Pelosi on Iraq Supplemental: 'For the First Time, Bush Will Have to Be Accountable'

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WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and other House leaders held a news conference in the Capitol this
afternoon on the House-Senate Appropriations Committee conference report on
the Iraq supplemental bill. Below are her opening remarks:

"It was with great pride that we presented to our Caucus today the
conference report that was reported out of the Appropriations Committee
last night. Chairman Obey has received a great response from our colleagues
because they appreciate what he did.

"Our bill is grounded in the realities in the war in Iraq, recognizes
the strain that this war is placing on our military, recognizes the urgency
to hold the Iraqi government accountable, and honors our commitment to our
veterans, instead of the failure to meet those commitments that exists now.

"The response that the president gave this morning when he heard of the
bill was the response of a president whose administration is in disarray.

"For the first time, the president will have to be accountable for this
war in Iraq. And he does not want to face that reality.

"Since the beginning of this war, which has lasted longer than World
War II, the president has repeatedly not accounted for its continuing costs
in his regular budget request. That is why Congress has had to pass seven
supplementals.

"What is it that the Commander-in-Chief doesn't know, that doesn't
equip him to make a regular budget request for the war? Seven
supplementals, seven times unprepared? I don't think so. I think it's seven
times that the president wanted to hide the truth of the cost of this war
from the American people.

"The bill we intend to send to the president fully supports our troops
and veterans. In fact, we give those troops and veterans more than the
president asks for.

"When the president says he's going to veto this bill, he's going to
veto increased spending on military health. He's going to veto BRAC
spending, which is over and above his request. He's going to veto meeting
the health care needs, especially mental health needs, of our veterans who
are returning from the war.

"This bill is consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study
Group. It has the support of many retired military generals and reflects
the wishes of the American people to wind down this war.

"The president has to face the reality on the ground in Iraq. And he
has to face the reality of accountability in this Congress."


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[babylonsister]

2. Accountable? Will we recognize him? nt

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3. he'll be the one in the defendant's chair

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4. "The time for accountability has passed - it was called the 2004 "election" GWB

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Reid --> Pelosi --> Reid --> Pelosi --> Reid --> Pelosi ..... etc ......

I love it!

[partylessinOhio]

6. Just empty words from the fluff chick.

Actions speak louder than words.

When are you going to act, Madame Squeaker? Your actions are critical to saving America. America is dying, hanging by a thread.

[Senator]

8. I like that ... "Madame Squeaker"

Nail on head.

No wonder she keeps running around in rove's DemocRat's Maze.

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9. Where's your coalition in Congress and why couldn't they manage enough votes for whatever you wanted

How will they manage to 'act' without the necessary support to effect whatever you support, given the balance of power? The Speaker just has one vote like everyone else. Where is your coalition in Congress and why didn't they manage to convince the majority of Democrats to support their strategy?

It's pathetic, really, to blame the Speaker for the failure of some coalition or another to rally enough votes behind their proposal for legislation or action. Almost everyone except the most strident critics on our party's left sees the Democratic legislation as a historic rebuke of the Executive at 'war'. While some (Democratic?) critics are satisfied to still be bleating about a fight they lost months ago in the House, others are busy confronting the real obstacle to ending the occupation at his desk. Feel free to give a hand to that effort whenever you're done with the self-flagellation act.

[partylessinOhio]

10. Hastert kept his flock in line didn't he? Why can't the squeaker?

She wanted the gavel and professed she had the stuff to weld it. She didn't fool me.

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12. unlike the republicans, our party members think for themselves

she's not a dictator. she managed to reconcile all of the different ideas and proposals into legislation which would advance to Bush's desk. That's her job and she did it well. She's not finished, by the way.

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7. The people hold him accountable, Congress holds him accountable,

the Military holds him accountable, the World holds him accountable....but as to king George himself?

He is a psychopath who has surrounded himself with psychopaths. He does not CARE about accountability because it does not apply to him.. he has NEVER been held accountable for anything in his life..

“You can't "negotiate" or bargain with psychopaths.” -Dr. William Higgins.

Madame Speaker, please take note. This "leader of the free world" does not and will not respond to anything remotely resembling accountability. He is not a person with a conscience like you or me, or like most any human being.

“Callous, deceitful, reckless, guiltless . . . The psychopath understands the wishes and concerns of others; he simply does not care . . . The psychopath believes that rules and morals are for other, weaker people who obey because they fear punishment . . . he may have an ingratiating manner and superficial charm, be persuasive, poised . . . he is adept at lying, evasiveness, feigned forgetfulness with vague and inconsistent answers about his past . . .” - Dr. David B. Adams

Bush would not be able to ignore impeachment..he would not be able to stay in denial about it.. because it would proceed with or without his acknowledgment.

INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT IMPRECATE INCARCERATE :banghead:

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11. Nancy, Ya doing a Great Job...don't get downhearted by comments denigrating your efforts

Go slow and do it right.....the Future depends on you and the DEM Party....The GOP have failed us...miserably FAILED I might add.