Balance - New England

A blog devoted, in part, to pointing out pieces of truth, injustice and those little-known stories that don't necessarily make the headlines, but demand our attention nevertheless.

Saturday, May 22, 2004

"Bush Is Incompetent" -Rep. Nancy Pelosi



You go, girl!

FINALLY...the liberal counter-attack machine is taking shape! While Howard Dean may have planted the seeds, various members of the liberal and progressive communities are growing our message to counter what has long been a conservative-controlled debate.

U.S. Representative and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco amplified the progressive sentiments regarding Bush by making the following observations:

"The emperor has no clothes. When are people going to face the reality? Pull this curtain back!"

"The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader. These policies are not working. But speaking specifically to Iraq, we have a situation where -- without adequate evidence -- we put our young people in harm's way."

"I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers."

"Rocket-propelled grenades, not rose petals, greeted them. Instead...of Iraq being a country that would readily pay for its own reconstruction...we're up to over $200 billion in cost to the American people."

PELOSI DID NOT BACK DOWN, even when asked if her comments would undermine Bush's abilities as commander in chief: "His [Bush's] activities, his decisions, the results of his actions are what undermines his leadership, not my statement. My statements are just a statement of fact."

Click HERE to learn more about Rep. Pelosi.