Surprising Slam from The Post on Pelosi's Syria Trip

by Ericka Andersen — 04-05-2007 @ 12:35 PM

When The Washington Post slights a liberal, you know it ain't good. Today's editorial jives nicely with my sentiments yesterday on Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria.

From the Post's editorial today:

HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad...

"We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace," Ms. Pelosi grandly declared...

Never mind that that statement is ludicrous: As any diplomat with knowledge of the region could have told Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Assad is a corrupt thug whose overriding priority at the moment is not peace with Israel but heading off U.N. charges that he orchestrated the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri...

The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president...

But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.

Those are just a few of the harsh and accurate words in the editorial. Read the whole thing for a reality check. If she keeps this up, her reign will be a short one, but not short enough.

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roho

During the "Cold War", Ted Kennedy and other congressmen often dashed off to seduce the dragon instead of slaying it, always against the State Department Protocol. Retired U.S.S.R. Government officials have sence commented that "WE ALWAYS REFERED TO THEM AS USEFUL IDIOTS!"

Posted: 04/05/2007 01:03pm

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twin2

It seems Madame Speaker President Boss Lady of the World needs to be refreshed that their Dems gains in 2006 WERE NOT the White House. They want to try and put the "American people voted for change" to insinuate that EVERYTHING they do is warranted and that they can write blank checks on behalf of the American people.

I am glad she was called out, she is a horrid representative of this country.

Posted: 04/05/2007 02:35pm

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moonmad

What a surprise to see mainstream newspapers help to educate the public about how Speaker Pelosi has tried to overstep her boundary. She is not the Secretary of State, nor has she been given any diplomatic mission from the White House.

Now will anyone have the guts to challenge her? If anything, this smells of unethical actions by Pelsoi.

Posted: 04/05/2007 04:32pm

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NeoCons_R_Evil

Good morning, everybody!! Just popping in to say hello, and to point out that there is no mention on the site today of Cheney's little interview yesterday with Limpbaugh in which he tried.. again.. to falsely assert that Al-Queda had terrorist camps in Iraq before we invaded in 2003. These guys live in a bubble, really. He said this just after a Pentagon report was released - ON THE SAME DAY - saying that there was no evidence of this.. again! They're still out there talking to the 30 percenters trying to get them all riled up!! They just lie indiscriminately and without conscience. It's pretty sickening.

Posted: 04/06/2007 12:13pm

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KYJurisDoctor

Did Pelosi violate the law? Click here to find out:

http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/04/did-speaker-pelosi-break-any-law-by.html#links

Posted: 04/07/2007 04:21pm

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