And Thank YOU, Nancy Pelosi

The Speaker of the House did more than just send mixed messages abroad when she engaged in her love-fest with Syrian dictator Basher Assad: http://www.observer.com/print/54146/full. She legitimized an odious regime which has a human rights record that would make any self-respecting dictator blanche. But, that's a small price to pay if it means showing up President Bush, right?