The Dangers Of A President Pelosi

(National Review Online)  This column was written by Thomas Sowell.

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Perhaps nothing so captures the superficial, frivolous, and irresponsible spirit of our times like the sudden boomlet for Barack Obama as a candidate for president of the United States.

He is a bright, personable and articulate young man but what has he ever actually accomplished that would qualify him for the highest office in the nation and the leadership of the free world?

This is no criticism of Senator Obama. He has been in the Senate only a couple of years. Maybe a decade from now he will have crafted enough important legislation, or distinguished himself in some other way, as to be someone worth considering for president. But today, just because he is fluent, smooth, and black?

Similarly for Congressman Harold Ford, who is running for the Senate in Tennessee. However moderate he may seem, his election could turn the Senate over to extremists like Ted Kennedy & Co.

Both Ford and Obama are probably better than most congressional Democrats, but that is a very small claim in a high-tax party that has been irresponsible on national defense for decades and has fought against even modest attempts to control illegal immigration.

Contrary to what you might think from the way the media cover politics, elections are not about the careers of politicians but about the fate of the country. That fate is definitely on the line now with a nuclear Iran and a nuclear North Korea looming over our children's future.

The time is long overdue to get serious about the caliber of people to whom power and responsibility are to be entrusted. That is especially important if and when the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives after this election.

They can be vague about their agenda but they can't hide the facts about who will stand to wield power if they take over the House.

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[hermit22]

Hi Shingles, Couric was specifically hoping that the Kerry deal would be a one day and thats enough type of story, and she complained that the Republicans would be keeping it going.That is what I was refering too.

[tibu987]

I was an ardent fan of Obama until I found out that he is the godson of a very long time, corrupt Chicago politician. He also supports that persons son for a major Chicago political position.
Also, Obama is the close friend of Tony Rezko who owns the lot next to Obama's home and has been indicted for some serious corruption matters. Rezco is also a close friend of the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich whose office is being looked into by Federal Investigators.
So, par for the course in llinois, corruption lives on, nothing changes, just faces.
Obama's friends. Go figure.
Things are beginning to make more sense and it is not favorable.

[shingles1]

Fartknocker2, that's funny, you don't write like you've been "reading for long time".

Ah, well -- National Review must be cut some slack for being so much in the dark. There are so few well-lighted anal cavities, and that appears to be where the National Review-ers keep their heads a good part of the time.

Shame on me! Another death blow to civility...on the other hand, if National Review-er's language skills are on a par with Mr. Bush's (or Tony Snow's), the missile will whiz above their comprehension, doing no discernible damage.

Gee, I've managed offense and self-exoneration. I can see why the GOPers have become addicted to it. It really does simplify matters.

[shingles1]

"If Kerry were a republican, his nasty remark would have been played and replayed instead of covered up under the lid."

Yes, being FRONT PAGE news everywhere is a good example of the story being "covered up".
Bad liberal media, bad!

[bluestardad]

Dictators is that a Washington Dish that Republican Mark Foley was covertly serving the Congressional pages, Or Is that a Texas Style potato dish that the Bush administration has been feeding the American people for the last few years?

[zip37603]

I hope her first order of the day will be to impeach monsters bush and cheney.

[hermit22]

Someone at National Review Online must have their head set on straight with a level balance.

I had to double check, then double check again, just to make sure this Pelosi report was realy on CBS.

If Kerry were a republican, his nasty remark would have been played and replayed instead of covered up under the lid. Katie's predjudice is showing.

[LowFlyn]

Wake up America! Only the Republican Party can stop Nancy Pelosi from inviting Gay Mexican Terrorist Stem Cell Researchers with San Francisco Values into the country! They will invade your homes, redecorate your living rooms and marry each other before triggering their WMDs! Did I mention that they will exaggerate Parkinson's symptoms? We must not cut and run, we must stay the cou - er, never mind.

[sandy5274]

The worst mistakes the Democrats have made since
that Republican Loser George W Bush & *** Cheney
got in as President & Vice President was running
that idiot windsurfer loser John Kerry for their
Democratic Presidential Candidate and making that
pair of losers Nancy Pelosi House Democratic
Leader and that crooked old fraud Harry Reid their Senate Minority Leader and we hope to Hell
that the Democrats learned from their mistakes &
get rid of Pelosi & Reid & not be dumb enough to
re-nominate that loser John Kerry in 2008 as we
don't need a Democrat version of George W Bush &
*** Cheney Or Dennis Cover Up Hastert or Bill The Video Doctor Frist again either! So Democrats
wake up and accept reality here will you?