The Republicans are falling apart at the seams!

Now they can't even agree on whether or not to attack Nancy Pelosi on her choice of transportation.

The White House on Thursday defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against Republican criticism that her desire to fly in an Air Force transport plane is an extravagance.

"This is a silly story and I think it's been unfair to the speaker," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

Republicans are taking issue with the size of the plane Pelosi would need to fly in to reach her hometown of San Francisco without refueling. There are three Air Force airplanes that have the fuel capacity to make the trip nonstop, with the largest being a C-32 plane, a military version of the Boeing 757-200.

Republicans cite that Denny Hastert of Illinios used a smaller version of the plane. Although, I'm sure it slipped their feeble little minds that while Hastert's home in Illinois is 500 miles from Washington, DC, Nancy Pelosi's home in San Francisco, California is 2,700 miles away, and the smaller plane may not be able to make it all the way cross country without having to stop.

Nancy Pelosi defended herself last night on Fox News as well:

"There are probably those in the Department of Defense who are not happy with my criticism of Secretary Rumsfeld, the war in Iraq, other waste, fraud and abuse in the Defense Department, and I guess this is their way of making their voices heard," she said.

Of course the twits at Fox News bring the Speaker of the House on to discuss her modes of travel. You know, they wouldn't want to actually discuss anything of real substance with her, like say, the Republicans blocking debate on Iraq.