Video: Pelosi says Bush is a “total failure”
posted at 10:50 am on November 2, 2007 by Bryan
Hm. Solid economy in spite of a planet full of uncertainty and chaos, no attacks on the US homeland despite 6 years of al Qaeda and assorted wannabes trying, and a war in the volcano called Iraq that seems to be turning around. Oh, and the deficit is going down too.
Yeah, other than that, President Bush has nothing to show for his time in office. You go, Nancy! You can hit single-digit approval if you try a little harder.
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Takes one to know one.
aero on November 2, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Hmmm…so according to her, Congress is a failure, and Bush is a failure…and the American people voted in those failures. Who hasn’t failed, in your eyes, Madam Speaker?
MadisonConservative on November 2, 2007 at 10:51 AM
It sounded to me that she said the Iraq War is a “total failure”–not President Bush. I suppose it is clear that is what she thinks he is total failure.
thuja on November 2, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Again with the projection.Do yourself a favor twitchy-eyes, stop talking, try to make it through the time you’ve got left with a shred of dugnity .
bbz123 on November 2, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Nancy is and has been an absolute failure and her transparent attempts to project her failures on others simply won’t work.
rplat on November 2, 2007 at 10:58 AM
I think she was calling the war a total failure, but the video and audio were disconnected. She’s really quite stupid, isn’t she? And she’s desperately due for another face lift and some general tidying up, facially.
Jaibones on November 2, 2007 at 11:00 AM
We have all failed our Republic. We have a Constitutional mandate to protect our republic from over-reaching politicians. We MUST use the power of the vote wisely and from an informed position. Our republic can survive invasions, natural disasters, and epidemics; it cannot survive an ill-informed and apathetic public.
That being said, I would really like to see Congress’s numbers make it to the single digits. Meaningful change can only come from abysmal failure. And you, Nancy Pelosi, are an abysmal failure.
LarryinVA on November 2, 2007 at 11:00 AM
She’s getting worse and worse. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt when she first came in even being from SF. But now I realize that there is no reason to give her the benefit of the doubt.
SHE is the most partisan person in DC. She is the one who always talks about how much better the D’s are doing than the R’s anytime someone points out Congress’ low ratings.
Yeah, he is the President of the United States. That means he won a NATIONAL election to speak for the country. You won a single district and took the opportunity to create foreign policy in the Middle East as a treasonous act earlier this year.
Pelosi is cracking under pressure.
ThackerAgency on November 2, 2007 at 11:01 AM
She LOVES the smell of DOOM in the morning!
tree hugging sister on November 2, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Actually the headline of the video on YouTube is that she’s calling the War in Iraq a “total failure,” which I think is accurate. Which is equally if not more notable as ol’ Harry’s quote from several months back, but not nearly as timely.
Vizzini on November 2, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Oh just shut up and try to do something besides be the failure your congress is!
robo on November 2, 2007 at 11:06 AM
To clarify, “accurate” in the sense that it accurately portrays what Pelosi was saying.
Vizzini on November 2, 2007 at 11:06 AM
There she goes again telling us what the American People want. Sorry Nancy, we do not want Amnesty or SCHIP. And neither does Congress or you’d be getting veto proof passages.
A true leader doesn’t blame others for not getting things done.
ctmom on November 2, 2007 at 11:07 AM
It’s actually worse for her if she’s calling the war a total failure.
BadgerHawk on November 2, 2007 at 11:08 AM
She’s calling both Bush and the war a total failure. What else can she mean by saying that he has nothing to show for his time in office?
Bryan on November 2, 2007 at 11:11 AM
Shes a walking talking Republican get out the vote poster. Don’t let the Dems organize to can her leave her right where she is at and watch the meltdown.
CommentGuy on November 2, 2007 at 11:12 AM
nancy pelosi’s relevance in history will likely go down the way of NEW COKE.
wryteacher on November 2, 2007 at 11:13 AM
“Iraqi deaths up in October in blow to US ‘surge’ policy”. AFP is really pushing the “failure” meme today.
Vizzini on November 2, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Your pathetic Ms Pelosi, if you want to see a total failure, go look in the mirror.
