tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post116380297695565136..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1163947530699102812006-11-19T09:45:00.000-05:002006-11-19T09:45:00.000-05:00Hard to imagine how we'd know shickingly stupid, when our recent Speaker candidates or wannabes have been Hastert, Delay, Gingrich...<BR/><BR/>She's better aslepe than any of them are awake.<BR/><BR/>"Shockingly stupid" to stand behind someone, loyally, who has done the same for you, for years/ And who correctly advised this war was wrong, and reshaped America's thinking on it?<BR/><BR/>And, yes, admittedly, who also may have been on the fringes of indictment 27 years ago...<BR/><BR/>On the surface, NP stayed with a loyal friend. If that's shocikngly stupid, count me in.<BR/><BR/>The party stood to lose nothing...good candidates both.<BR/><BR/>Lighten up and look inside the Republican leadership fight, where our own Mike Pence was thumped by a guy who hired most of disgraced Delay's former staff. And that same staff spread rumors about Pence to feather their nests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1163870905946378202006-11-18T12:28:00.000-05:002006-11-18T12:28:00.000-05:00Two monumental mistakes before the session even begins...she's NOT ready for prime time. "Perfect out of the chute" is perhaps not expected, but shockingly stupid on day one is not a good omen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1163814486480655952006-11-17T20:48:00.000-05:002006-11-17T20:48:00.000-05:00The NYT editorial was spot-on. It's amazing, though, that folks expect the Speaker-designate to be perfect out of the chute.<BR/><BR/>She'll do just fine over the long haul and become an excellent speaker. The Murtha struggle gives the Ellsworths of Congress some cover, to proclaim back home that they bucked Ms. Pelosi's dictate. That might be powerful.<BR/><BR/>All this against a backdrop of George W. Bush in Vietnam (today). Which he avoided in the 70s by clever paperwork and connections. And where he actually said we can't cut and run from Iraq. Again. Thick skulls on these neocons.<BR/><BR/>He's become a national embarrassment for propping up a war policy that never made sense, and which history will judge harshly. <BR/><BR/>Against that comparison, Pelosi will be smarter, quicker on the draw, and look more like a leader. To be fair, that won't require much mental acrobatics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com