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| Ass Boil |
Hobson says Pelosi trip productive despite critics
By Jessica Wehrman
Staff Writer
Thursday, April 05, 2007
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. David Hobson on Wednesday rebuffed Bush administration criticism of his trip to Syria with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying she has reinforced Bush administration policies in the region and possibly made progress toward peace in the Middle East.
Hobson of Springfield, the lone Republican on a seven-member tour of the Middle East led by Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said the speaker strongly reinforced Bush policy on Syria, urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to work to lessen the influence of terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah in the region, to stop the influx of suicide bombers into Iraq from Syria and to "not fall into the trap of being dominated by Iran."
Though the administration does not currently talk to Syria, Hobson said the delegation was adamant in urging Assad to support administration policy in the Middle East.
"I think we played a useful role," Hobson said in a phone call from Saudi Arabia. "We reinforced the administration's positions and at the same time we were trying to understand and maybe getting some voice to some things people wanted to say that maybe they were not comfortable saying to the administration. The jury's out ... but this was not an anti-administration trip at all."
Hobson, who has been generally supportive of the war in Iraq, said the war was not the subject of discussions in countries that also included Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Instead, he said, Middle East leaders who have watched Pelosi criticize the war may have been surprised by her support of other Bush policies in the Middle East. He said, however, that Assad urged the United States to find a diplomatic way to get out of the war.
"I think they might've thought there was some wedge between the president's policies and the House Republican policies," he said. "But (Pelosi) enunciated and we all enunciated that we wanted them to do more."
Bush on Tuesday called the trip "counterproductive," and said "going to Syria sends mixed signals."
Hobson did not speculate on whether Bush's criticism of her trip damaged its effectiveness. "They (the politicians we met) never brought it up to her."
Hobson, who came at Pelosi's invitation, said he's on the trip because he wanted to make it a bipartisan one and wanted to lend a Republican perspective to the trip. He said he has worked with Pelosi's office to make news releases on the trip bipartisan and said he's been included in every meeting on the trip.
"I think actually we've helped the administration's position by showing there's not dissension," he said.
"They (Democrats) have not gone around this region attacking the president for his, I thought, inappropriate discussion of this."
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/co...0507hobson.html |
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| ChaseDC |
B, b, b, but.....Bush said she is undermining him.
Fucktards. |
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| harley-davidson |
| Quote: progress toward peace in the Middle East. |
That right there is the whole problem......it's the last thing chimp wants |
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| VacateTheWord |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Republican Says Pelosi Trip PRODUCTIVE Despite Critics |
Gee, I'm shocked that the only Republican that went along with Pelosi's entourage would actually defend the trip!
Yes, this proves that the President is wrong - because one solitary Republican says so!!
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheWord
Gee, I'm shocked that the only Republican that went along with Pelosi's entourage would actually defend the trip!
Yes, this proves that the President is wrong - because one solitary Republican says so!!
:rolleyes: |
Good job disputing the facts in the article...
Vacate the Bowels strikes again!
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| harley-davidson |
Quote: Gee, I'm shocked that the only Republican that went along with Pelosi's entourage would actually defend the trip!
Yes, this proves that the President is wrong - because one solitary Republican says so!! |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheWord
Gee, I'm shocked that the only Republican that went along with Pelosi's entourage would actually defend the trip!
Yes, this proves that the President is wrong - because one solitary Republican says so!!
:rolleyes: |
Moreso than your talking points bullshit that your corrupt party puts out saying she is undermining them. Dumb ass. |
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| ChaseDC |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheWord
Gee, I'm shocked that the only Republican that went along with Pelosi's entourage would actually defend the trip!
Yes, this proves that the President is wrong - because one solitary Republican says so!!
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A stupid cunt like you would still deny it is if she took 20 republicans.
Do yourself a favor and just kill yourself now. |
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| cecilturtle06 |
| I guess they forget the other Republicans who went on their own to Syria WITHOUT the approval of Bush....but because it's Pelosi, the President and his dopes use her as their convenient target. |
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| VacateTheWord |
Quote: Originally posted by ChaseDC
Moreso than your talking points bullshit that your corrupt party puts out saying she is undermining them. Dumb ass. |
Can't get past the fact that this is the Secretary of State's job, not Pelosi's, eh?
Keep trying. |
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| SDVT-2 |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Hobson says Pelosi trip productive despite critics
By Jessica Wehrman
Staff Writer
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Comment on this story
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. David Hobson on Wednesday rebuffed Bush administration criticism of his trip to Syria with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying she has reinforced Bush administration policies in the region and possibly made progress toward peace in the Middle East.
Hobson of Springfield, the lone Republican on a seven-member tour of the Middle East led by Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said the speaker strongly reinforced Bush policy on Syria, urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to work to lessen the influence of terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah in the region, to stop the influx of suicide bombers into Iraq from Syria and to "not fall into the trap of being dominated by Iran."
Though the administration does not currently talk to Syria, Hobson said the delegation was adamant in urging Assad to support administration policy in the Middle East.
"I think we played a useful role," Hobson said in a phone call from Saudi Arabia. "We reinforced the administration's positions and at the same time we were trying to understand and maybe getting some voice to some things people wanted to say that maybe they were not comfortable saying to the administration. The jury's out ... but this was not an anti-administration trip at all."
Hobson, who has been generally supportive of the war in Iraq, said the war was not the subject of discussions in countries that also included Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Instead, he said, Middle East leaders who have watched Pelosi criticize the war may have been surprised by her support of other Bush policies in the Middle East. He said, however, that Assad urged the United States to find a diplomatic way to get out of the war.
"I think they might've thought there was some wedge between the president's policies and the House Republican policies," he said. "But (Pelosi) enunciated and we all enunciated that we wanted them to do more."
Bush on Tuesday called the trip "counterproductive," and said "going to Syria sends mixed signals."
Hobson did not speculate on whether Bush's criticism of her trip damaged its effectiveness. "They (the politicians we met) never brought it up to her."
Hobson, who came at Pelosi's invitation, said he's on the trip because he wanted to make it a bipartisan one and wanted to lend a Republican perspective to the trip. He said he has worked with Pelosi's office to make news releases on the trip bipartisan and said he's been included in every meeting on the trip.
"I think actually we've helped the administration's position by showing there's not dissension," he said.
"They (Democrats) have not gone around this region attacking the president for his, I thought, inappropriate discussion of this."
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/co...0507hobson.html |
So now you believe Republicans, how convenient , I see how your mind works now……. :rolleyes: |
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| Turd_Cutter |
| Well, since the president has been wrong about absolutely everything and he didn't approve, I'm guessing the attempt at diplomacy was a good thing. I apologize in advance to the the 30 percent who still have faith in Nostra-Dumbass and his predictions. |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by SDVT-2
So now you believe Republicans, how convenient , I see how your mind works now……. :rolleyes: |
Idiot. The 2006 election was the first time I have not voted for at least one Republican. I have no problem with "Republicans", just the "Bush/Cheney" Republicans....
Is that the best you can do in disputing the article?
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheWord
Can't get past the fact that this is the Secretary of State's job, not Pelosi's, eh?
Keep trying. |
Your posts are becoming more predictible and less sensible by the minute.
You have never told us what you thought of Newt's 97 trip to China where he claimed the US would defend Taiwan at all costs, damaging talks we were having with China about the subject at the very same time.
Or about Fatty Hastert's trip to Columbia in 1997 where he told the Columbians to ignore President Clinton and deal directly with him while Clinton was trying to stop narco-terrorism.
Stop being an idiot. |
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| otherone4life |
| but cheney said it was bad |
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