No Cover At All
One of my astute readers pointed this out to me, I had missed it. But it indicates that Nancy Pelosi is in real trouble. Her friendly treatment by the media is rapidly evaporating. And they are exposing her fraudulent new direction and shadow foreign policies for what they are – meaningless words based on a "this is how the world should be" worldview instead of a "this is how the world actually functions when you aren't dreaming" reality check.
THE CONGRESSIONAL leaders who visited Damascus this month to meet Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad gave a practical test to the oft-stated theory that "engaging" his regime is more likely to produce results than the Bush administration's policy of isolating it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was particularly unstinting in her goodwill, declaring that she had come to see Mr. Assad "in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace." In a statement, her delegation reported that it had talked to Mr. Assad about stopping the flow of foreign terrorists to Iraq and about obtaining the release of kidnapped Israeli soldiers. It also said it had "conveyed our strong interest in the cases of [Syrian] democracy activists," such as imprisoned human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni.
Three weeks have passed, so it's fair to ask: Has there been any positive change in Syrian behavior — any return gesture of goodwill, however slight?
Mr. al-Bunni might offer the best answer — if he could. On Tuesday, one of Mr. Assad's judges sentenced him to five years in prison. His "crimes" were to speak out about the torture and persecution of regime opponents, to found the Syrian Human Rights Association and to sign the "Damascus Declaration," a pro-democracy manifesto.
Oh, please do read the whole thing. It is merciless. It all but calls Pelosi and those she purports to speak for completely out of touch with reality. I rather suspect the more centrist Democrats have about had it with Pelosi and Reid and the old excrement is about to hit the air-moving device. Expect rapidly deteriorating media coverage for the left-leading leadership.
By Jim Hoft, April 28, 2007 @ 10:44 pm
I hope you are right.
Their actions are not just outrageous but dangerous.
By Lori, April 29, 2007 @ 12:51 pm
I’m afraid the media is much more stupid than Ms. Pelosi. I just wish the media would focus on what would happen to this country if we were to pull out unilaterally. I assume you have to have an IQ of 10 to be a politican, unfortunately…
By AirborneVet, April 29, 2007 @ 1:00 pm
People MUST remember the following when it comes to politics (and they usually forget).
1. Politicians, no matter what party, ALWAYS have a personal agenda of some kind.
2. The majority of politicians are extremely uneducated concerning foreign policy.
By Letalis, April 29, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
And to follow up on Airbornevet’s complete accurate observation, House of Representatives Members are particularly ill-suited for the foreign relations game. As far as national politics go, they are the illustration of the case that all politics is local. They almost always know more the various potholes on the roads and bridges back home in their tiny little districts than they do about the state of international affairs in faraway places like…Tiajuana and Vancouver…much less millenia old bastions of treachery and tyranny like Damascus and Baghdad.
By joe, April 29, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
I’m sorry but this is just wishful thinking. Yes, the WaPo has published two articles critical of Pelosi’s trip to Syria. That’s hardly a landslide of harsh judgment or even the beginning of one.
Big media are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Democratic Party and that’s not going to change anytime soon. The same clique of elderly, smug baby boomers with their faux-hippy cliches about “the establishment” control the WaPo, AP, Reuters, the NY Times, CBS, CNN, etc. They can’t face the fact that they ARE “the establishment” now and are far sicker and more corrupted than the one they still bitch about. Don’t even get me started on PBS and NPR.
By Peg C., April 29, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
I guess this needs an update:
Those who can, do.
Those who can’t do, teach.
Those who can’t teach, manage.
Those who can’t manage, legislate.
How such so-called elites can truly be such bottom-feeders is a wonder.
By Donald Zeiter, April 29, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
When the NY Times, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Atlanta J-C, Star-Trib, Houston Chron, Boston Globe, St Louis P-D or the other American bureaus of Pravda turn against Pelosi, then we will know that a certain place has reached zero degrees centigrade and the Pope is not catholic.