Pelosi To Bush Re Surge: "Why Is It Going To Work?" - Bush's Answer: "Because I told Them It Had To"

[kpete]

Pelosi Says She Wasn't Consulted On Iraq
New House Speaker Wants Bush To Reach Out To Democrats

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that President George W. Bush did not consult her before announcing his new strategy for the war in Iraq — a sign that, despite the cozy rhetoric, the relationship between Washington's two powerhouses has already had its share of friction.

In an interview, Pelosi also said she was puzzled by what she considered the president's minimalist explanation for his confidence in the new surge of 21,500 U.S. troops that he has presented as the crux of a new "way forward" for U.S. forces in Iraq.

"He's tried this two times — it's failed twice," the California Democrat said. "I asked him at the White House, 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?' And he said, 'Because I told them it had to.' "

more at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/25/politics/main2397489.shtml

[Phredicles]

1. Megalomaniacal numbnuts.

:eyes: :puke:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Chimpy, it doesn't work that way

You see, you are dealing with people, not toy soldiers and toy trucks in a sandbox. And having a temper tantrum isn't going to change things either.

[BuyingThyme]

3. His new Nazi general pretty much told Congress

it's not going to work.

The dude, who wrote the book on insurgency, said there were not nearly enough "troops" to get it done.

[whistle]

4. "And Mr. President if it fails to work yet again?"....

...smirk*, "Well Madame Speaker I'll just start dropping all them nukuler bombs, and that will be the end of it."

Just how much longer will we allow this imbecile to run the asylum? Impeach Bush/Cheney now!

[C_U_L8R]

5. Because he said so !!!????

what kind of malformed nitwit is this turdball of a pretend president ???!!!!!

[Luckyduck]

6. earlier thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x39223

[cassiepriam]

7. Makes me mad that she even calls him Mr. President.

And that she even talks to him.

Just file the commitment papers Nancy and be done with it.

[MurrayDelph]

8. Yeah, but if she called him by the appropriate designation

the media would be all over that instead of the real story
(which they are, of course, mostly ignoring)

[cassiepriam]

13. Wouldn't "Mr Bush" be too subtle for the not too bright press corp?

Who are not the sharpest tools in the shed?

[kpete]

9. Oh, it's better than that.

Oh, it's better than that. When I was on the Hill on Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) told us (on the record) the rest of the story. Apparently, Pelosi's final come-back to the president was the following:

PELOSI: He's tried this two times — it's failed twice. I asked him at the White House, 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?'

BUSH: Because I told them it had to.

PELOSI: Why didn't you tell them that the other two times?

PEhttp://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/01/its-even-better-than-kos-reports.htmlLOSI: Why didn't you tell them that the other two times?

[poverlay]

10. Oh beautiful! That's fantastic. Speaker Pelosi just won my undying love. I'm easy though.

A little intelligence and wit and I'm on my back.

Why don't they report that in the media? People would eat that sh$% UP!

[arewenotdemo]

11. great, great response

[Cha]

12. bush said he was going to

rebuild New Orleans, too. How's that workin' out?

We need our own Infrastructure rebuilt before we bomb Iraq again and rebuild it again. Poor Iraqis..at the mercy of halliburton.