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Pelosi Says She Miscalculated GOP Determination on Iraq
Congressional Quarterly ^ | Dec. 13, 2007

Posted on 12/18/2007 9:32:04 AM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cqpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: boohoo; congress; cultureofcutandrun; democratparty; democrats; elections; iraq; nancypelosi; pelosi; rat; sanfranciscovalues; wariniraq; wot
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To: Conservative_Jedi
It is mostly red by land mass, not by population.

Besides she is from an extremely Liberal part of the state.

81 posted on 12/18/2007 12:38:35 PM PST by NathanR ( Duncan Hunter for SecDef)
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To: Convert from ECUSA

But, but, wouldn’t she have to *have* one?


82 posted on 12/18/2007 12:57:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Tuesday, December 18, 2007___________________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: george76

Look at me, I’m a Woman, Ugly and Clueless but never the less I have the time so therefore I’m your leader.


83 posted on 12/18/2007 1:00:51 PM PST by chiefqc
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To: MplsSteve
Well said.

I'll add that I think we've reached the point that AQI and the rest of that lot can't beat us (although they're not dead yet).

The real danger, here, is that the Democrat Party and MSM can beat us ... and they're trying very hard to do so.

84 posted on 12/18/2007 1:01:46 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: george76

Nancy Pelosi is deeply disturbed.


85 posted on 12/18/2007 4:05:39 PM PST by SmithL (Merry Christmas and Happy Holy Days to you!)
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To: george76

Do Nothing Nancy misunderestimated President Bush...again. How’s that Tony Lama feel Dingbat??

Pray for W and Our Troops


86 posted on 12/18/2007 4:14:19 PM PST by bray (Let's Bring Christ Back to Christmas)
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To: george76

87 posted on 12/18/2007 4:18:55 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
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To: george76

The problem with Pelosi is that she is surrounded by like-minded Liberals who cannot and never will follow through but just say they would like this or that perceived problem cured and dump some money on it and nothing results. It is also typical of the population control crowd, who may be the same persons for the most part.


88 posted on 12/18/2007 4:24:51 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: RightWhale

It is always fun to see the same names on different liberal board of directors.

They think that they can trick us into believing that there are sooo many liberals for some doppie cause.


89 posted on 12/18/2007 4:31:20 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Pelosi needs to stop acting like she thinks she is a beauty queen just doing her duty when her agenda is so hideous. I am tired of her act of depending on her femine personality to get away with her Marxist tactics, she is too old to be playing that game anyways.
90 posted on 12/18/2007 4:46:43 PM PST by rodeo-mamma
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To: george76

She just can’t admit that Bush ate her lunch on Iraq.

She has nothing, nothing to parse, triangulate, frame, resonate, smokescreen, bait and switch, or scam. They went out on the limb so far on the anti-war bandwagon that Bush has her completely boxed in while the MorOn.org’ers and PsycKOS’ demand action.

Bet that Speaker seat’s red scorching hot about now.


91 posted on 12/18/2007 4:50:20 PM PST by Free Vulcan (Friends don't let friends vote Huckabee)
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To: george76

She and Reid have a majority. they can cut funding. They chose not to. Own your role Nance.

The only ones you miscalculated where our troops and their desire to win and ability to win. The reason the Republians haven’t joined you in numbers that would make it “safe” to withdraw funding is because our troops are damn good.


92 posted on 12/18/2007 4:56:20 PM PST by Soul Seeker (If Fox were part of the VRWC they wouldn’t be shilling for Rudy.)
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To: george76
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and the RATS, take another one in the...............HA ha!!!

93 posted on 12/18/2007 5:06:33 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist)
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To: george76
There is much crap written by liberal and Democrat media types attributing the results of the 2006 election to the Iraq war.

I firmly believe that the loss of Republican House and Senate seats in 2006 was NOT due to the Iraq war, but instead was due to the lack of fiscal discipline by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.

94 posted on 12/18/2007 5:13:50 PM PST by RightWingConspirator (Redefeat Communism by defeating Hitlary in 2008)
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To: george76
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., admitted...

"What goes around comes around."

You made your bed Nancy, now show some political humility and admit you are wrong!

95 posted on 12/18/2007 5:41:40 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: RightWingConspirator
I firmly believe that the loss of Republican House and Senate seats in 2006 was NOT due to the Iraq war, but instead was due to the lack of fiscal discipline by the Republican-controlled House and Senate.

I disagree.

It was because they played the same game as the dem's with a with a conservative conveyance but only for the same reason, personal political gain.

Lack of knowing the ability of the public to "figger" their game lost them the house and senate.

96 posted on 12/18/2007 5:50:36 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: george76

Pelosi is a FAILURE.


97 posted on 12/18/2007 5:51:12 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: george76
“The grassroots are justifiably disappointed and I am too that we have not done more to end this war,” Pelosi said.

She wants to end it in a loss. We want to end it in a win.

98 posted on 12/18/2007 5:53:22 PM PST by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: Cementjungle
Pelosi is a FAILURE.

Politically she isn't.

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

99 posted on 12/18/2007 5:57:45 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: lapster

Believe me I have chills up my spine. How could this woman be helping to run our country? She is an idiot and a traitor. It is amazing what money can buy, too bad it can’t buy intelligence and common sense.


100 posted on 12/18/2007 5:58:25 PM PST by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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