Maxx on November 2, 2007 at 11:17 AM
And just what accomplishments does Nacny Pelosi, and the Democrat-controlled Congress, have to show for themselves?
JetBoy on November 2, 2007 at 11:21 AM
By the way I agree with Bryan that she’s calling Bush a failure, just not a “failure.”
Vizzini on November 2, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Anyone have a list of Pelosi’s accomplishments since she took over as Majority leader?
Anyone? Bueller?
She had a laundry list of projects and policies she was going to implement. How’d that go?
The only thing accomplished is the minimum wage hike.
Everything else fell by the wayside – to a lame duck President no less.
lawhawk on November 2, 2007 at 11:22 AM
Wow, they really are looking to paint America as a failure no matter what happens. I guess the next story will be how we aren’t using as many bullets and putting the bullet makers out of business with the drop in overall violence.
It’s times like these when I wonder about the ‘freedom of the press’. We really need some laws these days.
ThackerAgency on November 2, 2007 at 11:23 AM
This is what comes from sitting home on election day.
Worst of all, we knew it was coming.
*it = Pelosi
Have we learned our lesson?
fogw on November 2, 2007 at 11:24 AM
So, she thinks she is a terrific success?
countywolf on November 2, 2007 at 11:28 AM
The war is “a total failure”, huh? Tell that to the troops, Nancy, and see what they have to say about that. What a horrible, dishonorable thing for her to say.
Oh, and “we are standing from a position of…great bipartisanship”? WTF? When is the last time anything in Washington was remotely bipartisan?
She’s a terrible person. She stands up one week, smiling at the president when they host the Dalai Lama acting polite and respectful and then comes out and says things like this.
I wish we could dissolve Congress and try again. These people are useless.
CP on November 2, 2007 at 11:28 AM
You know what they say, Nancy.
It takes one to know one.
Lawrence on November 2, 2007 at 11:29 AM
LIAR
apostle53 on November 2, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Bryan… I think you just got plagarized by a poster on that YouTube clip. I don’t know if that is a big deal or not, just thought you ought to know that someone posted what you said before the video above verbatim.
Unless of course that was you who posted it on the YouTube site.
Oh, and Nancy Pelosi is a fool.
Nineball on November 2, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Considering what Michael Yon said in his latest Dispatch, yeah, I’d say Al Qaeda in Iraq would have to agree.
DakRoland on November 2, 2007 at 11:39 AM
Of course Bush is a complete failure:
Bush has FAILED to nationalize the health care industry in the US.
Bush has Failed to bring peace to the middle east by submitting to the mad mullahs.
Bush has failed to provide free ‘everything’ to the deserving citizens of the US.
Bush has failed to reduce the size of the US military, which would bring peace to the world.
Bush has failed to end racism, and discrimination in the US.
Bush has failed to end the evils of capitalism in the US.
Bush has failed to stop US corporations from exporting jobs overseas.
Bush has failed to find cures to all known diseases.
Bush has failed to end gender discrimination in the US.
Bush has failed to end the dominance of Christians in the US.
Bush has failed to . . . .
of course, in the alternate universe the political left inhabits, Bush is a COMPLETE FAILURE, because he has not given them everything they want.
rockhauler on November 2, 2007 at 11:43 AM
You know what they say, go to bed with the dogs and you wake up with fleas! This is nothing more than the predictable outcome of the “rat” party attaching themselves to the far left special interest groups. It was one thing when they were the minority party and they could claim that the only thing preventing them from [insert moonbat cause here] were Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and the VRWC. But now, they’ve got both houses of Congress and the folks that have been financing the “rats” expect a return on their investment. The only problem is that the American public is against everything the special interests are demanding.
Hillary’s gaffe with illegals getting driver’s licenses is a perfect example. The senior Senator from New York essentially said “no comment” to legislation that directly threatens the security of her constituency! Why? Because she’s gotten boatloads of money from people that want amnesty despite the fact that 72% of New Yorkers are violently opposed to the legislation!
