If I was a historically weak president, I’d seek to hide that weakness. If Congress was set to pass something over my objections, I’d agree to it and take credit for it. Of course, I mean this within reason. If Congress was going to pass something that I genuinely thought was immoral, I’d have to object. But Bush is way out on a limb on Medicare:
President Bush cast a futile veto on Tuesday, rejecting a bill that would protect doctors from cuts in their Medicare payments. But hours later, the House and Senate voted to override the veto, making the Medicare measure the fourth bill to become legislation over Mr. Bush’s opposition.
The president’s veto message to the House said that he objected to the bill because it was “fiscally irresponsible” and relied on “short-term budget gimmicks” that do not address the long-term fiscal soundness of the Medicare program.
But the House voted, 383 to 41, on Tuesday afternoon to override the veto. Soon afterward, the Senate voted by 70 to 26 to do so. Although the Senate vote was close enough to provide some suspense, it was still over the two-thirds needed, as a number of conservative Republicans who typically side with the president broke with him on this issue.
Bush didn’t even come close in preventing a veto-override, and it just makes him look ridiculous.
Bush didn’t even come close in preventing a veto-override, and it just makes him look ridiculous.
Do what you do best, that’s what I say.
I want to thank the person that put the additive in the water cooler there.
it must cause testicular swelling ; )
peace….can be acheived with testosterone
Testicles??? They all handed them back to Bush right before the FISA vote. And I can’t imagine that he has returned them yet. I believe he’s pretty much had possession of them at Cheney’s secret, undisclosed location for most of the last 7 1/2 years. I figure that by now they probably resemble BB’s so they won’t be much use for anyone. They certainly didn’t use them when they had them. Maybe Bush can take them and make some kind of necklace or something. There has to be some beneficial use for them.
Maybe he could sell them on e-bay to help reduce the debt.
FOR SALE-Full set of congressional testicles. Mint condition. Still in the original shrink wrapped package. MAKE OFFER. Due to move to South America I must sell before January 20, 2009.
If it were merely the cowardice of Dems versus Bush, this seems to disprove the smear.
So what is the difference between passing a bill about Medicare and a bill about spying? Care to modify the criticism? Maybe the Dems cowardice involves something else?
Yes Bob, there can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the Dems are complicit in this administration’s lawbreaking and it will never be revealed because of the recent FISA legislation. Numerous high level Dems, including Nancy Pelosi, knew what was happening. They were briefed and no objections were raised.
So yes, there most certainly is something else beside cowardice. The criminality was spread far and wide.
It was the consummate ass-covering act.
LMAO…..and it was sarcasim I was using…
good one
peace
The above picture was taken recently at Bush’s faux ranch down in Texas. Rumor is these might have once belonged to this man.
Though there are some doubts that he has ever been in possession of a real set.
It couldn’t happen to a more deserving individual.
fiscally irresponsible
short-term budget gimmicks
This from the guy who is writing ten billion a month in hot checks in Iraq.
Dude doesn’t give a shit, never has.
Did Bush even know why he was objecting to this bill?
My understanding was that the reason the Republicans were filibustering and the reason the President was going to veto it was because the Dems were cutting the subsidies to private insurance companies participating in Medicare out of the deal. That was the objection – which actually makes the Dem bill more fiscally responsible than what the Republicans wanted.
The Republican argument seemed to be about “limiting choice” by cutting out the private insurance subsidies, not about fiscal irresponsibility.
Am I totally wrong on this? I suppose I wasn’t following this as closely as I could have, but it seems like Bush’s rhetoric doesn’t really work and you’d think his people could have bothered to at least find an excuse that matched the actual problems the Republicans had with the bill.
There were other provisions that could have been cited based on “fiscal responsibility,” like a “rebasing” of sole community hospitals which will significantly increase Medicare reimbursement.
He’s a moron, never worked and always had daddy’s friends change his diaper when he failed. He’s just trying to make himself feel important. Surprised he didn’t take the opportunity to say his “tax cuts” should be permanent.
Bush sees himself as the only one standing in the way of the takeover of civilization by the hoards. His duty is to make sure that communal social services are thwarted at every turn.
He thus must oppose them even when the efforts will not succeed. This way he will be able to maintain his narrative (internally to himself and in the new fantasy land version of history that he is busy creating for future generations).
He sees the Reagan model as what he is striving for. Reagan may have been clueless, suffering from mental decay and completely wrong on economics and foreign policy, but he managed to win the war on history. He has now been put up on a pedestal as Saint Ronnie.
Bush is working on his place in the pantheon as well, hence the huge effort to build his library (and hide any material which contradicts his narrative away from scholars for as long as possible).
You watch, in 20 years the left will be hit with the Saint George club just as they are now being hit with the one named Ronnie.
sign the petition at barbara boxer’s office: Tell Congress not to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling!
really, this clown, as well as congress, is setting new record lows for approval daily:
whata ya waiting for?