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Obama wishing Pelosi would just eat her waffle
http://www.startribune.com ^ | May 14, 2009 | By Matt Burns

Posted on 05/16/2009 12:11:19 PM PDT by Maelstorm

... It was during this breakfast that a reporter kept hounding Obama for his reaction to President Jimmy Carter’s "positive" meeting with Hamas. Obama, who was obviously hungry at the time, responded by asking a question of his own.

"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" Obama asked.

Fast forward a year and Obama is now getting all the "waffles" he can handle.

What’s the latest steaming stack giving his nascent administration heartburn? It’s Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ongoing two-step on what she knew and when regarding the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) use of enhanced interrogation techniques.

According to the Washington Post, "Pelosi for several weeks has insisted she was never briefed on the use of waterboarding. She did not point out that in December 2007 she issued a little-noticed statement that said she became aware of waterboarding in February 2003…"

Further, the newspaper reports, "…The CIA released a detailed memo last Thursday outlining 40 congressional briefings given since September 2002…That memo included footnotes that appeared to contradict Pelosi's previous statements that she was never personally briefed…"

Rather than admit she suffers from a faulty memory, Pelosi and other Democrats are now calling for a "truth commission" to investigate who authorized the use of enhanced interrogation techniques.

That’s right. Pelosi wants to waste taxpayer dollars investigating an issue she was briefed on more than six years ago. ...

President Obama is also smart enough to recognize that every day Pelosi waffles on this issue – pointing fingers and refusing to admit what she knew and when – is another day she is single-handedly derailing his agenda.

That’s why it's only a matter of time before the president dispenses some hearty advice to Pelosi.

"Shut up and eat your waffle, Nancy."

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: obama; pelosi; waffle

Defeat is in the air.
1 posted on 05/16/2009 12:11:19 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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To: Maelstorm

No defeat... when you’re a Democrat, it’s different.


2 posted on 05/16/2009 12:17:02 PM PDT by brownsfan (Kool aid comes in two new flavors: Hope and Change.)
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To: Maelstorm
Pelosi, by keeping this alive, is pouring gasoline all over herself just daring someone to come along with a match. And I'm just fine with that.
3 posted on 05/16/2009 12:17:18 PM PDT by fish hawk (The trouble with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: Maelstorm

Picture of a Kool-aid addict....not very pretty.


4 posted on 05/16/2009 12:22:14 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Maelstorm

Seems like The Whopper would be more in line with Nancy's taste.

5 posted on 05/16/2009 12:22:44 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Maelstorm
What’s the latest steaming stack giving his nascent administration heartburn?

Based on what's been coming out of Pelosi's mouth, it's more like a steaming double-coiler.


6 posted on 05/16/2009 12:25:38 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for something I ain't.)
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To: Maelstorm

Oh, that title is classic.


7 posted on 05/16/2009 12:26:12 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: Maelstorm

On Sept. 4, 2002, less than a year after 9/11, the CIA briefed Rep. Porter Goss, then House Intelligence Committee chairman, and Mrs. Pelosi, then the committee’s ranking Democrat, on EITs including water boarding. They were the first members of Congress to be informed.

So, who was the director of the CIA, from 9/11 to 2004?

George J. Tenet was the Director of CIA, from 1997–2004 .

Tenet was appointed by President Clinton and approved by Congress. Tenet then became the CIA director in August of 1997.

So, Pelosi is now saying that George Tenet lied to her or ordered his congressional briefers to lie to Nancy.


8 posted on 05/16/2009 12:28:14 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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To: Maelstorm; opineapple
Opineapple‘s, excellent summary:


9 posted on 05/16/2009 12:29:29 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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To: El Sordo

Ohh I thought so too. I could not pass it up. :-)


10 posted on 05/16/2009 12:32:22 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Some people hold to intentions dearly because at the end of the day they have nothing else to offer.)
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To: Maelstorm

I hate to sound sympathetic toward Pelosi, for I’m not, but at age 69 it is possible she forgot what she was told. Of course if that’s the case she can’t admit it.


11 posted on 05/16/2009 12:43:49 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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To: Maelstorm

I disagree. Pelosi’s problems are just part of a “noise curtain” put up nobama. We’re paying attention to the noise. He and his thugs are behind the curtain rushing healthcare and cap and trade through congress before we know it.

nobama, IMHO, is very dangerous. He needs to be watched carefully and constantly.


12 posted on 05/16/2009 12:49:50 PM PDT by upchuck (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office.)
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To: upchuck

It’s obvious she’s been set up by her own party ....
this will end in her resignation and new blood will take over the speakership for the healthcare fight. They do not want Pelosi (the most unpopular politician ever) to be one of the faces of the democratic socialist party.


13 posted on 05/16/2009 12:55:53 PM PDT by RED SOUTH
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To: Maelstorm
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" Obama asked.

He actually said that?

What a whiner. Waaaaah!!!

14 posted on 05/16/2009 12:56:29 PM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: RED SOUTH

No resignation. She’s “to big to fail.”


15 posted on 05/16/2009 1:02:18 PM PDT by upchuck (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office.)
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To: Maelstorm

ITS NOT JUST PELOSI. . it’s the whole stinking lot of Dummers who BETRAYED the nation by using the war on terror to destroy Bush and get power for themselves. THEY ARE ALL LIARS AND ARE ALL GUILTY!!!. . .Wasn’t that clearly spelled out in the Jay Rockefeller memo? Nan was just following the game plan. . .now, ironically, like Bush. . .she’s all by herself getting it up the yazoo!! ha!. . .its a good start. .but NOT ENOUGH!


16 posted on 05/16/2009 1:04:46 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: Maelstorm
Obama is still the naive school kid who has all the solutions at first glance and never gives a second thought to other possibilities.


17 posted on 05/16/2009 1:08:54 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were a clueless idiot, and suppose you were Barack Obama; but I repeat myself)
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To: Iron Munro

“Obama is still the naive school kid who has all the solutions at first glance and never gives a second thought to other possibilities.”

A lot of his campaign promises were on the level of “free drinks in the coke machines” and “school out on friday.” Those were to keep the nutroots in line. Most of his retrenching is on those promises.

But he has far exceeded his promises on most of the socialist agenda. He’s way worse than his campaign would have suggested.


18 posted on 05/16/2009 1:55:22 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Iron Munro

Exactly! 0bama started it so he can help her eat this waffle. Did he think his fellow Dems would ignore the “Get Bush” playbook after he called the play? Pelosi heard him call the signals and started running her pattern.


19 posted on 05/16/2009 2:03:20 PM PDT by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: grobdriver

“”Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” Obama asked.

He actually said that?”

They never asked him a real question after that.


20 posted on 05/16/2009 3:58:23 PM PDT by Western Phil
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