Nancy Pelosi Teaches the Children

This just in from The Hill newspaper:

"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hosted a press conference with reporters’ children Thursday in honor of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

Gathering on the carpet in Pelosi’s office, the two dozen children asked questions ranging from the benign to the tricky to the simply curious.

“What kind of car do you drive?” proffered one youngster. Pelosi doesn’t drive much herself, she said; The Capitol Police ferry her around in an SUV.

“Why are gas prices so high, and what can we do about it?” one child asked.
The skyrocketing prices are a result of a lack of “forward thinking,” Pelosi explained.

“What do you think about the war in Iraq?” another queried.
“I feel very sad. ... I think that when our country has to go to war, we have to be very sure of what we are doing before we go in,” Pelosi answered.

“Can I have your autograph?” another asked, to which Pelosi agreed.

“Do you think the 2004 election was rigged?”
“It could have been, but we must make sure that that never happens again if that did happen.”

Pelosi ably navigated a few architectural trivia items:

“What color was the White House before it was burnt down?”
“White,” Pelosi correctly responded.

“When was the Capitol built?”
“Early 1800s,” she said. Right again. (George Washington laid the cornerstone in 1793, but the House of Representatives did not move in until 1807.)

Joseph Viqueira, son of an NBC producer, asked when the minority leader was going to be president, a question Pelosi identified as a “set-up.”
“As for me,” she replied, “I’ll be content to be Speaker of the House.”

Answers by someone childish, for children. Shesh...