Pelosi's FAILURE To Pursue BUSHCO For Crimes Is More Relevant Then Honor Of Being 1st-Woman Speaker

[kpete]

Speaker Pelosi's wanton subversion of the Constitution, which has subjected this nation and the world to the continued atrocities of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, will be far more relevant in the annals of history than her singular honor as the nation's first woman Speaker of the House.

November 12, 2007 at 03:17:31

THE COURAGE OF KUCINICH IN PELOSI'S HOUSE OF WACKS

by Linda Milazzo


Pelosi's failure to form the necessary coalitions to pursue Bush and Cheney for their crimes against America is as damaging as George Bush's failure to form the necessary coalitions to pursue Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri for theirs. As Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri plot further assaults from without against America, Bush and Cheney plot further assaults from within. Some may argue the difference between the two-evil-duos is that Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri knowingly harmed America, while Bush and Cheney's harm is unwitting. Unwitting or not, Bush and Cheney have done more long-term damage to the safety and stability of America than Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri had ever hoped to achieve.

It's this failure on the part of Pelosi to use her authority to thwart Bush and Cheney that has incensed Democrats, and growing numbers of Republicans, all across this land. It's Pelosi's suppression of the members of her House, and their willingness to be suppressed, that has incensed Americans all across this land. Sadly, to the lawmakers ensconced inside the Washington bubble, the intensity of Americans' anger is likely not known - which makes the need to intensify the levels of activism, including outreach to their offices, that much more necessary. Constant contact is critical to make them understand.

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For Dennis Kucinich, NOTHING and NO ONE will suppress his allegiance to his country and to his abiding principle of "strength through peace."

So when Speaker Pelosi tells the cowards in her House that "impeachment is off the table" because the fight to impeach is too hard, Kucinich doesn't believe her. No one ever told him being a Congressman would be easy. No one ever told him maintaining democracy was a cinch. When the President and Vice President commit acts as egregious as lying the nation into illegal war, illegally surveilling their own citizens, endorsing and allowing torture, AND MORE, the strong don't stay quiet. It's the weak, like Pelosi, Hoyer, Emanuel, Clyburne, Boehner, Murtha, Blunt, and over 400 others in Pelosi's House of Wacks - Democrats and Republicans alike - who do. As do Reid, Durbin, Lott, McConnell, Feinstein and around 93 more in the Senate House of Wacks - absent Boxer and Feingold who have earned our respect.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_linda_mi_071112_the_courage_of_kucin.htm

[acmavm]

1. Pelosi's a damned disgrace all the way around. Grandma has

been more concerned in forcing the taxpayers to foot the bills when one of their (our 'elected reps') damn adult kids 'accompanies' them on one of their little jaunts when the significant other can't go. Little things like spying on us, taking away our rights, bankrupting the treasury, and of course the deaths of innocent people so that the criminals in this country can invade and occupy anyone they want aren't up there on Grandma Nancy's list of top priorities.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

2. Her behavior is hard to swallow unless,...

,...the indiscriminate surveillance program put the executive in a position to threaten her family. A viable possibility IMO.

[madokie]

5. thats what worries me more than anything, blackmail

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

11. This executive has the power and character and will to do that.

I'm not sure how courageous I would be if threatened with the destruction of my family or a family member. It's much more difficult when someone you love is being threatened.

[madokie]

19. yes and when its not out in the open plus actually you don't really want it out in the open

where you can fight it better because of the fallout so its kept in the trenches which works to increase their grip on their victims. thats why we need to really pay attention to the person who we vote for rather than only focusing on what they say they will do. If they are of the type who will engage in what I might call risky behavior then we don't need them as our representatives because they then are damaged goods so to speak. Honesty pays huge dividends in the long run for us as individuals and that is true also for governments. America could be so fortunate to have tried that too

[hootinholler]

21. Or threatened with the destruction of my city. n/t

[Bandit]

18. Then she needs to be removed

America is more important....

[DCKit]

20. If that is the case and in a perfect world....

The Dems would all get together, find out which of them hasn't been compromised by blackmail, elect the best candidate to the Speaker's position and go after * & Darth like pitbulls.

[bagrman]

26. Wellstone and anthrax make powerful statements.

[catmandu57]

3. I think she's scared

She's got herself into a job that's over her head, and rather than admitting it and getting out of the way for someone who can do what needs done, she sits there and blocks all. We just as well shred the damn constitution up and use it for shit paper if we aren't going to follow it's prescribed remedies for this situation.

[Mark E. Smith]

4. How many of those who bash Pelosi ...

... on bullsh*t threads like this one are really Democrats?

[specimenfred1984]

7. Good question, since these things read like faux news

full of the usual reichwing smear language.

[Ian_rd]

13. They do indeed.

I mean really! You can hardly turn on Fox News or Limbaugh and not hear them going after Pelosi for failing to address Bush and Cheney's crimes. :crazy:

"Impeach Bush" is nothing more than "reichwing smear language." :rofl:

[The Stranger]

16. Well struck.

[TahitiNut]

28. Excellent

It's sure "Through The Looking Glass" around here.

[Benhurst]

8. I, for one, have been working for the party since 1960, both as a

volunteer and as a professional, and I couldn't be more disappointed in her performance. She is SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, for God's sake, the office our founding fathers thought would be the most powerful in the Republic. It's about time she started acting like it.

