Speaker Pelosi: God bless President Bush, that "total failure"
By SilentPatriot Thursday Jul 17, 2008 8:00pm
In an interview to be aired this Sunday on "Late Edition," Nancy Pelosi, in response to a quote from Bush about the Democratic Congress' failures, doesn't hold back her true feelings for the lame duck President.
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"God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject."
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More words. I'm still waiting for actions.
It took her 2 years to understand that? Says all you need to know about Americans and our politicians.
Nancy is no shining beacon herself. Like a faithful abuse spouse of George, she is the enabler.
Yea, No thanks to her and congress that give the total failure everything he wants.
Pot and kettle here? This statement (while accurate) is coming from the Congressional "leader" who has so far failed to lead her party to do anything meaningful since they took Congress back? From Pelosi, who is such a pitiful, weak, irrelevant excuse for a lawmaker that she can't even fight the least popular president in American history?
I agree with one thing in that article: Congress might as well go out back and have a smoke until January because they sure as fuck aren't going to get anything done this year.
Watched her yesterday on CNN, almost fight words
Get rid of her. She's hopeless. Get a Democrat in there.
seeing/hearing this woman is starting to make me as angry as seeing/hearing gw . . . i don't want to hear another sentence out of her unless it contains the words "impeachment is on the table"
Anyone watch "the Honey mooner"? Where the couple bicker with each other throwing their best taunt at each other?
That's our Nancy and George show!
A few questions for everyone here:
Who is your Representative?
Did you vote for that Representative?
If you voted for your Representative, do you think that s/he is better than the average Representative now serving?
Who did your Representative, if a member of the Democratic caucus, support for the Speaker's chair when the Dems won the House back from the GOP in '06?
Who should your Representative supported for the Speaker's chair, and why should they have supported that candidate?
He has no idea?
Here's an idea, Nancy .....impeach the bastard!
He might be a complete failure................ but she's hardly a success.
Too little, too late. Time to send this pensioner back home to enjoy the twilight years.
Getting nothing done is the best I could hope for! instead we pass the FISA bill and allow the Bush administration not show up for a court order sub committee hearing.
Nancy, Nancy, Nancy too much plastic surgery. You constantly looked like you are startled.
Sweep up? Didn't you mean cover up? Just asking.
Pelosi is saying this to years to fucking late.
She doesn't deserve to be speaker of the house.
This is a woman who was briefed on the fact that the administration was spying on us without warrants, in violation of FISA, and let it slide. She took impeachment "off the table". And she' handed this "total failure" everything he asked for in a bill that didn't need to be passed, and which will make certain that we never find out the degree of criminality this administration has been operating out of.
Pelosi doesn't represent us. She represents the money. If she represented us, you'd have to call her a total failure.
I still can't believe she tried to block Rove getting subpoenaed.
Did she ever explain that one?
Ahhh ... I am just sitting back with a cold one thinkin' of the good ole days ... back in the time of the "100 Days" and all the great wonderful things we were about to regain now that a Democrat was in charge of the Congressional zoo ...
We knew that Bush was a total failure .. and America gave a HUGE message and kicked out the Repubs....
Fast Forward 500 days... Is she talking about the total Congressional failure? Because a Presidential failure is OLD news ... it's like... so, last election!
MAN - SHE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED!
Total Failure #2 taking on Total Failure #1. BOTH of them are equally responsible for the end of America.
and bless nancy's pointed little head
Pelosi has shown herself to be nothing more then an empty suit.
If Bush is such a failure then what does that make Pelosi and the Democratic majority if they can't stand up to him. She has certainly earned her approval rating
I can't stand Nancy Pelosi. She is every bit the failure and the criminal that George Bush is.
Sorry, Nance, but you don't pass the smell test, and your reasons for waffling and bowing in front of the same administration you claim to hate don't make any sense. You may not be up there with Mr. Bush, but I wonder how history is going to look on Conyers and Pelosi, the strange little jellyfish afraid to do their jobs.
Pelsoi should know - she is a total failure herself.
The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking
The most irritating element of her comments is that in reality Bush has achieved everything his corporate masters have asked of him.He still gets everything he wants thanks to Pelosi and company.She's just as shameless as Bush,spouting this kind of empty meaningless nonsense.
