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I love it when liberals get angry. It means that the RNC is doing their job correctly. Dems are so full of hate, yet they refuse to see it in themselves and accuse others of having the traits they show everyday on this website. What a bunch of idiots.

The cemocrats are trying to use chicago tactics on the reublicans. but wait they will be back on top. wait until they get done with pelosi.

Glad to see where the GOP is putting it's energy. This is sure to attract the 20 something crowd that they need to grow. Cudos dummies!

Dear Pat,

So you'd like to sell me a bridge if I don't believe the CIA has never lied? Lieing to the enemy is their game but not to members of Congress. But I'm sure you have proof to the contrary and can show me it. so show me proof Pat? I'd really like to see it.

Will Sotomayor stop the Bloomberg / MTA fare increase ! ??

Best they can do, I guess. Easier than cowboying up and admitting they lied us into two wars. They just don't get it, do they?

The CIA is a covert agency. The very NATURE of the CIA is an agency based on secrets and lies.

Why is it so hard to believe the CIA lied about US torture methods? They did. So did Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Rove, Gonzales, ad nauseum.....

Investigate everyone – starting at the top (Bush/Cheney) and put ALL guilty parties in jail for a long, long time!

I find it strange that the republicans think they can point a finger about anything. They should probably keep their mouths shut in case someone notices a illegal war, torture and war profiteering.

By 2010, Pelosi should be comfortably resting in a nursing home for Altzheimer cases, alonfg with Richard Byrd and Harry Reid...the faces of the socialist // Obama communist party.

Someone should keep a running count of how often the headlines read "GOP & Attack" in the same sentence.

Lets investigate the WHOLE rotten thing!

Pretty sure the Republicans don't want that though! Maybe they want to investigate all the Republicans who also stated that the CIA "misled" them? Naaa... didn;'t think so... This is just more immature character assassination from the party that hates true American values...

Nothing they do to try to tear down the Democrats is sticking... maybe they should try to do something positive for once... like... I dunno... maybe helping fix the mess they have left this country in...

I laugh at these ads they all sound the same they are quite funny now.

This woman is either incompetent, a liar, or both......but then again she is a democrat.

Where do they get the money to run these mean spirited ads? I'm curious who has the money to donate towards this and why aren't they using that money in a more entreprenerial spirit to get the economy going.

Creeps me out!

The DOPE--dopey old party enders--have really got a hot one this time. Should take care of an ashes theyir party might have left behind.

I'M MAD AND I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!

Maybie it's time for a new independent based party.thier is a ton of fairly unhappy folks tired of both partys bickering back and forth.The political roar now days is deafening and being down-right-mean to one and another.Kinda like a room of two and three year olds and you can tell their not happy.What this country needs now is a voice of reason and back off the hate.

I don't think the American public really cares about this whole 'scandal'. There probably wasting money.

C'mon, the CIA hasn't committed a single crime since they sanctioned the execution of President John F. Kennedy and very coyly whacked about 40-50 people in the subsequent cover-up, using "accidental" shootings (to heads and hearts), "overdoses", and "car accidents".

It's understood across the country by now that Nancy Pelosi and the way she abuses her Public "Service" is a good example of all that is wrong with our national government in Washington DC. This includes partisan politics over national interest, wasteful spending without bound especially in support of the far left agenda and a perspective of honesty that is to put it mildly, " ragged at the edges". Keep her around and in 2010 and 2012 the voters will more decisively take our government back and put it to work for the people.

The Repugs are trying to redirect the attention away from their failed policies where torture is accepted by them.

Let's see if torture did not happen under their watch, the war criminal Cheney and the village idiot W, then none of this would happen.

What the Repugs ought to do is admit their mistakes, apologize, prosecute the guilty parties, and move on. Wait, they are not that intelligent or mature.

Republicans..........what a joke.

REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY:
Fascism / Socialism = same thing
Empathy / Sympathy = same thing
effect / affect = same thing

Run Forrest RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK kewl, but GOP'ers, the only people who will ever believe anything you say are yourself. The rest of America and the World see each republican as "the Bush-era LIERS".

@tom 12:52pm

What they want to expose is her hypocrisy in calling for a politically-motivated investigation when in fact she knew about and approved such tactics herself long ago.

Since Republicans have a hard time getting any anti-Democratic news to appear in the "objective" press these days, they decided to take out their own ads. A bad idea, methinks, but Pelosi would get off scott-free otherwise.

If the GOP has something constructive to add to our national political discourse, I am quite certain it will be welcomed by intelligent people. The simple-minded attempt to appeal to the lowest common denominator in their simian base is the best they've got.
Let's get to the real issue on peoples' minds: Is the use of torture an American ideal, and did the BUsh-led cabal in Washington lie to us ALL about EVERYTHING in order to advance it's facist agenda?

@ Bud Burgoon-Clark

He doesn't use a tanning bed. People I know who have seen him in person without a neck tie say that there's no tan from the neck down. That would mean cosmetics, wouldn't it ?

The republicans really do have nothing to offer this country in the way of anything constructive. The hate continues unabated and even instigated by Gingrich, Limbaugh, Cheney. This just really goes to show you how deep the hatred and racism really is in the Republican party. Or should we say the party of irrelevance.

Fitz@12:52

Really? I could spend all day correcting right winger posts since I don't see much accuracy in their "facts".

Hey I would love to talk facts and ideas but I don't see anything coming from your side other than the same old "cut taxes" and "stop spending". Really? And how do you proprose to keep the country running? No one will argue that people should sit at home collecting money if they can work. But what about everything else??

Don't they have real 'work' to do, like helping their constituents? I could think of thousands of other ways to use that money – but, then again, they'd call it 'handouts', so I guess it's better to spew venom than to actually work.

Those of you who defend the GOP and the right: is this really what you elected them to do?

The party of fear is back in action again! When will they learn that in order to govern, you need to appeal to the better angels of people's nature rather than their basest instincts of fear, anger and hate.Bush won an election in 2004 on the basis of fear but the country became more polarized and harder to govern. I believe the Republicans are in danger of being relegated to minority party status for years to come, and I for one will be happy with that outcome.

While just about everyone here is harping on the GOP ads, how is that stimulus package of Obama working out for you? Why is no one asking the question, where did all those billions Obama dropped on the banks, GM and supposedly towards infrastructure, went to?

To Steve in CT: Let's talk about what works, not about ideology, not about rallying cries whether from the right or the left. I think the Obama administration and the Democrats have on the whole delivered this early on. I feel more optimistic about the economic future of this country and the social changes sweeping us.

Nancy Pelosi has her faults, to be sure, but where were the informed attack ads against the last administration that was clearly at the heart of the mess we're in now?!

The GOP is good for only one ideology: Telling you what's wrong and who they think is responsible from the other side, but they never, but never, ever publish a solution!

Too bad republican party is not concerned with getting to the point of who ordered the torturing!

By the way, has anyone questioned Hillary Clinton or John Kerry about what THEY heard during those same briefings? Why aren't they coming to Pelosi's defense….hmmm…probably because they know she's lying through her teeth and they don't want to go down with her!

Anyone......Anyone? Bueller....Bueller? Libs......Libs?

Nothing new here – this is the one and only thing the GOP does well – viscious distorted slanderous attacks. Gee I wonder why everyone is deserting the GOP?????

Are they dellberatly trying to alienate the rest of the population? Why can they never offer a solution to any problem only division between the issues. I think their true colors are starting to show and they care nothing about this great country of ours, only their llimited ultra conservative viewpoint.

Let them keep talking and they will bury themselves for decades.

@Lexia 1:01pm

It appears the hate is more lopsided in these comments to favor the democrats. The fact is that hatred exists on both sides – it's just tolerated more openly when it's directed at conservatives.

I think it was wrong for Pelosi to blame the CIA for her own hypocrisy and lies. I also think it's wrong for the Republicans to attack her on this – let the people make up there own mind. Even though stuff like her hypocrisy gets glossed over in the liberal press, attack ads just put the Republicans right back where they were last election cycle.

Hey GOPers: America. Love it or leave it. Have a nice day!

Ronald Reagan called George HW Bush a "sissy"
that can be said for his son "W' and his family. Republicans quit hijacking Reagan. Obama does Reagan better than you do.
The same goes for mister plastic face ken doll Romney.

"The cost of the NRCC campaign is under $100,000," -- Because they can count on a bunch of free airtime from guys like CNN.

They have no plan, nothing new to offer, so all they do is attack. And they're spending good money doing so. It's incredibly pathetic. I almost feel sorry for the whole lot of them – almost.

the GOP is dead.

you'd think they would put that money to GOOD use. like fixing the economy. ending THEIR TWO wars. healthcare.

but no! they need to engage in school yard games.

what a group of LOSERS!

GOP = no ideas. All they can do is hate and attack. Don't they realize that the majority of Americans hold them responsible for the massive failures of the last eight years? Get it together, GOP, or you'll end up like the Whigs.