Nancy Pelosi has been a dismal failure. In one of the most powerful jobs in the world, she’s accomplished nothing. She’s attempted to force surrender of the troops twice, she’s attempted to push through the first step of socialized medicine twice- and couldn’t muster enough of her own party to get it done! Throw in “ethics reform” from a party that has William Jefferson in its ranks and things become pretty clear.
highhopes on November 2, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Under Bush’s watch the national debt has increased from $3 trillion to $9 trillion, causing him to increase the debt ceiling five times. He brought the national debt down in 2007 to $128 billion after he created an all-time high debt of $413 billion in 2004.
When Bush took office the US dollar was worth about 1.50 Canadian. Today it is worth about .94 Canadian.
I’ve seen Bush characterized in a lot of ways, but not as a successful fiscal conservative.
dedalus on November 2, 2007 at 11:52 AM
Well she has given aid and comfort to our enemies by visiting Syria.
She has damaged the morale of our troops in harms way (and emboldened the morale of those trying to kill them) by allowing Murtha to call them cold-blooded-killers without trail or censure.
She as carried quite a bit of water for AL-Q. (IMHO)
Doesn’t that count?
CrazyFool on November 2, 2007 at 11:52 AM
lol, she ends claiming Bush “stooped” to a level below his office “… and I don’t want to go there with him”. Hey moron, what do you think your entire rant was? You were “going there”! I suppose this is another example of what John Stewart was hounding Snow about – These poor Dems, just trying to work for the American people, but can’t get anything done because of the hyperpartisan Bush constnatly trying to divide the country?
RightWinged on November 2, 2007 at 11:56 AM
Say’s it all!!
CloneTrooper on November 2, 2007 at 11:57 AM
She is a bit twitchy.
pat on November 2, 2007 at 11:59 AM
Congress: 11% approval rating.
Bush: 33%.
’nuff said.
Mazztek on November 2, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Can she keep her Speakership? Which Dem. can challenge her?
JiangxiDad on November 2, 2007 at 12:02 PM
I reiterate my “rabid dog” comment.
franksalterego on November 2, 2007 at 12:03 PM
There’s a difference between the deficit, and the debt. Take a look at a good easy-read HERE to help explain…
JetBoy on November 2, 2007 at 12:04 PM
so it’s a success if a huge mess he created has shown signs of maybe slowly turning around?
Anyone remember the anthrax thing? There were 8 years between the attacks on the U.S. homeland anyway pre-9/11 and our allies and interests have been hit worldwide (Britain, Spain…soldiers in Iraq). Pelosi’s view isn’t a fringe one…what’s Bush’s approval rating?
her approval rating is so low because people don’t think shes acting democratic enough or standing up to Bush on Iraq (this was posted on HA yesterday…) The sad thing is you know all these things but choose to misrepresent them anyway.
crr6 on November 2, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Bush created the Iraq war? And here, I always thought it was Saddam, and his refusal to comply with UN res. 1441…and if “things are slowly turning around” in Iraq, as you put it, isn’t that a good thing? Hardly the “never-ending, unwinnable” war Pelosi speaks of…
JetBoy on November 2, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Jailbones is right. She said “A war without end that is a total failure.”
Drum on November 2, 2007 at 12:17 PM
In sports, you’d say “SCOREBOARD!!”.
So Nancy…….APPROVAL RATINGS.
Hawkins1701 on November 2, 2007 at 12:17 PM
PappaMac on November 2, 2007 at 12:22 PM
when I said he created the mess I meant through mismanagement of the war. Not starting the war.
crr6 on November 2, 2007 at 12:22 PM
Please don’t confuse economic knowledge bankrupt people with facts. It gets in their way of Bush bashing.
Wade on November 2, 2007 at 12:23 PM
uhhh dude….
Wasn’t aware the USS Cole and Khobar Towers are in the U.S. mainland.
crr6 on November 2, 2007 at 12:25 PM
…kill more puppies than Michael Vick.*
*Warning:shameless self promotion page. Witty…but shameless.
tree hugging sister on November 2, 2007 at 12:26 PM
She’s trying to bring up Congress’ approval rating. Part of the reason for the dismal ratings is that many Democrats feel as though the Congress is not being hard enough on the president. This is her attempt to bring the discouraged Democrats back onboard.
