video mocking Pelosi as ‘reprehensible.’
This past week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) released a web video comparing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to the James Bond villian Pussy Galore. Politico said that the video “implies that Pelosi has used her feminine wiles to dodge the truth about whether or not she was briefed by the CIA on the use of waterboarding in 2002.” Watch it:
Yesterday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sharply criticized the RNC’s video:
I thought it was reprehensible, irresponsible and unpersuasive. If we’re going to regain the credibility of the American people, we’re going to have to stop with silly antics like that. It may get a snide chuckle inside the Beltway, but it offends most people. We have to get away from the politics of personal destruction.
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WOW! A Republican arguing against defamation of character! What will we see next? Compromise?
May 24th, 2009 at 9:00 amRep. Chaffetz? “There’s a Mr. Limbaugh on the phone for you.”
May 24th, 2009 at 9:06 amHe’s like the first mammal during the dinosaur era.
Maybe when the dinosaurs finally succumb, a new type Republican politician will emerge.
A more intelligent and viable opposition would be good for the country.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:08 amI say let them foam on.
Republicans haven’t boticed that they’ve been smearing Democrats nonstop for the last 30 years, and the result is more Democrats than ever.
If they want to keep losing voters this way, it’s OK with me.
Da Banksta
May 24th, 2009 at 9:13 amI think it’s time for President Obama to start illegally wiretapping the right wing of this country. That will get them to shut up!
May 24th, 2009 at 9:16 amThe real disappointing thing is that pelosi does suck – she led a total and complete capitulation of house dems to dur chimpfurher even after he became the most unpopular president in US history.
And now some want to defend her here, even when no one really knows if she was aware what “enhanced” interrogation” means.
She knew what she was doing when she continued to fund the Iraq war, destroy constitutional rights, and enact the policies that led to the financial meltdown.
She does not really deserve our support now.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:17 amIn the American Taliban’s (aka the current republic party) world, Nancy Pelosi is a demon and Virginia Foxx is the feminine warrior who coddles all of us at her perky and beautiful breasts. See?
May 24th, 2009 at 9:19 amSo, you’re saying Porter Goss, who also got the same briefing as her and who also echos Pelosi’s comment that neither one of them were told any technique (waterboarding included) was being used nor would be, is a liar and should be on the chopping block as well? Or do you think he’s legitimate and would never deceive a country on behalf of George Bush’s CIA and that the CIA is always just, pure, and good over any of us?
May 24th, 2009 at 9:22 amGuido the Benevolent Torturer Says:
Not only that, but who defends the CIA? The CIA?! Really?! Only FOX and the Republicans could celebrate politicians and secret police the way they do. The CIA is a dog. And you treat it like one. You give it it;s shots and throw it a bone from time to time. You don’t give it a frickin’ parade everyday on FOX news.
It’s a shame they didn’t have this high regard for the CIA back in August 2001, they might have read that report that said that Bin Laden wanted to strike the USA…
May 24th, 2009 at 9:24 amperky and beautiful breasts.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:24 am—
These are a few of my favorite things….
KayInMaine Says:
I think it’s time for President Obama to start illegally wiretapping the right wing of this country. That will get them to shut up!
but it’s not illegal anymore, if it’s done for the good of the country…
May 24th, 2009 at 9:25 amAnother Joe Says:
The real disappointing thing is that pelosi does suck – she led a total and complete capitulation of house dems to dur chimpfurher even after he became the most unpopular president in US history.
Yeah her statement about “taking impeachment off the table” is like giving the Bush gang a free pass.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:34 amWith that bunch of devious and sometimes traitorous and criminal weasels it was a very dangerous thing for the country and our democracy.
Maybe some repugs recognize that the party is headed for the extinction unless they change. On the other hand, he should be prepared for backlash from lintball et al.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:51 amSo he’da been cool widdit if it had been persuasive?
And by the way, the politics of personal destruction are the only politics that are possible in a political environment that is so mediated as to be effectively “virtual.” Saul Alinsky got that, 40 years ago. It’s the ONLY way to prevail in vicarious politics, which is what our GOP/Dim kabuki has become…
May 24th, 2009 at 9:52 amKayInMaine – I am just saying that if you are proclaiming that pelosi somehow has all of this credibility, you haven’t been paying attention.
I don’t know what happened and neither does anyone else that posts here.
But her record is clear – she sold us out.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:06 amflavorino – forgot that one – the dems ran on a platform of accountability, won big with it, and then gave the entire band of thieves a “get out of jail free” card.
Get a grip folks – pelosi deserves to be run out of congress.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:08 amI think I just heard a very loud “backfire”.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:13 amAnother Joe: If Pelosi is so culpable (and she does not set policy), then wouldn’t those who set the policy even be more culpable?
Also, which Republicans were also “informed” about what was going on? Surely, this intel committee was not wholly consisting of Democrats, was it?
Where are these “also complicit” Republicans on the Intel committee? We KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt precisely where they are – hiding in the bushes right now because their party has placed them in a very public CATCH-22.
If they spin the lie that they were all briefed about waterboarding, they lose and become as complicit as the reichwingnuts are making Pelosi.
If they admit that the CIA didn’t inform them, bingo! They’re toast and grouped with all of the Pelosi detractors.
These Republicans who sit on the Intel committee are “cooked”.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:16 amBesides, Pelosi is not on trial here with the american public – Bush, Cheney and the “complicit Republicans” are definitely on trial right now. And the public outcry for prosecution is getting louder with each passing day and each piece of criminal evidence.
Just yesterday, we learned how Cheney interferred with the IG and his report about the torture AND HOMICIDE of several prisoners.
THIS is not going to play well with the mainstream media next week. Now let’s make sure that this IG report gets nationwide coverage…..
May 24th, 2009 at 10:19 amChaffetz is absolutely correct. But the GOP won’t care.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:31 amChaffetz has some class…and he need not worry about losing face.
The dude won a primary challenge by running to the incumbent’s right…in one of the most GOP leaning districts in the country.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:46 amAny Dem who opposes Pelosi doesn’t understand her at all, and doesn’t understand her roll. She is terrific! She is super smart and tough as nails. She does an excellent job of herding the congressional cats. She delivered her 100 day agenda in about 65 days, and has delivered on a lot more legislation since then. (The fact that the bills get filibustered to death in the Senate is not her fault.) IT IS VERY IMPORTANT that we Dems rally around her now, to deflect this stupid GOP assault. It’s just another right-wing diversionary tactic, to keep people from looking at the real issue.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:56 amOMG! Waaa frikin waaa.
The dems do it to the rpugs, and the repugs do it to the dems.
Quite whining, and set the stage. When it can be said the Dems no longer do it, THEN they can whine about the rpugs doing it.
May 24th, 2009 at 11:29 amPolitico said that the video “implies that Pelosi has used her feminine wiles to dodge the truth
Anyone who suggests that Speaker Pelosi is capable of using “her feminine wiles” to accomplish anything other than getting the door held open for her at a restaurant has lost credibility right there.
May 24th, 2009 at 11:31 amAnyone wanna bet that the RNC didn’t secure the rights to the images and music they used?
May 24th, 2009 at 11:32 amWe shouldn’t allow the Republican Party to frame the issues that are important to America. Republicans lost the last two elections (2006 and 2008). It’s time to end the Republican nightmare.
We elected Barack Obama to:
a) Discontinue America’s occupation of Iraq and Afganistan
May 24th, 2009 at 11:38 amb) Create a Universal Health Care System for America
c) End the Bush/Republican recession.
douglasg, do you have an example of the “dems doing it”?
Thanks.
May 24th, 2009 at 11:43 amOur friend douglasg apparently fails to realize that, in this instance, it is a REPUBLICAN criticizing his own party.
I suspect that failure to realize critical facts is a central theme in the life of douglasg.
May 24th, 2009 at 11:45 amblistex11 – “definitely on trial now?”
Must be some really good drugs down there – cheney is marching around the country and on the bobblehead circuit and the lying liars in the MSM tell us his approval ratings are going UP!
No one is being held accountable and the current administration is trying to block any attempt to hold anyone accountable.
Sorry buddy, you are picking the wrong horse on this one and your misstatements are just as damaging to progressive causes as those coming out of little dicky cheney.
You are giving them all a free pass (dems and repugs) by proclaiming there is going to be consequences when clearly there are none.
May 24th, 2009 at 12:28 pmThis post is really about how juvenile some GOP’ers are, how they make personal attacks such as this shameful sexist video in a pitiful attempt to get some attention.
It’s not about Pelosi… she just happened to be the subject matter for this particular video.
