Bush called on Congress to pass spending bills for the military that include provisions for troops in the war zone, saying they should spend more time listening to the threats of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and "less time responding to the demands of MoveOn.org bloggers and Code Pink protesters."
Because of clueless overload, I can put aside your ignorance that there is no such thing as a MoveOn.org blogger. What I am upset about is how in the hell you or any puppet on the right can honestly say that the Democratic House and Senate leadership are listening to us. If they were, the troops would be home, you would be impeached, and America would have restored faith in their government!
Who would you rather have lead? This bunch has capitulated to everything you have asked for--quaking in their boots of your rabid 23% following...
And the capitulation continues....
Mukasey will most likely be our new AG for having met the high standard of not being Gonzales and the true fact that we could get even worse. You have a knack for always picking the worst candidates to serve, but all you had to do was throw a temper tantrum and actually promise that NO ONE would serve as AG if the Democrats stood up to you.
A real politician with spine would have stood up to you and called your bluff. But not them.
You have been getting a free ride since last November!! Pelosi and Reid immediately took impeachment off the table--after you lied to me to about going to war--(a more impeachable offense I do not know). But I forgave them because I figured they would have their hands full trying to get our troops out of Iraq.
Maybe they foolishly thought you would finally listen to reason after the election; and stop your "strategery" of doing the same thing over and over and over again until we achieve "victory".
Nope.
It soon became clear that the only way to end this tragedy was to cut funding. Buuuuuut Pelosi announced that that is off the table as well. In fact, just two months after the election, you were able to send MORE troops to serve as gun fodder for the Iraqi civil war!
For crying out loud, we couldn't even get the WEBB amendment passed to guarantee that our troops get badly needed rest!! Don't worry, Reid spared your Congressional supporters embarrassment for your party having to defend itself in a fillibuster.
And just ONE DAY later, after screwing over the troops, Reid and Pelosi allowed legislation to condemn a goddamned newspaper ad--giving your ridiculous distraction for the failed surge credibility.
Rep. Jane Harman's recent diary on this summarizes the problem we have. She pretty much said we needed to have a "veto-proof" majority in order to safeguard the Constitution. The thought of standing up to you never even entered her radar.
Sadly, her mentality is prevalent amongst many of our legislators.
Be afraid of Bush. BE VERY AFRAID.
He might call you a name.
His 23% of hick followers might not vote for you.
Best to capitulate--then maybe he will go easy on you.
Let's see how that is working. Here's FAUX News pundit and sometimes
"correspondent" John Gibson:
In a way, the president gave the Dems some cover with the people they most fear. At least he publicly credited them with bowing and scraping before the far, far left. That should keep the far, far left off their back for a little bit, even though the Dems in Congress have failed at every single errand the far, far left has sent them off to do: war hasn't ended; Bush isn't being impeached; Cheney is still in office.. That's right. The DC Dems give in to everything you want, and they are still attacked and still blamed for listening to "us".
By the way, they were laughing at them last night by releasing the Halloween pictures of Bush's dog dressed as Darth Vader. They always think of Cheney as Darth Vader, and he's not supposed to be able to take a joke.
In fact, Congress' approval rating is the lowest in recorded history right now. (Which you love to bring up.)
Which brings progressives like this "MoveOn" blogger to ask:
WHAT THE HELL is our leadership in Congress getting out of captiulating?? IF they actually listen to us--stand up to you from time to time--and be the "fighting" Dems we were promised, then maybe your rants would be justified.
But don't worry, I won't hold my breath.
You complain about Bush, but his approval rating, despite being a really crappy 24%, is more than twice as much as the Democratic-lead Congress, who enjoys an 11% approval rating.
ReplyDelete11%? I didn't even know approval rating went that low.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/bushs_approval_at_new_low_in_r.html
Shoot, Congress's approval rating is even less than half of Nixon's when he resigned in '74.
That's the point. The Democrats were put in power to stop Bush, but all they do is capitulate to him. If someone called me up, I would give them a low approval as well. When they stand up to him (Social Security) they are popular; they get nothing when they capitulate--and it infuriates the American people.
ReplyDeleteLeighsah,
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that Congress' approval rating IS ALWAYS LOW.
But their Congress person's normally enjoy a 90 percent re-election rate!!!
WHY?
Because people LOVE their Congress person, but HATE everyone else's. That is why Congress is always lower than the president and always will be. Mica always get re-elected with no trouble.
From USA TODAY 11/6/2007:
ReplyDeleteBush is the MOST UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT EVER
Meanwhile, Bush reached an unwelcome record. By 64%-31%, Americans disapprove of the job he is doing. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50% say they "strongly disapprove" of the president. Richard Nixon had reached the previous high, 48%, just before an impeachment inquiry was launched in 1974.