House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Gets an “F” Grade
by William Hughes
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has miserably failed the American people. Instead of standing up to the Bush-Cheney Gang on the illegal Iraq War, and a host of other issues, too, she has caved in. The American people voted for a change of policy on Iraq, in the Nov. 7, 2006 election; Pelosi has failed to deliver on that mandate. When ex-House Speaker Tom Foley let the voters down, they gave him the boot. It’s time to give Speaker Pelosi the boot, too!”
“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” — Harry S. Truman
I’ve been waiting and waiting for her to do the right thing and end the Iraq War. I’m talking about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). She has made one lame excuse after another why she “can’t do,” what she and the other Democrats promised the American people prior to the Nov. 7, 2006 election, they “would do,” if they gained control of the U.S. Congress–end the war. “We don’t have the votes,” is one of Pelosi’s dubious replies. The truth is, the Democrats DO HAVE THE VOTES! In fact, if they do nothing, don’t vote for another supplemental funding bill, the Bush-Cheney Gang will have to begin to end the occupation of Iraq. There is, also, as Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) said, more than enough money in the current budget to bring the troops home, safely. [1] Consequently, I feel I must give Speaker Pelosi a “F” grade for failing her duty on Iraq and on other national issues as well.
Since the Democrats took control of the Congress in January, 2007, 825 U.S. troops have died in Iraq. God only knows how many innocent Iraqis have also perished during that same period. The estimate now is that 1.2 million have been killed since the U.S. led invasion of that country in March, 2003. (2) Rep. Kucinich said we were “lied” into the war by the cunning Bush-Cheney Gang. [1] He’s right and those lies add up to impeachable offenses under Art. 2, Sec. 4, of the U.S. Constitution. [3] [more]