Lantos: Cheney Would Prefer Pelosi Stay In The Kitchen Than Travel Abroad

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/10/pelosi-lantos-syria

Lantos: Cheney Would Prefer Pelosi Stay ‘In The Kitchen’ Than Travel Abroad

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) just held a briefing on their bipartisan delegation to the Middle East last week.

Lantos, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a Holocaust survivor, was sharply critical of attacks on Pelosi over the trip to Syria. “I do not know whether it was more pathetic or more hypocritical,” he said, noting the various Republicans who also visited Syria last week. “I was appalled at the attempt by the administration to minimize and to mischaracterize the nature of the mission.”

Pelosi addressed Vice President Cheney’s remarks on the Rush Limbaugh show about her trip. “I think he accused me of bad behavior, sounding sort of father figure-ish,” Pelosi said, suggesting that Cheney would rather have her “stay home.” Lantos interjected, “Maybe in the kitchen.” Pelosi concluded, “I think it’s an indication of the poverty of ideas of this administration to bring peace to the region.” Watch it:

Transcript:

LANTOS: I want to say a word about the criticism that has been leveled at the trip. I do not know whether it was more pathetic or more hypocritical to have criticism for opening a dialogue when two days prior to our visit, three Republican colleagues visited with Assad. In our delegation, there was a distinguished Republican colleague. And two days after our visit, there was a California Republican colleague who visited Syria and met with Assad — speaks for itself.

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PELOSI: Well, the Vice President — I think he accused me of bad behavior, sounding sort of father figure-ish, and probably “stay home,” but we don’t accept those instructions.

LANTOS: Maybe in the kitchen.

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[shain from kane]

1. She can stand the heat in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Cheney has to be driven to caged and

released birds when he hunts.

[Cha]

3. And rewards his

fellow bird shootin' friend with a shot in the face. Deadeye-Dick.

[Missy Vixen]

2. Madame Speaker can feed her family

AND run the country. Everyone knows that all moms are capable of multi-tasking.

Somehow, I'm thinking that her graciousness and diplomacy has badly embarrassed the Bush administration. They should be embarrassed.

Julie

[DURHAM D]

4. Perfect response -

A Grandmother is taking care of the House.

Bad children will be noted and sent to their room.

[Kare]

5. Shouldn't she be barefoot and pregnant as well?

:eyes:

We can't all be stay at home moms. How would anything get done?

[Canuckistanian]

6. Old neocons should just stay home and play golf

Or in Cheney's case, shooting old friends in the face.

[Forkboy]

7. He's got a pretty good handle on Dick.

And that's sounds dirtier than I meant it :D