Billy @ 25:
File not found..Salon
Just looked it up........... Pelosi is Italian for scum.
just because pelosi is a failure, albeit less of a failure than the president, does not make her statements any less accurate.
she is only up against executive privalege,signing statements,secrecy and followed a (R) majority
i'm not happy about it either not so sure it's all her fault.
God bless'em both ... worthless fuckers.
remember, folks, it's pelosi's jobs to herd cats together. can you imagine trying to get conservative southern democrats to support so-called 'san francisco values'?
good luck with that!
Pelosi makes me want to puke. To be sold out by Bush is to be expected but to be sold out by the top Democrat boils my blood.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/985421.html
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/08/10204/
To borrow from Code Pink: TAKE HER TO THE HAGUE AND TRY HER AS WAR CRIMINAL!!!
I still remember her running on (before the 2006 elections) how she was going to "drain the swamp".
Most empty campaign slogan of all time.
Bush plus Nancy "Impeachment Is Off The Table" Pelosi equal two absolute failures.
God DAMN Her.
Obama isn't running for Blamer-in-Chief;
He better be ready to do something.
harley @ 18:
thats an interesting factoid, yes she does need to explain that.
And the excuse of relations between WH and House doesnt hold water.
Jeez Nancy, you had the balls to say it, then why not impeach? Do we have to have an International Tribunal or what? I hope Cindy Sheehan gets enough signatures. Sorry Nancy, you gotta go!
If she feels that way why won't she relieve America of his regime? Is it because she's afraid?
paranoia @ 3:
Her congress polls lower than Bush. What does that say about her and the job the American people think she's doing?
She needs to quit telling us shit we already know and live up to constitutional responsibilities and do what the people elected her to do by putting impeachment on the table.
Yet she STILL WON'T IMPEACH HIM!!
You know who else is a failure, Nancy Pelosi? Who else has lost all credibility with the American people? I'll give you three guesses, but the first two don't count.
In your quest for "bipartisanship", you have made yourselves complicit with this administration, Nancy. That will be quite a legacy your (and Harry Reid's) Congress will have to live down.
And you have no weapon now with which to fight. Congratulations...
God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States — a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.”
Nancy, for goodness sake, we're not talking about some loser nephew failing out of junior college, getting fired from Carls' Jr. and getting his driving license taken away for too many points. We're talking about the President of the United States who has broken so many laws its hard not to dismayed by the so-called "balance of powers" HA!. If he is unaccountable, who is? Stop being guided by polls and make a stand, DO SOMETHING! We have to know that someone is in charge of making rational decisions. Is it you? Certainly doesn't look like it.
I have never given money to a campaign before, but I think I might give Cindy some, and she's not in my district.
a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.”
Not only does that describe boosh, it describes Queen Nancy
And her tea and crumpet approach to betraying her country.
Poor, poor, Nancy. Let's see if I have this correct. In Nancy's opinion the President is an incompetent in matters of the economy, war, energy, and in fact in any matter. Yet, she willingly protects this "total failure" from impeachment. So Nancy is comfortable having an idiot hold the most powerful seat in our government and be the "Decider" on matters of war, foreign relations, the economy, the environment, and of course that little piece of paper we call the Constitution.
Once you admit Bush is an idiot, and you refuse to use your Constitutional power to do anything about it, you're equally culpable.
for those asking for impeachment:
does your congressperson support it? if not, then i wouldn't completely blame nancy. and i would call your congressperson right away.
Andy K Jong Il @ 10:
My rep is absolute rock bottom. But he's a Repug, so it's almost forgivable -- he's too dumb to be anything but a bottom feeder.
I would say anyone with a spine not ruled by fear, a sense of absolute commitment to the principles and constitution of this country, and someone not afraid to lose his/her damn political job would make the best leader of the House or Senate.
It's like the kettle calling the pot black.
Andy K Jong Il @ 10:
Actually, my rep is Pelosi.
The primaries here in SF were cringe-inducing (if noticeable). Naturally, nobody was going to wage a serious challenge to her, and the woman on the ballot running against her wasn't all that impressive.