Ah....Iran, Guatamela, Nicaragua, Bay of Pigs, Iran Contra....sure....the CIA never lies to politicians.....

Wow. These people never get tired, do they? So much negativity and hate being spawn. Is this what the Bible teaches?

It doesn't get any better than this. I love it. This will bring out all the kooks on the left . Sorry dems 2010 and 2012 is looking a lot brighter for the GOP.

So torture is OK, but knowing about it is A CRIME!

LOL

Republican DESPERATION is setting in.

I will volunteer my services to make a 30 sec spot for free to counter this ad... Just tap into the motion designers, there's enough of us that don't support the GOP to wreck commercial havoc on their empty messages.

These bozos need to get a life.

Dems...LIVE IN THE NOW! Good grief. Every Liberal comment on this site wreaks of bitterness, selfishness and hatefulness. You whine and at everything! You whine and cry when the Republicans are in office. You now whine and cry when the Democrats are in office. Will you ever be satisfied with anything? Try and relax a little. Enjoy life. Try and grow up a little!

Fully backed by the Republican "windbags", Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove. Idiots!

Hey GOP – get a grip on yourselves...

You guys are still chewing on the sour grapes...

The late Freddie Mercury of Queen has it right:

"All we hear is Radio Gaga, Radio Googoo, Radio Gaga...
All we hear is Radio Gaga, Radio Blahblah..."

Come back and see the American people when you have something SENSIBLE to gripe about....in the meantime...

Don't go away mad...just go away!

It is obvious that she lied... Do not let her get away with it... It is OK for the press to tell the truth and stop being so pro liberal that they let a story like this go away... Shame on them...

Pelosi is a botox-poisoned partisan hack that couldn't speak the truth if her life depended on it. As leader of the House for over the last two years she needs to take some reponsibility herself.
Her priority is feeding her husbands business from the public trough though.

For the sake of the nation, will the 18 remaining Republicants please commit suicide?

Thank you.

Signed,
God

I wonder who decided that this spit-poison strategy of wild, overblown accusations was a good idea?

Talk about alienating all but the most extremist elements of your own party! Talk about an impressive strategy to prevent your party from rebounding!

This is how Pelosi will be useful for the GOP. The GOP winning back in 2010 should be a breeze. The only thing Democrats have to offer are new taxes, deficits, and outdated anti-Bush rhetoric.

The Republicans have become so full of hate and bitterness, I doubt they'll regain the power they once had. The GOP is amost doomed.

What about the economy, war, stock market, etc...

The GOP again is WASTING their time on this and should drop it!

Them boys are running out of feet to shoot!

The only thing the GOP knows how to do anymore is have tantrums over non-important issues. The CIA has already admitted that their records are based on 7 year old memories, and they have already acknowledged that a lot of their records are wrong. The only thing an investigation will get the GOP is charges against their former administration.

Has anyone seen that cute new republican logo??? it takes the GOP elephant turns the trunk into a tail and the tail into the head of a dinosaur–soooo appropriate

Boy that herring is red.

Soooo...... the Republicans are dumb enough to believe that the C.I.A. has never deceived anyone. Hearty laugh!!!! Fall out of chair laughing!!!!!

The GOP is bought for and owned by Anti American Companies. Limbaughs street teamers on here dont have anything of value to offer.Dont listen to them.They just want to lie and distract you from the truth.Keep flooding Rushbo with calls and e mail,he loves the feedback and his sponsors are running scared.Great work crushers.

yada yada yada. does anyone listen to these Bozo obstructionist no idea fruitcakes any more? really, do they?
Run the f'ing country, people. we're in plenty of trouble ; DO somethingdammit

Im no fan of Pelosi...actually I can't stand her but the GOP is really showing their desperation here!

21% of the population and shrinking!

The Republican Party has become a party of haters....they're circling the drain, hopefully never to rise again!

Accusing the CIA of criminal activity, perish the thought!

You would think they did something terrible, like circumventing
Congress altogether by illegally trading arms for hostages
and diverting the profits to Nicaraguan terrorists, er, uh,
"freedom-fighters".

We all know THAT could never happen!

Soooo it was Pelosi and not Bush and Cheney who decieved everyone and start this mess...........WRONG>>>>>>>>GOP GET A LIFE AND TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF

No amount of painting Pelosi as a toad will change the fact that Republicans were in charge of two of the branches of government when all hell broke loose.

Has anyone ever seen an intelligent comment posted on CNN? You all enjoy...

Non-issue from the party of NO!

Those silly Rep[ublicans are at it again. When are they ever going to grow up and act like humans?

Oh and Steve from Phoenix?? Move to anywhere but here because you have no clue and you must be a Rethug!!!

Focus like a lazer beam here. The Pelosi issue is not about anything but "Her" accusing the CIA of lying. The facts are that even Leon Panetta (Democatic Colleague and CIA Director) and many other Democrats are uncomfortable with Pelosi's accusations. There are many other democrats who were in the same briefings as Pelosi who do not agree with her accusations. By the way, has anyone questioned Hillary Clinton or John Kerry about what THEY heard during those same briefings? Why aren't they coming to Pelosi's defense....hmmm...probably because they know she's lying through her teeth and they don't want to go down with her!

Did they also use the comments made by gingrich and hoekstra – they essentially said the same thing? I didn't think so... They both stated or inferred that the CIA had been dishonest, but I guess that doesn't fit with their plan of attack. Just more from the do as I say not as I do republican party.

They just don't get it. With all the problems in this country, this is they hooey they focus on. No solutions.

Don't worry about it Pelosi!

The Republicans have more ideolgical ties with the Taliban than any the political factions – these extreme right factions are starting to die off across the whole world.

It is just a matter of time before they are totally eliminated.

Both the Republicans and the Taliban just hate it when women have a voice.

All they do is attack and bomb – they are a threat to the free world!

What we have here is Republicans not wanting to accept the responsibility of their actions. Pelosi did not authorize "torture", Bush and Cheney did. They are distracting Americans with all this mud they are throwing.
Let's get back to the real issue; torture and who authorized it and when.
If Pelosi is guilty of lying, then she needs to accept the responsibility of her actions.
Anyone, and everyone who is guilty on this torture issue must be brought to justice.
This is all just smoke and mirrors.

So many times, I have heard people in the CIA itself, talk about how inaccurate their meeting notes are. They routinely make meeting notes weeks after meetings take place. On numerous occasions, there have been notes to come out that say people are there, and then the truth comes out that those mentioned were verifiably somewhere else. I don't doubt Pelosi one ounce when she says she wasn't briefed on water boarding....then again it doesn't matter, since SHE wasn't the one doing the waterboarding, or authorizing it. Such a smoke screen to hide the fact of the previous administrations' incompetence!

To paraphrase tthe GOP's hero of long ago, RR, "Here they go again"!!
BTW the GOP is no long G; it's just O!

Same old Republicans.. Can't teach an old dog new tricks!

If only the GOP was as good at coming up with ideas and solutions as they are at coming up with "blistering" attack ads.....

Perhaps we could create a tax on the GOP's ads that "attack", "slam", or "blister" someone from the Dems.

We'd be out of debt in no time....

The only thing the GOP is good for these days is stirring the pot.

Correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't it Bush and Chaney who said that the CIA gave them information about WMDs them when everyone realize that there were no WMDs in Iraq, didn't Bush say that the CIA mislead them and that they would find WMDs even when he knew that there were none. Yes the CIA lie, that' their jobs people, that's how they get information from spies b/c they lie to each other. So for the Rethugs to say that they don't lie is a joke.

Meanwhile people are looking for jobs, trying to hold on to their homes, hoping GM and Chrysler don't belly up, wondering how to pay doctors bills and sending their kids off to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wow... way to stay relevant GOP.

Attack,attack,attack,attack.......Is this boxing, or politics? I for one can't take it anymore!!!! This is why I will definitely not vote for a republican for the forseeable future. America needs ideas, not character assasination!! It's so interesting that in the midst of these political storms and flurries, resides a calm collective man, which resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave...... I see why President Obama won the election!!! He's working, and chooses the high ground, while others are attacking.....Keep it up! 2010, and 2012, will be landslides, once healthcare, and energy reform are added to the DEMS collective acheivements.

I agree with most here that if the GOP wants to slam Pelosi then they should also look into the mirror and slam the reps who also made these claims. I really think that the fight inside the GOP isn't done and that they should really think hard and long about fighting the DEMs when the inner fighting within their party isn't over. Once said and done if the GOP comes back in power of any kind they must include the hispanic and youth. I doubt when can achieve either considering they are ready to vote " NO " again with the new nominee for the Supreme court appointee. Wierd how they want to be the popular party but aren't afraid to step on the people that may help them in the next election, ie the youth and hispanics, GOOD LUCK GOP

Who cares if Pelosi knew (although we all know that Cheney wasn't sharing anything with the lowly Democrats). What matters is who ordered it, and we know Pelosi didn't.

