Insecure Security
I laughed out loud today as I came across an article in The Economist that quoted the soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promising to lead "the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." This, ironically, came out around the same time that Pelosi's preferences for Chariman of the House Intelligence Committee were released. According to a Washington Post Article,
"The panel's ranking Democrat is her fellow Californian Jane Harman -- smart and hardworking but also abrasive, ambitious and, in Pelosi's estimation, insufficiently partisan on the committee. So Pelosi...has made clear that she doesn't intend to name Harman to the chairmanship...next in line is Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings. In 1989, after being acquitted in a criminal trial, Hastings was stripped of his position as a federal judge -- impeached by the House in which he now serves and convicted by the Senate -- for conspiring to extort a $150,000 bribe in a case before him, repeatedly lying about it under oath and manufacturing evidence at his trial."
Nancy Pelosi, advocate for open and honest government, wants to hand over vast amounts of responsibility to someone who may have the potential to be bought at a time when we have troops stationed controversially around the world. And for what reason? She simply does not care for the less than partisan politics of the ranking member. In some ways I feel that divided government is good, or at least it has produced good results under strong leadership. I would not qualify Nancy Pelosi's partisan antics as strong leadership, and I certainly do not have great expectations for her tenure.
"The panel's ranking Democrat is her fellow Californian Jane Harman -- smart and hardworking but also abrasive, ambitious and, in Pelosi's estimation, insufficiently partisan on the committee. So Pelosi...has made clear that she doesn't intend to name Harman to the chairmanship...next in line is Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings. In 1989, after being acquitted in a criminal trial, Hastings was stripped of his position as a federal judge -- impeached by the House in which he now serves and convicted by the Senate -- for conspiring to extort a $150,000 bribe in a case before him, repeatedly lying about it under oath and manufacturing evidence at his trial."
Nancy Pelosi, advocate for open and honest government, wants to hand over vast amounts of responsibility to someone who may have the potential to be bought at a time when we have troops stationed controversially around the world. And for what reason? She simply does not care for the less than partisan politics of the ranking member. In some ways I feel that divided government is good, or at least it has produced good results under strong leadership. I would not qualify Nancy Pelosi's partisan antics as strong leadership, and I certainly do not have great expectations for her tenure.
posted by Michelle at 9:17 PM
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