The Real ‘Sowell Man’ Nails It (as Usual)
From yet another read-the-whole-thing column:
Until Nancy Pelosi came along, it was understood by all that we had only one president at a time and — like him or not — he alone had the Constitutional authority to speak for this country to foreign nations, especially in wartime.
All that Pelosi’s trip can accomplish is to advertise American disunity to a terrorist-sponsoring nation in the Middle East while we are in a war there. That in turn can only embolden the Syrians to exploit the lack of unified resolve in Washington by stepping up their efforts to destabilize Iraq and the Middle East in general.
….. Today, Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Democrats are stepping in to carry out their own foreign policy and even their own military policy on troop deployment — all the while denying that they are intruding on the president’s authority.
Good point. Individual Congressmen and Senators have pulled similar stunts, but never, as I recall, a Speaker of the House. Old Media’s reaction to Newt Gingrich visiting with Slobodan Milosevic in the late 1990s would have been unbridled outrage.
No mention of Hobson (R). No mention of a Republican delegation including Aderholt(R) and Wolf (R). This also was not mentioned prominently by the mainstream media. If you hold yourself up as a check on the MSM, leaving these details out belies your partisan nature…and that’s what this is – a partisan hit job.
Are these three Republicans stepping in and carrying out their own foreign policy while intruding upon the president’s authority? I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning…
Comment by Eric — April 4, 2007 @ 9:35 am
[...] …but there’s a problem. They’d have to string up 3 of their own. They won’t talk about it. The MSM doesn’t really wanna talk about it…dilutes the juicy story I guess. Brain Shavings (apparently having shaven a bit too much) says it hands a propaganda coup to the enemy! Bizzy thinks some Townhall windbag makes a point with this: Today, Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Democrats are stepping in to carry out their own foreign policy and even their own military policy on troop deployment — all the while denying that they are intruding on the president’s authority. [...]
Pingback by Plunderbund » Hobson (R-OH) and Two Other Republicans Undermine the President in Syria — April 4, 2007 @ 9:54 am
#1-2; Just catching up with Hobson, etc. Regardless, the Speaker aspect of the visit is IIRC unprecedented.
Also would be interested in knowing if itinerary changed when Nance jumped in.
Comment by TBlumer — April 4, 2007 @ 12:44 pm