Talk about a red herring.

There you Repubs again being bully's trying to scare people into your type of po-lie-tale-itic. Lies and fear motivates your party.

THE PARTY OF NO!

Pelosi is a joke, but this is a straw man argument. The GOP is notorious for their fake outrage and hypocrisy.

And this is suppose to accomplish what? It is a typical republican tactic: "If we can't look good, then try and make the other guy look worse." That worked real well last November. The republican party continues to dissapoint. As long as the likes Rush, Beck, Chaney et. al. continue to be their divisive voice, they will not return to power.

If we cared what the GOP has to say, we would have voted them in.

"Fitz in Texas"...isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?! we're sick of listening to republicans so called 'reasoning" and umm..."ideas?" now THAT'S laugahble! enough with your retarded ways! we're progressing in this country....either join the club or get the hell out!

Excuse me Paul from Phoenix,,,in 2002 the REPUBLICANS WERE IN CONTROL OF CONGRESS. Both houses...If you are going to post get the facts correct. And as another poster said.....the articles were written about the documents. They were not notes, they were not transcripts, they were the recollections of the CIA AGENTS. And who in the he** believes anything they say, when they are the ones along with bush, cheney, rice, gonzales and the whole darn republican crew lied about torture.....but then what's new...republicans will twist anything as long as think it benefits them.

Why does the GOP keep throwing the "socialist" boogey-man in our faces? Is this the best you can come up with...name-calling and fear-mongering? Yeah, at this point I kind of wish Nancy Pelosi would just into obscurity too, but all this juvenile name calling sure isn't accomplishing anything.

What would we do for low comedy without "Tanning-Bed" Bone-Head and the Rethuglicriminal Follies?

To Claudia in HousTon? @ 12:00
I don't vote by party. I vote for the lesser of the evils. This past November I voted against socialism to try to protect the very same children you're concerned about. You and I are on the same page but reading differently. The country voted for a future of supression which socialism breeds. Our constitution is already under attack as we fall for the shell game and watch diversions. We watch the economy as our children's future is being made void of the freedoms we take for granted. Under the resulting One World Order there will be no economy to worry about. Be careful what you wish for.

And I say: Bush and Dick did deceived us by going into a war, claiming that Irak had weapons of mass destruction.

Republicans are digging their tunnel of propaganda all the way to North Korea......They are making as much sense as that nut.......Misery seeks company.....

as usual the GOP goes after anything and everything that will take the heat off them .. and as usual they have nothing productive just threats and finger pointing and fear

they need to find someone that actually acts mature and responssible
and can begin to unite with the new administration

the word bipartian makes me sick . they haven't actually done it and neither had the democrates years ago.. but now we have a president that really wants to take us on a new adventure and bring this country into the real 21st century... it is so exciting to be involved in a great future. so instead of being the NO party of every thing we are doing . get your ass in gear and become productive ...or be lost .

Yawn....

Some of these postings are unbelievable................

Democrats/liberals............won't listen to logic, refuse to talk facts.

Let me get this straight. Republicans are outraged that Pelosi knew about waterboarding, although it's not torture. They want to investigate when she knew about it although waterboarding is OK.

Me thinks they actually agree it is torture. Maybe we should investigate those that actually started waterboarding (can you say Shrub/Shooter?)

The party of NO, Pillboy Rush and accumulating as many guns as possible just gets scarier every day! Especially the gun part.

If it is wrong to know about the torture and not stop it, does it not follow that it is at least as wrong to actually order the torture? Is this really blistering? Seems to me the GOP is shooting itself in the foot yet again.

DEB0155: You like the cops to come when you call? How about the fireman when your house is on fire? Like the schools your kids go to? How about the nice 4 lane highways you drive on everyday? Ever go to a public parK? Oh and when you retire are you going to turn down SS or how about medicare? Ever been out of work and not need your unemployment? Gee I hope you never get sick and need disability! Socialism......you wouldn't know what it means if you read it in the dictionary!

G.O.P: Since fear mongoring and scare tactics have all but helped you dissintegrate into non-existence, it would be a good idea to continue on until the republican well is dry. Thanks, but I will take motivation over fear any day. Continue on Mr. President.

If the repubs want to attack Pelosi for claiming the CIA lied, that's fime. But they should include thos Republicans who have also accused the CIA of Lying and there are few including, I believe, Mr. Boehner. Seems they did not like a security finding or something.

Turn the lights up all the way!

More of the same from the Got-0-Plans Party of NO.

The GOP want to investigate Pelosi what they all agree on the C I A are lairs, uranium from Africa,Saddam link to Al qaeda,Iraq nuclear or biological weapons.But they don't want to investigate torture which is a crime and they are spending money on ads which doesn't make sense.

Paul@12:37

Hard to take your argument seriously when you can't get the facts right. The CIA briefing was in 2002 when the Republicans controlled the Congress.
In fact, the Republicans controlled Congress until January 2007. Even then, the Senate was 49-49 with two independents, not much room to make changes especially when one of the independents (Lieberman) supported the war.

I know the right wingers like to believe the world was perfect until the dirty Democrats took over but you really have to separate your fantasies from reality.

I think the GOP is getting desperate to find something to complain about! Why can't Limbaugh, Chaney, Rove, and the so-called RNC chairman offer constructive suggestions on the economy?

The GOP is a joke. Do they truly think that most Americans does not realize that they were in charge for the last 8yrs and they were the ones who run this country into the ground. Two wars, banking system collapses, mortgage melt down, 10 trillion dollar debt, 6.8 million out of work b/c of their policies, hated all over the world, Department of Justice corruption, TORTURE, Hurricane Katrina, 1800 people dead under their watch, Heath insurance out of control b/c of their policy. But let them tell it, their not the ones who are responsible for all that, it's Obama and the Dems who are going to ruin this country. Go away GOP, enough with your racist party and enough for the rich guy.

When in the world are the Republicans going to wake up and recognize they are digging themselves a deeper hole. The election is over; the country has spoke. A majority of the U.S. is happy and for the first time in a while, a good part of the world is happy with the U.S. President. I have some concervative views but as times goes on, I have no desire whatsoever to be associated with or known as a Republican. The Republicans have been and are continuing to be out of touch with a majorty of the U.S. population. I guess like anyone else in this type of a postion, they need to hit rock bottom before they can change. Good luck G.O.P. .... keep in touch.

One can only wonder when the GOP will begin to understand that most of us in this country are weary beyond words of political attack ads. This is one red-state guy who has a hard time imagining he'll EVER AGAIN vote for Republican candidate!

Find another strategy, GOP. You're current one is becoming as obsolete as your political philosophy of attack, attack, attack...

To liberals, the "Party of D'oh!" PELOSI 's incompetent and destructive to this nation. You can scream "haters," all you want in attempts to distract from the truth; but to no avail. She's a cancer on our society, as is the entire Obama adminstration...time for exercisions to occur.

@TheGreatExperiment May 28th, 2009 12:45 pm ET
HEY DEMOCRATS. YOU HAVE MANY ENEMIES BESIDES REPUBLICANS.
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Hate and fear. It's all you have, isn't it?
If the Democrats have so many enemies, how is it that Obama won by the second largest margin ever of a Dem over a Rep.? (9.5 million) I guess there must have been a LOT of people convert to Democrat after the last 8 years, eh?
We don't buy you line of bull.

Other tickers report interviews given by top GOP aides during the Bush administration that not only debunk Cheney's version of the need for and success of torture and how it came about, but also military personnel who state that our intelligence community does fail to properly inform and does mislead. Take the Iran Contra scandal during the Reagan years for instance. Or the run up to the Iraq war. How about it CNN?

So, the Republicans want to investigate when Pelosi knew about waterboarding - but not whether the actual torture was legal? Once again, they are showing that their only goal is to attack the Democrats,in stead of caring about their country.

I don't like Pelosi myself, but this is such a trivial thing to focus on while the country is in such a mess... Will our legislature ever realize that there are real people out here worrying about real problems, and that we don't really care who said what when?

like everything else coming out of the republican party....lies, fear mongering, propaganda. it's so funny how they still don't understand that they are no longer relavent...out of touch to say the least. it's easy to brag and talk crap when you are only listening to yourself !!!!!!!!!!

These idiots are completely "irrelevant", apparently they just don't know it yet but I predict they will, they are total losers!

ALL Repugs and Fox News Zombies..... Send ALL your $$$ to the RNC so they can waste ALL of it on TV and Web ADs!!
Don't hold back, send it ALL !!
Don't submit any ideas, just send All your $$$!!

GOP is pretty good at attacking. Not sure when they're going to pick up the whole leadership thing though......

