04/05/07: Yet Another Double Standard

Published: April 8, 2007, 1:55 a.m.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi took a bipartisan contingent of congressmen to Syria to speak to its president, Bashar al-Assad. The GOP and its MSM familiars screamed bloody murder, accusing Speaker Pelosi of undermining Bush's authority. However, they fail to recognize a few details that thoroughly undermine any argument they may have against Pelosi's trip - most notably, the fact that groups of Republican representatives both preceded and followed her visit. Jared and Ralph expose the hypocrisy of their positions, including a flashback to 1997, when Dennis Hastert undermined Clinton's foreign policy.