Pelosi addresses the House of Representatives.
Posted on 04/28/2009 4:59:25 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: now we don't have to 'explain process' @ 7:44 pm by Eric Zimmermann
Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to switch parties will make it easier for Democrats to move forward with their agenda, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday.
Specter's switch will give Democrats 60 caucus members in the Senate (assuming Al Franken wins his legal battle in Minnesota). That is enough votes to end debate on a bill and overcome Republican filibusters.
"Very exciting, very exciting for the American people, because now we can get things done without explaining process," Pelosi told CNN's Candy Crowley.
Specter has said that he will not be that "automatic 60th vote."
Pelosi added that Specter's decision should prompt some reflection on the part of Republicans.
"You know what, they're going to have to do their own self-analysis," she said, adding that Democrats had worked harder to be bipartisan. "Hopefully now [Republicans] will also extend the hand of friendship so they can work together in bipartisan way."
Pelosi also defended her claim that she was never informed that waterboarding would used on suspected terrorists. She added that her Republicans critics might be revealing classified information by revealing more specifics from the interrogation briefings.
"[F]or some reason the Republicans, while I am barred from talking about what goes on in meetings and I could be charged for revealing classified information, they seem to feel at liberty to talk about everything that went on at every meeting as they saw it," Pelosi said.
The Speaker indicated that she won't push for an independent "Truth Commission" to investigate Bush-era interrogation policies, instead ceding to President Obama's desire to leave the matter co Congressional committees.
"It's pretty clear–the president has been pretty clear that he doesn't want any Truth Commission on Torture and so has Harry Reid," she said, "so the attention to that will probably be done in a more regular order way by the committees in the House and in the Senate." Pelosi added that she would personally prefer a commission.
“...because now we can get things done without explaining the process,” [Pelosi]
Oh. My. God.
The hubris! I cannot WAIT to see her head on a pike, or a Perp Walk at the very least, whichever comes first.
Marie Antoinette!
The bitch is terminally stupid.
unfortunately she’s right. A lot of people were warned about this prior to the election.
“Very exciting, very exciting for the American people, because now we can get things done without explaining process”
Actually, it is quite frightening for the American people, because the Democrats now have the ability to rocket us forward into pure socialism, while establishing one-party rule and extreme authoritarian policies.
Behold ye, the era of transparency.
She added that her Republicans critics might be revealing classified information by revealing more specifics from the interrogation briefings.
Glad to hear that suddenly Pelosi is worried about leaking classified information. Didn’t seem to worry them when someone let out that the CIA had secret prisons in countries that were willing to use advanced interrogation techniques.
They get no excuses when this inevitably implodes by September.
adding that Democrats had worked harder to be bipartisan.
This is the Pelosi that EXCLUDED Republicans from the bailout bill. NO Republicans were allowed in the session.
Next she states she was never briefed on waterboarding. Former Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth was the chairman of the committee at the time. He stated on the radio earlier this week that Pelosi was lying on this point. He says that the committee was briefed on several occasions and nobody complained.
Pelosi addresses the House of Representatives.
Midnight votes and
aye votes and
no debate or
going on record.
Why even be there, Republicans? Walk out and go home—See to it you don’t get yourselves killed doing it, either.
About as "exciting" as stepping on a hornets' nest.
“Very exciting, very exciting for the American people, because now we can get things done without explaining process,”
Correction: Now we can get things done without having to answer to anyone (except George Soros).
She’s already dying of botoxification. Give hope a chance!
Godwin’s law much?
She’s declaring herself Supreme Leader, I think the picture is appropriate.
Hubris?!
Drunk on power is what I call it.
We need to derail this train and fast. I don’t know how, but this all needs to be stopped.
This is scrappleface, right?
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