If the GOP is so wrong for trying to get to the bottom of this (and not cover it up), why are many of Pelosi's Democratic colleagues distancing themselves from her. Face it, she has a track record that is not that exemplary. Why must you defend her based simply on the fact that she's a Democrat? It seems that if she was caught red handed sticking secret documents from the national archives down pants, you'd still defend her. Wait a minute. You libs already did that for Sandy Berger! Talk about lack of intellectual honesty!

It's sad but not surprising that the Republicans are spending so much time, effort and money attacking the Dems whan they should be worrying about the demise of their own party! Granted, the Dems constantly attacked them when they were in power, but there is a huge difference this time. We weren't the party of "NO" on everything, nor were we full of liars and idiots! We didn't have a Limbaugh-like mouthpiece that dictated everything we said or did, and we took responsibility for ourselves when we screwed up! No wonder that the Republicans are saying or doing whatever for publicities sake as they're desperate and totally pathetic!

That too will blow up in there faces...poor republicants they grasp at anything the flys by.

Thank you, republicans, for showing us once again how blind and ignorant you really are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

@Brandon May 28th, 2009 12:35 pm ET
The GOP is absolutely right to push this forward. Everyone claimed they want "accountable" government, well now you're getting it. Or is it that you don't support it when a Democrat is implicated? All this GOP bashing is nothing but an attempt to move focus from the actual issue.
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Brandon,
So the actual issue is that Pelosi was informed of top secret interrogation techniques (maybe) and said nothing?

What happened to the ACTUAL issue? That would be that the Bush admin. used the justice department to make unlawful decisions that torture, special renditions, black prisons, etc. were acceptable.

THAT is the issue. The Republicans think they can obfuscate thier way out of this, but it will not work. The public knows what they did.

The CIA has a history of lying to Congress. Did they lie to Pelosi? Maybe. The truth is somewhere between the two stories. Both Republican and Democrat have accused the CIA of lying – they are spies people – this is what they do. It's time for everyone to let this go and start dealing with issues such as health care and unemployment.

The Republican party is pathetic. Absolutely pathetic to the core. Get over yourselves, people. Try something new. The attacks against Pelosi and the other Congressional Democrats will only take the Republican party down further. Good luck with that 2010 election. Its too bad you have so few good leaders in your party.

Why did the GOP lose so badly recently? It's the hatred, stupid.

[...] the people you need to lure to your "big tent" by slamming someone they look up to.  Thank goodness there's still Nancy Pelosi, or all that poison would just build up and fester, and nobody wants [...]

"Accusing the CIA of criminal activity"

Would that be the illegal torture or the illegal kidnapping or the illegal imprisonment in secret prisons?

No, the only thing Pelosi did was say that the CIA mislead her in their briefing. As usual the GOP continues to make a mountain out of nothing, while ignoring the real picture.

The GOP certainly knows what we care about. Not the crumbling economy or two wars, no. What we really want to hear about is Nancy Pelosi.

Ellis May 28th, 2009 12:37 pm ET

The GOP "goes after" everybody that doesn't think just like them. Morons.
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Thats funny because conservatives and/or republicans can say the VERY same exact thing about you and the liberals/dems. And so who is right and who is wrong? You are right in your own mind, and they are right in their own minds. So I guess to break the impasse one would have to define "goes after" and then list all the times/events where the dems utilized this tactic and the repubicans utilized this tactic. Then which ever party used it the most are the real morons. Geez.

HEY DEMOCRATS. YOU HAVE MANY ENEMIES BESIDES REPUBLICANS.

Independents, Moderates, and Libertarians can see your leaders lie every day. Obama has not kept his promises to you. Pelosi is busted big time for lying. Dobbs is embarrased on national TV. The Obama administration is full of tax cheats. You can waste time hating on Republicans if you want, but another election is coming and the clock is ticking for you to clean up your party.

Paul from Phoenix
In 2002 when Pelosi was briefed by CIA the Republicans controlled congress. When briefed by CIA you were sworn to secrecy. These are basic facts.

ONLY in San Francisco could a woman like Nancy Pelosi get elected to Congress.

Let's have more transparancy in governement unless you're a democrat. That seems to be what's happening.

Calm down, Libs. Here, have some monkey chow and stop throwing your poop.

Paul from Phoenix wrote: "They are just as guilty because they knew it was happening, allowed it to happen, and did nothing to stop it. Hence, they were complicit in the act."

But, if she's telling the truth, then she isn't complicit. Also, what recourse does the house committee have when told that the government is violating treaties or laws? The rules clearly state that she couldn't write anything down, couldn't tell anyone, and couldn't "DO" anything to stop it.

If she had been told, she was powerless. And that would be a sufficient defense. But she states she wasn't told. So, we're back to square one.

Susie has it right. Naturally the liberals are degrading her for speaking up as they always do when things do not go their way. All the people here biting at the GOP are the ones the Dems are giving the free money to. Naturally they are not going to fight the hand that feeds them. It is time all the people in this country speak out. They asked for accountabililty and ethics until it falls on their lying butts.

Hey Tulsa...
Lots of ideas. For one stop government spending that gives us more debt and cut taxes. It's worked every time in the past why wouldn't it work now. More money in the hands of Americans (and not at the government's discretion) will help the economy. As for foreign oil dependence, everyone was screaming drill American oil last summer at $4 a gallon and I imagine they will again when it hits $5. It's only a matter of time until we are at $4 again but BO won’t increase American production now or start the process so we'll be in the same boat again. Everything takes time, Green Energy and Oil Production you need both. You want to know what to do about the Gitmo detainees, leave them there. They are prisoners. Give them trials, release them or keep them there if they are guilty. Just because BO thinks it's wrong and made a campaign promise. He's already broken many what's another one. You want answers listen to what people have to say and not the politicians or media...

TO Susie, America was put in the poor house because of its spending on the war( the war made up) and spending on the cleanup of our own WMD, Bush and Cheney......................... What a short memory ..............................................

This is a way of the GOP saying we control you Nancy! NOT!! Please it's begiining to look to pathetic.

At this point the GOP accusations about Pelosi lying do not have any proof to back them up. She has asked for the CIA to release documents to back up her story, but they have refused. Until there is some hard evidence that she acted unethically, the lying is only speculation. Quit using rhetoric from Limbaugh and Gingrich, accusations are empty, find proof first and than make your case!!!

I agree that Pelosi is pretty clearly acting out of line. I simply don't believe a word out of her mouth when she says the CIA didn't tell her about waterboarding, but they did mention it, but they didn't say they were actually doing it...she must think we're stupid if she believes she's fooling us.

But Republicans, if her lying like this, and blaming the CIA is an offense worthy of her resignation, what kind of repercussions are you suggesting for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that were involved in basically identical, yet far more damaging lies that led to the war in Iraq? I'm a centerist, and I'm dying for some objectivity in how we deal with our crooked politicians.

The CIA is a spy organization. If you believe they don't lie or deceive then I have some dry desert property in themiddle of Orlando that I'd like to sell to you.

This is a shot in the foot if there ever was one.

We need to totally INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING about the torture, prosecute those who did it and turn them over to the Hague for international war crimes trials.

Even if Pelosi is lying, she'll be among the very least guilty. And you know who the guilty will be! Almost all Republicans.

So even by Republican standards, this commercial is a dumb move.

This is more PATHETIC BIPARTISAN POLITICS. This country will never advance if we can't get past the CHILDISH BICKERING !! Political office shouldn't be a popularity contest ... it should be about doing WHAT IS RIGHT and in the BEST INTEREST of the COUNTRY as a WHOLE. We can't even get it right here yet we try to impose our "values" across the world.

I LOVE my Country but Loathe my Government.

I'm so sick of my tax money paying these people to pick at each other – while ignoring US – the people that they work for.

I want to know Cheney's connection to the war crimes and the illegal torture. That's the REAL problem they should be tackling.

VOTE the republicans out AGAIN in 2010. We need a government that works for US – not a bunch of idiots that do nothing but yell "NO" and "we're gonna discredit this administration".

GOP = Goobers Only, Please

More fear mongering by the GOP? Aren't these the same folks that got us into this mess, now trying to blame the Dems. Instead of trying to find dirt, why not spend your time coming up with solutions. Sad, just sad...

Umm, so republicans hate Nancy Pelosi – that's nothing new.

Too bad this ad does nothing to address housing, health care, the economy, the wars, climate change, taxes, or ANYTHING the American people care about.

The Party of fear mongering and cynicism can't figure out America is tired of all the negativity. Keep it up GOP. Dems love it.

Maybe they should start an investigation into Valery Plame again and put some Republicans in prison. I mean what a bunch of hypocrites and liars! When will the GOP stop lying to people? Didn't some prominent Republicans come out and say the CIA lied?

They are Swiftboating Nancy Pelosi!!!

the Rush Limbaugh party only cares about who the CIA mentioned torture to and not that the torture was actually authorized by them. fascinating spin machine.

