Posted by
skep41 on Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:39:46 AM
Well it looks like Congress is looking for a showdown with the
President by sending him a pork-laden omnibus budget bill that is $23
billion higher than what he asked for ($23 billion is less than one
tenth of one percent of the total budget anyway, so this is only about
politics, not fiscal discipline). He has threatened a veto, which is
making everyone think of the Clinton government shutdown in the
nineties. This is what President Bush gets for never standing up to the
Dems in the first place. The Dems, however, are making a serious
mistake. Clinton won the last time because of his political skills,
which included a very disciplined political team that had been tried
and tested in the almost constant warfare waged between the White House
and Congress. The pack of hapless schmoes 'leading' the Democrats today
have proven how ineffective and stupid they are. But if they want to
defend their earmark-laden pork rissole of a budget by attacking Bush,
the better for us. They can drag him over the cliff as long as they
topple off with him ; he's never listened to us stupid 'citizens'
before when we were yelling about overspending so why should we care
now that he's gotten himself into this mess? Our Presidential
candidates can stand on the sidelines and score points against those
dummies that the new media will transmit very nicely. Surely there are some nice 'Bridge To Nowhere' type giveaways they can make plenty of noise about. Condemning pork
isnt a bad political position at all and defending it will make the
Dems look at their eleven percent approval rating as a high-water mark
of their popularity.