Nancy Pelosi needs to resign from Speaker of the House
Time for a Blog Swarm – Pass it along!
We are beyond the question of whether Nancy Pelosi overstepped and indeed trampled on the US Constitution her trip to Damascus:
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The administration isn’t going to want to touch this political hot potato, nor should it become a partisan issue. Maybe special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, whose aggressive prosecution of Lewis Libby establishes his independence from White House influence, should be called back.
The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, “without authority of the United States,” to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government’s behavior on any “disputes or controversies with the United States.” Some background on this statute helps to understand why Ms. Pelosi may be in serious trouble.”
It’s not amazing that her only defenders of this travesty of a trip are only those of the uber left blogsphere. Amazing because just about every major news organization (which are by and large liberal) have found her trip troubling and in so cases devastating to our national interest.
Newt Gingrich stepped down for far lesser, and make no mistake this was an egregious offense against the United States of America in a time of war.
As noted:
“Ms. Pelosi and her Congressional entourage spoke to President Assad on various issues, among other things saying, “We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace.” She is certainly not the first member of Congress–of either party–to engage in this sort of behavior, but her position as a national leader, the wartime circumstances, the opposition to the trip from the White House, and the character of the regime she has chosen to approach make her behavior particularly inappropriate.”
It’s time for Nancy Pelosi to resign or be removed by her peers from office.
Contact Ranking Republican Member of the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings:
Washington, D.C. Office
1214 Longworth
House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5816
Fax: (202) 225-3251
Demand that a probe of Speaker Pelosi’s trip be initiated immediately.
Or you have the Speaker in fantasy land:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OB9KC80&show_article=1
Unbelieveable.
I hope Speaker Pelosi stays right where she is. Her idiocy will ensure the adults are put back in charge in 2008.
smh,
Yeah…delusional. Scary.
Calls for resignation won’t amount to much more than full employment for battling TV shoutfests. However, there are a number of real questions about this trip and the behavior and statements by House members overseas that the House Ethics committee should answer. That’s what the right should be demanding.
Both sides have been afraid of a return to the ethics wars of the ’90s but without a functioning ethics committee there is no one regulating the public behavior of the members of Congress. We don’t need another battle of the branches, we need the legislative branch needs to police itself through a functioning ethics process. If they discover law breaking along the way, they can refer the matter to DOJ for prosecution.
Let’s get the politics out of this stuff and get the system working again.
Here is a copy of what I’m faxing to Hastings:
As ranking member of the House Ethics Committee, I believe it is your duty to initiate a full-scale, immediate investigation of Speaker Pelosi and Tom Lantos who both have been conducting illegal diplomatic missions to Syria in violation of the Logan Act! It is particularly shocking to hear the blatant statements coming from Ms Pelosi who seems to believe herself a Prime Minister or a Secretary of State. This is inexcusable and dangerous to the interests of our country during a time of war and to SYRIA (one of the nations who are arming and supporting terrorists all over the middle east and, who in turn, are killing our Soldiers and Marines in Iraq!!
If this blatant usurpation of the Constitutional duty of the Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States is not STOPPED immediately, I fear for catastropic damage to this country. This serious matter can not and should not be simply ignored or dealt with quietly behind closed doors. Speaker Pelosi is not worthy of the enormous trust given her as the new Speaker of the House. It is NOT her job to second guess the President or to undermine all our efforts in the middle east.
I STRONGLY urge the ranking member to push for a full-scale PUBLIC investigation of the speaker’s indefensible treachery. There is no excuse for this and ignoring it will only encourage similar behavior in the future. Imagine the nightmare senario of any congressional leader who takes it upon themselves to conduct their own foreign policy to suit themselves! It makes me sick and VERY angry! The Speaker must resign from her duties AND the House- but if all that can be done is a strong PUBLIC dressing down then DO IT!!! There is no need to be respectful to someone who has not earned respect. This is one of the most shameful days in the history of the Congress and it looks from here to just get worse if we let it.
Don’t let this matter go quietly away. It is critical to the future of this country and its laws which are being violated by a political party’s leadership driven mad with ambition.
Carol Johnson
Why not start a petition drive, Mac demanding the US Atty for the Dist of Columbia investigate her and the ethics committee remove her from office?
These left === DELUSIONAL…
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Is this Alec Hastings????
Glad it’s not Alcee Hastings!!
MacRanger, the petition started by Victory Caucus was successful. Perhaps we can enlist Victory Caucus’s help to start this petition?
Canned petitions are not nearly as effective as a regular old fashioned letter penned on paper in your own hand. Particularly ones from people that they don’t usually hear from.
Sit down, take out a piece of paper and a pen and write a letter expressing your thoughts in a calm and respectful manner to each of your Senators and your Congressional representative. That’s it, just three letters.
Those three letters in your own words and in your own hand will carry more weight than a million signatures on a web petition or form letter.
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