...But a review of the video of Pelosi’s comments shows the speaker deviated substantially from her prepared remarks when she stepped into the well of the House at about 12:20 p.m. Monday afternoon – delivering a series of ad-libbed jabs at President Bush and his party.
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Pelosi, like Mao in his last days, has achieved the status of a "dead ancestor". I think you'd have to be rather naive to actually blame her for the failure.
In any case, I'm grateful for the failure whatever the reason(s).
