The leader of the lunatic left is talking competence? I find that hare to
take seriously.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday
sharply questioned President Bush's competence as a leader, suggesting
his policy in Iraq is to blame for the loss of U.S. lives. That
assessment drew a furious response by Republicans who called on the
Democratic leader to apologize.

"The emperor has no clothes," Pelosi, D-California, told reporters on
Thursday. "When are people going to face the reality? Pull this curtain
back."

(Thank you, Nancy, for voicing what many Americans feel...)



Pelosi first delivered her comments to a California newspaper. She
repeated them during an exchange with reporters Thursday -- the same day
Bush was on Capitol Hill meeting in private with GOP lawmakers in a sort
of pep rally for the party faithful.

Republicans effused praise for the president as they left the meeting,
but Democrats were having none of it.

"The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United
States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our
leader," Pelosi said. "These policies are not working. But speaking
specifically to Iraq, we have a situation where -- without adequate
evidence -- we put our young people in harm's way."

Asked specifically if she was calling Bush incompetent, Pelosi replied:

"I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq
demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and
experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to
truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the
cost to our taxpayers."


(What a delightful lack of mushy words...you go, girl!)


Pelosi charged the Bush administration has proved itself wrong on a
number of issues with Iraq, including its initial assertions that Iraqis
would welcome U.S. troops and that Iraq itself could pay for much of the
reconstruction effort.

"Rocket-propelled grenades, not rose petals, greeted them," Pelosi said
of U.S. troops. "Instead ... of Iraq being a country that would readily
pay for its own reconstruction ... we're up to over $200 billion in cost
to the American people."

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay blasted Pelosi, casting her comments as
detrimental to U.S. troops.

(Ah, yes...Tom DeLay...the flaming asshole of the GOP...Thanks,
Tom...everytime you open your mouth, you cost Bush votes)




"Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, dangerous
rhetoric," DeLay, R-Texas, said. "She apparently is so caught up in
partisan hatred for President Bush that her words are putting American
lives at risk."

(Awwwwwwwww....)