PELOSI: "The party is over for the Bush Administration"

[kpete]

Politics up to the Minute
by Mark Halperin | Sunday, September 21, 2008
Pelosi Statement on Legislation to Address Crisis in Financial Markets

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today as Congress and the White House work to craft legislation to address the crisis in our financial markets:

“Congress will respond to the financial markets crisis by taking action this week in a bipartisan manner that will protect the taxpayers’ interests. The Administration’s $700 billion proposal does not include the necessary safeguards. Democrats believe a responsible solution should include independent oversight, protections for homeowners and constraints on excessive executive compensation.

“We will not simply hand over a $700 billion blank check to Wall Street and hope for a better outcome. Democrats will act responsibly to insulate Main Street from Wall Street.

“As we proceed to deal with this crisis, this is clear recognition that the party is over for the Bush Administration’s anything goes, failed economic policies that have damaged our economy, undermined the middle class and further pointed out the need for a New Direction.”


more at:
http://thepage.time.com/pelosi-statement-on-legislation-to-address-crisis-in-financial-markets/

[annabanana]

1. Big Talk

I'm in the "believe it when you see it" camp.

[CatWoman]

19. i'm with you, anna

[5thGenDemocrat]

51. Pelosi: "The party is over for the Bush Administration"

Too bad. Nancy's been the one up dancing on the table for the past two years.
Hi Midori.
John
I think it's past time she puts her clothes back on and goes home.

[CatWoman]

52. John!!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[katty]

67. really Nancy? and you've been drinkin' with all of them!!

[Midlodemocrat]

59. So am I. She has been a huge disappointment to me.

Pelosi, that is, not anna.

[roguevalley]

25. if this were 2001, maybe I would not have a reflexive urge to smack her scrawny

face into the next dimension. She makes me vomit. Truly. That is what collaboration looks like, her shrunken face.

[indepat]

47. Yada, yada, yada ad nauseam ad infinitum

:P

[billybob537]

2. Really so how long do we have

until you sell us out again MISS IMPEACHMENT IS OFF THE TABLE?

[Bluzmann57]

3. Yeah right.

Blah blah blah. We've heard it all before Nancy. Put up or shut up. Period.

[progressive_realist]

4. Hmmm... so is "New Direction" our New Deal?

Catchy. I can get behind it as a slogan.

[orestes]

5. Tough talk now, followed by caving and bootlicking

in a week, I'm sure.

[Solly Mack]

6. we'll see

[asjr]

7. Promises, promises.

[Kolesar]

8. Who let the trolls out?

wuf wuf wuf

[Name removed]

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[spanone]

9. well, duh...you could have ended the party long ago ms pelosi

[ColbertWatcher]

29. Actually she couldn't have.

The Dems (as you know) controlled the House, but not the Senate.

That's right; the Dems have not and do not control the Senate (yet). Without the Senate, the Dems have not been able to stop the GOP in the White House and their sleeper cell in Congress.

But, with this election coming up and this "bail out" leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouths (even the freepers it seems) people who have never watched CSPAN (the way DUers do) will be taking this particular vote personally.

You don't think this vote will have an effect on the election?

The GOP-controlled media has been avoiding their favorite old canard that "there's no difference between the parties". It hasn't been (re)pulled out of Karl Rove's ass for this election cycle, but I expect it will be now. I just hope with less than 45 days to go, the people will remember how they got to the position where they are now, what "solution" the criminals who started this mess are suggesting and maybe show a little compassion to future generations by doing the right thing and stopping it from happening.

I don't think Pelosi is stupid. This is truly the first time the Dems have a clear advantage; all the Dems (Pelosi included) damn well better listen to us.

(BTW, I read that Obama does not support the GOP's billionaire's bailout and Pelosi has shown willingness to follow his lead. For, me that's a good sign)

[palincomparison]

65. Shush...what are you saying?

Have you lost your ever-loving mind? This is DU, sweet Mary, mother of God! That's crazy talk!

