Sheila told me to do it. EFL:
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, said Monday that the capture of Saddam Hussein does nothing to change her opposition to the war in Iraq. "I believe we should have had a congressional vote before declaring war
(Hello, anyone there?)
and we should have allowed U.N. inspectors time to finish their work," Jackson Lee said during a news conference at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Snicker, I bet she really hates it every time she flys.
One of the more outspoken congressional critics of the war in Iraq, Jackson Lee returned to Houston from a recent terrorism fact-finding mission to Europe and the Middle East. She and nine other members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security met with officials in Spain, Italy, Syria and Israel, she said.
What, France was booked?
Jackson Lee said she was so impressed with Syrian President Bashar Assad during her visit that she invited him to speak in Texas, even though his country is designated by the United States as a rogue state and a sponsor of terrorism.
Oh, please, please, Bashar! Please come and do a photo op with Sheila. I bet Karl Rove can get you a meeting with other Democrats as well. Say youâll come!
"Iâm sure someone will write a headline, `Congresswoman invites a terroristâ," Jackson Lee said.
OK
"But thatâs not what Iâm trying to do."
Youâre trying to become a ex-congresswoman?
She said Assad showed his willingness to negotiate by meeting despite President Bushâs signing on Friday of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which could impose sanctions on Syria. "Heâs a 39-year-old president who even gave us a picture of him and his children," Jackson Lee said.
Binny and Sammy had lots of kids too. Got their pictures?
"Letâs see what he can do. Heâs not his father," a reference to Hafez Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron grip for 30 years before his death in 2000.
No, heâs a weak shadow of his father. 
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