Speaker Pelosi's Reasoned Message on Withdrawl

[Zandor]

...“It is not just the opinion of the base of the Democratic Party that this war should end, it’s the opinion of the American people, largely across-the-board,” Pelosi said. “Democrats, Independents, and a reasonable chunk of the Republican Party as well. They want the war to end. They don’t want to hear about 60 votes in the Senate-‘Just do it!’ ”

Pelosi has been buffeted by the anger and passion of liberal activists war, with whom she appears to sympathize even thought she cannot grant their wish. The speaker Tuesday appeared to feel caught between those activists and her role as a government leader.

“We have to make responsible decisions in the Congress that are not driven by the dissatisfaction of anybody who wants the war to end tomorrow,” Pelosi said. “God bless them for their passion on this issue. I believe that mostly they are right. But I do believe that we are responsible for the responsible, safe redeployment of our troops out of Iraq, and that is what we will continue to fight for.”...

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/pelosi_proud_of_her_congress_w.html

[Lerkfish]

1. a term: representative government

when the representatives intentionally choose to ignore the will of the people, it ceases to be a representative system and becomes a system of elite class and peasant class.

[Robbien]

2. Reasoned only if one believes Pelosi has a wish to withdraw from Iraq

but it is obvious to the majority of Americans, she firmly plans on keeping the death and destruction going forever without foreseeable end.