HOLY SHYTE. MSNBC just announced Pelosi heading to Saudi Arabia

[ChairmanAgnostic]

I must have missed that part of the agenda earlier.

This is GREAT!

Oh, to be a fly on the wall.

Last time I checked, wasn't Pelosi a female? a female LEADER?

[laylah]

1. Cool beans! Gooooo Madam Speaker! n/t

[CountAllVotes]

2. my God

What a woman! :patriot:

:loveya: Speaker Pelosi! :loveya:

A true American she is!

[Botany]

3. Bawawawwawawawwawawawawa

:popcorn:

Is somebody going to tell Chimpy that his days are numbered and that his
job has been outsourced?

And how is Condi doing ... a tad bit upset?

[EnviroBat]

21. My GOD!

That is one ugly horses ass...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

23. "and I even had shoes for the occasion!"

husband dearest, why ca't I go?

[EnviroBat]

28. HAHAHAHHAHAH!

:rofl:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

47. How's this one grab you?

[EnviroBat]

54. Oh Crap ! that's FREAKIN ME OUT!

[bdamomma]

67. ugh, what a ugly woman, sorry Condi, your boss's days are

numbered.

[anitar1]

4. Hasn't Condi been there--is she a female ? n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. I do not recall her going alone to the house of saud

Madeline, yes.

but, when Darth was called in for "emergency consultations", they deliberately snubbed and ignored Condi. I guess we can toss old Karen Hughes into the Condi dustbin, too. either of those two versus an experienced, hard-nosed, negotiator like this king? hahahahah! Just how small can you mince meat?

[muriel_volestrangler]

63. No, it seems many female politicians have gone there, including Rice

Even though Saudi law stipulates that Saudi and foreign women may only appear in public wearing a headscarf and a long black garment, Germany's most powerful woman will not risk incurring the wrath of the religious police when she appears in Riyadh wearing a trouser suit and with her hair uncovered.

Merkel is following the precedent set by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who reportedly agonized over the decision not to cover her head for talks in Riyadh, thus paving the way for Merkel's unconstrained appearance.

"The times have changed, foreign guests are not obliged to wear the headscarf any more," a Saudi journalist explained. "All the same, Camilla, the wife of Prince Charles, wore a headscarf during her visit last year."

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright also opted to cover their heads for Riyadh talks during their times in office.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2333101,00.html

[BOSSHOG]

5. You Go Girl - Literally!

cheney must be having a heart attack, kindasleezy is picking out new shoes and will tell anyone who will listen that she is the secretary of state and bush is ensuring that the hired help in Paraguay speak English.

[wicket]

6. Give 'em hell Nancy!!!!!

:kick: :kick:

[Clark2008]

7. Madeline Albright went to all those places, too.

I guess they only like Democratic female leaders. :)

[hlthe2b]

9. that's right...

Go get em Speaker Pelosi!

[Missy Vixen]

8. Madame Speaker will be the gracious, diplomatic voice

to other nations this country has been missing for the past six years.

Go get 'em.

Julie

[formercia]

10. and after the Saudis snubbed Junior.

the kiss of death.

[htuttle]

22. Very good point!

[BattyDem]

12. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Go home, Junior. The lady's gonna show you how it's done. Nancy RULES!!!

:popcorn: :applause: :yourock: :applause: :yourock: :applause: :yourock: :applause: :popcorn:

[jumpoffdaplanet]

13. Starting to believe she's getting ready to take over...

the Oval Office when chimp and his handler are forced to resign.


hahahaha

[karlrschneider]

15. Maybe she knows something we don't!

:evilgrin:

[EnviroBat]

19. I'm starting to see that happening as well...

She's going around to all of these countries and explaining, "For the past 6 years, we've had a complete fuck-job running the country into the ground. Just bear with us a little longer, we are in the process of removing him permanently..."

This is such a humiliating kick in the crotch to monkey-dick! I love it!

[bdamomma]

68. yes, Nancy must be doing alot of talking.

[mudesi]

38. I thought that too, and I hope to God that you're right (nm)

[City Lights]

41. Here's hoping...

:toast:

[rumpel]

14. considering she is 3rd in line

are we ready to impeach?

[karlrschneider]

17. Actually she is SECOND "in line"!

:D
:D
:bounce:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

26. Yep, and the two ahead of her are dripping with scandal

Many of which have criminal implications.

[Pab Sungenis]

18. These trips make it more likely

that it will be put back "on the table." She's showing she's ready to step in.

[lonestarnot]

25. Another yesssssss!

:applause:

[Marrah_G]

36. Unfortunately I don't think it works that way

They would both need to be impeached at exactly the same time. If Bush is impeached Cheney becomes president and names a VP, then if Cheney is impeached the new vp becomes president. I believe she would only become president if they both died at relatively the same time.

[conscious evolution]

44. That may be true,however

Cheney is the first target for impeachment.Once he's gone bush's VP nominee has to pass thru Congress first.All they have to do is stall till bush is impeached or resigns.Then bingo-President Pelosi!

[Marrah_G]

49. Does a replacement VP have to be confirmed?

[conscious evolution]

51. Yes

US Constitution

Amendment XXV,Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

The next VP is whoever the Congressional Leadership wants it to be.

[RB TexLa]

55. And then would replace the acting President as President

[RB TexLa]

45. except for the fact that the constitution excludes members of congress

from being "officers of the United States," and thus prevents them from being in line at all for the presidency. All Condi has to do is take the oath then walk in the supreme court and challenge the 1948 law putting the two members of congress ahead of Sec. of State. The constitution is pretty clear, she nor Newt or Hassert or any of them have never been anywhere in line.

[Hosnon]

53. Are you sure it is that clear?

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Article I, § 6, clause 2.