Slublog on November 2, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Nancy, take your bed head, hat hair and go lie in your corner.
abinitioadinfinitum on November 2, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Bush failed in getting Turkey pissed off at the USA …oh wait…that was Pelosi…never mind.
Wade on November 2, 2007 at 12:29 PM
The debt is at $9 trillion and the deficit is at $128 billion–the first is accumulated and the second is annual. Thanks for the link. I thought I differentiated between debt & deficit clearly in my post. What your chart shows is the debt as a percentage of GDP which is more meaningful than absolute dollars. The chart doesn’t reflect well on so-called conservative Republicans as compared with Democrats or moderate Republicans like Nixon and Ike.
dedalus on November 2, 2007 at 12:30 PM
As opposed to what Bill Clinton has to show for his time in office?
Uh hunh.
Speakup on November 2, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Ahead of the vote on 1441 John Negroponte famously assured the Security Council that the resolution contained no “hidden triggers” for war. Subsequently, the Security Council refused to authorize war as a result Iraq’s non-compliance, leaving Bush to justify war against Iraq with only Britain and Spain along side him in the Azores.
We can disagree on whether to commit our troops to Iraq, but we shouldn’t commit them on behalf of every non-compliance with a Security Council Resolution. A more important question is how much better/worse is the current situation than the policy of Containment?
dedalus on November 2, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Projection (Marsha), projection (Marsha), projection (Marsha)!
Madame Speaker’s days are numbered! I predict a can of woop ass come Nov. ’08.
Winebabe on November 2, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Hey Nancy:
That’s a MIRROR you’re looking at…it’s not George Bush…it’s YOU!!!
landlines on November 2, 2007 at 1:05 PM
And why is that, crr6? Because she, and the rest of the Dems, ran against Bush (nothing else). They had (and continue to have) no actual ideas and platform (other than anti-Bush/anti-war). What else do the Dems stand for? They are a mess, which is clearly reflected in Congress’ approval ratings. What have they done? Nothing. They aren’t going to de-fund the war, because all that will do is create the worst possible situation in Iraq (and the middle east as a whole). Keep in mind, crr6, that the American people (including many of your flip-flopping Dems) supported the war at the onset. They just changed their position (and tune) when the polls started reflecting that the people were getting impatient and wanting some sort of resolution.
I’m tired of hearing and reading the same crap from liberals about Bush and the war – it all entails complaints, but no actual ideas and solutions.
Rick on November 2, 2007 at 1:05 PM
We have these stupid (and I mean stupid) people in Congress working against the current administration. Other stupid people either elected them into power directly or by being prissy and not voting in order to teach someone a lesson.
They got elected on this, and will keep singing the same song just like The Stones do with their fifty year old Pop music to sold out crowds.
We’re a nation of existential morons.
Hening on November 2, 2007 at 1:18 PM
Great. Another stupid Pelosi pronouncement, and another troll to not feed. All in the same thread. Sheesh…
trigon on November 2, 2007 at 1:43 PM
We’re Winning!
Kini on November 2, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Shhh, don’t tell crr6 that.
Rick on November 2, 2007 at 2:05 PM
Exactly. Like Hillary’s non-answer to the DLs for illegals question, “Bush failed! Bush failed! Bush failed!” – liberals believe failure to swallow their agenda is failure period.
If you lie to the people long enough many will believe the lie only because they’ve heard it repeated ad nauseam.
infidel4life on November 2, 2007 at 2:11 PM
With congressional approval lower than GW’s, does that make Pelosi an ABSOLUTE TOTAL FAILURE?
Or a CATEGORICAL FAILURE?
Or an ULTIMATE FAILURE?
She should refrain from throwing rocks with rubber bands on them.
desertdweller on November 2, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Gosh, it’s too bad you are unwilling to extend that courtesy to Rudy and Mitt.
Buy Danish on November 2, 2007 at 2:29 PM
Wait a minute…….. shouldn’t she be standing before a SYRIAN flag? Just asking.
dbdiva on November 2, 2007 at 2:34 PM
Wasn’t aware the USS Cole and Khobar Towers are in the U.S. mainland.
crr6 on November 2, 2007 at 12:25 PM
You are remarkably uninformed and are engaging in a bout of cherry picking.
