Saturday, April 07, 2007

Empress Pelosi

I had my doubts about the job that Nancy Pelosi would do as Speaker of the House when she first ascended to the post.

Those doubts were strengthened when she demanded a larger jet to shuttle her, her staff, family members and members of the California congressional delegation to and from their state. She couldn't live with having to make a refueling stop, after the Bush administration agreed to provide her with the same transportation arrangements enjoyed by outgoing Speaker Denny Hastert.

Those doubts have now been confirmed with the imperious Pelosi's visit to the Middle East.

Unless there is an article of the Constitution with which I am not familiar, the Speaker of the House plays no role in shaping or promulgating the foreign policy of the United States. That is the exclusive purview of the President.

I could go on at length about the many reasons Pelosi shouldn't have pulled this stunt (her complete lack of experience; her wrongheaded wish to act on the recommendations of the Iraqi Study Group - a group with no statutory authority whatsoever) but I'm going to leave it at this:

Does she really think she accomplished anything?

3 comments:

Professor Howdy said...

Hello!
Very good posting.
Thank you - Have a good day!!!

Alain DeWitt said...

Dear Professor Howdy,

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

I can live with Madam Speaker's domestic policies (do the Democrats really think they can ignore the law of supply and demand and raise the minimum wage without harming precisely the low income workers they claim to be trying to help?), but her meddling in foreign policy crosses a line.

Alain

Alain DeWitt said...

Professor Howdy,

I am currently in Rome for Easter Sunday. My girlfriend and I went to Sunday Mass at the Vatican today. We are going to go out for lunch now.

Have a wonderful Easter and I will stop by and check out your blog later.

Alain