Desperation is going to be when the checks that have been coming since the 60's quit. Socialism is a self destructive form of government that puts your future and destiny in the hands of the Liberals who need your votes to survive. They promise to give you something for free and raise you from the day of birth to believe that. The drug problem started when government money made it possible to survive without holding a job or having to work for a place to stay. Idle hands and minds turn to crime. Growing up without a 12th grade education in this country is self induced. Taxpayers make this possible for everyone.This is not a social program. It is a responsibility every American owes the next generation but only the partaker can make possible.

Beoner said the CIA lied, I did not hear the same accusations tossed at him, that I hear at Pelosi! The repuglicans are a bunch of hypocrites! They sided with George Bush, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and the CIA to deceive the congress, and American people into ging to WarI Dick Cheney personally coherced and worked with the CIA to fabricate a case against Sadamm Hussien, saying he was 6 months away from accruing a nuclear weapon, and had weapons of mass destruction! This murder of innocent Americans,Sadamm Hussein, and the Iraqi civilians is a blight on American international politics and the American people foever! The same repuglican talking heads who got us into this mess are still talking, Dick Cheney, Hannity, Limpballs, Boener, Glenn Beck and the conservative base! When will the America people, television and radio media "wake up to repuglican hypocrisy" and stop patronizing these race baters, haters, polarizes of divisve and volatile politics!

I think the easiest way to get the message across would be a quick commercial. Show a picture of Pelosi, underneath are the words "Idiot". Cue voiceover saying, "Since Nancy Pelosi took over as Speaker of the House, Congress has not accomplished anything. She has led a vindictive charge against Republicans, which has proven fruitless. She's impeded progress, democracy, and the safety of our soldiers. Along with her counterpart in the Senate Harry Reid, Pelosi has led Congress to its lowest approval ratings ever. To top it all off, she lies, and possible has developed dementia as she connot remember events."

Then fade screen to black. Voiceover "Enough is enough" Have the phrase "Vote Pelosi out, get the Republicans back in charge, and let's REALLY get to fixing the country" appear in bold letters.

She's had 2 1/2 years of running things...straight into the ground. She is incompetant, idiotic, and definitely NOT what America needs.

Teleprompter in cheif??

Get over it! you all sound so stupid when all you have to fight is 'Teleprompter in cheif'.

Mark my words ........ after Obama EVERY President will use a Teleprompter. It is the way of the future. Just like every news person on tv read from a teleprompter ... just like ' hi my name is _____ and I am here to talk to you about a new drug call ___ ' commericals ... they read it from a teleprompter. Like I said .... it is the way of the future.

Bush Chaney deceived us about WMD's in Iraq and now over 4300 American women and men are now dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What party has the bigger deception??????????????????????

Man ... these Republicans simply do not get it

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

We are sick of the childish bad mouthing

We are sick of high school level politics in their ranks

GET A LIFE REPUBLICANS !!!!!!!!!

The Party Of NO ... ideas ...

Go get her!

Clearly, Pelosi's interests are, well, Pelosi.

I see and hear nothing but socialism and the American people are letting it happen! The media is one sided and if you speak out against the Democrats – then you are a a racist. I have lost much respect for my country! We have turned into "wimpering, whiney, mean girls", and I'm talking about both sides of the fence – Dems and Republicans. It's time to grow up people and really look at what's happening here in this country. I'll say it again – socialism!

If you took at the supposed leaders of both parties..steele..pelosi..reid..obama.lumblubber..cheney.and dumped them in to a bag..shook it up and then dumped it out absolutly nothing would fall out..there is a total lack of leadership and decision making..all any of these people are concerned about is fleecing the taxpayers and lining their own pockets..we have a government of spoiled whining babies..this is NOT the government of the people..by the people and for the people..it is the government of the haves and have nots..the politicians have it..the people do not..and people will continue to suffer until all of these hacks of both parties are thrown out..get lost pelosi you old wrinkle faced windbag

Bring it on GOP! You are going to find out all kinds of information that you would rather not know about.

You people who distinguish between Bush/Cheney (saying they did the act) and Pelosi (who knew but did nothing) drive me crazy. Look up the following term: COMPLICIT.

This means she knew, and did nothing to stop it. The Senate was controlled by Dems at the time, aka Reid. You know what that means? They controlled the purse. They funded these interrogations, and didn't raise a stink about them until politically viable.

They are just as guilty because they knew it was happening, allowed it to happen, and did nothing to stop it. Hence, they were complicit in the act.

You people who try and distinguish between Bush/Cheney and Pelosi are blind idiots reciting talking points from websites!

Let them use her. We have Cheney, Rush, Bush, Newt and many, many others that can be used against them.

Besides, the CIA does lie. Just ask George Tenet. It will be a slam dunk.

Why does everyone seem to forget that the document from the CIA that everyone is referring to explicitly says that the recollection of their agents may not be entirely accurate? Seems like a pretty important detail. Tell the CIA to get facts that they are confident about, then we can talk. Until then, spare us your outrage.

The GOP "goes after" everybody that doesn't think just like them. Morons.

If the Republicans care so much about the truth maybe they should have started investigations into the Bush Administration's many instances of misleading Congress and the American people – especially when it came to the intelligence regarding the so-called weapons of mass destruction that we were going to find in Iraq.
Republican Party = party of hypocrites

If the Republicans care so much about the truth maybe they should have started investigations into the Bush Administrations many instances of misleading Congress and the American people – especially when it came to the intelligence regarding the so-called weapons of mass destruction that we were going to find in Iraq.
Republican Party = party of hypocrites

susie May 28th, 2009 12:31 pm ET

The Democrats are putting us in the Poor House with all their spending.
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susie .. I have a feeling that you were already in the poor house .. only now you can finally blame the Democrats for it. Bet you were real happy when Obama won ... finally someone to blame for your state of being jajaaaa

lol...GOP=OWNED (by themselves, yet again). This is going to turn out very, very bad for them...

The GOP is such a bad loser.... Don't they think we can see through this Pelosi smokescreen? She's not the problem; the problem was the rotten Bush/Cheney administration that rewrote laws (thanks to Gonzales) to allow CIA torture camps. Pelosi is not the problem.

The GOP is absolutely right to push this forward. Everyone claimed they want "accountable" government, well now you're getting it. Or is it that you don't support it when a Democrat is implicated? All this GOP bashing is nothing but an attempt to move focus from the actual issue.

What's new?...The GOP gripes about everybody and everything.

Just a reply to an idiot, racist calling himself Buckwheat (I know you're white dude. No black person would write what you wrote)....The party in power when Fannie Mae, AIG, Lehman Bros, Delta Airlines, TWA, and now Chrysler and GM became insolvent was the good old "no regulations, no oversight" Rethuglicans. Stop spewing your Rush Limbaugh Fox News talking points. No one is listening

Way to chip away at the 21% of the population that still believe in your delusional rhetoric. Goodbye Republicans.

Yawn.. The GOP is still on this diversion tactic, I mean story? It's so yesterday and so irrelevant. I guess that's what happens when you have no ideas or solutions to put forward to the American people and 21% of the American support you. Pelosi is showing the Republicans that she can't be pushed around and I love it.

Matt@12:23

I'm not going to defend those tatics but I am going to ask what you guys bring that is any different?
Never any solutions, just whining about some delusion as to what Obama is going to do with the country.

Who should be allowed to vote? Only those "clear thinking" conservatives who continue to believe the drivel that "the market" will fix everything? Stop listening to those idiotic talking heads and think about the fact that we live in a complex society which unfortunately requires some significant financial support.

You Know your a no thinking Limbaugh follower when you read

Teleprompter in cheif
socialism
racisit
tax and spend
gonna ruin the country
chicago thug

yes sad but true no thinking Limbaugh ditto heads do exist scary aint it!

In reading the various comments here I can see that the democrats have become very arrogant. You assume a lot considering how much wreckage your party has created in the first 120 days of the Obama presidency and the democratically controlled Congress. Maybe not so good to lose your humility.

Can't wait until midterm elections when Peliesi will go down with all the other stupid dems that are sitting around not doing anything good for the country. The dems that are in congress right now are the republicans god send because they will lose many offices.

Why is it that mostly everyone in the Senate HOuse are afraid to stand up to Pelosi. She has constantly make rediculous comments on Iraq, immigration, and other policies. This woman should kicked out on her can for lying just to cover up her mistakes. Not to investigate this issue shows that the Democrats has something to hide. Most of our leaders in office today are crooks and individualist. We don't need them to lead our country. This is a sad day for America when we are fighting amoung ourseleves. Our other nations are looking at us like some idiots that all they care about saving face.,instead of being a team and pulling together as a whole.

