When the Post thinks you've blundered...
...and you're a Democrat, you can be pretty sure that you've put your foot in it, big time.
If you're Nancy Pelosi, and you've made a damn fool out of yourself by going to terrorist-sponsoring Syria and proclaiming yourself a broker of peace between Syria and Israel, only to have one side you're claiming to represent (Israeli PM Olmert) immediately repudiate what you've claimed, and even the Washington Post feels it necessary to criticize you (link requires registration), well you can feel certain that you've completely botched things. Not that Grandma Nan will care...she's too busy trying to posture and undermine the Bush administration to bother with actual results.
But kudos to the Post (not my favorite paper) for putting reality and results ahead of partisanship this time. And they don't mince words, either:
If you're Nancy Pelosi, and you've made a damn fool out of yourself by going to terrorist-sponsoring Syria and proclaiming yourself a broker of peace between Syria and Israel, only to have one side you're claiming to represent (Israeli PM Olmert) immediately repudiate what you've claimed, and even the Washington Post feels it necessary to criticize you (link requires registration), well you can feel certain that you've completely botched things. Not that Grandma Nan will care...she's too busy trying to posture and undermine the Bush administration to bother with actual results.
But kudos to the Post (not my favorite paper) for putting reality and results ahead of partisanship this time. And they don't mince words, either:
We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush's military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.Too true, particulary the last part.