Pelosi Says She Would Drain GOP "Swamp"

[Hissyspit]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061006/ap_on_el_ge/pelosi_time

Pelosi says she would drain GOP 'swamp'
by DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
29 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Franklin Roosevelt had his first hundred days. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours. Time enough, she says, to begin to "drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule.

As in the first 100 hours the House meets after Democrats — in her fondest wish — win control in the Nov. 7 midterm elections and Pelosi takes the gavel as the first Madam Speaker in history.

Day One: Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation."

Day Two: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Time remaining until 100 hours: Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, maybe in one step. Cut the interest rate on student loans in half. Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.

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[ThomCat]

1. I love that metaphore. I hope the press reports it.

I think it will stick in people's imaginations!
:)

[paparush]

2. I'm drooling.... Drooling at the prospect of change.... oh..I can almost

taste it...

[Jack_Dawson]

3. Sounds Great - but they still make the Voting Machines

The degree of their ineptitude, pedophilia and corruption doesn't matter when they count their own votes. I wish it were different.

[filer]

4. After draining that swamp, we'd better hold our noses.

No telling what we'll find on the bottom.

[GeorgeGist]

5. But will...

the swamp water go to jail?