The truth about Pelosi's trip to Syria
The truth hurts (Republicans) when you don't realize exactly what you are saying.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with a bipartisan group of congressmen, is touring the Middle East. They took a stop in Syria to meet with its president, Bashar al-Assad.
The neo-con lackeys in the MSM went to work on Pelosi:
- CNN's Suzanne Malveaux just cannot keep her mouth shut about Pelosi's trip.
- Cheney on the Always Blame Clinton network: "[Assad's] bad behavior's being rewarded in a sense." He said something similar regarding a potential "quid-pro-quo" arrangement to free the British sailors and mar... oh, wait, the White House rewarded bad behavior too.
- An op-ed in the supposedly "liberal" Washington Post calls Pelosi's trip a "Pratfall in Damascus," while ThinkProgress debunks the most "damning" points. As one would expect, Bill Kristol shills the blatantly false talking points on FOX News.
- House Minority Leader John Boehner: "It's one thing for other members to go, but you have to ask yourself, 'Why is Pelosi going?' She's going for one reason and that is to embarrass the president."
- Pelosi was criticized for wearing a headscarf while in Syria. Interestingly, Laura Bush wore one when she visited the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem...
The Republicans, however, have a lot of 'splaining to do:
- Last week, a contingent of GOP House members went to Syria on a mission similar to Pelosi's, yet no one in the White House or MSM said it was a bad thing; in fact, after unsuccessfully discouraging them, the US Embassy in Beirut was asked to facilitate their trip.
- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is currently in Syria to talk to al-Assad.
- The topper: In 1997, Dennis Hastert (R-IL) led a group of congressmen to Colombia and actively encouraged Colombian officials to "bypass the U.S. executive branch and communicate directly with Congress." The GOP accuses Pelosi of undermining Bush - even though the State Department has been on top of Pelosi and saw no such action - yet Hastert BLATANTLY undermined Clinton's efforts at diplomacy with Colombia without complaint.
Pelosi, apparently, has thrown down the gauntlet at the feet of the Bush administration.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), along with a bipartisan group of congressmen, is touring the Middle East. They took a stop in Syria to meet with its president, Bashar al-Assad.
The neo-con lackeys in the MSM went to work on Pelosi:
- CNN's Suzanne Malveaux just cannot keep her mouth shut about Pelosi's trip.
- Cheney on the Always Blame Clinton network: "[Assad's] bad behavior's being rewarded in a sense." He said something similar regarding a potential "quid-pro-quo" arrangement to free the British sailors and mar... oh, wait, the White House rewarded bad behavior too.
- An op-ed in the supposedly "liberal" Washington Post calls Pelosi's trip a "Pratfall in Damascus," while ThinkProgress debunks the most "damning" points. As one would expect, Bill Kristol shills the blatantly false talking points on FOX News.
- House Minority Leader John Boehner: "It's one thing for other members to go, but you have to ask yourself, 'Why is Pelosi going?' She's going for one reason and that is to embarrass the president."
- Pelosi was criticized for wearing a headscarf while in Syria. Interestingly, Laura Bush wore one when she visited the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem...
The Republicans, however, have a lot of 'splaining to do:
- Last week, a contingent of GOP House members went to Syria on a mission similar to Pelosi's, yet no one in the White House or MSM said it was a bad thing; in fact, after unsuccessfully discouraging them, the US Embassy in Beirut was asked to facilitate their trip.
- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is currently in Syria to talk to al-Assad.
- The topper: In 1997, Dennis Hastert (R-IL) led a group of congressmen to Colombia and actively encouraged Colombian officials to "bypass the U.S. executive branch and communicate directly with Congress." The GOP accuses Pelosi of undermining Bush - even though the State Department has been on top of Pelosi and saw no such action - yet Hastert BLATANTLY undermined Clinton's efforts at diplomacy with Colombia without complaint.
Pelosi, apparently, has thrown down the gauntlet at the feet of the Bush administration.
posted by Minister of Propaganda @ 4/05/2007 02:30:00 PM
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