Would the phrase "shall have been created" be interpreted to exclude the offices created by the Constitution, i.e., the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency? A plain reading seems to indicate so and that the clause is designed to prevent the creation of offices by the Congress which they then hold.

Furthermore, as the clause is under § 6, dealing with compensation, the intent of its exclusion is likely to prevent fraud, e.g., creating positions so as to collect multiple paychecks.

[blm]

16. heh.....we will get your back, Speaker. There are good Dems out here who are mighty proud of you

and know that what you are doing is patriotism, and certainly not inappropriate as Bushies and their media will pretend.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. Is it possible that Shrub and Cheney have already been Impeached and MSM hasn't told us??? lol!

This is Great! Go Nancy!!!!!!

[EnviroBat]

24. My heart was momentarily fill with a feeling of great joy.

God, that would be soooo sweet!

[fooj]

37. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Thanks for the giggle. I need that! Too funny. Stranger things have happened!:hi:

[Old and In the Way]

42. Ot that she's picking up the impeachment evidence on her way home?

House of Bush might have more to worry about this trip than just getting upstaged diplomatically.

[Turbineguy]

27. Rrram tam de dam...tam te dam te dam...de dara..

(Hail to the Chief).

After she returns all she has to say to Bush: "Now don't screw it up!" Only he will.

[Annces]

29. Great

First string driver.

[madrchsod]

30. she was ---invited---- to come to the house of saud.

poor george down on the pig farm clear`n brush while nancy get`s the royal treatment.

my how the mighty has fallen

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. i believe he spells it "my tea", texas tea.

the stuff Bush looked for while he dug all those dry holes in Texas.

[bdamomma]

69. oh boy, the bush cabal must be going BS.

too bad, what goes around comes around!!!!

[bigwillq]

31. Go Nancy Go!

Now she's a diplomat for you. :loveya:

[roamer65]

33. It took courage for her to go to Syria and look what doors it has opened now!!!

I think this could be the start of negotiations all through the ME. All they have to do is simply ignore BushCo and do it.

[rateyes]

34. I am in love.....

:loveya:

with President Pelosi!!

[WinkyDink]

35. The Saudis have spoken. Bush is history.

[Z_I_Peevey]

43. Yep,

[liberalla]

64. That's it in a nutshell.

Great summary!

[City Lights]

39. Speaker Pelosi - saving the world one country at a time! eom

[Old and In the Way]

40. One of 2 possible reactions from Bush: Anger that he's literally being

ignored and the responsible adults are taking over and starting to clean up his mess.....and/or.......

intense fear of what inside information might be shared with Nancy.


I wouldn't discount the latter. I suspect that the House of Saud has lots of interesting information/evidence they could share about what they know about the House of Bush. If they have decided the partnership is over, perhaps they might be willing to give Pelosi and the Democrats incriminating evidence that will motivate Wonder Boy to decide that presidentin' is too hard after all.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

48. saudis play chess, bush plays poker.

Saudis know that a subtle move here impacts the board three moves later over there.
Bush knows one and only one technique: Bluster and bluffing.

The more I think about it, the more I believe your suspicion is correct, that they are looking at their self-interest, seeing that Bush doesn't appear in that vision of the future, so they are going to be using all sorts of tools, including sharing of information, to make sure that they have access to an effective leader or leaders in DC.

Chess is the game of princes and kings, at least the successful ones. Bush can't remember how those horsies move, and besides, he is mighty afeared of them.

[Junkdrawer]

46. Is Pelosi doing a "Continuity of Government" World Tour?

Constitutional Crisis on the horizon?

:shrug:

[dweller]

50. dayum ... okay, i know some serious work has to first ensue,

but think of the party that will break out if any of the above dreams come true!

:woohoo:

dp

edited for poetry's sake... :D

[wiggs]

52. RW spin. Listened today for 2 minutes while driving...heard Lee Elder

viciously ridicule her efforts to take credit for release of the Brits (she hasn't taken credit as far as I know). Then even briefer was my time with Hannity who calls her trip despicable.

They are on the attack within moments of anything Pelosi-related. Wish dc dems and pundits would be half as quick with kudos.

[Bluebear]

56. Madame President?

Does she know something we don't know? Maybe impeachment is NOT off the table.

[conscious evolution]

57. Remember the photos of her

whispering in his ear the other day?
I wonder if there is a connection.

[femrap]

71. That is exactly what I was thinking!!!!

I wonder if she told W that she had been asked to stop by Saudi Arabia while in the Middle East????

[libnnc]

58. Well, slap my ass and call me Shirley!

Fan-freaking-tastic! Thank the gods and goddesses there's a grownup taking charge! :applause:







Speaker Pelosi: "Gentlemen, step aside. THIS is how we do business."

[stlsaxman]

59. What a wonderful picture!

Such amazing power...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

65. surely you jest?

My papers (local and Chicago Trib) had next to nothing on her travels.

[bdamomma]

70. What a great picture!!

Step aside boys, let a woman show you how business is done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cyberpj]

60. I say she gets to wear these from now on:

[eridani]

61. Ovaries seem to work much better, no? n/t

[femrap]

72. Yep, a pair of ovaries are just as powerful! nt

[Clark2008]

73. More so.

Those things above just dangle around, getting in the way and expose the bearer to much pain.

Ovaries are tucked safely inside and don't cause the bearer to wince whenever harm to them is mentioned.

:7

[femrap]

74. You're right! nt

[Nimrod2005]

62. HELL YES!!!!!

[bdamomma]

66. Nancy is bringing back Diplomacy, instead of bringing Bush's

concept of spreading freedom in the form of endless war. You are a true patriot Speaker Pelosi.

Just a suggestion we all should call her office and tell her we totally support her diplomatic efforts to get us back on track.