Posted on 04/05/2007 8:08:09 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
House Speaker Pelosi Asks Saudi Arabia Officials About Lack of Female Politicians
Thursday , April 05, 2007
AP
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she raised the issue of Saudi Arabia's lack of female politicians with Saudi government officials on the last stop of her Mideast tour.
Pelosi, the first woman House speaker, said she had not discussed King Abdullah's recent criticism of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, focusing instead on praise for the king's Mideast peace initiative, and efforts to quell conflicts in Somalia and Darfur.
She met with the king Wednesday and with several members of the Shura Council, an unelected advisory assembly named by the king, on Thursday.
Asked if she had discussed the lack of women on the council, she told reporters, "The issue has been brought up in our discussions with the Saudis on this trip."
Pelosi arrived in Saudi Arabia from Syria, where she defied the White House's Middle East policy by meeting with President Bashar Assad and saying "the road to Damascus is a road to peace." The Bush administration has rejected direct talks with Damascus and criticized Pelosi for her visit.
In an interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney said Assad has "been isolated and cut off because of his bad behavior, and the unfortunate thing about the speaker's visit is it sort of breaks down that barrier."
Pelosi was met at the Riyadh airport by officials including Abdul-Rahman al-Zamel, the head of the Saudi-American friendship committee at the Shura Council. He described the speaker's visit as a "breakthrough" and praised the inclusion of the first Muslim member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., in her delegation.
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Never interfere when your enemy is hanging him(her)self.
Too easy...
I wonder if she also asked about where all of the Christian churches are in Saudi Arabia?
I can see the speaker is doing a great job for America.
peloopsi
Ugly as a mud fence and dumb as a box of rocks.
Pelosi has never read the Koran. Neither has most of the liberals/socialists/democRATs in this country.
5.56mm
I knew she was this stupid, and she’s simply doing it for her lib base back in the U.S., but I’m of the opinion she is really going to step in it before she returns.
Wasn't she born a blonde?
I hope Saudi officials replied there were few females in the government because of their fear they would get representatives like her.
What Nancy’s too dumb to grasp is that the Saudis will take her ill-advised attempt at diplomacy as confirmation that women are too stupid to serve as politicians.
Did she wonder why she couldn’t get a side of bacon with her breakfast too?
(.....losers are leftist heroes yesterday, today and always).
Leni
Yeah, she’s about as subtle as a fart in a church.
1.8 billion Muslims want to kill all the Jews, all the Americans, nuke American cities as soon as they can, wipe out Western civilization and Pelosi is worried about the percentage of female Muslim politicians?
The Dims have so got their priorities straight don’t they? S/O.
They are just loving this crap! Looks like their long-term plans are right on schedule.
Women can’t even drive a car in Saudi. This broad is a true nitwit
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