Most of the GOP’s leadership seem to have the emotional IQ of a slug.
May 24th, 2009 at 1:00 pmYes it is about Pelosi…and because she lied about the CIA…she must and will be brought up on charges some day!
She can stonewall it all she wants…but sooner or later…she will answer for her lies!
May 24th, 2009 at 1:26 pmHow did Pelosi “lie about the CIA”?
Are you suggesting that the CIA does not mislead Congress?
Or are you suggesting that the CIA’s record-keeping is beyond reproach?
Do you think that Speaker Pelosi is culpable for war crimes related to the Bush administration torture program?
Please do elaborate.
May 24th, 2009 at 1:30 pmThat ad was like a takeout menu of classlessness: lies, sexism, false implications, obfuscation – where’s the friggin’ eggroll??
May 24th, 2009 at 2:10 pmDouglas, you seek a false equivalence to justify the behavior of the Republicans. Typical…I thought I only saw this behavior in the playground…
May 24th, 2009 at 4:01 pmRealityCheck Says:
Yes it is about Pelosi…and because she lied about the CIA…she must and will be brought up on charges some day!
She can stonewall it all she wants…but sooner or later…she will answer for her lies!
Yet we allow the torturers to go free…Nice priorities…
May 24th, 2009 at 4:08 pmWell I’m not going to defend Pelosi. She’s as guilty as the rest of them. She tells us one thing then votes the opposite.
She’s the reason there’s been no real investigation into war crimes, and that’s most likely due to her knowledge and involvement in them. Her excuses are lame, and we wouldn’t tolerate this out of a republican so we shouldn’t tolerate it out of her.
She’s been the biggest obstacle to positive legislation next to the republicans, and she does nothing at the end of the day, but roll over. This week she helped pass a credit card rights bill that is guaranteed to do nothing to help the American people, and in exchange for it she allowed a rider permitting handguns in our National Parks.
With “democrats” like Pelosi and Reid, what do we need republicans for? She’s in league with them and it’s time people start to realize that before she wins another term and helps drive this country further into the ground.
May 24th, 2009 at 8:59 pmBut I also agree it’s nonsense that the GOP is targeting her for “knowing about their crimes”.
It’s nonsense.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:04 pmLet me get this straight…A lying corporate tool says a lying corporate protection organization is lying.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:31 pmYesterday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sharply criticized the RNC’s video:
I thought it was reprehensible, irresponsible and unpersuasive. If we’re going to regain the credibility of the American people, we’re going to have to stop with silly antics like that. It may get a snide chuckle inside the Beltway, but it offends most people. We have to get away from the politics of personal destruction.
Then you have to distance the party from Newt Gingrich, because the politics of personal destruction that he championed is what won the Republicans control of the House in 1994. So now they think that’s the only way to win.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:34 pmThey’re trying to crucify her for telling an ugly truth: The CIA has always lied to Congress and everyone in Congress knows it.
The public knows it…if they don’t. Maybe they haven’t read any of the 5000 books about CIA shinnanagens. Congress takes the lies because they don’t want to accept responsibility (or have the guts) for over-seeing a scary spy agency.
Besides, telling Congress something can be akin to telling Fox News. Isn’t Washington the only city in the country where “plumbers” means something else? Most leaks are slow but in Washington they come out like fire-hoses.
If the CIA had told Congress about all the BS it had pulled throughout its history, Congress would have had to do something about it. If they’re not officially told, they can remain uninformed and not responsible. In other words, irresponsible.
We’re also not stupid enough to not think that the whole lot of them don’t learn these things at private cocktail parties and BBQs.
But I am shocked to learn that gambling is going on in here!
May 25th, 2009 at 2:17 amAnother Joe, I enjoy seeing constructive debate on any blog. Unfortunately, there’s an aura of diatribe in your writings that seem to drown out dialog. I too was disappointed in the lack of aggressiveness Pelosi took toward Bush. But had you been watching non-Fox news or perhaps read non-New York Post newspapers, perhaps you’d realize that strategically, it wasn’t advantageous to go after Bush & Co. at that time. 1) Voters had shown that they weren’t thrilled over the Clinton/Lewinski ordeal. 2) There was a lot of work to do other than being distracted with going after Bush. 3) The GOP were already hanging themselves with daily sexual and bathroom escapades and their own ruin of their culture of corruption. 4) The legal proceeding would have outlasted Bush’s term anyway.