I can not blive that they continue to collect peoples money and waste them on ADS, GOP be ought to be a shame of their positions. Do something contructive with the money that you BEG people for, send some kids to camp, a decent camp, or pay for some childs medical expenses, PLEASE do something sensible.

Will the pathetic GOP never learn? They would actually have more of a chance if they stopped acting like moronic juvenile delinquents! We're done with the phony shock and shenanigans ya'll have been displaying over this Pelosi thing and every other thing that the majority party says or does – STOP WHINING!!!!!....what she said is not unusual and people from BOTH parties have said the EXACT SAME THING!!!! This isn't a shock to those of us who actually pay attention.

NOW..either settle down and work on SOLUTIONS or keep losing until ya do! Your choice!!!!

Liberal media supports liberal politics.

Everything is biased...wake up...
the democrats control your information.

CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, etc. + Democrat Propaganda =
the end of the USA

The GOP needs to worry about how they are going to bring their party up from the ashes and leave the house speaker alone. Instead of constant bashing of the Democrat's start thinking about their own credibility as a party. Wake up and do something more than dreaming of past icons like Reagan and Nixon (remember Watergate) he and Agnew were real winners!

Ah the Dems, the party of transparency; Hart, Clinton, and Edwards among others....all caught with their pants down. Their tax cheats are too numerous to name along with their misguided leaders of Congress, Reid and Pelosi. Now there's a party of hope; not!!

The CIA lied...BIG DEAL!

How about the CIA claiming that Saddam's having WMD is slam dunk?! ...the CIA needs to be investigated first for the false-hoods to american people about the war intelligence report , along with Ms. Dick Cheney for using the CIA to engage in torture and for the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame!!!

Give it up Republicans! Its old already! If you think the CIA (a spy agency) has never ever ever bent the truth for its own purposes (however well intentioned) you are truly naive and or just playing politics.

Look GOP – You guys lost. Get over it. Who are you kidding? You've got Rush and Rove and Chenney (your three headed serpent) that has done nothing but lie to American while Uncle 'W' was in power. CIA lie to anybody, give me a brake.

The Democrats are putting us in the Poor House with all their spending.

@pelosiispathetic: I want to believe the Liberals cannot really be as ignorant as they pretend to be by continuing to support this proven liar.

Proven without any "proof" ............ yep, that's the republican way alright!
Ever hear of a thing called priorities? One who may have known vs. one who committed the act?????? are you freaking serious?

Lets see, where were the GOP adds attcking the Bush admin, when he and others blamed the Intel community for there failed choices in Iraq?

Why cant nancy be waterboarded would her face actually melt off? Democrats have no shame, and lie about the people who risk there life to keep us safe. She should be charged with treason and locked away.

Is this real? Do these folks live in a different country? If they're going after the Speaker, why aren't they going after the Bush Administration. If Nancy is wrong, what does that make Bush.

The Republican is still standing on thy dock trying to catch the boat the Democratic has lone gone for better thing for the American people. Ms. Pelosia and the Democratic team have put the CIA thing behind and constrating on the economy.

Pelosi is a slimy witch for trying to throw CIA servicemen under the bus as her "alibi" for lying to America. If you're going to accuse the CIA of lying to the Congress (a federal offense!) then either prove it and punish the guilty or don't make the accusation. But Pelosi is only interested in saving her own skin through all of this. And she's the one who got herself into it in the first place by insisting on investigating the Bush administration. Obviously she allowed the torture as well but doesn't want that to come out in the investigation (hint: we can already see that's what happened, Nancy). SAD!

If you can not handle the truth about pelosi with her words being shoved right in your face then it is you that is totally pathetic. Or maybe you dont want to know the truth because to know it is to acknowledge that you have to so something about it. Perhaps you are too lazy to stand up and fight for what is right,...perhaps you take it as it comes and then when you get mad you blog your anger. Sad.

Someone threw oil on the car and lit a fire and she saw the smoke and she's guilty of it ???? Come on America!!!

repubs scum scum and more scum

What the Republican party doesn't understand ( to nobody's surprise) is that things have changed. The Obama camp understood this and won by over 9 million votes! If the republicans continue to use Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh as their spokepeople for the party. Well, they're doomed. These are the same people that wanted to privatize Social Security. Tell that to the millions who's 401k's are worth half or less than half. We all have listned to the lies these past eight years and look what we got? Nobody wants to go back to the Reagan years believe me.

The republicans have nothing to offer the American people! No solutions, no hope,....nothing but fear mongering and hate! When they lose even more seats in 2010 maybe they will realize the American people really do get it!

What does GOP stand for now – Goofy Old People?

Did she kill anyone? If not, who cares. Like I said, two men threw oil on a car and one of them lit a fire. She saw the smoke and now she's guilty??? Come on America...

No ideas. Bankrupt morality. Name calling philosophy. Bitter hatred of everything that beat them in the last election. Diminished appeal to smart voters.Transparent hate-filled rhetoric. There should be an opposition party, but maybe NOT THE GOP. I'm no fan of Pelosi or Reid, but compared to the GOP alternatives...........................UGH!

Sotomayor is a member of La Raza in good standing, according to the American Bar Association. La Raza (the race) advocates the superiority of their race (Hispanics) over all others. It advocates the secession of Texas and New Mexico from the United States to join with Mexico.

I guess this puts her comments and rulings into proper perspective.

Thats funny Justin, where were you when the republicans controled it all? Did you have the same opinion then? From 2004 till 2006 republicans controled both houses of congress in 2000 Bush stole the election so they controled it all. We are now living with those consequences of that rule.

Very sad that most of you "right wingers" don't see that, only when dems are in control. You forget that before this the Dems were in control of both houses of congress for almost 40 years, thats 40 YEARS. They created Medicare, Social Security the national highway system, fought WWI and WWII and won both. Liberalisim created the United States of America so if anyone is anti american its the conservatives.

Yes. By all means spend the money on smear campaigns. You've made no gains on account of this strategy in the last three years, why stop now?

And I'd like one of you touting "socialism" as a rally call to the severely emotionally challenged to actually explain, in your won words, your understanding of socialsm. After that, take a long hard look at the 2% tax increase on the wealthiest Americans that's been proposed and explain how that's Socialism. It's okay. We know you can't.

In the last six months you've tried to paint Obama as unAmerican, Muslim, a communist, a socialist, a racist, a reverse racist, an elitist, and over-apologetic. This is a lot of things for one man to be, some contradictory. You have to admit, the man's talented.

Isn't is possible for these people to treat people with dignity and respect. You can disagree without having to denigrate another's beliefs. You shouldn't have to resort to name calling and character assassination. Stop being negative by rote – just to tear down an opponent. Work together for heaven's sake! Little children fight this way not adults...who supposedly know better.

I would urge the House GOP to quit acting like a bunch of whimpering partisan crybabies and buckle down to working on and solving this nation's myriad of problems, many of which their party caused! We taxpayers are not paying them to spend most of their time on silly divisive partisan attacks!

Andy May 28th, 2009 12:17 pm ET

Go Pelosi Go…..

Put all these GOP Criminals in Jail for:

1. Misleading Americans into Iraq war. (Pelosi was briefed)
2. Ruining our Economy due to Unregulated Banking & War Expenditure. (Was fine until 2006 when the dems took over congress)
3. No Affordable Health Care. (I see... it's only affordable if someone else pays for it... even if it's sub-par care like Europe)
4. Allowing some to Accumulate Wealth by Evading Taxes. (Most of those guys are on Obama's Cabinet)

Not only did the CIA lie to us – WMD – they performed their job as incompetently as Bush – 9/11.

I believe Pelosi, or she should just plead the, "I can't recall mantra of the Bush administration."

You want answers on how to improve the country from a Republican?

Just watch Ron Paul whenever he speaks and really listen to what he has to say.

To those supporting Rush: wake up and smell reality.

To those that constantly harass conservatives: get off your holier than thou attitude.

I stopped coming here a few months ago because both sides are equally pathetic.... nothing has changed.

I love Nancy Pelosi. She is my idol.

The wrose thing Pelosi did was not impeach the thugs that started a war for personal gain! It's come back to bite her butt. She should apoint someone to bring all the crimes out in the open and quit hiding it from the public. The public has the damm right to know!!!

The Republicans turned up the fire and Pelosi nearly went into cardiac arrest. The solution was damage control: send her to China to take the heat off her and maybe after she returns, there will be other distractions and the Republicans will have forgotten about her. Problem is that we can't forget about her. She is third in line to the Presidency right behind gaff man Biden...rather freightening isn't it.

Why Not? The Dems run their spiteful ads. GOP should be able to play the Dems favorite games as well. Pelosi makes herself a perfect target. They should portray her as herself....the wicked witch of the west. I want to believe the Liberals cannot really be as ignorant as they pretend to be by continuing to support this proven liar.

