I read the headline and I thought "What idiots."
I read the first two paragraphs and I thought "Oh, well that makes sense..."
Then I thought some more and concluded... They're idiots.
House Republican wants to restrict Pelosi's travel
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not be permitted to use State Department funds to travel to nations that are known to have sponsored terrorism if a Republican amendment to appropriations legislation passes the House on Thursday.
The amendment to the $34 billion State and Foreign Operations bill, offered by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), prohibits funds to be used to travel to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.
Did the House Republicans forget what happened to Pelosi's public opinion after her attempted de facto coup?
If the Republicans ever want to regain the House, it would be kinda cool to get as many pictures of Pelosi coddling terrorists as possible. Hell, I'll donate 20 bucks to send her to Iran to talk down Bush there. -- As long as we get video.
Republicans need to learn from James Carville's favorite line, "When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."
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If the House GOP Caucus rea... (Below threshold)1. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 4:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If the House GOP Caucus really wanted to do something, they should insist on a censure motion - or whatever they use to reprimand their own. Violation of the Logan Act sounds good to me...
1. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 4:59 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 16:59
2. Posted by wavemaker | June 21, 2007 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Pffff the Logan Act. How about something real, like conflict of interest?
These nitwits don't seem to appreciate the old saying about "sauce for the goose."
2. Posted by wavemaker | June 21, 2007 5:16 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 17:16
3. Posted by Dan | June 21, 2007 5:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Normally I wouldn't do this, but when calling a group of people idiots you can't say "their idiots" instead of the slightly more correct "they're idiots." :)
Though I do agree with your sentiment. The more inappropriate things our fine representatives do (on both sides, to be honest), the sooner we might be able to replace them.
3. Posted by Dan | June 21, 2007 5:19 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 17:19
4. Posted by sean nyc/aa | June 21, 2007 5:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A few points/questions:
1) The amendment Rep King wants added states (according to the article, don't know what the actual amendment states) that "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not be permitted to use State Department funds to travel ...". Is the provision explicitly stated that way? Did she use State Dept. funds to travel the first time? If not, then this is definitely just posturing.
2) I'm fine with this as long as it applies to all Congressmen, Republicans and Democrats, Senators and Representatives, not just Speaker Pelosi. Let's not forget several other Congressmen also visited Syria just around the same time as Pelosi, so they should be consistent and apply it across the board instead of singling out one individual.
4. Posted by sean nyc/aa | June 21, 2007 5:27 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 17:27
5. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 5:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This is why I truly hate you fucking idiots and would beat the shit out of every certifiable one of you if I had the chance. You attack pelosi but no way at all do you seem to mind the fact that Gingrich did the same thing to Clinton when he went to China and contradicted the president on our Policy regarding Taiwan!
You ignore the fact that the WEEK before Pelosi went to Syria a Republican congregation was in Syria and crtisized president Bush. You people are so full of shit it is unreal.
5. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 5:43 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 17:43
6. Posted by WildWillie | June 21, 2007 5:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Old liberal Sean needs some more schooling. Pelosi is the second in line for the presidency. That is important. And as far as posturing, how about a vote of no confidence which is a total waste of time your great dem leaders accomplished. No wonder the dem leadership in the Congress is the lowest in history. ww
6. Posted by WildWillie | June 21, 2007 5:43 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 17:43
7. Posted by P. Bunyan | June 21, 2007 5:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Did the House Republicans forget what happened to Pelosi's public opinion after her attempted de facto coup?"
So what you're suggesting Paul is that the Republicans do something that is politically expedient even if it is wrong and harmful?
I would expect that from a leftist but not from a right thinking person.
7. Posted by P. Bunyan | June 21, 2007 5:56 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 17:56
8. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 6:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
nutjob is an apt name for you. You should do something about that anger problem. Get your folks to haul you out of the basement and get you on some meds.
8. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 6:02 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:02
9. Posted by rw | June 21, 2007 6:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Isn't the amendment likely to be voted down along party lines? Wouldn't Pelosi then have to travel to terror supporting countries in the future to prove that she isn't giving in to the wishes of the Republican minority? One failed amendment should net a few new Pelosi terrorist coddling photos.
9. Posted by rw | June 21, 2007 6:04 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:04
10. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 6:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"nutjob is an apt name for you. "
Rightwing nutjobs is the name asshole
Editor's Note: Actually, "was the name" is more correct.
See ya...
10. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 6:06 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:06
11. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 6:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You say to may toe, I say tah mah toe.
11. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 6:13 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:13
12. Posted by Dave | June 21, 2007 6:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
looks more like a tactic to get the democrats to vote against or not vote at all for the bill it is being attached to. obviously it has nothing to do with pelosi personally.
12. Posted by Dave | June 21, 2007 6:14 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:14
13. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 6:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"nutjob is an apt name for you. "
Rightwing nutjobs is the name asshole
Editor's note: Actually, make that "was."
"Rightwing Nutjobs," alias "jt," "Bubba," "saneandontheright," "Craig," "liberalnuts," "crazylibs," "Valerie Plame," "for fun," "Cecelia," "grammar police," "Senor Smackdown," "craigs," and "sane," won't be around here any longer.
13. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 6:19 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:19
14. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 6:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"You say to may toe, I say tah mah toe."
You say puh tay toe, I say go fuck yourself :)
14. Posted by rightwing nutjobs | June 21, 2007 6:20 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:20
15. Posted by steak111111 | June 21, 2007 6:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"You attack pelosi but no way at all do you seem to mind the fact that Gingrich did the same thing to Clinton when he went to China and contradicted the president on our Policy regarding Taiwan!
Posted by: rightwing nutjobs at June 21, 2007 05:43 PM"
You are another typical blind liberal. There's a BIG difference between coddling up with killers and warning China that they'll be turned into a big U.S. runway if they invade Taiwan. Now tell me, DID CHINA attack Taiwan???? No. Great job again Newt.
You liberals CONTINUE to embarress yourselves by shooting yourselves in the foot with your assinine arguments....
15. Posted by steak111111 | June 21, 2007 6:23 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:23
16. Posted by nogo postal | June 21, 2007 6:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My favorite Pelosi face embracing a terrorist
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/
16. Posted by nogo postal | June 21, 2007 6:32 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:32
17. Posted by steak111111 | June 21, 2007 6:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
nogo can't respond either. Just shows some picture conveniently forgetting about the cold war with the soviets at the time....
17. Posted by steak111111 | June 21, 2007 6:37 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:37
18. Posted by steak111111 | June 21, 2007 6:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'd be nice if there was a way of filtering the terrorists (leewee, nogo). They're not even Americans and waste time.
18. Posted by steak111111 | June 21, 2007 6:40 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:40
19. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 6:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Newt went to China with the approval of the Clinton administration. It also was not on the list of terrorist sponsoring nations. We had full diplomatic relations with China.
SanFranNan was asked and encouraged not to go to Syria. Syria is a terrorist sponsoring nation. We do not have full diplomatic relations with Syria.
19. Posted by John in CA | June 21, 2007 6:50 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 18:50
20. Posted by nogo postal | June 21, 2007 7:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
me not an American...yep like all card carrying disabled vets...I snuck across across the Rio Grande in 1969 just to Join the Military.. because I link to Rummy shaking hands with Saddam...(how dare I?)
So you all stay steady in your loyalty to Bush...as for me I am whatever you say..must be true..just as true as U.S. support for Saddam/Iraq during their war with Iran...
20. Posted by nogo postal | June 21, 2007 7:02 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 19:02
21. Posted by Rob LA Ca. | June 21, 2007 7:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Did you take one in the head Nogo?
