"Girls Gone Wild"

[Marty]

“It's Spring Break. A time when boys and girls, pretending to be adults, go to places they know they shouldn't; do things they wish they hadn't; and pray they don't show up in a "Girls Gone Wild" DVD later on. It's one thing to be a college student, drunk on Jello shots, at the beach bar in Daytona, lifting your shirt for some dope with a video camera. It is something else to be the Speaker of the House, drunk on power, making a fool of yourself by pretending to be a diplomat and going to the Syrian Desert.

The Washington Post - not exactly known as a semi-official mouthpiece of the Bush administration - in a Thursday morning editorial called Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit with the president of Syria "foolish;" her statements about a diplomatic breakthrough "ludicrous;" and, her "attempt to establish a shadow presidency … counterproductive." The Post editorial excoriated Pelosi for metaphorically sharing Jello shots with "Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad" whom it described as "a corrupt thug."

Let's go to the rule book - the Constitution of the United States - and read here in Article II section 2 what it says about who gets to do what in the area of foreign policy - diplomatically and militarily:
[The President] shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States … shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court …

Not only does the President have the sole power to do all those things, but when the Congress is involved at all it is the SENATE, not the House which has the "advise and consent" authority.

Here's everything the main body of the Constitution says about the Speaker of the House (Article I, Section 2):
The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers …
So, according to the US Constitution the sole power of the Speaker of the House is - to be chosen.

According to a variety of news agencies, Pelosi said "she brought a message to Mr. Assad from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that Israel is ready for peace talks with Syria."

To which the Israelis responded (according to the Jerusalem Post) that, to the contrary, the Israeli PM had, "emphasized in his meeting with Pelosi on Sunday that although Israel is interested in peace with Syria, that country continues to be part of the Axis of Evil and a force that encourages terror in the entire Middle East."

Not everyone thinks Pelosi Spring Break trip was dreadful. In an on-line chat between the editors of, and reporters for, the China People's Daily, this:

Pelosi … posed for pictures with President Bashar Assad and held talks with him, which enabled the Syrian government to regard itself as part of the main-stream international society.

[Syrians] have given a very positive appraisal of Pelosi's Middle East trip. Elias Murad, editor of the ruling party's of Al-Baath Newspaper, noted that Pelosi's trip has affirmed the positive role of Syria ...

Before you think me too harsh, consider how the US press would have handled this story if everything were the same except the Speaker had been named "Newt" and the President had been named "Bill."

Nancy, Nancy, Nancy. Before you take off on your next Spring Break trip, maybe you should review that famous political health class movie: "Our Changing (Legislative) Bodies."
Nancy Pelosi: This Girl's Gone Wild.â€

[DeltaDan]

That stupid, nieve, grand standing, self glory seeking biatch went over there and tossed alot of American Blood out the window like it was dishwater- while she smiled in front of the camera's the whole entire time.


Who says news don't travel fast..... No matter how false, misleading or damaging her unbacked promises, stories, appologies were to our troops- and putting them in further harms way.

What arises from the bloodshed on this upcomming demonstration and those that will follow should be on her hands to bear.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6537861.stm


I wonder if she will start her Monday morning off with a Latte' or some non-fat yougurt ??