Posted on 09/22/2006 7:09:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., second from left, joined by fellow Democratic Senators, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006 to announced their intention to hold oversight committee hearings on the Iraq war. From left are, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, Reid, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., , and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
the Democratic strategy for the war on terror is one part attack President Bush and one part agree with him.
Gee Mr. Espo did you wear your sweater with the big D on front and have your pom-poms next to you as you wrote this.
Didn't they promise to get tough in 2002 and again in 2004? How can we believe them in 2006 when every action they do is to cut the security of the country and block the president from protecting the country?
Fri Sep 22, 12:57 PM ET
To: National Desk
Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) at an economic forum at the Capitol this morning to discuss the problems Americans face with obtaining a secure economic future.
Below are Pelosi's remarks:
"Last week, President Bush said that he hopes the upcoming elections 'are based on economic performance.' In that case, voters will have a clear choice and we welcome the challenge. I know that with the distinguished panel that we have today we will have even more substantive proposals to make the case to the American people. The case is clear - real incomes for middle- class families have declined since the president took office; annual costs have risen rapidly: health insurance has increased by almost $1,000, energy costs have increased by more than $2,000, and college costs have increased by more than $1,500.
"The middle class is being squeezed by lower incomes and increasing costs and being forced to live paycheck to paycheck. It is a reality in our country, one that the president doesn't seem to be aware of. For the working poor, the crunch is even worse.
"This has been recently documented in a report by my colleague, Henry Waxman of California, the senior Democrat on the Committee on Government Reform. Other studies support it: never before in our nation's history have we had four years of economic growth and declining median income of working families.
"Corporate profits are the highest they have ever been since 1950 as a share of GDP, yet compensation for employees is the lowest, except for one year, since 1968 as a share of GDP. Further, this administration has the worst record of job creation since Herbert Hoover. We have had the largest fiscal turnaround in our nation's history.
The Bush administration already has accrued more foreign debt than the previous 42 presidents combined. The policies of this administration have favored the privileged few at the expense of America's working families.
"We must move in a new direction for everyone - not just the privileged few. Just as we did under President Clinton, we can ensure economic growth that benefits every segment of our society, create enough jobs to meet the growing labor force, drive the unemployment rate to record lows, turn federal budget deficits into budget surpluses, and at the same time strengthen Social Security.
"Some of our proposals are in our New Direction for America that we put forth. Among the suggestions were to make the economy fairer by raising the minimum wage and repealing the subsidies for companies that send our jobs overseas. It's quite a remarkable phenomenon: you're a worker, you pay taxes, and your taxes are used to give an incentive to a company to send your job overseas, and then you are asked to train your replacement or else you won't get any severance.
"Essential to economic security for American families is access to health care, and we will make health care more affordable by giving the federal government the opportunity to negotiate for the lower the cost of prescription drugs. We will make college more accessible by cutting interest rates for student loans in half, and making tuition tax deductible. And we will do this with fiscal discipline.
"In addition to some of those things that we can do within the first 100 hours of a new Congress, a longer-term goal would be to ensure economic justice and opportunity by supporting our Innovation Agenda. It says that the future prosperity and competitiveness of America demands that we initiate a sustained financial investment in innovation. In doing this, we must also ensure that our children and grandchildren are not burdened by failed policies that have exploded the national debt. That is why House Democrats put these priorities under the rigors of pay- as-you-go budgeting to ensure that new spending or tax cuts do not add to the deficit.
"Also essential to our economic success is to advance energy independence with solutions that are homegrown. Our energy independence plan commits America to a comprehensive plan that provides tax incentives to encourage increased biofuel production, increase the number of flex fuel cars, expand ethanol use, and it also goes to other alternative energy resources as well.
"Democrats believe that none of this matters unless we have strong national security to protect the American people. But the strength of our country must also be measured by the economic wellbeing of America's families. Today, we will hear some positive initiatives on how to take us to that place, but we have a challenge because the priorities of this administration have been for the privileged few and not for all Americans." http://www.usnewswire.com/
looking at their votes, which is the first part of the quote, Lespo. Put in the whole Boehner quote, Al-AP.
Question: Harry Reid, you said you wished to get tough on terrorists. Which of the terrorists do you wish to see hanged from the gallows? How soon?
Their BS six weeks out is not going to fly.
It is great to see them admit that they HAVEN'T been tough, but, by golly, they are going to get tough pretty soon if they can figure out how to do it.
Maybe they should hire some of us as advisors :-)
"Democrats, primed by poll-tested advice..."
Kinda says it all, right there. The party of liars, having no core values, constantly looking for what might work to trick the voters.
What a stark contrast to the President's reliance on principles.
Six weeks before elections, the Democratic strategy for the war on terror is one part attack President Bush and one part agree with him. The goal is to court voters dissatisfied with the job the administration has done, yet avoid being tagged as soft on Osama bin Laden.
Translation: After taking a poll, the Democrats have decided to speak out of both sides of their mouths.
They are experimenting with this campaign slogan: "We were for bin Ladin before we were against him."
Let's see now, who is it that blocks ANY and ALL exploration for energy, offshore and on? Dems. And who is it that controls ALL of the U.S. education system, from Elem to College? Again, Dems. Ergo, who has created all these out-of-control cost problems? Dems. Why would we trust them to fix them?
Oh, you mean SOLDIER-BASHING DICK TURBAN??
"...If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime--Pol Pot or others--that had no concern for human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners."
Bring it on, DICK.
I had no idea Cleland served in Vietnam.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA!
Is that all you got, HAIRY REED?????? Inspect all cargo containers??? BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
Oh, man, this is gonna be a FRIGGIN' HOOT!
Even with your lameass Liberal LameStream Media going 24/7 to promote your sorry party, you guys are gonna get STEAM ROLLED, baby!!!!!!!!
inspect all cargo containers, geez...yeah, that's a great one...
In other news: Don Knotts pledges to win bodybuilding contest.
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