Posted on 04/06/2007 12:59:24 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, deflecting White House criticism of her trip to Syria, said Friday she thinks the mission helped President Bush because it showed the U.S. is unified against terrorism despite being divided over Iraq.
Pelosi, D-Calif., met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus this week against Bush's wishes.
"Our message was President Bush's message," Pelosi said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Portugal, where she stopped briefly en route back to the United States.
"The funny thing is, I think we may have even had a more powerful impact with our message because of the attention that was called to our trip," she said. "It became clear to President Assad that even though we have our differences in the United States, there is no division between the president and the Congress and the Democrats on the message we wanted him to receive."
Bush this week assailed Pelosi for making the trip to Damascus, saying it sent mixed messages to the Syrian government, which his administration considers to be a state supporter of terrorism.
Lawmakers frequently travel to the Middle East, and several Republicans were in the region at the same time as Pelosi. But as House speaker, Pelosi received the most attention.
She was most heavily criticized for her talks with Syria and Israel. Vice President Dick Cheney called it "bad behavior" on her part to try to broker a deal between the two — a sensitive matter that would be considered the sole province of the executive branch.
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Nancy Pelosi is deeply disturbed.
Sorry Honey, America is not as easily Fooled as You Are!! Your mission was to embarrass the President and it Backfired.
Pray for W and Our Troops
A coup[le of negative reviews in the Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer and the backpedaling begins!
That is too funny!
The mental illness disturbed.
Can I say that I hate this woman? Or will that get me into rehab?
nancy peloopsi just ask Israel
Lies on top of lies, what a BIG JERK!
“Our message is the President’s message.” The Mafia Princess is O for two on the message thingy this week.
Actually, try to go for pity. It's the most accurate reaction we can have to this poor, deluded woman.
Oh, you beat me to it!
“The funny thing is, I think we may have even had a more powerful impact with our message because of the attention that was called to our trip,”
I don’t think this trip was funny at all. What IS funny, Bush got an Ambassador for Belgium while you were shaking hands with assassins, while wearing a tablecloth on your head. Now that’s funny. Next stop, Cuba? See what’s funny over there in that hell-hole. Give a little talk about the deranged thought you have of speaking about a unified voice, even though the president said you were an idiot (sort of) and have possibly violated the Logan Act. Now that’s funny. A congressman violated congressional law. Nancy, YOU are the funny one. What’s the status on your jet?
In rehab, you'll be encouraged to express those bottled up feelings and resentments. Get it out! Express your self! It's good for you.
Better say it now, for conservatives are about to get our noses rubbed in it!!!
Yes, she assumed she could embarass the President but her assuming made an ASS out of her and her alone. all on her own. She’s a dumb case. Plain and simple.
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