21. Posted by Rob LA Ca. | June 21, 2007 7:21 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 19:21
22. Posted by Paul | June 21, 2007 7:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
P. Bunyan excellent point but truth be told, I don't think it harmed anyone but her and to a lesser degree her party.
-- But I might give it even more thought, I've already flipped 3 times on this. lol
22. Posted by Paul | June 21, 2007 7:24 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 19:24
23. Posted by marc | June 21, 2007 7:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
rightwing nutjobs:
This is why I truly hate you fucking idiots and would beat the shit out of every certifiable one of you if I had the chance.
What... you live in some sort of Dem only bubble where you have zero contact with "rightwing nutjobs?"
If not pull out the camera next time you "beat the shit out of every certifiable" Republican you come across and post the video.
I'm sure we would all love to see it.
Otherwise STFU!
23. Posted by marc | June 21, 2007 7:30 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 19:30
24. Posted by marc | June 21, 2007 7:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I wonder if Pelosi ever tutored Governor Rod Blagojevich on the "proper" use of Gov property?
BTW nogo... I'll see your Rumsfeld/Saddam and raise you Albright/Kim Jong ll.
24. Posted by marc | June 21, 2007 7:45 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 19:45
25. Posted by Dave | June 21, 2007 7:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
marc,
good one.
Let me just throw out into the domain... Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro anyone? The lefts favorite heroes. No wonder why the left is trying to get conservatives off the radio, their buddy Hugo did the same thing with a TV station in Venezuela...
25. Posted by Dave | June 21, 2007 7:50 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 19:50
26. Posted by marc | June 21, 2007 8:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
rightwing nutjobs, nogo... where'd ya go?
Can't stand the heat?
26. Posted by marc | June 21, 2007 8:09 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 20:09
27. Posted by P. Bunyan | June 21, 2007 9:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
While it doesn't bother me when Pelosi makes herself look bad, I think the Republicans are doing the right thing here because when the left attempts foreign policy, the world always seems to become a more dangerous place. (Maybe not temporarily, but definitly in the long run.)
27. Posted by P. Bunyan | June 21, 2007 9:26 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 21:26
28. Posted by James Cloninger | June 21, 2007 10:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Rightwing Nutjobs," alias "jt," "Bubba," "saneandontheright," "Craig," "liberalnuts," "crazylibs," "Valerie Plame," "for fun," "Cecelia," "grammar police," "Senor Smackdown," "craigs," and "sane," won't be around here any longer.
Ooh, like Paulie Gatto?
SONNY: You take care of him?
CLEMENZA: You won't see him around here anymore.
28. Posted by James Cloninger | June 21, 2007 10:40 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 22:40
29. Posted by James Cloninger | June 21, 2007 10:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I hope you left the canoli...
29. Posted by James Cloninger | June 21, 2007 10:41 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 22:41
30. Posted by James Cloninger | June 21, 2007 10:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
(should be "took the canoli..."
30. Posted by James Cloninger | June 21, 2007 10:43 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 22:43
31. Posted by James | June 21, 2007 11:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Test
31. Posted by James | June 21, 2007 11:01 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 23:01
32. Posted by Right Wing Nutjob | June 21, 2007 11:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oops, looks like Rightwing Nutjobs," alias "jt," "Bubba," "saneandontheright," "Craig," "liberalnuts," "crazylibs," "Valerie Plame," "for fun," "Cecelia," "grammar police," "Senor Smackdown," "craigs," and "sane," is smarter than you and managed to come back. but don't worry I've had my fill of you assholes anyway so I won't bother you in crazyville after this post ever again.
To the cowardly fuckwod of an admin who banned me (Paul I assume). I just want to offer him the chance to go fuck himself. You are nothing but an inferior dimwit, who really would be wasting your time debating me, as I'd make you look incredibly foolish. So run away to your little hole rat.
To james: take the canoli and shove it up your ass.
