Monday, April 09, 2007

Pelosi is evil and bad because she visits Syria part 2

Chester of Vanity Press discusses the Logan act and provides a list of all the other Speakers of the House and errant Congressmen who have stepped over the line:
The clear intent of this provision [Logan Act] is to prohibit unauthorized persons from intervening in disputes between the United States and foreign governments. Nothing in section 953 [Logan Act], however, would appear to restrict members of the Congress from engaging in discussions with foreign officials in pursuance of their legislative duties under the Constitution.
But, let's pretend for a moment that Pelosi's trip really did violate this act that has never been enforced and which does not apply to members of Congress in pursuit of their responsibilities. All right: let's look who else would have to be arrested for violation of the act:
Would that be all right? Can we get these ten prominent Republicans in prison right away?
Update: Olvlzl of Echidne of the Snakes notes that Bush blocked Carter from visiting Syria; Issa (R) criticized Bush after visiting Syria right after Pelosi had been there and Pelosi had not said anything negative about Bush, and Pelosi has shown world class leadership. Thank god.

5 comments:

ellroon said...

She came close when she stopped the questioning of Al Gore by Inhofe and scolded him for his rudeness. I loved that!

Steve Bates said...

She came close when she stopped the questioning of Al Gore by Inhofe and scolded him for his rudeness. I loved that!

Am I mistaken, or was that Barbara Boxer who did that? (Update: yes, it was Boxer.)

A minor quibble: I think you mean ColOmbia, not ColUmbia. The only reason I noticed is that Colombia is the long-ago home of an old girlfriend of mine who is of Colombian parentage. Born in NYC and thus a U.S. citizen, she lives and works in DC these days.

ellroon said...

Thank you. Dammit, two mistakes in one post. At least the Colombia/Columbia one is copied.

As an aside...I've avoided changing the copied posts unless the error is very obvious. Then I [bracket] it. How else would one handle it?

Steve Bates said...

Oops, sorry; I let this follow-up get by me.

You did the right thing to retain the copied mistake. Sometimes I place "[sic]" beside something like that, but this was awfully minor, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have bothered. I'm afraid I didn't notice that you were quoting; I wouldn't even have mentioned it if I had.

I am a victim of my past and my present: my late mother was an English teacher, and two of my best friends are professional editors of high-end medical journals and medical texts. In such company, I could never get away with anything! :)

ellroon said...

I don't mind being corrected if I'm wrong and appreciate the tone. I now know to watch for the difference in Columbia/Colombia because I have to confess I had not noticed before.

And the Boxer/Pelosi mistake is me just blundering about and being careless. That really needs correcting, pronto. The truth is the truth!