Rep. Pelosi says Bush has become 'Mr. Rosy Scenario'

[bigtree]

9/29/2006 2:17:00 PM

Pelosi: 'President's Speech This Morning Showed Once Again He is in Denial'

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73476

Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616; both of the Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a news conference this morning with Representatives Ike Skelton (D-Mont.), ranking member, House Armed Services Committee, John Murtha (D-Pa.), ranking member, House Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations, and Jane Harman (D- Calif.), ranking member, House Intelligence Committee, in response to the speech President Bush gave on the war on terror in Washington, D.C. Below are Pelosi's remarks:

"This morning we heard the president's speech and it was yet another example of how he is in denial over what is happening in the war on terror.

"It was an interesting speech about Afghanistan; about a job that should have been accomplished several years ago. The president took his eye off the ball in Afghanistan. We have made efforts over the past few years but not to the extent that we needed to get the job done.

"I stand here with some of the leaders in Congress on issues of our national security. Democrats take seriously our responsibility to provide for the common defense. These champions here have done that: to protect the American people, to have force protection for our troops, and to destroy the terrorists' networks in the world. We know how vicious it is, we know that there is a big job to be done, and we know that job has been made more difficult by what is happening in Iraq.

"So to listen to the president this morning showed once again that he is in denial. He is out of touch with reality when it comes to what needs to be done to fight and win the war on terror.

"Important decisions are made about how we send our young people into conflict and what the reason, preparation, and strategy is, and it seems that the president has failed on all of those scores and he has become 'Mr. Rosy Scenario.' He paints a rosy scenario in Iraq and in Afghanistan, and the fact is that his actions have not made us safer and have not helped us fight the war on terror."

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73476


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[goclark]

1. Make it stick Nancy ~ " President Rosy Scenerio"

Keep on punching them with the knock out punches!

[Totally Committed]

2. "Mr. Rosy Scenario" -- Ouch! That really must hurt...

:sarcasm:

This is starting to remind me of my grandaughter, when she was in kindergarten, called everyone she got mad at a "poop-head". When it was with one of her cousins or a schoolmate, the conversation would go like this: "You're a poop-head!"... "No, you're poop-head!"... "Am not"... "Are, too"... "Uh-uh, you're a poop-head!"... "No, you're poop-head!"... And that would go on until one or both of them was in time-out.

I'm not looking for potty-mouth, just honest-to-goodness tough talk from our leaders, fercripessake. "Mr. Rosy Scenario"? -- Doesn't cut it. "He's in denial." -- Not even close.

Am I the only one looking for a serious calling-out in the strongest of terms as a sort of rallying cry for our side? Why are we STILL not getting it?

TC

[independentpiney]

4. We could start calling him

Mr. Poop-head- infinity!:-) There's no comeback once you've declared infinity.

[bigtree]

5. right, just pretend this is all she said or has said

she responds to almost every outrage and initiative from Bush in all sorts of terms. It's just never good enough for some.

[acmejack]

6. If you can't admit that's lame, it sounds like a personal problem.

And you're absolutely correct, it damn well isn't good enough for "some"! Including this "one". A leader's job description generally has embedded in the text someplace a line about "leading" which includes coming up with stirring oratory to infuse the troops with enthusiasm. When was the last time "Mister Rosy Scenario" made you want to leap to your feet with a roar of approval?

Or am I a just an implacable, unexcitable type? It's always possible I've changed over the last five minutes or so...

[bigtree]

8. what I can't understand is why you made the title of the thread the point

she didn't lead with this title her release was about denial. That was her theme for the short response in this one instance. I don't expect her to be stirring in her every utterance, but she has had many 'stirring' moments which have gathered no notice at all. I liked the implication behind her words. I just think that type of criticism of Pelosi is off the mark. She can be combative and articulate. She had a substance to what she said. Rosy scenario, pretending the occupations are going well. Perfectly legitimate and on the point. That's not a personal problem, it's an opinion.

It meshes, by the way, with the Woodward book . . .

[MissMarple]

3. Well, that deserves to be repeated. George Bush, Mr. Rosy Scenario.

George Bush....Mr. Rosy Scenario, he gives Pollyanna a bad name.

[warrens]

7. Harman, on NPR this morning, said Bush was hiding the facts

Until after the election. That's a pretty serious charge, and she said she had proof.

[Vidar]

9. When you call him a "traitor", I might listen, Nancy.

[ladjf]

10. Mrs. Pelosi. Be carefull what you say about Bush. Someone might

accuse you of being an "everyday thug".