Posted by
Mark McConnell on Thursday, January 04, 2007 10:29:45 PM
On the first occasion in the history of the country at which a woman addressed Congress as the Speaker of the House,
Ms. Pelosi said,“It is the responsibility of the president to articulate a new plan for
Iraq that makes it clear to the Iraqis that they must defend their own
streets and their own security,” she said, “a plan that promotes
stability in the region and a plan that allows us to responsibly
redeploy our troops.”
There was lots of Mommy talk besides, but this comment stands out to me, for its distance, its whininess, its disrespect. Mom wouldn't say this. Mom has too much of a stake in being a part of things working out. This is a Nanny talking.
On day 2, maybe we can look forward to something that doesn't sound so supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, so familiar, so full of sentimentality and false wisdom, so otherwise meaningless. Maybe in the future she can adopt Nanny 911 as her model instead. Or, in this episode, does she play the dad who has excellent reasons for not doing what he knows he must?