Last week in a highly publicized statement Vice President Cheney said that the President's objective was "victory in Iraq. And it's full speed ahead on that." Today, in an exclusive interview with CNN's Late Edition, likely future Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to Cheney...
Partial transcript:
Wolf Blitzer: Do you consider that statement, that was pre-election, still operable?
Pelosi: I would say the to Vice President that it's a little too late for 'full-speed ahead,' we've been in Iraq for 3 and a half years, longer than the US was in Europe during World War II. So 'full-speed ahead,' I don't think so. Right now we need a new direction that brings stability to the region and makes the American people safer.
Here's how the Hard Right Rethuglicans see her. This is worse. This is worser.
Here's how she really looks, with a kid reporter from some kid's news site. Just imagine Dick Cheney with the same kid. It would be, you'd think, a very different picture.
And she's showing cajones supporting Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA), the lifelong military man who became a vocal anti-Iraq War withdrawal advocate and smear machine lightning rod, for House Majority Leader.
If you're interested, you can read how she solidified her Minority Leader status in the Social Security privatization debate. Based on the linked Boston Globe article, she's been seriously underestimated as a political strategist and leader. So it's not just Hillary out there on the X-chrome side.
Oh, and some guy wants her to, at the very least, think he's going to kill her.
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