[prayin4rain]

10. Right after I sign this bill... I'm done... seriously no more ... what a joke n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

11. Little too late Miss Complicit.

[brettdale]

12. The party would of been over

If you had of impeach!!!!!

[elocs]

18. You do understand how impeachment works, don't you?

That impeachment by itself does not remove anybody from office. It sure didn't remove Clinton. Trial after impeachment is by the Senate and anybody who can count knows there would not be 67 votes to convict any more than there was with Clinton.

[Carolina]

37. yes but if the House had pursued impeachment

the Bush-Cheney lies and crimes might have been exposed to the low information Johns and Janes out there and maybe the approval rating of Congress wouldn't be lower than Bush's and the current POTUS race would not be so close -- racism notwithstanding!

Being the minority in 1993 didn't stop repukes from constant attack mode!

[elocs]

38. Ahh, your post subject has the big "but" word. But, but, but.....n/t

[Cleita]

63. That isn't the point. The point was to get investigations and testimony

under oath going and if the House sought impeachment then it would go to the Senate. It was a matter of getting all the treason and war crimes on record. Frankly if Pelosi had done her job and exposed all of that, I think they would have had a Senate majority to convict. By that time there wouldn't be a Republican who would risk their career by not convicting. They didn't with Clinton because the charges were frankly stupid.

[Webster Green]

13. She will do whatever the fascists tell her to do..

Fuck that bitch! :thumbsdown:

[Lancer]

14. "The party is over for the Bush Administration"

Please. She and Harry and all the rest had the chance to fold the chairs, put away the punchbowl and shut off the lights in the Fellowship Hall a long time ago. Didn't do it then. Why should we believe her now?

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. WRITE, CALL while the iron is hot

I think they've gotten overwhelmed already

[Ikonoklast]

16. "Oh, Mr President, since you put it that way, of course I'll do what you say."

-Nancy Quisling Pelosi, Tuesday, Sept 23, 2008.

[VP505]

17. Isn't that the same thing she has said about Iraq?

Yet they handed Booo$h how many blank checks?

[nancyr]

20. Sniveling weasel.

Geez. Like she's going to suddenly develop a spine?

[FLAprogressive]

43. Good luck. Time for some REAL Dem leadership in the House.

[tpsbmam]

21. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah......

Yeah, yeah -- we've heard the big talk before. And then your backbone shrivels up into a pile of useless dust.

[screembloodymurder]

22. I will fight with Pelosi on this to the death.

No way we can leave them in power.

[Webster Green]

26. You will be perfectly safe fighting alongside Pelosi..

She's all talk.

I suppose the only risk would be athlete's tongue or something. :smoke:

[2Design]

23. if dem congress votes for this stick up - they can stick it up n/t

[AndyA]

24. Right, Nancy. And we believe you because...?

If you'd put IMPEACHMENT ON THE TABLE like it should be been back in January 2006, chances are this crisis could have been averted.

Thanks for nothing. You're the leader of a do nothing Congress that has given Bushco everything they've wanted so far. Why stop now? :shrug:

[aquart]

27. Unlike the money we sent to Halliburton and Iraq?

Sure, Nan.

[Matariki]

28. They had better fucking mean it this time.

Knowing full well that my tough talk is a empty as their... *sigh*

[greyghost]

30. I'll believe it when I see it. In fact the right thing to do would be

nothing at all. Reid was right for once!

[MichiganVote]

31. Is it? And we're all supposed to jump for joy? Sickening.

[EndElectoral]

32. As Nancy Reagan said, "Just say no!"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

33. Sorry, Nancy, that line has lost even it's touch of comedy.

[greguganus]

34. More lip service from Nancy. She's one of the elite. She has no worries. n/t

[IDemo]

35. .

[CrispyQ]

36. Best response in this thread! --nt

[Marr]

39. She's a joke.

The party is over because they've burned the house down. It's not as if that complicit fraud Nancy Pelosi has opposed the Bush Administration in any real way.

