In S.F., Kerry blasts critics of Pelosi's Mideast trip

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Source: SF Chronicle

Senator defends speaker's visit as fact-finding mission

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry came to the strong defense of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday for her trip to the Mideast, saying in San Francisco that a high-profile critic of the trip, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has little credibility on the issue.

Romney's "knowledge of foreign affairs extends to briefing papers -- not experience,'' Kerry said of the former Massachusetts governor. "I'd rather have Nancy Pelosi's input than his."

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On the Democratic speaker's Mideast visit, which included a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Kerry said, "It's terrific that she went to Syria. We are a separate branch in the United States Congress, and the administration needs to remember that.

"She's not there to make policy," he said of the San Francisco lawmaker. "She's there to fact-find and explore policies, to have a better sense of what our choices and options are,'' Kerry said, noting that he was among the members of the House and Senate who visited Assad in the past few months.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/06/MNGJOP41AE1.DTL

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Impeaching him will be the only end to the flagrant accusations!

Megalomaniacs aren't born their appeased.

[rodeodance]

2. YO KERRY KEEP IT UP-----and where are the other dems? BLAST AWAY

[NastyRiffraff]

3. Great to see Kerry has her back

Now come on, Dems, let's hear from the rest of you!

[xchrom]

4. good to hear -- and dems? -- you had better close ranks.

[MODemocrat]

5. My thanks and appreciation to John Kerry, the Statesman

After hearing about Dick Cheney bad-mouthing speaker Pelosi on Rush limbozo's call in "show", it's very refreshing to hear Senator Kerry straightening out some of those right-wing fascists.:evilfrown:

[wordpix]

6. Kerry & Pelosi---great team! Now let's hear from the rest of the spine-growing Dems

:applause: :bounce:

[BlueIris]

7. Thanks, Senator! And Madame Speaker! BlueIris is proud. nt

[IndianaGreen]

8. Kerry is wrong about Mitt Romney

Romney has vast experience in hunting "varmints," at least that's what he told an audience of wealthy Republicans when he was in Indianapolis yesterday.

Oooops, wrong thread! I thought this was about Romney's vast experience as a hunter. :sarcasm:

What really gets me about this bullshit is that we have had Republicrats go to Damascus and no one has said one word of criticism. The visceral and irrational reaction of the Bush regime to Pelosi's trip is evidence that this government is in total meltdown.

Strong applause to Kerry for his comments in support of Pelosi!

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9. k&r