Comments on: Republicans and the Pelosi non-scandals http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sean Aqui http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/comment-page-1/#comment-219773 Sean Aqui Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:20:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/#comment-219773 Yeah, I went back and forth on that. She's No. 3 in line, if you count the President himself. Glen: I think it's weirder to assume Clinton dreamed up the Obama thing and leaked it to a Moonie publication than it is to lay it at the door of said publication. Though I suppose I should have been more careful in my use of the term "Republican." Yeah, I went back and forth on that. She’s No. 3 in line, if you count the President himself.

Glen: I think it’s weirder to assume Clinton dreamed up the Obama thing and leaked it to a Moonie publication than it is to lay it at the door of said publication. Though I suppose I should have been more careful in my use of the term “Republican.”

]]> By: number2 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/comment-page-1/#comment-219613 number2 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:11:14 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/#comment-219613 Not to pick a nit, but the Speaker of the House, Rep. Pelosi, is second in line to the Presidency. Vice President is first, followed by Speaker. Not to pick a nit, but the Speaker of the House, Rep. Pelosi, is second in line to the Presidency. Vice President is first, followed by Speaker.

]]> By: bob in fl http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/comment-page-1/#comment-219488 bob in fl Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:05:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/#comment-219488 President supports Pelosi position on air travel. Seems like that would be big news. Yet there was only one headline from about 6 mainstream RSS feeds I use daily. (There would be more, but about 6 that Yahoo offers are never available, including Fox News.) What is up with that? Where is the so called liberal mainstream media? Could it be their corporate, conservative owners allow only certain liberal items to be printed to make it appear their outlets are indeed liberal? It seems to me that they are in lockstep with the Bushies in general, including enough liberal content in their coverage to legitimize their "liberalism". I agree with the author of the article, and your comments, Justin, about the far right's (& far left's) mudslinging. Both should be ignored except as a reflection of the people making absurd accusations. Whatever happened to atually reporting the news, without spin, & letting the viewer reach their own conclusions? Why must they be cheerleaders for one side or the other? President supports Pelosi position on air travel. Seems like that would be big news. Yet there was only one headline from about 6 mainstream RSS feeds I use daily. (There would be more, but about 6 that Yahoo offers are never available, including Fox News.) What is up with that? Where is the so called liberal mainstream media? Could it be their corporate, conservative owners allow only certain liberal items to be printed to make it appear their outlets are indeed liberal? It seems to me that they are in lockstep with the Bushies in general, including enough liberal content in their coverage to legitimize their “liberalism”.

I agree with the author of the article, and your comments, Justin, about the far right’s (& far left’s) mudslinging. Both should be ignored except as a reflection of the people making absurd accusations. Whatever happened to atually reporting the news, without spin, & letting the viewer reach their own conclusions? Why must they be cheerleaders for one side or the other?

]]> By: Glen Wishard http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/comment-page-1/#comment-219152 Glen Wishard Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:01:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/09/republicans-and-the-pelosi-non-scandals/#comment-219152 You are assuming that the Obama thing was dreamed up by Republicans, when so far the only person accused of spreading anti-Obama mischief is Hillary Clinton, as we discussed in the earlier thread. I don't think it was done either by Clinton or by Republicans, but that's beside the point here. As for Pelosi, you seem to be responding to a non-scandal with a non-objection. You seem to agree that it is absurd for Pelosi to have a huge-ass 757 just so she can fly non-stop to California - consuming as much fuel as every SUV in California on the way. (I guess we're not going to hear any more crap about SUVs and greenhouse gases after this, right?) Murtha threatening to cut the Pentagon's budget unless she gets one makes it extra ridiculous. Republicans dreamed all this up? Invoking Cheney does not add anything to the argument. Cheney is the Vice President of the United States, and all sorts of emergency scenarios call for either the President or the VP to be whisked away to some remote location, or kept airborne for long periods of time. Secondly, the office of VP has all sorts of security attached to it that does not attach to the Speaker. I assume Pelosi does not need a 757 to cart around her Secret Service, staff, and press entourage. So Pelosi's Big Plane is a silly thing, which will be forgotten in a few weeks, but in the meantime somebody has to catch a little political flak. Good luck trying to use an imaginary Republican conspiracy as a shield. You are assuming that the Obama thing was dreamed up by Republicans, when so far the only person accused of spreading anti-Obama mischief is Hillary Clinton, as we discussed in the earlier thread. I don’t think it was done either by Clinton or by Republicans, but that’s beside the point here.

As for Pelosi, you seem to be responding to a non-scandal with a non-objection. You seem to agree that it is absurd for Pelosi to have a huge-ass 757 just so she can fly non-stop to California – consuming as much fuel as every SUV in California on the way. (I guess we’re not going to hear any more crap about SUVs and greenhouse gases after this, right?) Murtha threatening to cut the Pentagon’s budget unless she gets one makes it extra ridiculous. Republicans dreamed all this up?

Invoking Cheney does not add anything to the argument. Cheney is the Vice President of the United States, and all sorts of emergency scenarios call for either the President or the VP to be whisked away to some remote location, or kept airborne for long periods of time. Secondly, the office of VP has all sorts of security attached to it that does not attach to the Speaker. I assume Pelosi does not need a 757 to cart around her Secret Service, staff, and press entourage.

So Pelosi’s Big Plane is a silly thing, which will be forgotten in a few weeks, but in the meantime somebody has to catch a little political flak. Good luck trying to use an imaginary Republican conspiracy as a shield.

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