Pelosi’s First Screw-up

She’s not officially Speaker yet, but Nancy Pelosi has already screwed-up big time by supporting corrupt peacenik John Murtha for House majority leader: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in line to become Speaker in January, is throwing her support to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) in the race for Majority Leader, a move that will be an … Continue reading “Pelosi’s First Screw-up”

She’s not officially Speaker yet, but Nancy Pelosi has already screwed-up big time by supporting corrupt peacenik John Murtha for House majority leader:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in line to become Speaker in January, is throwing her support to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) in the race for Majority Leader, a move that will be an early test of her influence and will weigh heavily on Murtha’s contest with Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) for the post.

And this is soon to be followed by her appointment of a former federal judge impeached for corruption, Alcee Hastings, to lead the Intelligence Committee over Jane Harman:

Pelosi has also all but decided she will not name the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) to chair that panel next year, a decision pregnant with personal animus.

Sheesh.

Anybody who was expecting Pelosi to govern from the center now has one very solid piece of evidence that the Frisco liberal hasn’t changed her spots.

If you don’t find that convincing, what do you make of the Democrats’ call for a tight withdrawal schedule?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats, who won control of the U.S. Congress, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months, but the White House cautioned against fixing timetables.

Everybody wants out of Iraq, but publishing the train schedule is probably not the way to do it. If this keeps up, 2008 won’t be a happy year for Democrats.

6 thoughts on “Pelosi’s First Screw-up”

  1. Don’t look now but Bush is also looking for an exit. The Dems may give him the political cover he needs.

  2. Yes, everyone’s looking for an exit, I said that. The method the Democrats propose – simply publishing the withdrawal schedule and sticking with it – has so many downsides that nobody takes it seriously. The question that has to be answered is who fills the vacuum that the US/UK exit leaves behind.

  3. Ok,

    If I recall, the Republicans lost for screwing up Iraq and having too many corrupt members of congress.

    Now it appears that Ms Pelosi is too dim to see that she is partially repeating the Republican’s mistakes 1 week after the election.

    Ms Pelosi supports Murtha who will push for an Iraq solution (time table) that allow the Democrats to “screw up in Iraq”.

    Ms Pelosi appoints Alcee Hastings to lead the Intelligence Committee (over moderate Jane Harmon) thereby supporting a corrupt member of congress to a critical position of power.

    It appears that both Republicans and Democrats are incapable of leading this country honestly and effectively.

    Unfortunately for the Democrats, Ms. Pelosi, only took 1 week to show the nation how the Peter Principal moved her into a position of power in the House.

  4. As I said before, Pelosi is a bug-eyed muppet. She needs to return a few favors. Murtha helped put her where she is, so she has to support him on the first round of caucus votes to show her loyalty. Murtha has zero chance of winning the vote over Hoyer. Pelosi isn’t buddies with Hoyer, but that shouldn’t affect the Democrats’ agenda for the new House session.

    I haven’t heard much about Pelosi’s recommending Hastings over Harman. That may be only symbolic, as well.

    As for the Democrats’ agenda, it will be totally symbolic, as they don’t have the supermajority to override a Presidential veto. I don’t expect much from them in the next two years, except political posturing for the 2008 elections. They will pass a lot of bills, but most of them won’t become law. They will hold lots of hearings, but none of them will result in Articles of Impeachment or even criminal sanctions under FISA. They may get some Representatives slapped on the wrist for involvement in obvious corruption, but if they poke around too aggressively, they will stumble over skeletons in their own closets.

    As for withdrawal from Iraq: in spite of all the talk about timetables, it will NEVER happen. We are already building large permanent bases surrounded by miles of desert outside the major population centers. We will probably follow the British model of occupation of Iraq. Keep a low profile just out of sight, with punitive strikes only when things get really nasty. If that’s what people mean by “redeployment”, then I agree, but there’s no way we will pull forces completely out of Iraq to Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, et cetera.

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