Pelosi is on the right side. I wish I could have proudly cast a vote for her. She is progressive. But her non-strategy for dealing with the runaway executive is infuriating.
Is there a way of replacing this airheaded bimbo with Rahm Immanuel?
Scratch the airheaded bimbo, she's a freakin' idiot.
I like airheaded bimbos.
Billy @ 24:
"File Not Found"
>:(
Why don't the media ask her how she can justify taking impeachment off the table.
The only answer I have heard from her was that the Republican would love for her to try to impeach George. So if they are for it, then whats holding Pelosi back?
It's like Kobe Bryant calling Shaq black.
He couldn't have done it without her.
Jo @ 26:
just lop off everything after "index.html" in the URL. you know how the Internet works by now. :P
We should have a moneybomb for Cindi Sheehan and throw that trash out of office. I can't belive her district doesn't get rid of her right away.
paranoia @ 51:
Her own culpability. That's what. She was brought into complicity when the Repubs read her in to learn about and watch CIA torture videos.
No weak and spineless.
God damn that total failure and your legacy is pathetic too.
bryancri @ 45:
I have called Tom Allen time and time again to support impeachment. If Nancy called for impeachment she would have the votes. She is the Speaker after all.
My god, what a cheer she would get... she would hear it all the way from Maine to California!
Well, while I agree with Pelosi (except for the God bless him bit) that Bush is a total failure, she should be careful casting stones whilst living in that glass house of hers. So many people wildly cheered her becoming Speaker, believing this was the beginning of change for the better, only to be abysmally disappointed by the subsequent lack of action she has exhibited thus far. Yes, I know impeachment would be impossible, given the numbers even with a Democratic majority - but her lack of any demonstrable leadership qualities has been a betrayal of the people who put her there... we, the People.
We have to vote everybody out. These politicians are the worst of the worst. They get in there for years and forget their obligation to the American people. They have been in to long and are to entrenched with big business and fellow Pols.
Howabout "I'm a Total Looser" Nancy? GW got everything he wants FROM YOU. Plus FISA.
What is it about Georgie boy? Does he have a black book or something? If it were Clinton...
Kathy @ 61:
He got more than he asked for from these clowns. Stories have it the Repubs shot high, expecting the Dems to bargain them down on FISA. But the Repubs were simply amazed to all they asked for and much more than they really expected.
If Nancy called for impeachment she would have the votes.
sorry, pal.
2 little, 2 late...
Otay @ 46:
Mine isn't rock bottom(Vern Ehlers, who actually, as the head of whichever committe that controls such things, got rid of Freedom Fries and Toast for their French equivalents) but he's a Republican, and I've never voted for one of those. Hell, in my life this district was represented by a Dem from '75 (when I was ten) until '78. This is Jerry Ford's old district.
As for spinelessness- that's not the prerequisite the Dems are really looking for, is it? Because if you want spine and fearlessness, I could point to Rahm Emanuel. I don't want that guy as Speaker.
And not afraid of losing his or her job? The speakership job is a rather partisan position, no? Elected from amongst their caucus for their leadership and their ability to actually contribute to the re-election of those who supported their candidacy?
btw, does tom allen support impeachment?
Yup... I had high hopes for her till she "set her table..." and impeachment wasn't on it.
Time for her to do a little FLIP-FLOPPIN' of her own. This is the year for it. Everybody's doin' it!
Ahh yes, Pelosi and Bush. The leaders of the Do-Nothings and the Know-Nothings.
Nancy was on the out side looking in until she got the top job. Yes the White House then made her an offer she couldn't refuse and publicly said she would not Impeach Bush/Cheney for their crimes, she would pray for them. Yes money does make a person follow orders and Nancy got paid big time. Diane Feinstein was slick she took her kick backs by having the White House give her husband over paid contracts. Dodd got kick backs and a second home with the housing fraud. Nancy has shown she is weak and isn't protecting the American people. With so many corrupt Law Makers it's time they open their bank accounts to see just how many have been paid by the White House.
The leaders of the Do-Nothings and the Know-Nothings.
you think pelosi is as awful as bush? you have got to be kidding me.
Please, Nancy, continue. You were saying...?
Assassin @ 54:
Got it! Thanks!
