GUTSY NANCY
I wasn’t sure what to make of Nancy Pelosi in the last few years as she rose to international attention. I was put off by her preditorial ambition at first but I now believe, that it is what a person needs in order to advance to the rank of Speaker of the House. Her grand entrance onto the national and international scene as the first woman Speaker of the House is a remarkable accomplishment. I have to respect her stamina and horse trading ability, to whip up the Democrat and Republican representitives to show some courage and commitment . She has shamed them all into standing up against the Bush Administration. She has made G.W Bush irrelevant to the will of Americans and accountable for his bumbling presidency. She has made Condi Rice look like a sophmore political science student. She has made G.W Bush look like an impotent moron. ( That was easy). She understood the need to communicate with the Middle East countries rather than dictate terms to them. The Bush Administration has this sickening, childish and demented diplomacy, that has said to the world “If you don’t do what we say we will not talk to you, or we will bomb you.”
I enjoy watching the Republican pundits on television lately as they defend G.W Bush. Their grimaced smirks reveal their pain and shame as they try desparately to convince anyone, that Nancy Pelosi is dangerous and niave and upsetting U.S foreign policy. The truth is Nancy may be saving U.S foreign policy, and may actually bring about an end to the Iraq war. Her Middle East trip has neutered the failed Bush Administration’s Foreign Policy. I hope that her next step will be towards the Impeachment of G.W Bush.
I am a political cynic and I have never denied it. Although I have to admit that historically, through fate or intervention by providence some leader of questionable credentials either has a stroke of inspiration or a shocking revelation of morality and reason, and does the right thing for the country. Tens of millions of Americans raised their voices in 2006 and more are raising their voices now. Politicians cannot avoid those roars of the people for too long or they will be trashed and thrashed in 2008 or sooner. Americans are fed up with the inaction, corruption and incompetence of their elected officials on all levels of government. I hope they will maintain their pressure on Congress, until a great change takes place. Nancy Pelosi is a sign of that change.
Most Americans are wise enough to see; that at least Nancy Pelosi is doing something to change the status quo of “staying the course”. Most are willing to give her a chance to do what she has been hired to do. If she fails she could not do any worse than G.W Bush’s fiascos or the corrupt leadership of her predecessor. If she succeeds all will benefit, except the cowards and culprits in Congress and the White House who tried to prevent her success. They will be branded as fools and failures,vanquished from power, and possibly indicted for corruption, high crimes and treason. Maybe providence will help as it has so many times in the past, when America faced other great challenges. George Washington was certain of the hand of providence in the founding of the United States, and proclaimed it in his first inauguration. All it would take for that divine intervention to intervene for us again is for Americans to have faith in their future, pride in themselves, and the devotion to revive, preserve and defend their freedoms, that made the United States of America the most powerful nation in history.
L.A. STEEL
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