Pelosi Says She Miscalculated GOP Determination on Iraq

Congressional Quarterly ^ | Dec. 13, 2007

[george76]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., admitted Thursday that she had underestimated the willingness of Republicans to stand behind President Bush’s Iraq policy despite the drubbing the GOP took in the polls in 2006.

“The assumption I made was that the Republicans would soon see the light,” she said. Instead, the minority stuck to the president’s war policy in the face of unrelenting pressure from congressional Democrats and powerful lobbying campaigns by anti-war groups.

Bush has consistently refused to accept any limitations on his authority to direct military operations in Iraq, or on funds destined for the war effort. Democrats have been unable to muster enough votes to force him to accept a timetable for withdrawal of combat troops or a change in their mission in Iraq.

“The grassroots are justifiably disappointed and I am too that we have not done more to end this war,” Pelosi said.

[krb]

>"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., admitted Thursday that she had underestimated the willingness
>of Republicans to stand behind President Bush's Iraq policy despite the drubbing the GOP took in the polls in 2006."

One more time, Democrats: You need to realize that you won the House by narrowly winning a lot of close races where you had relatively conservative Democrats running against weak Republicans in districts that voted for Bush. You didn't win because of all the code-pinkos who now think they own the Democratic Party.

[EGPWS]

She is an idiot and a traitor.

...and was still elected via to her district and placed as house speaker by the DNC.

[Steamburg]

Just think of the America deaths she and reid, schumer and their ilk can take full credit for. With full congressional support, we could have well ended the Iranian interference and the Mukie incidents before the constitutional election in Iraq.

Politics end at the border, but in their defense we must ask, do we still have borders?

[Alex Murphy]

Sounds like Pelosi’s got herself into a quagmire of her own, and cut and ran instead of trying the surge.

Nailed it in one.

[Cementjungle]

Pelosi is a FAILURE.

Politically she isn't.

After all, she IS the first female speaker of the house.

OK, she succeeded at getting elected, but failed to perform as she said she would. I wouldn't consider Carter to be a success just for getting the job, I consider him a failure too.

[EGPWS]

OK, she succeeded at getting elected, but failed to perform as she said she would. I wouldn't consider Carter to be a success just for getting the job, I consider him a failure too.

They are both failures in the largest degree in life, except politically....

[EGPWS]

One more time, Democrats:

They are great at repeats.

[ken21]

both pelosi and reid

have turned out to be

duds.

lucky for the pubies.

[Gator113]

“The grassroots are justifiably disappointed and I am too that we have not done more to end this war,” Pelosi said.

Oh come now Mizzz Pelosi, you had Reid surrender, isn’t that enough?

[PGalt]

Soooo many OUTSTANDING FReeper comments!

BUMP-TO-THE-TRUTH!

[Just Lori]

Nancy Pelosi HAS NO SOUL!

[Bush gal in LA]

Pelosi is an idiot! It’s called putting the security of your country over your politics. Something the RATS no nothing about!

[highlander_UW]

What she failed to grasp was that what consensus there was against the Iraq war was built upon the false reports coming out of the MSM...but even the MSM is having a hard time keeping a lid on the marked improvement in the situation in Iraq, and hence the “mandate” she was counting on does not exist.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Pelosi and her brethren extremist leftists also misjudged the resolve of the majority of the populace regarding victory in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere against our murderous Islamist enemy world wide. But lack of common sense is a bona fide occupational skill with socialist losers.

[A.Hun]

"The grassroots are justifiably disappointed and I am too that we have not done more to end lose this war,” Pelosi said.

Fixed it.

[devolve]

[potlatch]

Lol, Pelosi miscalculates a lot! She should straighten up and fly right!

Cute, haven’t seen her fly in awhile.

[george76]

Pelosi is having a bad week, too.

[potlatch]

I think every week is a bad week for Pelosi!

[devolve]

.

Pelosi is in a nosedive

(If that’s still her real nose)