The attacks on the US embassies in 1998 were attacks on “US Soil” per long-standing convention. The attack on the USS Cole, a US warship, was an attack upon “US Soil”, also by long standing convention. Both the embassy attacks and the Cole are legitimately considered “acts of war” under international law.
The Khobar Towers was an attack upon a US facility and US personnel. Under international law, this can also be considered an act of war.
From the first WTC attack to 9/11/01, the cycle time for attacks upon United States had been reduced to one every 2 years.
The argument that because the States that make up United States were not attacked between 1993 and 2001, that the USA was, therefore not attacked, is specious, at best. More likely, you are engaging in leftwing polemics.
Shame on you.
georgej on November 2, 2007 at 2:37 PM
The transcript:
William Teach on November 2, 2007 at 2:42 PM
I hope you’re not questioning her patriotism…
Rick on November 2, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Now now georgej, you know you cannot shame that which hath no shame…
doriangrey on November 2, 2007 at 2:51 PM
One must posses patriotism before that patriotism can be questioned…
doriangrey on November 2, 2007 at 2:52 PM
Thanks Bryan. Your commentary raised my disdain for this POS even more than I thought possible.
Griz on November 2, 2007 at 3:22 PM
True words of wisdom (that liberals don’t understand, and never will).
Rick on November 2, 2007 at 3:25 PM
If Bush is a total failure, she’s on life support and the plug’s about to be pulled.
T J Green on November 2, 2007 at 3:27 PM
Wade on November 2, 2007 at 4:04 PM
Interesting how psychological projection works, isn’t it? San Fran Nan’s been the majority leader for just under a year, and she’s only managed to pass the minimum wage bill. Oh, and a few pointless non-binding resolutions.
BKennedy on November 2, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Then my work here is done!
Bryan on November 2, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Terrific Supreme Court nominees passed and on the Court for life, other prolife executive directives and a solidly pro-life stem cell policy. Lots of antipoverty and pro-education policies and programs, and a solid if flawed commitment to the war on terror.
And BTW oh yeah a tax cut.
I’ll take that over Pelosi’s “accomplishments” any day.
inviolet on November 2, 2007 at 4:59 PM
You claim the debt has increased 6 trillion dollars, when the record high annual debt was 413 billion? With that record dept quoted occurring every year, max over 7 years would be less than 3 trillion. Go check your figures and come back later with the correction if you want a passing grade.
iurockhead on November 2, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Yeah, before you get all righteous you might consider the dishonest joy that your lefty media friends have bathed in as Bush’s numbers plummeted, knowing all the while that his approval was dropping because conservatives disapproved of his liberal policies, especially on illegal immigration.
He stands at 33% approval because a little more than half of the GOP approves, and none of the BDS left. So, how does Pelosi’s 11% get a glossier review? Almost no one approves of anything she is doing…
Jaibones on November 2, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Allow me to apologize in advance for my profanity…
D2Boston on November 2, 2007 at 5:29 PM
The current debt is a little over $9 trillion, including intragovernmental holdings. The $3 trillion I pulled from the Senate Budget Committee should actually be $5.7 trillion, including intragovernmental holdings. These numbers are from the treasury department.
Based on these numbers the debt increased 57% under Bush and rose as a percentage of GDP from 58% to 69%.
My point is that Bush hasn’t acted as a fiscal conservative.
dedalus on November 2, 2007 at 5:49 PM
We are in agreement.
However, isn’t Congress responsible for the federal budget?
Hmmmm????
JannyMae on November 2, 2007 at 7:11 PM
That’s the first thing I noticed. She looks like a saddlebag with eyes. That’s a big change from 11 months ago when she stood up on the podium shaking that gavel like she had absolute power. I guess her delusions have been sufficiently attacked that some reality is shining through…..and SHE’S SCARED!
csdeven on November 2, 2007 at 7:35 PM
The president starts the process with a budget request. It would be interesting to analyze the historical differences between the request and the final budget. Bush did have a Republican house for 6 years and a Republican Senate about half the time, so presumably he has had quite a bit of influence over the final product.
dedalus on November 2, 2007 at 7:55 PM
Stupid female dog.
D2Boston on November 3, 2007 at 1:53 AM