Nancy Pelosi at Brave New Films

We Cannot Afford to Escalate in Afghanistan

2008-11-20T02:59:06Z

Democratic critics of the continued occupation of Iraq argue that we cannot afford an open-ended presence in that country, and they are right. What they may not realize, however, is that their (correct) arguments for a drawdown of our occupation of Iraq have implications for their proposed alternative defense and foreign policies. If we cannot afford an extended, costly occupation of Iraq, we certainly can't afford to escalate our presence in Afghanistan.

House Democrats have for years held up the indeterminate length and deep costs of the Iraq war as reasons for redeployment of U.S. troops. For example, on October 22, 2007, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said:

"The choice is between a Democratic plan for responsible redeployment of our troops and the President's plan to spend another trillion dollars for a 10-year war in Iraq. We must end this war."

The Speaker was absolutely correct in 2007, and her statement carries even more force following stock market and credit crises and a mind-boggling $700 billion bailout. The United States' economy is in dire straights, and we cannot continue to pay the overt and hidden costs of the Iraq occupation if we hope to fund any meaningful solutions to our nation's challenges.

Nancy Pelosi Sells Out to the Immigration Reform Foes

2008-11-10T14:32:27Z

Is Nancy Pelosi trying to improve her ratings with hate groups like FAIR and NumbersUSA?

Check out an excerpt from her interview on the Charles Rose Show just this past week (Oct 16):

NANCY PELOSI: Immigration, we have to have comprehensive immigration reform. We`ve always talked about our principles: secure our borders, enforce our laws, have -- Family unification has been part of our immigration law. Have that as a principle. Try to have path to legalization. I still don`t know where Senator McCain is on it. He has been back and forth. He was the author of the legislation and then he opposed it and the rest. But perhaps what we have to do is reverse it and require that everyone in our country become legal. And then say to them, if you can`t meet the test, you have to go home. Or you have -- you just have --

CHARLIE ROSE: Require them to go through the process of becoming legal.

NANCYPELOSI: I`m just saying becoming citizens. I`m just saying register so that we know who you are.

CHARLIE ROSE: If you`re not willing to register and be identified, then you`ve got to go back.

NANCY PELOSI: You got to go back. We have to do something.

What was that? Surely, Nancy Pelosi is in a position to realize that undocumented migrants are not undocumented out of choice--we CANNOT become legal no matter how much we want to. Hello? What part of legal immigration don't you understand? Those of us brought here by our parents illegally CANNOT become legal without legislation such as the DREAM Act or Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Additionally, requiring us to go home means a 10-year ban and separation from our families--what sort of family unification plan is that?

What democratic principles is Nancy Pelosi upholding by agreeing to politically disenfranchise 12 million immigrants forever?

House Rejects Bailout Despite Pressure

2008-12-02T12:54:03Z

The $700 billion bailout plan came to a vote in the House of Representatives after a week of intense debate. Though both Democratic and Republican leadership called on their colleagues to support the bill, it failed by 23 votes.

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