Pelosi: "This isn't about Democrats being concerned about the next election"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Pelosi: Dems Not Caving to Bush

October 09, 2007 2:58 PM

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/10/pelosi-dems-not.html



ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday pushed back at perceptions that Democrats are caving to President Bush to extend the administration's wiretapping powers, saying that the final bill Congress passes will have far more protections for civil liberties than the administration favors.

Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters at a lunch meeting in Washington that Democrats are balancing civil-liberties protections with the need to collect intelligence. She was responding to a report in The New York Times that said Democrats would make concessions to the administration to avoid being labeled as "soft" on terrorism.

"The facts are these: Democrats recognize that intelligence is a very important part of protecting the American people," Pelosi said. "This isn't about Democrats being concerned about the next election. This is about Democrats saying: The law needs to be followed, and we will collect whatever information -- intelligence -- we need to protect the American people under the law."

Pelosi also said she will continue to push for Congress to force an end to the war, despite Democrats' inability to move such legislation in the Senate. But she said liberal groups need to be patient in recognizing that while Democrats control Congress, the president still has veto power.

[partylessinOhio]

1. Does first woman gavel ever speak a word of truth?

STFU already!
:thumbsdown:

[Atman]

4. She is speaking the truth

She's double-speaking, in fact, just to be sure.

Listen to what she says...it sounds just like Bush. "We want to spy on people, and in order for us to be able to do so without breaking the law, we'll pass laws making it legal!" It's total bullshit. The Dems appear to want the spying just as much as Bush, but the Dems just want it to be LEEEEEGAL! There's a big difference, don't you see? Bush doesn't care about laws. Dems do.

:eyes:

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[Fovea]

2. Patient for how long, Nancy?

It was a crisis before the 2006 election.
You promise that you will get a spine if we give you enough seats in 2008?

So you advise patience until when, exactly?
2009?

Do you really think that will happen?

[gratuitous]

3. Let's account for the last binge before writing another blank check

I mean, come on. You have a pal who needs a fiver or a sawbuck to tide him over until payday on Friday. Hell, he's good for it, and besides, five or ten isn't all that much, and even if he never pays you back, it's okay.

But if that pal says he needs to make his rent payment this month, and you give him five hundred bucks, it's a different story. And if he comes back three months later with the same song-and-dance (and he hasn't paid you back for August), you're going to want to know what's going on. Well, the Bush administration has trashed our constitution, squandered the Treasury, and ruined our reputation around the world (just take a look at today's New York Times letters to the editor). And now Bush is back for more. I say we get an accounting of the last binge first, then worry about handing him another blank check somewhere down the line, if ever.

The American people gave you clear, unmistakable instructions last November, Ms. Pelosi. It's time you started following them.

[grytpype]

5. OH NOES!!!! IMPEACH THEM ALL NOWWWQQWWWWW