Nancy Pelosi and Torture, Bank Stress Test Spin, Gay Rights, and Captain Kirk
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Nancy Pelosi
Sometimes you wonder how these things get started. Take this big flap in the news about what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was told about prisoners being tortured by American officials, and the fact that a growing number of Republicans are saying she concurred with the practice. How damned convenient for them that she was once briefed by the Bush Administration.
Now, remember: Nancy Pelosi didn't torture anyone. Nor did she ORDER torture to be committed. Nor did did she WRITE a memo that authorized it. Nor did she make any CLAIMS that what was being done in America's name wasn't torture. IT WAS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THAT DID THOSE THINGS. The blame rests solely upon those who wrote the memos, ordered the torture to commence, and who actually performed that torture. But you wouldn't know that if you listened to the news.
Focusing upon Pelosi is like blaming a bystander for witnessing a car wreck. Peter King, for example, who's the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said that if Pelosi failed to object to the torture techniques at the time she was briefed, then -- now, pay close attention to this neat twist of logic -- she was “an ENABLER” and “an ACCOMPLICE.” Republicans say that any probe into torture should be broadened to include what Pelosi knew and how much influence she had in shaping the Bush administration’s controversial policies. Can you appreciate the chuztpah it takes to make such a statement? Do you catch a whiff of blackmail in the air?
People who do bad things to other people, regardless of their motives, are rarely found to be fountains of honesty. And when they descend from their self-appointed high places to explain themselves, they not only tend to blame others for their actions but also rush to find accomplices where none exist.
What you're seeing is a distraction, pure and simple, one which was purposely orchestrated by the brain trust of the Republican Party. They want to divert your attention away from what really happened and, instead, keep you busy pondering some other crappy little details that don't amount to a bead of sweat on a gnat's behind. It's another form of "bait 'n switch," except here the Republicans are successfully switching the public's attention away from some terribly rotten bait that came right out of their own bag several years ago, but which is now stinking up the ship of state. They keep pointing in other directions as the source of the smell. And the media, which should know better by now, is stupidly falling for the switch and is performing as their salesmen. In a word, it's shameful.
Pelosi's Ignorance
She's just a whiner. Quit blaming others for your own stupidity. Doesn't say much for California voters does it?
Call Off the Dogs
Bonnie is right mr 0 needs to get off the fence before he falls straddle it and decides he can't be like most Politicians switch isles when he feels like one side is loosing. Hes got us in debt up to our great grand children now so let the qu__rs make their own beds and do what they want to do in it married or not.
Nancy Pelosi and Torture
If she didn't know what was going on and the rest of Congress didn't know what was going on during the Bush era then why do they know so much now?
That b____ is a total waste of female flesh from top to bottom and the only thing she can see now is mr 0's butt because she is kissing it all the time.
Her and some of her little clan members are after Bush Jr. now, who next Clinton, then Bush Sr. and on and on till they run out of presidents to blame?
She needs a good landslide voting out!
Nancy Pelosi and Torture
WHO does she think she's fooling? I truly think that she thinks that us "regular Joe The Plumber" type middle class Americans are really really stupid...she is knee-deep in the road of mire that leads from Illinois to Washington...perhaps she would be more believable and convincing if she would stop stuttering and stop refering to her statement to double check to see what she said 30 seconds ago and make sure she doesn't "oh whoops, what did I just say"...OH MY WORD...my seven year old can utter more believable statements than this woman....and STOP with the waiving of the red pointy finger nail !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nancy Pelosi and Torture
If Bush administration officials are to be investigated and prosecuted on this issue, then so should all members of Congress, Democrat and Republican, who the record shows knew about it and did nothing to stop it.
Frankly I think the whole business of prosecuting officials of a previous administration for something that is primarily a policy difference and is so ambiguous in criminality is just awful. If this happens, then every time we get a change in political control the outgoing administration is going to face criminal prosecution for their acts by the new administration because the new folks don't like what they did?
Who will ever want to serve in government if that becomes the norm? Who will ever want to serve in the CIA, FBI, DEA, etc or the Armed Forces, if that becomes the norm. This is crazy and worse: very destructive to a united front against people we know want to kill us and destroy our way of life.
Nancy Pelosi and Torture
If Pelosi didn't know about enhanced interrogation policies of that past administration - she's clueless. If she did know - she's covering for points. Either way she's a Speaker that we can do without...
