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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.

[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.

[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!