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[digitaldiscipline]

Four years since "Mission Accomplished," and El Shrubbo used his pen to scrawl the very second red X on something of his administration.

I'm going to put on my extra-partisan hat here for a moment.

WHY AREN'T THE DEMOCRATS OR THE CHICKENHAWKS EXCORIATING HIM FOR "NOT SUPPORTING THE TROOPS" BECAUSE HE JUST VETOED $124 BILLION IN MILITARY SPENDING, HMMM?

Mr. Pro-War President just cut the military off at the pocketbook, and NOBODY is calling him on it. They're blaming Congress. Guess what, fucksticks? CONGRESS PASSED THE BILL.

That's the Democrats' problem - they're too fucking nice. Light into him for "Not supporting the troops" by hanging them out to dry; under-equipped, with funding set to dry up in the next two months, when he could have done something about it.

This isn't even about the open-ended asshattery of the myriad evils; this is cut and fucking dried. For a guy who says he's behind our troops and the war, he just gave them all a big ol' "Fuck You" with that veto.

Somebody hold his dick to the fucking fire for it.

[This is why all politics is bullshit - the Democrats made a clever play to make the President be the bad guy, and now that he's gone and done so, NOBODY is standing up and saying "ZOMG, THERE IS A FUCKING ELEPHANT IN THE BEDROOM!" You laid the trap, he walked right fucking into it, now pull the fucking trigger and let's see some brain matter hit the fucking wall. Don't become the pussies the GOP knows you are, Dems. Harry Reid can't have -all- the balls in the party.]

Comments

[razerwolfe.livejournal.com]

I actually think that no one is making Bush the baddie in this because it was a lost-cause from the get go, and the majority leadership in congress went ahead in the hopes of making political points by debating long and hard over stuff that was simply Never going to be signed into law and Never going to be passed over the Veto. Looks to a lot of people like a complete waste of time and energy. Now they've got their symbolic victory for whatever little value they will make of it and have to go back to work on it all over again ... and the troops will still get funded.

Gotta say, been mightily unimpressed by the New Power that got blown into DC this year. Heard a lot of noise, but seen very little action (which is all good by me: the less congress does is usually the best), but a lot of puffed-up promises to change things have petered out to a sad drizzle of the same-old same-old. The Dems got handed a chance to shine and are blowing it hugely. Keep this up till the end of this year, there may be some more seat-dancing next election, and not in their favor.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I want to know how that teflon-coated fuck continues to escape any semblance of blame or responsibility or accountability for any of the fuckups on his desk, let alone on his watch, basically.

[mighty-man.livejournal.com]

The same way every previous president did. I think it's in the orientation guide in the upper left hand drawer of the desk in the oval office.

[firefly-pilot.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised it took me two weeks to find out, but Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has filed articles of impeachment against Cheney (House Resolution 333).

"Whoa. WHAT?" you ask, and rightly so. Why ISN'T that being reported? A lot of people say this is just to add to Kucinich's non-existent support for his 2008 presidential bid. My take: even if it IS, it's the right thing to do anyway.

"Well, isn't Bush the one we really wanna take down?" Arguably so, and Kucinich recognizes this, but he counters "Look, if we impeach Bush first, then Cheney becomes president, and do we really wanna go through the Constitutional agony of impeaching two presidents in a row?" I can't argue with that.

Anyhow, it's really surprising that I found out about this from bloggers and not from the mainstream media (liberal bias indeed!). Surprising, and worrisome.

[ms-cantrell.livejournal.com]

this is why i have almost as much irritation with dems as i do nausea with repubs. have the cajones to follow-through, or go home and sell used cars for a living. national politics is no place for vacillation or wimpyness.

Not surprising from this "elected" official

[inyou.livejournal.com]

Makes me want to go back and read up on what kind of majority vote is needed to make the presidential veto not count.

Re: Not surprising from this "elected" official

[etcet.livejournal.com]

2/3 in both houses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution

"Before a bill becomes law, it must be presented to the President, who has ten days (excluding Sundays) to act upon it. If the President signs the bill, it becomes law. If he disapproves of the bill, he must return it to the House in which it originated together with his objections. This procedure has become known as the veto, although that particular word does not appear in the text of Article One. The bill does not then become law unless both Houses, by two-thirds votes, override the veto."

[mighty-man.livejournal.com]

Let's take your last statement from a slightly different view:
The dems made a clever play to make the president be the bad guy.

Umm the general public saw it and recognized it for what it was and said, heh, that's the best you can do as a frame job? Hah, the other guy (that incument) did a better job!

[etcet.livejournal.com]

The fact that the Republicans never pass up an opportunity to villify Democrats ought to be subject to "turn-about is fair play."

[etcet.livejournal.com]

you know, some days, i forget that i'm not the most cynical bastard out there.... this is why we like you. :-)