FRAN ON THE FIRE

There are some politicians that I will openly admit to not liking much, even though I always caution people not to fall into the trap of hating someone that they really don't know. For example, during the run-up to the Presidential elections this past fall I made it pretty clear I was no fan of Hillary Clinton, although I will admit to having a certain amount of respect for her ability to put herself into the public eye. However, there is one politician that I find so vile, that I occasionally catch myself grinding my teeth at her image on my T.V. That person is San-Fran Nan, better known as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

I'm not really sure why I have such a problem with Speaker Pelosi. Maybe it's her Botox-laden face, maybe it's her anything-goes-as-long-as-someone-else-is-paying-for-it San Francisco values. Maybe it's that she reminds me of a scary elementary school teacher I once had. Whatever the reason, I have found great joy watching her squirm lately as she lies through her capped white teeth.

In the past week, Nancy has found herself in the uncomfortable position of having the curtain pulled back on her more private conservative moments. After exhorting the evils of "enhanced interrogation" for the later part of the Bush Administration, it has now been revealed that Ms. Pelosi quietly sat in on CIA briefings on interrogation and said nary a word in protest. Like a lot of Liberals on the Hill, President Obama included, she has to keep a bit of a duel personality going. On the one hand, she is privy to a lot of sensitive material on the threats facing our country and she knows the threats are real. On the other hand, she is the main spokeswoman for the left's anti-war, anti-torture, peace-nic wing. The two sides can never be seen together in the same room.

So what's a politician to do? Simple, you do what you accuse your opposition of doing-you lie through your teeth. You claim that the CIA "misrepresented the facts" and that you didn't know they were talking about "torturing" anyone. In fact, you thought they were talking about taking suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah to a water-park for some afternoon fun.

There's only one problem, and his name is Leon Panetta. The ex-Clintonite and present CIA director Panetta refuses to just sit there and watch his department get trashed so's Ms. Pelosi can save her lipo-suctioned, silicone-implanted ass. He had this to say about Nancy's accusations, "our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing 'the enhanced techniques that had been employed." Come on Leon, can't you just take one for the team?

The Republicans have been smelling blood in the water and refuse to let this political grape fall off the vine before it's good and ripe.Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner had this to say about Ms. Pelosi's accusation, "Lying to Congress is a crime. Purposely misleading Congress is a crime. And if the speaker is accusing the intelligence community of lying to her or purposefully misleading her, then she ought to present that evidence, turn it over to the Justice Department, [and] have them prosecute it," Yikes! I believe the Republicans have finally made a point.

In the interest of good sportsmanship, I'm going to try to give Frying Fran a bit of advice. It's O.K., Ms. Pelosi, to be an unapologetic Liberal, some of my best friends are Liberal, that's not a problem. What is a problem, Fran, is standing in front of your Liberal friends and telling them how evil you think our intelligence community is, or how terrible our military is, when you know in your heart the vast majority of them are trying their level best to keep us all safe. For that, Ms. Speaker, I will never respect you. H.C.