Posted on 03/12/2015 10:14:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pushing back hard against conservative claims that the recent Republican letter to Iranian leaders, which has infuriated the White House amid delicate nuclear talks, is akin to her 2007 visit to Syria against the wishes of the Bush administration.
The office of the House minority leader issued a scathing statement Wednesday night saying her meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was part of a bipartisan effort — conducted through the Bush administration — to encourage peace in the region, and accusing Republicans of launching a "desperate" defense of their Iran letter to mask criticisms coming from both sides of the aisle.
"The desperate hyperventilation by Republicans and conservative talkers over the intense, national backlash to this letter has caused them to search for a Democratic equivalent to the dangerous precedent set by 47 Republican Senators," said Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill. "The fact is, there is simply not one."
The letter, endorsed by all but seven Senate Republicans, is an attempt to undercut a potential nuclear deal being negotiated between Iran, the Obama administration and five other world powers — a deal the Republicans fear will leave the Iranians fully capable of manufacturing nuclear weapons. The Republicans, who are pushing instead for tougher sanctions, warned Iranian leaders that any agreement could be abolished when Obama's term ends less than two years from now.
"The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen, and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time,” reads the letter, spearheaded by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).
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Exactly.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
When you start making excuses and giving explanations, it means you’re playing defense. Keep the pressure on. Keep all Dems on defense.
Forward, Conservatives!
Too many “desperates” and “unprecedenteds” going on in politics today.
What’s gonna happen when things get even more desperate and unprecedented?
Senile old leftist troll.
Flying to a country to meet its leader and have a conversation is negotiating.
The bug eyed freak is full of crap. She is nothing more than an enabler.
This woman iS a complete moron..Read what she has done.
http://www.nrcc.org/2013/11/05/top-ten-reasons-nancy-pelosi-never-speaker/
The traitor forgets the Kerry, T. Kennedy democrat letters like this sent out during the Reagan Presidency. How soon they forget.
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