The Republicans are real desperate... Which is really pitiful!!!!!

it's about time the republicans played hard ball against this sorry bunch of liars! but the media will condem us for answering back and praise the dems for standing up for their chief liar – pe"lie"si! what a group of despicable loosers!!!!!!!!!!!

@Chad, Wisco May 28th, 2009 12:11 pm ET
Everyone on here is complaining about this, yet wasnt most of Obama's campaign about making John McCain out to be Bush? I personally hate this style, but dont applaud one side for doing it and then condemn the other.***Do you recall Palin saying President Obama hanging around with Terrorist and her crowd shouting out kill him ***Now shut sour PIE HOLE ***

Typical GOP. Offer nothing of substance but go after personalities. Especially funny since their leaders are hate mongers.

I'm glad the hypocrites at the GOP are starting this character assasination campaign against the Dems. This will cause me to open my checkbook and donate more and more money to the DNC. It's just like Gitmo as a recruiting tool for Al Quaeda. Keep up the ads guys and watch the money flow into the DNC coffers.

Anyone that thinks the CIA and the Bush administration would not lie to cover their mistakes and actions has their head in the sand.
The illegal activities especially by Rove and Cheney should be
pursued and prosecuted as they have made a sham of our political system and thumbed their noses at the American people. If all the
truth ever comes out as to what they have done, hidden by all
areas of the government, they will go to prison.

You know you're a no thinking liberal when:

You use phrases like:
"Party of Hate/ Party of No"
You start half of your politcal statements with: "The last 8 years...."

You think the Republican party is angry, hateful, racist, etc
All you do is regeritate Obama campaign slogans all over CNN's forum

Most of you shouldn't be allowed to vote.

This is another attack by the party who want our President to fail. The republicans have not offered anything to work with our President. The republicans are trying to spew so much hate and fear and some are starting to beleive it. Stop drinking the Republicant Koolaid. It will make you sick. It was the previous President and Vice President's fault that this happened and all of you republicans did nothing.

Really? Does anyone beside irrelevant conservatives care about this? Wah! Wah! Wah! Hey GOP, it doesn't matter what you think anymore. Didn't you get the message? You lost!

Reaching for straws...

@ B.H. "What does the GOP think that they will win in support with their unending negative attacks?"

Well they work!

Look at how much negative comments are made about the Clintons – it is a running joke. It all started with the massive negative attacks and phony persecution during Clinton's administration. Now all we have is the mythology and rumors about them.

It worked then. In time years get ready people to murmur "that Pelosi just can't be trusted...." Obama is next.

This is interesting. Good Luck. Truth should prevail. I hope you can bring these cheats down and this includes Barack Hussein Obama.

Fine get rid of Pelosi, and also get rid of all of the GOP idiots that have lied. I guess Congress will be a pretty empty place.

Running 17 months before the election this ad will have the cumulative effect of spitting into the ocean to raise the water level.

So you're telling me you all trust the CIA? The same CIA that has been willfully undermining and assassinating the leaders of DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED governments in South America since the 1950s? Pinochet? The GENOCIDAL DICTATOR of Chile was put in power by this same CIA. And he wasn't the only one.

The same CIA that has been involved in assisting the trafficking of cocaine to fund their "secret" wars?

You really trust them? They are a pack of jackals that treat us like mushrooms, cool and in the dark.

The 'BEHIND THE TIMES' GOP using an old Mission Impossible theme?

Figures.

They also dusted off the DAISY ATOMIC BOMB ad.

So behind the times. GOP is the party of fuddy duddies. OLD TIME PARTY.

Someone please help me understand this. What is the GOP's argument here?

-Are they saying Pelosi knew about the water boarding and she should have stopped it?
-If that's the case then aren't they saying water boarding is wrong and that is why it should have been stopped?

The two things they are arguing for are in direct contradiction.

In my view, when she knew doesn't matter because, all we can accuse her of is, for not being loud about her opposition to it. She was not consulted to give her opinion on whether is should be used or not. She was just told to it might be used.

Tom L: many republidolts have made the same claims about the CIA, where is the PROOF give FACTS not rehtoric. Stop listening to the party line and seek answers yourself, Rush should not be any guide for anyone.

So Republicans, any ideas on how to improve the economy?
Any ideas on how to get our troops home? Any ideas on what to do with Gitmo detainees? Any ideas on how to get our energy needs met without foriegn oil? Any thoughts on how to improve education? Maybe the nations infrastructure? Health care?
No?
Oh well, guess you can just hate. That is good for everyone, isn"t it?
That builds a stronger America, doesn't it?
Well, doesn't it?

Oh, for heaven's sakes, are we still talking about this? Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. Move on GOP, nobody is listening to you anymore and nobody cares.

Lets do the right thing.When you have a thirty year old lame horse"the republican party",it time to take them to the vet and say goodbye.

Now that Nancy Pelosi is the world's biggest psychotic liar, Bill Clinton can sleep peacefully.

I stand behind Nancy and I can't wait until an investigation is done. The GOP attack machine is at it again. I guess the saying is true that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

If this is where the GOP sees its best opportunity to get ahead, there is not much opportunity to get ahead.

IS THIS ALL YOU HAVE? GO AWAY...

GOP = The party of Hate, Fear and Obstruction... Way to reinvent yourselves boys!

Pelosi is next in line for the Presidency behind Biden. Scary.

You would think the Democrats would throw her out . Probably none of the Democrats can say anything for fear of digging up their own problems. The Dems who looked at, and managed Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac got rich in the process from perks spun off to themselves ,sure as hell don't want to dig in the manure pile. When you cross the Potomac with the trust of the people for the first time you catch a flue that you never recover from. You go there a pauper and leave there a millionaire if you play ball.Does anyone really think a Republican could have gotten by with what Pelosi said without an investigation?

The party of no, hatred, division, discrimination and vitriol is at it again. All I hear from them is "whine, whine, whine, whine".

Childish ... the GOP are so eager to get back into power that they forgot to bring a new plan with them.

What is wrong with everyone's comments......BOTH parties do the same thing. If anyone can honestly say that they think Pelosi is honest, then you are lying to yourself. This isn't about hating Republicans or Democrats, it's about US. Get all the liars out of Congress, starting with Pelosi and McCain.

Go Pelosi Go.....

Put all these GOP Criminals in Jail for:

1. Misleading Americans into Iraq war.
2. Ruining our Economy due to Unregulated Banking & War Expenditure.
3. No Affordable Health Care.
4. Allowing some to Accumulate Wealth by Evading Taxes.

I love these people spewing the "party" line "socialst" when most of them wouldn't know what socialism was if it hit them in the head. Calling Pelosi and Ried liars is the most hypocritcal thing the republidolts could come up with after the Bush years? 5000 of our brave men and woman are lying dead thanks to their lies, how many are dead by the perceived lies of the dems?

Grow up right wing morons.

nancy pelosi is turning the american independence away.... rid her before its to late

Whine whine whine can't this bunch of republicans do anything else. Why don't they slam, bush, cheney, rice, gonzales, and the republican lawyers in the justice department that ordered and sanctioned and lied about torture.

Oh gee I get it, they want to slur a democrat because SHE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN, they don't want to see the republicans investigated because THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID IT.

It Cracks me up Republicans want to blame this whole Torture Mess on one Person, when in Fact it was Their President(BUSH), And Vice President ( CHENEY) ,And their Party that held power and Pretty Muched owned the Goverment back then. Do they really think were stupid? what do they think of the American people?

Many honorable Americans have also said the same thing about the CIA. Search it!

Republicans are going round and round in the toilet and soon they will go into the sewer.

Is Collin Powell the only Republican with intelligence?

Umm, good luck with that.

As always...lots of criticism, zero solutions.

HEY – congressional rethuglicants...
You were voted in to do the country's business, not go on electioneering witch hunts. The country is in the crapper and all you can do is robocall and produce slimey TV ads? To much time on your hands eh?
Get with it and do the work you were elected to do, you know, like govern and other strange concepts like that...

Cheney decieved the Nation...and still does.

back in the good old days when the GOP could not find anything to stick on Bill Clinton, a popular president at that time, they did the next best thing and went after Hillary. Seems like they are trying it again with Obama and Pelosi. The certainly can't go after Michelle anymore so this is the next best thing since they really have no answers for our country's problems. One thing about the good old boys of the GOP when it comes to going after anybody they aren't sexists....they'll take a woman anyday. But I think not only will it NOT work, but they'll just be digging themselves in a deeper trench.

At least with Nancy getting caught in her lie, it has made her go and hide. The country is much better off if she will just stay in CA

I just love the way that CNN always characterizes any criticism at Obama or the Dems as "taking aim", etc. As everyone knows, it is the Dems and loony left that "fire off" ruthless attacks and aggressively pursue the politics of personal destruction.

