Pelosi Vs. Pelosi (Pelosi Breaks Her Pledge To Support Porter Goss For CIA Director)

Republican National Committee ^ | August 10, 2004

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PELOSI VS. PELOSI
House Minority Leader Pelosi Breaks
Her Pledge To Support Porter Goss
For CIA Director
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PROMISE MADE …

In June, Pelosi Pledged Her Support For Goss If He Was Nominated Because Of His Independence.  “If Goss is nominated for the post, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California said that she would support him. Pelosi worked closely with Goss during the congressional investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks. Whoever replaces Tenet needs to be independent of political pressure, Pelosi said. Goss, who worked for the CIA before becoming a congressman in 1988, has shown that ability as chairman of the House Intelligence panel, she added.”  (“CIA To See Change In Leadership Style,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, 6/5/04)

… PROMISE NOT KEPT

Pelosi Says She Does Not Support Porter Goss’ Nomination Because He’s Too Partisan.  CNN’s ED HENRY: “Nancy Pelosi though, did point out … that maybe Porter Goss is too political of a pick, at a time in the post-9/11 world where there should be more bipartisanship on national security. Here’s what Pelosi had to say.”  PELOSI: “But I will say what I said before is that there shouldn't – a person should not be the director of central intelligence who’s acted in a very political way when we’re dealing with the safety of the American people. Intelligence has to be the gathering and analysis and dissemination of information, of intelligence, without any political, any politics involved at all.”  (CNN’s “Inside Politics,” 8/10/04)

[Valin]

You have a point. A man is known by his enemies.

[Bubba_Leroy]

[SunkenCiv]

The last thing we need to worry about is bipartisanship -- that's just partisan hack(wo)manship at its worst. Exposing this flip-flop may not hurt her with that rubber-stamp constituency she has, but it can't help. Replace that demagogue!