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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sharply questioned President Bush’s competence as a leader, suggesting his policy in Iraq is to blame for the loss of U.S. lives...."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," Pelosi said. "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."
Asked specifically if she was calling Bush incompetent, Pelosi replied: "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."...
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay blasted Pelosi, casting her comments as detrimental to U.S. troops. "Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, dangerous rhetoric," DeLay, R-Texas, said. "She apparently is so caught up in partisan hatred for President Bush that her words are putting American lives at risk." The Republican National Committee also released a written statement..."The San Francisco/Boston Democrats led by John Kerry have now adopted ’Blame America First’ as their official policy," RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie said in the statement....
"His activities, his decisions, the results of his actions are what undermines his leadership, not my statement," Pelosi said. "My statements are just a statement of fact."...
Why doesn’t Pelosi ask the troops in Iraq what they think of Bush’s competence as a leader? Their opinion actually matters. What’s the acronym I’m looking for...oh yes...STFU!. |