Comments on: President Bush And Rep. Pelosi Make Nice

Common Ground Pledged Between Bush And Incoming House Speaker At Luncheon

[olebd]

I expect Dubya to roll over and relax toward the end of his term just like his daddy did. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[grumpas]

I am like those who say we should demand impeachment! To settle for anything less would make a mockery of everything we are supposed to stand for. I still remember the Republican's trying to impeach Clinton over lying to Congress about Monica! That was literally nothing compared to the lie's George has told! If we are ever going to have any self-respect as a nation he is going to have to be impeached! He lied to start a totally unnecessary war! His feet should be held to the fire to let future President's know this is not acceptable behavior for a President! The American people will not tolerate it!

[observantx]

So now we have everyone making nice.

What we saw at the, excuse me, OUR White House was pure Kabuki theatre. Fearless Leader will smile and nod and so will Nancy for the cameras. The struggle for power will go on. As it stands now the only changes we will see for the near term will be around the edges.

The only way to ensure we have substantial return of power away from corporations and the silver spoon crowd and back to the average middle class Jack and Jill is to make it absolutely clear each of our senators and representatives that the following questions are going to be asked every day:

Who has been lobbying you for what?
Who has been contributing to you and why?
Who actually wrote the legislation you are promoting?
Who are the people you have been seeing and who are the people you have not been seeing?
Are you keeping your nose out of our personal lives and decisions?
Are you defending and upholding the Constitution or your own position and agenda?

Find the address, phone number and email of your senator and representative on the web. Use them if you believe they are backsliding.

[mjv2944]

It's doing to be quite difficult for Dubya and his band of merry thieves , to operate within the Constitution. Hope the dems don't fall too far to the left, if they do, they are doomed, as the people will not tolerate the radicals as just witnessed Tuesday. Do whats right for America and not big business or other special interests, and you might survive. A really strong third party or term limits are needed.

[shingles1]

I don't expect either a push for impeachment or a withdrawal from Iraq.

Both are bad politics all around. The Democrats will refer to "timetables" for withdrawal instead of "benchmarks" and will slowly move us in that direction. But much slower than either wings hope or fear. So we'll still be there for a while.

I DO expect that Congress WILL finally conduct some oversight of the Executive branch. And that's what you'll want to watch - the investigations there - if NEW information is revealed that shows criminal conduct on the part of the President, then impeachment is on the table. But not off the bat.

Remember, part of the problem with this past Congress is that they've been useless. In every possible way. So the American Public is looking for a change in direction, but they're also looking for Congress to actually get some work done.

[pakaal]

Isn't that shweet? Look at those two lovebirds. Kiss her you fool!

[formycountry]

We must demand impeachment. Without it there can be no respect for the constitution, no respect for the rule of law, no respect for America. Let Nancy Pelosi know that she must deal with these issues when she assumes the responsibility for representing the wishes of the majority of the American people.

[rharrin1]

She said impeachment not on the table
I wonder what these two have to do, I guess they are above the law.
If a private citizen did what these two have done they would be executed. One politician looking out for the other.

ARE YOU SURE SHE IS A DEMOCRAT

[pakaal]

If this country is going to get together, now's a great time to do it. Hopefully Bush and Pelosi 'making nice' can serve to move past the worst of the partisanship - although that's a long shot at best.

[talkingham]

Colbert was so sad last night but sang an excellent if not disturbing harmony to Jon Hall's rendition of the National Anthem. South Park helped cheer me back up. I guess Cheney had a good hunting trip if was hunting for crow.

I do hope some of the Dems decide to investigate some of the aspects of how the war has been "run." Instead of concentrating on the real issues of the day as soon as the repubs took power in '94 they tried to literally destroy him and his family. The repubs hired a partisan special prosecutor who spents millions and took years to investigate every aspect of the Clintons. We won't see that with Bush. His daddy is too powerful with CIA heaadquarters named after him after all. Invading another country under false pretenses is about as bad as it gets but I don't think we'll see an investigation unless Murtha gets a chance.