Amid all the controversy over the release and now non-release of the EIT photos, Nancy Pelosi has outdone herself and brought new meaning to the word "duplicitous." The best summary of the web she has spun for herself is spelled out clearly in a piece by Karl Rove in today's Wall Street Journal. You can read it here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124226863721018193.html
Unfortunately, we have come to expect such conduct from our politicians as some, such as Pelosi, will say or do anything to disparage the actions of members of the other political party. They do so for one simple reason: power. It doesn't matter who gets hurt by their actions as long as they maintain their power. In this case, though, Pelosi finds herself in a Catch 22. If the prior administration was engaging in torture, as she has been stating, facts that have now come to light make her complicit in those actions. She now has to either flip flop on her definition of torture, or keep denying the obvious, i.e., she knew and approved of it. As always, facts are facts, and they speak for themselves. I standby what I wrote above: Pelosi is not a prevaricator; she's a liar.
Pelosi's conduct in this affair could make one distrust, unfairly, all politicians. Daniel Hannan, MEP, whose blog is followed on the right side of this one, has a pertinent and timely post on the problem caused by those politicians whose actions, like those of Pelosi, unfairly taint the reputations of all their fellow elected officials. Here's a link to Hannan's post:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/daniel_hannan/blog/2009/05/13/why_would_anyone_want_to_become_an_mp
