Posted on 05/30/2004 9:17:42 AM PDT by jmstein7
Many FReepers have been contacting me about various action items I have posted, saying that they were having difficulty getting the contact info for their Congressmen, Senators, etc. Thus, I have gone ahead and purchased a "SoapBox Alert" on Congress.Org to enable FReepers to use the protest tactics of this left-wing site against the left wingers -- it directly enables you to contact your representatives and Senators (and makes it very easy). I hope you make use of it.
Clicking here will take you to the Action Item. Here is a Sample Letter:
As your constituent, I demand that you move to censure Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA.
On Meet the Press this morning, May 30, 2004, Ms. Pelosi demonstrated that she has lost all semblance of self-control, bursting into tears when asked hard questions and responding with inappropriate, venomous, partisan attacks on President Bush. While it is perfectly fine to debate issues on the merits, such acerbic personal attacks, made for the sole purpose of partisan gain, are unacceptable and unbecoming the one in a Leadership Position in the House of Representative.
Ms. Pelosi, who has demonstrated time and again that she has no dignity, grace, or self control, must be censured and stripped of her leadership position. She has disgraced the House of Representatives and the United States of America. This latest outburst was the last straw for most Americans -- who have has it with this woman and cannot understand why Congress has not taken any action to discipline her for her outrageous behavior..
Further, she should also be taken to task for her reprehensible and shameful ad hominem attack on President Bush on May 20, 2004.
It is blatantly obvious that Ms. Pelosi fully embraces the philosophy of "blame America first" in her personal and political viewpoints, and that her personal and unbridled hatred of President Bush render her incapable of objective thought and action.
Her venomous attack on the Commander In Chief while our nation and our military forces are at war is an outrage and must be dealt with in a swift and serious manner.
If Nancy Pelosi is unable to keep her hatred of the President along with her bellicose and vitriolic rhetoric in check, then she should be removed from office.
Until that time, she must be reprimanded, by censure, swiftly and in no uncertain terms by both houses of Congress. At the minimum, Democrats must do the right thing by joining to censure her and then stripping her of her leadership position.
Ms. Pelosi is not fit to lead, and she has disgraced America -- and her fellow Democrats -- with her acerbic rhetoric.
Please take action against Representative Pelosi now.
To Recap Her Past Behavior:
On 5/21, Minority Leader Pelosi said this:
"I believe that the president's leadership and the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment, and experience," Pelosi told reporters gathered to hear her remarks.
"This president should have known ... when you decide to go to war you have to know what the consequences of your action are and how you can accomplish the mission," Pelosi said.
The House Democratic leader added, "There was plenty of intelligence to say there would be chaos in Iraq following the fall of Baghdad."
"Bush is an incompetent leader. In fact, he's not a leader. He's a person who has no judgment, no experience and no knowledge of the subjects that he has to decide upon."
"Not to get personal about it, but the president's capacity to lead has never been there," Pelosi said.
"In order to lead, you have to have judgment. In order to have judgment, you have to have knowledge and experience. He has none," she added.
This is an outrage. Ms. Pelosi's comments are not a criticism of policy, but they are a direct, ad hominem (personal) attack on the President for mere political gain in a time of war -- and reckless ones at that, for they give our enemies aid and comfort.
The Republicans were quick (for once) to respond:
Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot addressed John Kerry, saying, "As leader of the Democratic Party, John Kerry needs to repudiate Nancy Pelosi's efforts to blame American deaths in Iraq on the President. No one is to blame for these deaths in Iraq but the terrorists who are trying to prevent freedom from coming to the Middle East."
Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie said, "To angry Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Ted Kennedy, terrorists and militia aren't responsible for the deaths of U.S. soldiers, their commander-in-chief is. And our servicemen and women, in putting torture chambers 'under U.S. management,' are no different than a regime that systematically tortured, raped and killed its own people."
"The San Francisco/Boston Democrats led by John Kerry have now adopted Blame America First as their official policy," Gillespie continued in a statement issued to the press.
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) said, "Mrs. Pelosi has the right to disagree with President Bush, and it is clear that she has a different vision from the President. But her comments questioning the President's competence cross the line."
"We are in the middle of a war and in the middle of a political campaign. Mrs. Pelosi's comments were meant to inspire her political base. But who else do they inspire? That is the question she should ask herself," Hastert continued.
"Her comments are also wrong," Hastert said.
Further, Hastert said, "Was it incompetence that put Saddam Hussein in jail? Was it incompetence that disbanded the Taliban? Was it incompetence that spurred the fastest economic growth rate in twenty years? Was it incompetence that created the highest home ownership rate in history?"
"Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, dangerous rhetoric," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) told CNN. "She apparently is so caught up in partisan hatred for President Bush that her words are putting American lives at risk."
For these reasons, I urge you to contact your Representatives and Senators today and DEMAND that they issue a formal Censure (reprimand) of Representative Pelosi.
Take action here.
Further, you can write a letter to the editor about Ms. Pelosi here.
Did see her wipe away what was some moistness from her right eye as it went down her cheek.....Tear? Nah, FEAR!
Menopausal Matrons are inclined to go overboard. I think if there are any hormonal imbalances, they should remain between the doctor and patient not exposed as a representative of her constitutents on national television.
I mean what can Russert do for her estrogen replacement therapy???
I am a woman so don't get in a twist please - she is in a high anxiety state and needs to think twice about her "career".
you trying to ruin the reputation of the Gaslamp Strip Club?
Thank you ! I hope a lot of people get the message. :^)
It was obvious that the interview was scripted, she ignored the questions and read her answers from a paper she was holding. The hankie probably had an eye irritant on it.
I hope So Too, This has been going on for way too long now.
It's way past time to expose these people for what they truly are, "The Enemy Within"!!!!
FREEgards,
:-) D2
If this was really true, then how did Nancy Pelosi end up as Minority Whip?
I must have sneezed during that episode and had my eyes closed because i didn't see her shed a single tear, hmmmmm.
Was your area a rebroadcast? Perhaps they edited out the "sniffles"....
I get a second shot at it (missed the first one at a terrible hour this morning)... but will see it again at 4 or 5 pm.
They may have removed the emotional display.
The only appropriate censure for this fool is to be denied re-election, but that won't happen because she truly represents the views of her constituents.
Same here. They're showing some Meg Ryan special on Dish Network.
What did she say? Do you have a link to transcripts?
She's a RAT coward, and she could care less about our troops. IF she did, she would have done something, anything, positive for them. She would NOT have the courage to say that to President Bush's face.
She can't BLINK because of so many Facelifts...that's why her eyes tear up.
I believe CNBC has pulled reruns.
Are you aware that this woman is the daughter and sister of former mayors of liberal Baltimore, MD? She knows every trick in the Democrat playbook, and her family has done much over the years to make Baltimore as Democrat as Washington, D.C.
When the media reported that the popular late Edmund Sixtus Muskie, D-ME, had shed a tear or two over "attacks" against his wife by the late conservative publisher William E. Loeb, I wondered the same thing. I could not tell that Mr. Muskie cried at all, but people said he did, and the Democrats gave themselves George Stanley McGovern as a consolation prize. By the way, to borrow from the popular late Samuel James Ervin, Jr., what did Jane Muskie do and when did she do it????
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