They Call Her Stumbles

While many politicians stumble here and there in their career, I find it utterly amazing that so far Nancy Pelosi has done nothing but stumble since the election and vote made her the Speaker of the House in waiting. The sad and scary thing is that her stumbles are not trivial. In fact they reveal a serious lack in judgement accompanied by a catty nature and striking ignorance. Here is the rundown so far:

- After claiming the Dems would be running the most ethical Congress in history, Pelosi supported the election of Jack Murtha for the #2 position in the House. Only after the election did the media reveal the stench of corruption that surrounds Murtha. Pelosi's fellow Dems spared her from the ultimate embarrassment of Murtha, but bloodied her nose in the process.

- We have heard that the testosterone driven ego of male politicians are a major cause in many of the problems around the world. Perhaps this is true, but Pelosi's reluctance to select Jane Harmon to head the House Intelligence Committee due to the bad blood between the two reveals problems that can occur when a catty female politician is in power.

- Instead of selecting Harmon, Pelosi was willing to consider putting formerly impeached judge Alcee Hastings in the position. She and other key Dems had voted for his impeachment, but now seemed to think him worthy of this critical position involving our national security. Throughout the discussion of Hastings consideration, Pelosi did not rule him out until it became obvious how damaging the choice would be.

- The latest stumble is a recent statement regarding Iraq and Al Qaeda. Having stated the mantra that there was no Al Qaeda in Iraq before 9/11 so many times, Pelosi had a knee-jerk reaction recently against Bush when he claimed that Al Qaeda was a factor in the insurgency. There is no debate that Al Qaeda has been a major factor in Iraq in recent years. Ten days before Pelosi makes this idiotic claim, Al Qaeda had released a video making the claim that they had 12,000 members fighting in Iraq. (Hat Tip: Boortz)

Nancy Pelosi is now officially known here as the Stumbler. While most politicians may be able to point to some highlights, I cannot think of one highlight since being named Minority Leader. You would think that you could point to the recent election as a highlight, but if you recall, Nancy was in hiding the last weeks of the campaign to avoid hurting it. We have seen someone who is vain, shallow, catty, hypocritical, ignorant and having poor judgement. All this before day one of being House Speaker.