To Marc: I wish I had a chance to let you try and make me shut the fuck up.
to steak11111: So you are fine with a republican speaker underminding the policy of the president so long as he is Newt? You also ignore the fact that A republican delgation went BEFORE Pelosi and critiszed the commander in chief. Man you guys are hypocrites.
to John: So I assume you are equally angry about the republicans that went and visted Syria a week before Pelosi? I assume you feel it is also ok for the speaker to undermine the president as long as we have diplomatic relations with the country? Make sense... in crazy land.
That's all, I won'tbe back I don't like talking to people far less intelligent than me.
So piss off, and hey if you get bored, read a book. lord knows you people need the education.
32. Posted by Right Wing Nutjob | June 21, 2007 11:25 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 23:25
33. Posted by jhow66 | June 21, 2007 11:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Uh R. W. Nut(less)job how about some names of those that you have "beat shitless". Would you like my address? Which day of the week could you meet me. Morning or night? Let me know what day so I can lay off the Ex-Lax. No use wasting money if you are going to get beat "shitless".(P.S. bring your own undertaker)
33. Posted by jhow66 | June 21, 2007 11:43 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 23:43
34. Posted by Right Wing Nutjob | June 21, 2007 11:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I would love your address and I'll be happy to bring you and undertaker. please send.
34. Posted by Right Wing Nutjob | June 21, 2007 11:57 PM |
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Posted on June 21, 2007 23:57
35. Posted by marc | June 22, 2007 1:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Right Wing Nutjob:
That's all, I won'tbe [sic] back I don't like talking to people far less intelligent than me.
So says RWNJ @ 11:25 pm and it only took him/she/IT 32 minutes to prove himself a liar.
And BTW, it looks like you weren't banned as you claim.
35. Posted by marc | June 22, 2007 1:15 AM |
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Posted on June 22, 2007 01:15
36. Posted by Right Wing Nutjob | June 22, 2007 1:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
After a little introspection, I decided that while I don't like talking to people less intelligent than me, I do like insulting them.
As for not getting banned, you are mistaken. I was banned, and now I have come in through a different IP address. if they plan on carrying through with intention to get rid of me. I imagine they will ban this IP address shortly.
'till that happens you can attempt to shut me up.
36. Posted by Right Wing Nutjob | June 22, 2007 1:47 AM |
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Posted on June 22, 2007 01:47
37. Posted by marc | June 22, 2007 3:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
But you're still a liar.
37. Posted by marc | June 22, 2007 3:29 AM |
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Posted on June 22, 2007 03:29
38. Posted by Wanderlust | June 22, 2007 4:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Right Wing Nutjob" or whatever the f*ck your nom de guerre is these days, you are a sterling example of the so-called "tolerance" exhibited by the extreme Left.
Ok, reality check time:
* Threatening violence against one's political opponents? CHECK.
* Mis-quoting an apparent "example of similar behavior by the other side" to "prove" a point? CHECK.
* Leaving in a huff and then returning time and time again to hijack a blog thread? CHECK.
* Denigrating one's political opponents by claiming they "must" be of a lower intelligence? CHECK.
Ahhh. All is normal with the world, I see.
No wonder your silly political party can't actually, you know, stand FOR anything. I guess they're just too smart for that LEADERSHIP thingy. Republicans may be making a bunch of bad decisions right now (illegal immigration amnesty, anyone?), but, damn - except for the "Blue Dog" Dems recently voted in, there's more leadership in even the Ron Paul nutjob crowd than in the vast majority of the Democrat Party.
p.s.: anyone figure out why the History Channel continually runs documentaries on Hitler, but not on the likes of Stalin, Khrushchev, or even Putin?
38. Posted by Wanderlust | June 22, 2007 4:22 AM |
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Posted on June 22, 2007 04:22
39. Posted by D-Hoggs | June 22, 2007 11:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow, just wow. nutjob is the definition of unhinged. 10 to 1 it works at starbucks too! For someone with so much more intelligence than everyone else here, it sure does do a lot of shit talking while making zero cogent points.
39. Posted by D-Hoggs | June 22, 2007 11:01 AM |
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Posted on June 22, 2007 11:01