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April 01, 2008

Pelosi Preparing to Refuse Further Iraq Funding?

We shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, and we should remain vigilant and increase the pressure, but this change in policy from Nancy Pelosi is the most encouraging thing I've seen in a long time.

—Jonathan Schwarz

Posted at April 1, 2008 12:15 PM
Comments

Ha ha! You almost got me there.

Posted by: Dreamweasel at April 1, 2008 12:29 PM

It's a shame that her announcement about bringing articles of impeachment against Bush and Cheney got squeezed off the page by the Iraq thing.

Posted by: weldon berger at April 1, 2008 12:37 PM

Check the date.

Posted by: barry at April 1, 2008 12:39 PM

Ummm...April Fools?

Posted by: IanY77 at April 1, 2008 12:43 PM

I was so excited to read that. I then remembered what day it was.

Posted by: Jeff at April 1, 2008 12:44 PM

1-202-225-0100, I called today, now its YOUR turn. ( I guess YOU know I ain't joking)

Posted by: Mike Meyer at April 1, 2008 12:59 PM
...this change in policy from Nancy Pelosi is the most encouraging thing I've seen in a long time.

Jon: You may not have realized that it's very common for people to post fake articles on April 1st like the one you've linked to (Google usually does it, for example). And the article you're talking about here is apparently one of these joke articles. Seriously—check the content. I'm sure if you'd thought about it a bit more you'd have realized that Nancy Pelosi wouldn't say these things, but I know it's tempting sometimes to just post the second you see something. Don't feel too bad, though...we've all gotten caught at one time or another!

You may want to put a note in the article to make sure there's no confusion about it.

Posted by: John Caruso at April 1, 2008 01:17 PM

John Caruso: The joke's on us all, don't ya know. (and about a million Iraqis)

Posted by: Mike Meyer at April 1, 2008 01:31 PM

Ha ha, John Caruso believed it.

He totally bought it, and then he told all his friends cause he thought it was true.

Posted by: Dan at April 1, 2008 01:37 PM

Ah, CENSORSHIP, that most useful tool of the ture revolutionary.

Posted by: Mike Meyer at April 1, 2008 01:41 PM

This April Fools stuff is way too easy.

Posted by: John Caruso at April 1, 2008 02:13 PM

Hey, if it wasn't for false hope, we wouldn't have any hope at all.

Posted by: SteveB at April 1, 2008 02:58 PM


It's just a little reminder why we should be supporting Cindy Sheehan's bid to unseat Pelosi. If Sheehan was getting sufficnet monetary and moral support from progressives to make it a viable candidacy, we might actually be seeing such a statement on Pelosi's web site.

http://www.cindyforcongress.org/

Posted by: T. Lassiter Jones at April 1, 2008 05:59 PM

Jonathan,

Sigh! This is indeed a cruel joke.
All the more reason that April is the cruelest month of the year.

Posted by: NanoMan at April 2, 2008 08:49 AM