It is different - not worse, but not particularly good. The one seemingly overriding rule regarding American foreign policy is: one leader to negotiate with. We can't know what she is discussing with Assad, but it almost seems to involve other countries in our internal Dem vs Rep politics. I'm certainly not happy about it, and I'd be just as unhappy as if Newt Gingrich had gone to meet a foreign head of state that Clinton was stonewalling.
I never had a problem with Fondas Vietnam trip because she was just an actress and private citizen, and really, what harm could she possibly do, most of the country was against the war anyway, as were most of the drafted soldiers. With Pelosi though, like you said, its just not right for an American politician to flip the bird at an administration and set up her own dialogue with a hostile foreign government. Its just wrong, and also really hurts the Democrats. If I was one of the Dem candidates, Id grab the nearest microphone, denounce it and completely distance myself from it. She's not helping their campaigns at all, to put it mildly. Who knows what other stupid things this complete ditz has planned?
It sounds good when you say it, but does anyone remember Nixon for starting the EPA and OSHA, opening talks with China, detente with the USSR, integration of schools, and raising wages for Federal employees?
Of course not. At the time, it was "peace with honor," now it's just the helicopter leaving the embassy in Saigon.
Isnt it Watergate? No but I know what you mean. I think a Democratic President that ends the Iraq fiasco, brings all the boys and girls home, and starts tackling the domestic issues Bush has ignored, like health insurance, the environment and what have you, would be remembered for all of those things.
I think she has totally lost her mind. I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I won't be voting that way in the next election unless she gets off the plane & immediately apoligizes for her lack of judgment. It's not fair to the candidates, but she is a high ranking party member & thus represents them, too.
She's completely out of her depth. What I dont understand is why other leading Democrats didnt tackle her to the ground as she was trying to get on the plane.
The polls are hitting the Dems hard, yes, but actually for the opposite reason.
Many voters think the Dems aren't doing ENOUGH to end the war. Most of Congress's disapproval comes from moderates and liberals who think Congress isn't moving fast enough.
More than 60% of Americans want a bill that withdraws troops by the end of 08.
That can't be repeated enough in threads like these. In this case Congress is doing the rare thing: something that's both right and popular.
Bush is puncturing one last hole in his shining legacy by vetoing this. Congresscritters who defend him too loudly will lose their seats in 08.
PP, the poll showing that 60% favor it, was that among likely voters?
@Basket, its ok, Im a bozo through and through
All the Democrats have to do is wait for the clock to run out, thats all. But instead its like theyre desperately trying to snatch an 08 defeat out of the jaws of victory. If they dont smarten up, really fast, I shudder to think of what will happen to this with another four years of a Republican in the WH.