Impeach Cheney! Impeach Bush! Enough, already, of these damned war criminals destroying our nation.

And enough of the McCartyite crap of questioning whether or not anyone who disagrees is "really" a Democrat.

[EFerrari]

10. I think Dennis just got called a freeper!

lol

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. How many of us are *really* Democrats???

I'd venture to say we're *better* Democrats than you'll ever be. We have the guts to actually *question* our representatives instead of following along in blind faith & loyalty to a Party.

But please feel free to keep grazing along with the rest of the sheeple... baaaaa baaaaa baaaaaa... Never question the authority of the "party leaders", they know what's best for you... baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaa....

Posts like yours are what makes the Democratic Party look bad...

just sayin'....

[NoFederales]

22. I'll call BS on your opinion rather than call you stupid directly. The

facts are clear, Congress isn't doing its job. No one needs to be questioned for dissent, or is that a freedom you'd like removed from certain individuals?

NoFederales

[fascisthunter]

24. Sorry to Tell You This But....

I'm a registered Democrat and I do not think Pelosi is acting like a "real" Democrat. How many of those who defend Pelosi's enabling of Bush.....?

You get the rest.

[Perry Logan]

31. None of them.

[The Stranger]

6. Alas, the Nancy Disaster set us all back with such a catastrophic failure.

How could she be such a disaster?

[fascisthunter]

9. Her Allegiance is to?

As of right now, it is not to the majority in this country or the Constitution. She needs to be replaced in the future, and will be. The Democratic leadership is doing all it can to not hold this administration accountable for political reasons. Country and Constitution should always be placed higher than politics. Unfortunately she has made the wrong decision.

[TechBear_Seattle]

12. Minor quibble

You are referring to her abject failure to pursue BuchCo for crimes, correct?

[Joey Liberal]

15. Pelosi has turned her back on America

It's a damned shame.

[Joanne98]

17. That's exactly the problem. Being the "first woman" is getting put ahead

of everything else. This is why I didn't want a woman speaker and this is why I don't want a woman president! I don't care if they are women, men, gay, black, white, purple.. ALL I care about is getting some JUSTICE! This pisses me off to no end!

[ray of light]

23. Shame on her and shame on all of them.

[Perry Logan]

32. Deleted

[diane in sf]

25. I don't know what happened to Pelosi--she used to vote for all the stuff

a real Democrat would want. I suspect threats or blackmail or payoff.

[leftchick]

38. none of the above

complicity, collusion, or enabling are more likely.

[bobthedrummer]

27. K&R+ John Conyers office phone direct [phone], toll free Congressional

switchboard numbers

1-800-862-5530

1-800-828-0498

1-800-614-2803

1-866-340-9281

1-866-338-1015

1-866-220-0044

I've called Nancy Pelosi's office a couple of times, also John Conyers, Dennis Kucinich, my Wisconsin Representatives, and several others.

Make no mistake, calling is having an effect on the impeachment of Richard B. Cheney (for starters)

Keep at this.

[bobthedrummer]

29. Nancy Pelosi's DC office direct phone # [phone], kick

[bobthedrummer]

30. Kick

[Perry Logan]

33. What bullshit. the Democrats showed the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years...

...and backed the majority position of their caucus 91 percent of the time.

"President Bush's success rating in the Democratic-controlled House has fallen this year to a half-century low, and he prevailed on only 14 percent of the 76 roll call votes on which he took a clear position.

"So far this year, Democrats have backed the majority position of their caucus 91 percent of the time on average on such votes. That marks the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1728952&mesg_id=1728952
http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002576765.html

Don't let the media rhetoric fool you. The Democrats have acquitted themselves quite well--especially given their bare majority in both houses, and a relentlessly obstructionist Republican minority.

this 110th Congress has had more roll call votes this year than any
other Congress in history, almost doubling the number under the previous Congress overseen by Boehner
and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL):
The House last week held its 943rd roll call vote of the year, breaking the previous
record of 942 votes, a mark set in 1978. The vote was on a procedural motion related to a
mortgage foreclosure bill. When the House adjourned on Oct. 4 for the long weekend, the
chamber had reached 948 roll call votes, putting Democrats on pace to easily eclipse 1,000
votes on the House floor in 2007.
Last year, the Republican controlled House held 543 votes, and for historical comparison,
the last time there was a shift in power in Congress, Republicans held 885 roll call votes in
1995. The Senate, which has held 363 votes this year, isn’t on pace to break any
records, but has already surpassed the 2006 Senate mark of 279 votes.
Much of the lack of progress can be traced back to obstructionism by conservatives. Approximately “1 in
6 roll-call votes in the Senate this year have been cloture votes,” noted a JulyMcClatchy report. “If this
pace of blocking legislation continues, this 110th Congress will be on track to roughly triple the previous
record number of cloture votes.”
It’s interesting that Boehner is criticizing the 110th Congress as doing nothing. After all, the House, under
his leadership, met for just 101 days during the second session of the 109th Congress, setting the record
“for the fewest days in session in one year since the end ofWorld War II.”

[bobthedrummer]

34. .

[bobthedrummer]

35. kick

[bobthedrummer]

36. kick

[bobthedrummer]

37. Bring up the latest examples of lawlessness (Krongard/Blackwater) kick