Pelosi silent on human rights during China visit

Tuesday 26th May, 06:36 AM JST

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TheQuestion at 10:35 PM JST - 26th May

Tell me, what can she say when over there. It would be censored anyways....

Something, anything to dispell the notion that she is nothing but an annoying git. It would be refreshing to see this, allow me to choke down my bile, leader of the House stay consistant on something as important as human rights. It doesn't matter on whether or not China hears it, only that the rest of the world, and most importantly, the people back in America hear it.
DickMorris at 12:05 AM JST - 27th May

buddha4brains: I have don emore for my great country than you could ever dream of doing. I've dine more than Pelosi, i speak my mind and do my best for my country , unlike Obama and his lackeys who are all spin without substance.

The woman can't even bring up CHina'S human rights failings. She'S a puppet and a yellow chicken.
smithinjapan at 12:19 AM JST - 27th May

Another non-issue.

China pretty much owns the US, and so a US politician doesn't oppose them and now they're upset. News flash: your government has been kow-towing to China for years, and bush went there to try and secure more government bonds in his final weeks in office after he triggered the worst economic recession since the 30's (and after which he begged Japan, too). Pelosi not doing any different doesn't make her... well... any different.

But as I said, the shattered Republican party once more trying to make a non-issue into something to sit on (being that they have no more base than a toothpick).
Suzu1 at 12:38 AM JST - 27th May

China owns just less than one quarter of the US debt held by foreigners. The US Treasury market is the only one in the world big enough to support its purchases. The Chinese talk about making changes but the reality is that they can't (it would disrupt any other market China went into and would devalue its US dollar holdings) and don't want to (they still correctly see the US as a relative safe haven compared to the rest of the world).
Hopfly at 02:33 AM JST - 27th May

It doesn't matter, Pelosi could tell me the sun will rise tomorrow, and I wouldn't believe her. She only lies when her lips move.
VOR at 05:33 AM JST - 27th May

Why let a little thing like human rights get in the way of her little shopping trip?
DXXJP at 06:02 AM JST - 27th May

Well geeze by golly where was your boy wonder preachin bout humin rights when he attended the olympics. And wasnt the free tibet signs up then, and all them humin rights. Gash darn if he didnt say anything, but he sure can wave a US flag made in china real well.
buddha4brains at 07:00 AM JST - 27th May

I have don emore for my great country than you could ever dream of doing. I've dine more than Pelosi, i speak my mind and do my best for my country , unlike Obama and his lackeys who are all spin without substance.

My apologies, I did not know who I was talking to.
Sarge at 07:20 AM JST - 27th May

DXXJP ( 6:02 AM ) - Har!
VOR at 08:09 AM JST - 27th May

Every time Obama and the Democrats fail to walk the walk, they and their supporters seem to think blaming George W. Bush makes it all better. What a bunch of self important phonies.
onewrldoneppl at 12:46 PM JST - 27th May

the U.S. needs china's cooperation against the DPRK. matters of national security & regional stability supercede those of chinese human rights. pelosi will do as she is ordered by her commander-in-chief, mr. obama. stray too far, and innocent by-standers will get the first rounds of fire. to those who live in japan, you'll appreciate pelosi's efforts when the DPRK is carpet-bombing from hokkaidou to okinawa and you're living in a concentration camp.
DXXJP at 02:46 PM JST - 27th May

Sarge and Vor

So you cant bring your selves to believe the facts, but your not above insulting someone else that does the exact same thing.

True american spirit there.
DickMorris at 05:23 PM JST - 27th May

DXXJP Sarge and Vor talk common sense and are patriotic Americans loke my good self.

Bush and his underlings would bring up human rights at every occaision. This is appeasement. It happened before with Mr Chamberlin, don't fall into the same trap Obama.
SuperLib at 01:21 AM JST - 28th May

Who cares? If she had brought up human rights people would be telling the US to say out of the affairs of other countries then we would have had 50 posts about Gitmo.

Hmmm.....make that 75 posts about Gitmo.
teleprompter at 05:58 PM JST - 31st May

Time for Pelosi's lefty admirers to put another bumper sticker on the Volvo and vow to never make any major purchases from Walmart.