Good that she would turn up in an ordinary (?) home to talk to
people;too bad she had to leave just as you wanted to raise 'that'
question, Stephen.
It's the big one now, or certainly one of them....
Doug
(whose Prime Minister continues to support torture of a Canadian
citizen, held in Gitmo since he was captured at the age of 15)
On 26-Apr-09, at 4:54 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I know, I could hear all of us, myself included,(here at Poetryetc)
> tilt our heads in disbelief when I said I was having dinner with
> Nacy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, let alone asking her to support
> the 'torturer' investigations within the US Government. Well, au
> contraire, it was a three hour evening event in which I had the much
> interesting fortune of sitting directly across from her and mostly
> listening as the conversation bounced around politics and players
> around the globe. Apart from my misgivings during her first two
> years as Madame Speaker, particularly on going easy with the then
> President, I found her very impressive, smart and genuinely engaged
> with what's before the world.
> I am so pleased that this event was able to enter into my project,
> The First 100 Days of Obamaa, as both text and haptic! (Well, she
> is, I believe, 3rd in line for the Presidency, if such disaster to
> Obama and Biden should strike! And, I have thought, about as close
> as I could get to the President).
> If you want, take a closer, compressed look at the event, go to:
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/?p=814
>
> Four entries to go until Day 100 and the exhibit with the
> simultanous book and reading.
> Boy, will I be relieved!
>
> Stephen V
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/?p=814
>
Douglas Barbour
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