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Nancy Pelosi’s “Bring It On” Moment

Last week President Bush said he regretted telling the insurgents in Iraq to “bring it on” and that his tough talk like “dead or alive” sent the wrong signal to people. But while Bush says he has learned to express himself in a more “sophisticated” manner, it appears Dems have learned the opposite. 

In the latest issue of The New Yorker, Jeffrey Goldberg writes:

Even the most liberal Democratic officeholders recognize the need to speak to security-conscious voters in ways that will separate them from Republicans. Nanci Pelosi made a game attempt at ferocity when I talked with her … ”I always say to people, ‘Think lioness.’ This is how Democrats are. You threaten our children—and that’s America—you threaten our country, you’re dead. You’re dead.” 

Dems criticized Bush’s for being a shoot-from-the-hip cowboy. Now apparently they’re tommy-gun-carrying mobsters channeling Robet De Niro’s Al Capone.