Backbone hasn’t exactly been the long suit of either party. Had backbone and logic prevailed, we wouldn’t be in Iraq today. The abject failures of the occupation would be nowhere what we’ve seen. The War On Terror was built on its very name, terror or fear. If our public officials dared question the rationale, they supported terrorist and applauded 9/11. Any opposition indicated not supporting our troops. The Bush/Cheney/Rove propaganda machine actually had people believing that Saddam was linked to 9/11 and that as long as we supplied young men to satisfy their blood lust in Iraq, that would somehow prevent terrorist from fighting us here. You see, maybe Nancy knew in 02 or 03 (the time when people most supported the war on fear) and maybe she didn’t. But at that time, Bush Co was scaring the hell out of voters with the concept of either being with him or against him, least have terrorist in our taxi cabs and hiding under our children’s beds. Pretty slippery slope wasn’t it?
Okay, maybe Pelosi fumbled her press conference, completely blew it, lied if you like. That’s not illegal and in reality, a non sequitur argument.
The very clip only promotes the GOP as being desperate. The last thing Democrats need is their own internal spats over irrelevant issues. Every win the Dems get causes more chaos for the GOP. I use to be undecided about Obama’s health plan but I’m leaning more towards it now. If that were to pass, the GOP would likely self-destruct.
May 25th, 2009 at 9:16 amHow medieval and patriarchal. Those aren’t feminine wiles. They’re the mark of a strong woman, the very thing these silly while males cannot tolerate. Even children aren’t this mean and stupid. I guess that makes those scared “adults” into crying babies.
May 25th, 2009 at 9:50 am“Let me read it again”, Let me read it again” Where did I put those scripted replies so I can keep my story straight?
Geeze I can’t afford to be caught lying for a fifth time.
I know I had those notes right here somewhere. UH, Oh, let me see, ummm the Cia lies to Congress all the time, didn’t I already say that? Where the h*ll are those talking points that Obie gave me. Damn, interview is over. Everyone go away now.
Errrr the CIA, um yup, lied, oh well you know what today’s lie is, go spread it around.
May 25th, 2009 at 12:34 pmJay says:
Projection…
May 25th, 2009 at 2:09 pmRealityPunk
You are a liar and a fool and a brainwashed moron. You have no evidence Pelosi lied. You are just spewing the idiocy you have been told to think. You are so stupid it hurts to read your posts and so brainwashed if you ever had an original thought you would keel over and think you were stroking out.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pmjay
You have already been caught lying more than five times you ignorant troll. You are still stupid and NEVER know what you are talking about so fold your stupid till its all corners and deposit it where the Sun never shines.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pmIt seems that I have the same proof that Pelosi said the CIA that you say I lied.
Pelosi says:
“Let me read it again”, Let me read it again” Where did I put those scripted replies so I can keep my story straight?
Geeze I can’t afford to be caught lying for a fifth time.
I know I had those notes right here somewhere. UH, Oh, let me see, ummm the Cia lies to Congress all the time, didn’t I already say that? Where the h*ll are those talking points that Obie gave me. Damn, interview is over. Everyone go away now.
Errrr the CIA, um yup, lied, oh well you know what today’s lie is, go spread it around.
Today she is in China, well out of the reach of the reporters who ask the difficult questions about her lies.
Good work Obie, out of sight, out of mind.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
May 25th, 2009 at 6:33 pmWOW. Right on topic Debbie.
Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Roll Call: House defeats probe into Pelosi claims that the CIA misled her on torture
The Associated Press
11:20 AM PDT, May 21, 2009
The 252-172 roll call Thursday by which the House rejected a measure to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s assertion that the CIA misled her on the use of torture.
A “yes” vote is a vote against an investigation.
Voting yes were 250 Democrats and 2 Republicans.
The party of “YES” voting “NO”.
No investigations. Sorry.
LMAO
May 25th, 2009 at 6:36 pmNancy is all mouth. Her Democrat friends don’t want to prove she wasn’t a liar about the CIA.
She must be lying. What are you all afraid of?
You’re all a bunch of hypocrites.
LMAO
May 25th, 2009 at 6:41 pmObie got her out of town quick and a hurry. Sent her to China of all places. I thought Hillary was the Secretary of State.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Maybe he will send her to North Korea next. She’s in the neighborhood.
