Pelosi (D-Calif.) ripped President Bush’s “mismanagement” of the economy and a lack of regulation that led to the current situation.“I think the American people have had it with this situation where the middle-income people in our country are not protected from the ramifications of the risk-taking and the greed of these financial institutions,” Pelosi told MSNBC.
When asked whether the Democrats “deserve some responsibility” regarding the economic crisis, Pelosi responded: “No.”
Ok, first off, Nancy tries to blame the Bush administration for something that's clearly not his fault, but then tries to say that Democrats don't deserve any responsibility either?
Any third grader can tell you that the President only signs legislation into law, he cannot pass laws by himself. Congress does that. So, for her to say that Bush is responsible, is bullshit. Of course, Democrats aren't either, because the fault lies with the companies themselves, but if there's anyone in the government who has any real power over any situation, it's Congress, not the President.
So, if Congress passes legislation that the President signs or vetoes, how is Congress responsible for the situation?
It's partisan politics that even Barack Obama is playing, and they are trying to capitalize on the feelings of voters.
Nancy should know better, but I guess passing the buck on responsibility, even if it's clearly not a government problem, comes second nature to her.
She's even shown to be hypocritical about her dealings with her own party's corrupt members:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday privately pushed Rep. Charlie Rangel to give up his chairmanship of the influential House tax-rules committee amid explosive revelations that his personal tax filings were riddled with errors and omissions, a wellplaced source said.
I posted about how Democrats were going to "punish" Joe Lieberman by removing him from one of his committee memberships for speaking at the Republican National Convention.
So, if they can remove Joe, why can't she remove Rangel? Because she doesn't want to. Period. She was even quoted as saying "there's no way" that she'd remove Rangel.
Rangel met privately Tuesday morning with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, his second such meeting in two days. He emerged tightlipped, refusing to discuss the matter.
"People believe that this is so sensitive that the last person in the world that should be discussing it is me. So I love you guys but what can I tell ya?" Rangel said as he walked out of the meeting.
His lawyer said Pelosi told Rangel "she was pleased at the initiative he's taken to, in effect, authorize an investigation of himself with full transparency and direct reporting to the ethics committee and she also expressed her appreciation that he is allowing the House ethics committee to complete its process."
It's a dog and pony show. She has no intention of removing Christopher Dodd, William Jefferson, or now Charles Rangel. But let's not look into the corrupt nature of members of her own party and get rid of the "culture of corruption", let's start an "investigation" into Wall Street dealings, which will lead to nothing but wasted time and taxpayer dollars.
And she wonders out loud why she is in charge of a 9% approval rated Congress.
It's crap like that; Blame Republicans for anything, say or do anything to get into office, and then do anything you can to help your corrupt friends and colleagues, including exempting America Samoa from the minimum wage increase because one of your constituents owns a major factory there.
Travis
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