Karen @ 48:
Karen, I agree with almost everything you just wrote, but that's the norm. Not to sound like a broken record, but where are the 67 votes to convict in the Senate? I've got my fair share of idealism, but it's tempered by realism. And the reality is that you could impeach, but never convict- and the outcome would be a pyrrhic victory.
But thanks for being yourself, and admitting that there are shades of gray to be seen. :D
when i lived in california, i gave pelosi my vote. she said all the right things and was a progressive. i think since she got the leadership position she is more concerned with the calculus of winning elections. i liked her better when she wasn't in the leadership position.
ysbaddaden @ 49:
So you want to replace an ineffective idiot (Pelosi) with an ineffective asshole (Emmanuel)
Good grief...
Jackie @ 68:
Could you please link that proof?
Andy K Jong Il @ 65:
I stick with requiring a spine. As for Rahm Emanuel, see my comment about the constitution and principles of this country.
A politician should consider their jobs a temporary duty. I am referring to the fear they have of going against the group, when the group is doing something wrong, just to save their own job. Doing what those who elected you want is important, but doing something unconstitutional just to please the temporary passions to be re-elected is unforgivable.
constituent @ 29:
Pelosi: “God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States..."
God bless Bush? God bless the hundreds of thousands of innocent people Bush has gotten crippled and killed. God may damn Bush but I don't think a blessing from God is in the cards.
harley @ 17:
Sometimes she forgets the role and reverts to her natural state: GOPer.
No faster way to lose credibility than lying. And its far past time to retake the constitution and the elected officials who swore an oath to maintain its credibility: Impeach.
And FUCK you, Pelosi, for the total failure YOU are.
Wisterley @ 7:
She IS a Democrat...that's the point. The answer is simple: www.cindyforcongress.org/
When is the revolution? Give me a date and time.
impeach pelosi
Otay @ 79:
Idealistic, and there's nothing wrong with that, but the fact of the matter is that Americans send incumbents back to DC in droves.
I'm glad you even read my questions, btw. I'm asking them for a reason: I want to see how many people still support their own selections while dismissing everyone else's choices. Pelosi, Emanuel, Ehlers...They must be doing right by someone with a vote, right?
bryancri @ 46:
Clinton got impeached over blow job related ridiculousness. What is this bureaucracy that springs up against impeachment when we gravely need it? I'm sorry, but Dems that say they can't do anything, are lying. At the very least they should be voicing their outrage every single day. Not one of them was elected to roll over to a different party with an extremely different agenda, yet the majority are betraying us exactly in that fashion.
Spitting in the wind
bryancri @ 72:
Yes I think she is a traitor! There is a reason that British agents were treated better by the IRA than traitors from within the ranks.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/985421.html
http://www.commondreams.org/ar...../08/10204/
Read these two articles and let the full betrayal sink in.
“God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States — a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.”
So, God bless him for getting us into Iraq and costing us thousands on American lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives? God bless him for destroying parts of the constitution? God bless him for running up gas prices and making it hard to own a home? God bless him for all these things that are making our lives so much worse? O personally would have much preferred if the Bush presidency had been a great success and brought peace and prosperity to the country and made all of our lives better, but he chose not to. I believe the phrase she should have used was "God damn you ..." The only reason she says "God bless ..." is because it helps her and her party and their chances in the next election. That's pretty selfish in itself and says a lot about her lack of judgment, something we've seen a lot of lately.
She seems like a total phony to me. With that stupid smile all the time. Just get to the facts. Tell the truth. And put America above all else. How hard can it be to be serious from time to time. Take your job seriously. Everyone else does or has to from time to time.
nancy fiddled while Rome burned
And boosh was snickering to himself, holding the gas can and matches.
yeah, i called and left her a message today and told her to stop being a putz, she's making herself look the fool criticizing anyone since she's declared long ago and many times that "impeachment is off the table."
the democrats in congress can whine all they want about the low confidence the public has in congress as a whole, they can blame it on "obstructionism" by the republicans, but as far as i'm concerned it is the democrats who are obstructionist in their refusal to engage in investigating and punishing the criminals who currently occupy the white house and much of the federal government.
[spit that bad pelosi taste out of my mouth - blech]
Andy K Jong Il @ 75: