Posted on 07/18/2008 4:57:38 PM PDT by yoe
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush "a total failure" on Thursday, among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date of the president.
"God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject," Pelosi told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an exclusive interview.
The comments came two days after the president sharply criticized Congress over what he described as relative inaction over the course of the legislative term. At the White House on Wednesday, Bush noted that there were only 26 legislative days left in the fiscal year and said Congress would need to pass a spending bill every other day to "get their fundamental job done."
"This is not a record to be proud of, and I think the American people deserve better," Bush said.
In the interview, Pelosi said the president was in no position to criticize Congress and brushed aside the criticisms as "something to talk about because he has no ideas."
"For him to be challenging Congress when we are trying to sweep up after his mess over and over and over again -- at the end of the day, Congress will have passed its responsibility to pass legislation," she said. iReport.com: Why isn't impeachment on the table?
But Pelosi's comments come as a new Gallup poll registers the lowest level of congressional approval among Americans in the polling organization's 30-year history of conducting that survey.
[snip] "Thirty-three million acres offshore are allowed for leasing," she said. "And we're saying to them, use it or lose it. You have the opportunity to drill there. When you have exhausted those remedies, then you can talk about something else."
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If Ms. 9% herself has managed to accomplish anything, that would be raising the bar very, very high for the next female House Speaker.
Nance engaging in 'projection' again?
One is reminded of the criticisms that followed Abraham Lincoln all the years of his term as President.
Everybody recalls President Lincoln. His critics are, at best, footnotes in history, and most of them were swiftly forgotten.
For all Queen Bee Nanacy’s “accomplishments”, she, too, shall be a footnote in history. With an asterisk by her name.
But being able to etch glass with her urine, that would be pretty good.
Nancy, you are not a fool, you are a damned fool.
Whenever I see her on TV, I keep waiting for her eyes to start rolling around in opposite directions … ding bat. ;-)
She, being so familiar with total failure, has deluded herself into thinking she can wish it on others.
It is what's become of the once-great Democrat Party.
Once there was respect and dignity on both sides of the aisle.
Now, the Democrats have degenerated into spite-filled blames, Stalinist accusations, and hysterical name-calling.
This, my dear FRiends, is just how Democrats will govern, should they get the POTUS and both Houses of Congress.
Oh, I agree. Impeachment should be on the table, but it should be Nancy and most of the RATS who are getting impeached. They're guilty of treason, and should be hanged. She's the biggest airhead in congress. What really scares me is that she's third in line for President if something happened to Bush and Cheney. Even the thought of Obama and Pelosi with the RATS in total control makes me think we're going to have a revolution. Americans have been pushed to the breaking point with this corrupt government.
For the truckers and the business owners, consumers who you San Fran Nan spit on by denying oil.....I say to you Pox on your vineyards....pox on your hotel ownings...pox on your finances for the bondage and trouble you have brought to the citizens of this nation. Grapes of wrath for you Nan for your vicious petty words and sneaky stabbing of the back of the president and of ALL decent hard working productive americans. May you not prosper and indeed produce a harvest of the bitterness you have sown.
Lol! I do believe she is worse than the Clintons and Daschle put together. She has a stranle hold on us and wont turn lose till we are all dead.
What I would like to see is every Republican who is running for Congress, whether they be an incumbant or a challenger, promise to vote to allow offshore drilling and KEEP that promise. I doubt Madam Speaker would be speaker any longer if that happened.
This Liberal congress, led by San Francisco Pelosi, is the worst ever. Give them 2 years and they’ll wreck a country. They also lied there way into power. They promised to end the war in Iraq, reduce the price of gas, and end corrurption. The War in Iraq rages on, the price of gas has more than doubled, andcorruption is worse than ever. Shocker, not one spineless RINO would bring this up.
For 8 years GWB never fought back against this slander. He just keeps the kick me sign on his back.
Just how on earth does she expect the US to survive for 15 years while she makes up her mind if we should even be allowed to exist. We did not vote for her. Those idiots in here home state did. I think she must be getting very rich off our misery.
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