Maybe if your party would give repubs a chance maybe they could help out and work together. Not much you can do when Obama has the senate and house in his hands!!!!!! This country was never meant to have one party in total control and I can put money on it that things are not going to work out. Im sure our founding fathers never seen this day coming. I have served this country almost 9 long and hard years. I have been places and seen things that no one can imagine and yet I see ungreatful people every day while I see people in other countries wish they had just 1/3 of what we have.Makes me wonder if it was worth it the way I see the people of this country act. It makes me sick and most of all embarrassed. Maybe you guys can defend your new country and way of live. Because the one I raised my right hand up for is almost gone. Both sides are the problem!!! Repubs and Dems

Nancy Pelosi is done! Thank God and amen.

Come on, stop picking on Nancy Pelosi-O.
IShe can't help it her nose sounds like, "Zzhhhoooooooopp!!!"

The fall of Nancy Pelosi = the beginning of the fall of hippy liberal baby-boomer political relevance.

The Sixties are over, Woodstock. Cut your stupid grey pony tail.

They (the GOP) offers nothing to help the county except character assasinations....pity.

If you believe Bush, the CIA mislead him about Iraq WND's. Who do the repugnants think they are kidding?

2010 is going to see a lot of these fools go down. I can not wait!

What does the GOP think that they will win in support with their unending
negative attacks? They are digging a very deep hole that they will not get out of for a very long time IF EVER!

IDIOTS

O.K. MSNBC, Keith quoted Alito on his show last night and your network should keep playing the video of Alito over and over and over like FOX News and Fox Light (CNN) have been playing what Judge Sotomayor said about her experiences. This is beautiful!!! Yeah, video and recorders are great!!!!! I don't see a word about it on CNN.

I find it a little ironic that these people wish to villify Nancy Pelosi since NONE of them can come up with any solid proof that "she" lied. So many others have said almost the same thing that she did. The republidolts cannot seem to find anything to hold on too. They are as dead as the Whigs are, lets hope they fade quick enough to stop all this bull so we can get on with rebuilding our country that the last administration and 14 years of republidolts control of congress has literally destroyed.
Its clear that their only concern is gaining power, they don't give a crap about saving the middle class or the country for that matter, if so then why don't they put forward some ideas instead of all this argumentive profiling?

Everyone on here is complaining about this, yet wasnt most of Obama's campaign about making John McCain out to be Bush? I personally hate this style, but dont applaud one side for doing it and then condemn the other.

Republicans are so stupid. it would seem after 8 years of digging a hole they would learn to quit. but they have dug so deep they think down is up. i say to heck with the republican party. how about republicans for america and the people. all they worry about is the next election. no answers, just no.

While we as a people struggle to repair our nation and pull ourselves up out of this hole we are in, all Republicans are busy doing is promoting hate and anger. None of this serves to aid in the recovery of our nation. Get on the band wagon and work with us or you will never again be allowed to do anything other than spew your anger and hate.

Such a childish way to pass yourselves off as leaders.

DemocRats, the party of liars and cheats. It starts with the person at the top, the teleprompter-in-chief.

DEMS WAKE UP

You My friend are 100 percent right couldnt have said it better myself!

I have never seen so many babies in Congress. Gingrich had said about the CIA lying to him, he was ousted on Meet the Press. He hemhawed about that. When the Republican's are in power, they do no wrong,and if the Democrats say anything about it, well they might not be voted back in. The Republicans may be Neo-cons, but they are very dirty, (KARL ROVE).

I read some of the blogs and talking about jobs, health care, and clean energy. They are trying to sell us that there is no global warming.That it is a Left wing properganda. Talk to anyone with asthma.

Looks like they want one of their own as Speaker of the house.

This is more trash. Boehner et al are definitely going down the tubes now-we're not even grasping for straws anymore.

Don't they realize the country is already onto their very lame, very failed attempt at shifting the torture situation from Cheney-Bush et al to someone/something/somewhere/sometime else? Imagine if we'd had this kind of imagination going on with McCain-Palin in the drivers' seat! Owwwww!

Its about time they go on the offensive. They have been taking a beating from the liberals long enough. My sister lives in Europe, middle class, and pays 51% in taxes. 51% folks this is the change you voted for and they are spending and programming us to get there. Health care, energy costs, deficit. We will all be poor and on government assistance...unless we don't pay our taxes like the elite in Washington.

Pelosi and Reid are the poster childs for incompetence in the Democrat party.

Come 2010 when our experiment with Socialism is not creating jobs, the backlash is going to be tremendous against the Dems. Then finally the Republicans will be able to stop the destruction of wealth and prosperity that is the Obama mode of operation.

The repugs are more stupid than expected. They think having a bunch of unknown -un noticed Repub, wallflowers challenge Pelosi will win them votes when their high profile "leaders" like Graham / McConnell, and Boehner hide in the bushes is absolutely pathetic! REPUBLICAN leaders should stand up / speak your mind with FACTS not just crticism that back your assertions up and be ready to reap the results – Otherwise Republicans should just shut up and go away. Let Limbaugh and Gingerich keep on leading your parade! We Dems love it!

The GOP stinks.

All the DNC has to do is wait a year & add up the time and money republican congress spent on attacks instead of helping America

GOP = Got 0 Proposals for America

Actually I think Pelosi can probably prove her point; after all Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Colin Powell all lied to Congress about this stuff. When Clinton did that about his zipper it was a major crime; luckily it's ok when Republicans do it. I wonder why the elephants are so eager to have all this stuff revealed; oh yeah, they're trying to do the investigation themselves and suppress it all.

I got news for you GOP......... we don't care what Pelosi said. We KNOW the CIA lied to congress. What do you think we are? Terrified xenophobes like you?

I don't understand... is there an election cycle already going on? I don't remember so many ads, by BOTH parties, wasting money on commercials that are not for a public vote and have very little influence, save getting the base excited. Spend it on something else, kids, or you will never get a dime from me again.

Wake up GOP! This is not 2001 and that crap does not work anymore.

If they are going to try to take down Pelosi, they had better also take everyone involved with the whole ordeal. Pretty much that includes the entire republican party. They should bring up criminal charges.

I'll start listening to the GOP when they start talking about solutions.

The more they speak, the further left I go...

Targeting rather than offering solutions?!? How unique of them.

The GOP are about the slimiest group of right wing radicals in existence. But the Dems better wake up, because the GOP's "attach the person – not the facts" has proven successful in the past.

I would to think that hate creating, smear campaigning, fear mongering radicals couldn't be successful again with their same old attack plan. But you have to admit... it's what they do best. They do it better than actually running the country.

You are showing your true "blue" color with your defense of Pelosi. She has clearly lied and you are trying to deflect the attention towards Republicans. Be honest rather than partisan, for once. There is no defense for this.

Just one more of her many lies and double dealings. Throw her out and be done with it!

Grand Obsolete Party ... Next item please.

RNC When are you gonna care about this Country and The People rather then Politics? Are you ever gonna work with the New President and New Congress for the Good of the Country or do you put Party First? Country Last P A T H E T I C!

GLAD to see my "People" back on the Blogs!! Yesterday must have been a full moon, CNN blogs were crowded with .......... rightwing-nuts!

@ David.......... SO true!

Exactly what is the point of throwing money into an ad attacking people that were just elected?

I really couldn't care less what Pelosi meant about a conversation that happened like 7 years ago. "Hey can you tell me what they told you 7 years ago?" "Son, I'm almost 70 years old". Hell, I couldn't tell you what someone told me 7 months ago and I'm only 34. Granted, she should have said something like "to my recollection, they did not tell me these details". I think it was poor wording, and I think this is a frivolous pursuit on the part of the GOP.

If you think the CIA has never lied to Congress, I have a bridge I can sell you. You know the one in Alaska. Nancy Pelosi will be vindicated.

shame on them, we are struggeling and they have nothing else to do, but trying to point the finger and playing the blame game. no real solution for real life problems. they should be ashamed of themselfes
they need to grow up.

Typical GOP, half truths and lies. Spreading fear and hate. Then they wonder why the American people rejected them and continue to reject them. The same old tactics, so much for the New GOP.

By the way, what ever happened to their Listening Tour? It seems like it consisted of one stop when Rush shut it down, never to be heard from again.

Nancy Pelosi has officially become the 650 lb gorilla for the Democratic party. Now the G.O.P. has a political standpoint that they can use to start reclaiming power.

Seems like the same old Republican tactics. They really haven't changed at all and this media blitz isn't going to be successful. Once again, it's going to make the Republicans look like attack dogs. I really think they need to change their politics. They are just not very nice people.

Desperation is as desperation does.

We have no solutions, just anger and slogans.

What in the world is the RNC doing to help our economy, absolutely nothing. Americans are already "dirt poor" and aren't interested in the RNC's dirty workings. Do something about the economy, jobs and health care for our country and our children.

GOP Being childish, still having no solutions and simply being paid dirt bags? Say it isn't so.........

And in another startling turn of events, the sun rose in the east today.

The party of hate!