[Bluebear]

40. LOL

[FLAprogressive]

41. SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT NANCY!

We're tired of you saying one thing and doing another (ref: Bush admin)

[MrSlayer]

42. Bah. Her word has no value.

I'd like to see her voted out of her position for the next Congress.

[FLAprogressive]

45. Boy it would be sweet to see Cindy Sheehan beat Spineless DLC wannabe Nancy Pelosi

[LiberadorHugo]

44. That's a change...

Instead of her usual Chavez-bashing and sell-outs to the Administration, Pelosi has something worthwhile to say...I guess Shaheen is spooking her a bit. :-)

[Sebastian Doyle]

46. Nancy, you could have ended this fucking "party" in January 2007

You deliberately refused. Fuck you, and clear out your desk before January, because your (lack of) service as Speaker is no longer needed.

[NeoTheo]

48. And I am of absolutly no doubt

that it will have just about as much teeth as all the things she was going to do after the mid-terms were over.

[Naturyl]

49. Shove off, Pelosi.

No credibility. Sell it to some sucker who will still buy it.

[Arugula Latte]

50. STFU, Nancy.

You sold us down the river from Day One.

[BeHereNow]

53. Fuck off, you traitorous bitch.

Yeah Nan, the party is over and you made sure
the criminal guests got all the left over cake.
Piss off Pelosi.

BHN

[rucky]

54. So, any bets on how many votes will it pass by?

[bobthedrummer]

55. Then why are they still sitting at the table? Why did you ignore US and OUR MESSAGE sent in 2006???

Btw, I called your various offices, signed numerous petitions, networked, demonstrated, etc-but you refused to IMPEACH, then you voted our future down the drain with the rest of a complicit CORRUPTED CONGRESS.

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE-LIKE IT SAYS IN OUR CONSTITUTION.

[Dukkha]

56. and you were partying right along with him!

[Ghost in the Machine]

57. Yeah Nancy, suuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee

:eyes:

[NoGOPZone]

58. She's resigning? nt

[Chimichurri]

60. Yes she will. The Dems ALWAYS cave. Obama included.

[Indenturedebtor]

61. Yeah yeah and I quit smoking every night when I go to sleep

blah blah blah :eyes:

[yy4me]

62. Ms Pelosi, whatever you could accomplish by vote is no excuse

not to have caused a great big stink at what **** and and company has been doing these 8 years.

If you and the other spineless politico's in Washington had screamed at the top of your lungs, the American people would have been behind you with armies of citizens demanding, perhaps even marching in protest condemning this run-away administration.

It is too late for you to save your political soul. Look what your indifference has brought to us. AND we still have several more months to get through.

As far as I'm concerned, for many people, jail should be on the table. Young or old, we citizens are stuck paying for all of you inept, useless, spineless people, and we have no choice or say about it.

Yes, there are good Senators and Reps but they are overshadowed by those within the good-old-boy network that shuts up at anything that might rock the political status quo.

5 to 6 weeks to collect a measly unemployment check and now we bail out giant corporations because of your ineptitude. November can't come quickly enough.

One of the qualifications for public office should be a mental acuity exam, a spine with a will do what the people want. That idea went down the sewer years ago.

[ThomWV]

64. Like kicking the dog in the ass as he walks out the door - right in the nick of time.

Where the fuck has she been for the last 21 months?

[radfringe]

68. good, can we bring back the freaking table

AND PUT IMPEACHMENT ON IT????

[Major Hogwash]

69. Good for her!!

Take it to 'em, Nancy!!!

[Eric J in MN]

70. Giving Bush the money he wants amid tough talk.

Instead, she should wait until we have a new president to consider new economic legislation.

[Earth_First]

71. ...AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, NANCY!

As it was so eloquantly explained above: "Shit or get off the pot, Nancy."

[bdamomma]

72. the party is over?????

is she calling the last 8 years a party? the Constitution has been gutted and so has the country.

Impeachment off the table huh Nancy??? You stupid woman.