Bang the Drum

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Entries Tagged ‘Pelosi’

Dear Nancy Pelosi, Please come back to earth

Aug.05, 2008 in Domestic Policy, Election 2008

I attribute much of the negative opinion about Congress to Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, who has moments of brilliance shaded by some that are really dark and unnecessary. While I understand that politics is a constant struggle between principle and compromise, knowing where to stand and where to fall, Pelosi seems to constantly operate from [...]

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FISA: Democrats Capitulate to the GOP - Where’s Obama?

Jun.20, 2008 in Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008

Silent, that’s where. On a day where he announces (wisely) that he will decline public funding, the Democrats in Congress bow backwards to the GOP and say ‘put it right here’. Not only that, but they ‘compromise’ on FISA in such a way that telecoms will receive their immunity according to the bought-and-paid [...]

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