Posted on 10/05/2006 3:58:00 PM PDT by SmithL
Relishing the prospects of a triumph, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday promised to restore integrity and civility to the House if voters put her party in control this fall.
"We'll turn the most closed and corrupt Congress into the most open and honest Congress," Pelosi, D-Calif., told The Associated Press in an interview.
She spoke five weeks before the midterm elections as the House ethics committee opened an investigation into an unfolding sex scandal that led to Rep. Mark Foley's resignation and calls for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., to step down.
"The only way you can make the change that needs to be made for our country — a new direction where we're there for the many and not the few — is to drain the swamp," said Pelosi, who is in line to be the nation's first female House speaker if Democrats ascend to power.
With Nov. 7 looming, an AP-Ipsos poll released Thursday found the majority of likely voters favoring Democrats to win control of the House and half of likely voters saying recent disclosures of corruption and scandal in Congress will be very or extremely important when they cast their vote.
Republicans are scrambling to try to stop the political bleeding that began last week when Foley resigned amid reports that he sent sexually explicit communications to teenage boys who once worked as House pages. That set off finger-pointing among House Republican leaders who were accused of failing to react quickly when they were warned of Foley's behavior.
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This must be from Scrappleface or the Onion.
So, where is she going to get some? Integrity or civility, that is.
Exactly what you'd expect from a conservative Catholic like Nancy.
C________________________________________________T!!
And, won't she need a guide to identify and explain those concepts to her? Sort of a Sherpa for the morally deficient.
Bookmark for the elections
Don't count your chickens before they hatch...
Conneticutt?
Just a tad late, Firemarshall Nancy
SHE IS A LYING HO!
LLS
"We'll turn the most closed and corrupt Congress into the most open and honest Congress," Pelosi, D-Calif., told The Associated Press in an interview.
Well, civility was sure short-lived ...
Shouldn't there be a barf disclaimer attached to this story? I know I wanted to hurl.
Condit?
Barnyard matter. Don't step in this; hard to wipe off.......
What a disgraceful human being.
Yeah......right......
yeah right, as soon as she blinks three times in a row
Doogle
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