LMAO
May 25th, 2009 at 6:47 pmDavid Remes, the Attorney for 18 detainees at Gitmo stated today that Torture and Beatings continue to this day at Gitmo.
Yes, he was quite specific in his accusations. He also stated that the military and the current Government are covering this up.
Lets see if I can bring this together for you folks.
Obama = CIC = leader of the Military = continued beatings at Gitmo = TORTURE.
Investigate the Pentagon and Obama. Impeach the torturer.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:00 pmjay Says:
GOD you are stupid. SHE WAS THERE. She knows. You werent you have ZERO proof. You have he said she said you simpering baboon. The rest of your garbage isnt worth my time. You are stupid Jay a stupid brainwashed moron without a single functioning braincell. She must be lying because you WANT it that way no other reason. You are ignorant, brainwashed and pathetic. You always have been and always will be. You are a punkass troll. You ADMIT to being a troll. You are so pathetic and sad, your pitiful life so empty that being a petulant punk is amusing to you. You worthless husk of a subhuman moron. Just accept your fate. You were stupid the day you were born and you will be stupid the day you die and you are going to be stupid every day in between.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:51 pmThis is the subhuman post of RHF with her new “Sock”.
Now you people are the most ignorant of all. This is the spokesman for the “Progressives” on this site.
She is a Pelosi worshiper and makes excuses just as you do Debbie.
What do I care what you think.
You are all the same here. It must be dark inside a closed mind.
If she wasn’t lying then the House Democrats would want to have hearings on it to prove her right. No she’s a liar and has been caught with her own words.
Obie has gotten her out of town so the country will forget her lying but it won’t work.
Even the Liberal press is questioning her lying ways.
She’s done. Keep her in China where she can’t do further damage for Obie.
LMAO
May 25th, 2009 at 8:24 pmDavid Remes, the Attorney for 18 detainees at Gitmo stated today that Torture and Beatings continue to this day at Gitmo.
Yes, he was quite specific in his accusations. He also stated that the military and the current Government are covering this up.
Lets see if I can bring this together for you folks.
Obama = CIC = leader of the Military = continued beatings at Gitmo = TORTURE.
Investigate the Pentagon and Obama. Impeach the torturer.
May 25th, 2009 at 8:26 pmEugeneDebs you’re a sorry excuse of a person, I mean child.
It’s time to grow up or go to your mommy so she can send you “beddie bye”, for the night.
Kids games.
LMAO
May 25th, 2009 at 8:30 pmInvestigate the Pentagon and Obama. Impeach the torturer.
After they investigate and prosecute the people who started the program. Why do you ignore their guilt? They are War Criminals. If you keep insisting that Obama should also be prosecuted, then you are admitting the guilt of the people who started it. Do you disagree? If so, how?
May 25th, 2009 at 10:58 pmBecause nothing has been proven. No trial, no convictions and no proof. Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat cronies have seen to that.
You’re all hypocrites.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:59 am“Impeachment is off the Table” Pelosi knew they were torturing prisoners.
She knew and will be judged accordingly by her maker.
In the meantime voters need to push her out of office as she is a war criminal.
She really needs be locked-up as an enemy of the people.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:19 am——————————————————————————–
republicanSScareme Says:
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They’re trying to crucify her for telling an ugly truth: The CIA has always lied to Congress and everyone in Congress knows it.
The public knows it…if they don’t. Maybe they haven’t read any of the 5000 books about CIA shinnanagens. Congress takes the lies because they don’t want to accept responsibility (or have the guts) for over-seeing a scary spy agency.
Besides, telling Congress something can be akin to telling Fox News. Isn’t Washington the only city in the country where “plumbers” means something else? Most leaks are slow but in Washington they come out like fire-hoses.
If the CIA had told Congress about all the BS it had pulled throughout its history, Congress would have had to do something about it. If they’re not officially told, they can remain uninformed and not responsible. In other words, irresponsible.
We’re also not stupid enough to not think that the whole lot of them don’t learn these things at private cocktail parties and BBQs.
But I am shocked to learn that gambling is going on in here!
Exactly!
The thing is the Congress knows many of the CIA dirty secrets.
Yet this evil organization that missed the Berlin Wall coming down and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait still exists. Why?
May 26th, 2009 at 10:24 am