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Saturday, April 26, 2008 Posted By:Catherine MoyPermalinkMother of all Anti-War Agitators Challenges House Speaker Cindy Sheehan is ready to rumble with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Talk about clash of the lefties. Not much sunshine between the two, as far as policy. They are both cut-and-runners; they both support abortion; they both despise our military. BUT, Sheehan thinks she could force the rest of Congress to sign on to a premature pullout from Iraq just as American troops have broken downt the terrorists there. And she’s steamed that Mrs. Pelosi hasn’t stopped the war. Before Sheehan spends another minute campaigning, she...

Despite Concilliatory Talk, Tension Remains Over Criticism of PelosiWashington - Israeli officials and Democratic lawmakers are working to mend fences after the fallout between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following Pelosi’s visit to Damascus. But Democrats are still angry about what they see as Olmert’s desperate attempts to align himself with President Bush even if it means wading into American political controversies. The latest flap erupted two weeks ago, after Olmert’s office released a statement — based on partial reports from a press conference that Pelosi had held in Damascus — suggesting she had done a...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid have decided to show their fangs to President Bush by writing a letter urging him to reject the “troop surge” for in Iraq. ....................................................... From the White House Washington, D.C. Dear Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi, We have reviewed your written recommendations concerning the situation in Iraq. At the outset, let me say that your statement “Our troops and the American people have already sacrificed a great deal for the future of Iraq” is simply not factual. Not a single drop of blood or dime of U.S. treasury has been sacrificed for the...

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) questioned soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's, D-Calif., commitment to eradicating corruption with her endorsement of one of the most unethical members in Congress, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., to be majority meader of the House of Representatives. Murtha was listed in CREW's report, "Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch)." As reported in the study and by the news media, Murtha has been involved in a number of pay-to-play schemes involving former staffers and his brother, Robert "Kit" Murtha. Eight incumbents in CREW's report lost their races...