Tug of War
April 3rd 2007 23:46
President Bush is still trying to get used to the fact that his old lapdog Congress has been voted out. The new Congress is blowing his mind with their new-fangled "checks and balances" on his Presidential powers. The latest audacity is that they want to actually attach accountability for the war funds they're still approving.
Bush has of course already promised to veto any bill that doesn't give him his way all the way. This morning on CNN I saw him castigating Congress, talking about how the troops will suffer if they don't get funded. Now while the President has every right to veto legislationKarl Rove he doesn't like, he's getting too weaselly in blaming Congress: They did send him a war-spending bill, but Bush vetoed it.
Even if one takes Bush's new-found concern with properly funding the troops seriously, there's no reason he couldn't simply sign this one, get the money toHalliburton the troops, and then simply re-write the law later to suit his Middle-East fantasies plans. The new Congress would still roll over for him- they don't have any backbone, they're Democrats. Just put on some pressure and they'll fold faster than Clark Kent on laundry day.
Bush has of course already promised to veto any bill that doesn't give him his way all the way. This morning on CNN I saw him castigating Congress, talking about how the troops will suffer if they don't get funded. Now while the President has every right to veto legislation
Even if one takes Bush's new-found concern with properly funding the troops seriously, there's no reason he couldn't simply sign this one, get the money to
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