Posted on 11/17/2006 8:34:42 AM PST by Dane
Nancy Pelosi has managed to severely scar her leadership even before taking up the gavel as the new speaker of the House. First, she played politics with the leadership of the House Intelligence Committee to settle an old score and a new debt. And then she put herself in a lose-lose position by trying to force a badly tarnished ally, Representative John Murtha, on the incoming Democratic Congress as majority leader. The party caucus put a decisive end to that gambit yesterday, giving the No. 2 job to Steny Hoyer, a longtime Pelosi rival.
But Ms. Pelosi’s damage to herself was already done. The well-known shortcomings of Mr. Murtha were broadcast for all to see — from his quid-pro-quo addiction to moneyed lobbyists to the grainy government tape of his involvement in the Abscam scandal a generation ago. The resurrected tape — feasted upon by Pelosi enemies — shows how Mr. Murtha narrowly survived as an unindicted co-conspirator, admittedly tempted but finally rebuffing a bribe offer: “I’m not interested — at this point.”
Mr. Murtha would have been a farcical presence in a leadership promising the cleanest Congress in history. Ms. Pelosi should have been first to realize this, having made such a fiery campaign sword of her vows to end Capitol corruption. Instead, she acted like some old-time precinct boss and lost the first test before her peers.
As incoming speaker, Ms. Pelosi will be dogged by skepticism — from within the party and without — about her political smarts and her ability to deliver a galvanized agenda.
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Yeah...From the "Man from Hope!"...
To the wife who tells us and our
military...to "Abandon all hope!"
If she keeps this up, she'll die of lead poisoning. Hillary will have her pumped full of lead.
Speaker Peloser.
As hard as I try, I can't recall anything intelligent ever coming from Pelosi, so it doesn't surprise me that she has started her reign by screwing up big time.
There's plenty more
Conyers
Hastings
Rangell
Reid
Just to name the ones I can think of at the moment.
The sad part is , the public tends to overlook/accept dims corruption while condemning repubs for much more minor offenses.
The MSM is the conscience of America today.
Their opinion/criticism determines whether the public gets offended over a 'crime'.
I did, but I'll put it out for 'open source' ;-)
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