Can’t Be Bothered
It seems that while Harry Reid has publicly announced he won't believe any reports of any progress in Iraq from the commander Reid voted to send to Iraq, Nancy Pelosi is taking it one step further. She won't even bother to attend the briefing general Petraeus is giving tomorrow on the hill.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 24, 2007— As the House and Senate prepare to vote this week on the final conference report on the $124 billion troop funding bill — which would also mandate that U.S. combat troops begin withdrawing from Iraq on Oct. 1 at the latest — Gen. David Petraeus is scheduled to come to the Hill tomorrow to brief lawmakers on the progress of the recent troop escalation.
ABC News has learned, however, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will not attend the briefing.
"She can't make the briefing tomorrow," a Democratic aide told ABC News Tuesday evening. "But she spoke with the general via phone today at some length."
A Pelosi aide said the speaker on Tuesday requested a one-on-one meeting with Petraeus but that could not be worked out. He said their phone conversation lasted 30 minutes.
Last week, House Democratic leaders were criticized by their Republican counterparts when they initially declined an invitation from Petraeus to brief House members on the status of the war due to "scheduling conflicts."
Apparently sorting a sock drawer or pretty much anything else is more important than actually attending a briefing. It's very nice she took the time to talk to the general by phone, but actually being in the loop at a classified briefing - which will undoubtedly include visuals - is kind of important to actually governing. As opposed to simply opposing. But I guess we see where the priorities are, don't we? All the time in the world for a thuggish enemy of the United States in Syria, no time for the commander of fellow American citizens. Seriously, the Democratic party will come to revile Nancy Pelosi in the very near future. Do you really think the voters are not paying any attention?
By crosspatch, Tuesday, 24 April , 2007 @ 11:47 pm
Pelosi gets her briefings from Syria.
By feeblemind, Wednesday, 25 April , 2007 @ 7:51 am
They don’t want to be confused with facts. Their minds are made up. This is a sterling example of how lightly the dems take the War on Terror.