Could House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi be any more scary?
"A new direction for America", the Dems proclaim! Get yours while it's hot!
Quoting The Washington Post:
The California Democrat has been the focus of the GOP attack since her remark last week that capturing Osama bin Laden wouldn't make us safer. It was similar to sentiments uttered previously by President Bush ("He's not the issue") and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ("If he were gone tomorrow, the same problem would exist"). But it set off a flurry of Benedict Arnold charges from Republicans directed at Pelosi and her colleagues.
Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) wondered whether Democrats are "more interested in protecting terrorists than in protecting the American people." Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) stood next to a poster of Pelosi and her words about bin Laden and demanded: "Where do your loyalties lie?" House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) said Democrats "are confused about who the enemy actually is."
Pelosi, sitting on the sofa in her Capitol office yesterday, took the treason talk in stride. "I've been a traitor for five years," she quipped, pointing out that Republicans said much the same thing when she proposed a 9/11 commission. By now, she added, Democrats have neutralized the issue.
Oh, really?
Then the reporters had a shot:
Then came the questions. "This is now the third election in a row in which they've raised security issues just before the election," the first questioner said of the Republicans. "Why won't it work for them a third time?"
"We won't be Swift-boated on the national security issue," the minority leader maintained.
"As you know," came the follow-up, Republicans "are citing past votes by you and other Democrats."
Pelosi was defensive. "I have five children," she said. "Five grandchildren, going on six. And I consider myself the ultimate security mom." By way of clarification, she felt compelled to add: "Democrats are committed to hunting down Osama bin Laden."
A third questioner pointed out that Republicans have regained the lead on national security. "This is what, I guess, campaigns will be about," Pelosi conceded with some reluctance. "It shouldn't be about national security."
Thanks, Nancy, for that insightful look into the Dems "new direction for America!"
No new ideas. No support for the troops in harm's way.
Just "it shouldn't be about national security".
And if the Dems take control of the White House the next time around, she'll be third in line for the Presidency.
Wow.
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