"Pelosi Going to Syria Despite Objections"

[in_cog_ni_to]

Pelosi Going to Syria Despite Objections
By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
2 hours ago

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Syria, a country President Bush has shunned as a sponsor of terrorism, despite being asked by the administration not to go.

"In our view, it is not the right time to have these sort of high-profile visitors to Syria," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Friday.

Pelosi arrived in Israel on Friday in what is her second fact-finding trip to the Middle East since taking over leadership of the House in January.

Her repeat trip, an indication she plans to play a role in foreign policy, is also an act of defiance to the administration, which says such diplomatic overtures by lawmakers can do more harm than good.<snip>


Others traveling with Pelosi were Democratic Reps. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Henry Waxman and Tom Lantos of California, Louise Slaughter of New York and Nick Rahall of West Virginia, and Ohio Republican David Hobson. Ellison is the first Muslim member of Congress.

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http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2007/03/30/624176.html

[helderheid]

1. Preparing for President Pelosi 2007

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. I dunno...but she's pissin' off the warmongers.

:thumbsup:

[TwilightGardener]

3. Go, Nancy. Show them how diplomacy is done.

[youngdem]

4. Translation: "How can we warmonger effectively if you keep talking to em Nancy?"

Keep it up Nancy. Make it impossible for any more of these bozos' illegal wars.

[rodeodance]

5. YO Nancy!

[spanone]

6. Damned right she is, somebody has to start a conversation sometime, somewhere.

bush* can only draw his fucking guns.

[juno jones]

7. Maybe THAT'S the caption for that picture of Pelosi and *...

"...By the way, I'm talking to Syria..."

[SaveAmerica]

8. Waxman too! I hope they're very careful and get home safely...

[w4rma]

9. Rep. Robert Aderholt’s (R-AL) staff, Aderholt and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) are already in Syria

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/30/syria-hypocrisy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x547380

So, Republicans can visit Syria but not Dems?

[loudsue]

11. Wow! Looks like repervlikins get to go, but not Dems.

Could bush be any more transparent? And what do you want to bet that all we hear on the news is that the Dems are going, and bush told 'em not to? You won't hear, during that news bite, that repervs are already there, now, will you?

:argh: Gawd they piss me off so bad!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Forkboy]

10. Say it with us Bushy...."Di plo ma cy.D-I-P-L-O-M-A-C-Y.Diplomacy"

I knew you could.

[GreenTea]

12. Yes Nancy,, You must know diplomacy & any kind of dialogue & understanding can't help!

The brilliant foreign policy of BushCo says so!

:sarcasm: