Was the parting of congressional Republicans with President Bush on the Dubai ports deal the result of “battered-Congress syndrome”? That’s what congressional scholar Norman J. Ornstein has termed the recent surfacing of suppressed GOP anger. The publicly unified Republican Congress of the past few years may have been hiding divisions and feelings of being underappreciated and bullied by the administration, this Washington Post article says. Many in Congress now feel their support of the White House agenda — which included Social Security reform, the Medicare prescription drug plan and No Child Left Behind — came at a cost. It will be interesting to see if the White House responds to calls to shake up its staff to ease the tension.
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In recent survey (I’m sure we can fine it referenced on the net) people were asked to describe Bush in one word. 48% of respondents furnished (of their own accord – not from a pick list) either “Idiot” or “Incompetant” or “Liar”
The recent split is because Bush is radioactive and the republicans want to keep their kushy jobs come November. I would not let them.
The Dems may have failed to manage a unified voice but they did stop Bush’s Social Security privitization plan.
Whereas the House and Senate Republicans have basically enabled this clown’s behaviour for 6 years.
Make em pay – make em get a day job – vote them out.
HERE HERE Len
There is something for important than the President and his agenda on the minds of Republicans in Congress. It’s election day this November.
STOP GIVING BUSH MONEY FOR THE ‘WAR’
WHEN PRESENTED WITH A 2.8 TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, DONT SIGN IT
In three paragraphs AIPAC, who pulls Bush’s chain, uses the word “terrorist” 10 times on their website….sell, sell, sell.
I’ll go one better, Joe
STOP GIVING MONEY TO ISRAEL!
I soon expect the gop on the hill to completely abandon shrub over immigration and this latest outrage.
WASHINGTON – In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere.
ADVERTISEMENTThe administration acknowledges the no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. represents the first time a foreign company will be involved in running a sophisticated U.S. radiation detector at an overseas port without American customs agents present.
Freeport in the Bahamas is 65 miles from the U.S. coast, where cargo would be likely to be inspected again. The contract is currently being finalized.
The administration is negotiating a second no-bid contract for a Philippine company to install radiation detectors in its home country, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. At dozens of other overseas ports, foreign governments are primarily responsible for scanning cargo.
While President Bush recently reassured Congress that foreigners would not manage security at U.S. ports, the Hutchison deal in the Bahamas illustrates how the administration is relying on foreign companies at overseas ports to safeguard cargo headed to the United States.
Hutchison Whampoa is the world’s largest ports operator and among the industry’s most-respected companies. It was an early adopter of U.S. anti-terror measures. But its billionaire chairman, Li Ka-Shing, also has substantial business ties to China’s government that have raised U.S. concerns over the years…”
V.L.R.B!!
Good point, Len.
You forgot “ass.” It also made a strong showing on the “describe Bush with an adjective” list.
Bush knows that the Brown-noses like Tiahrt, Roberts, etc will forever toe the line that he draws. They have nothing to follow but Bush and Rush.
I can beat them Congressmen all I want; they always come crawling back. They don’t know any better!
Israeli propaganda is in full swing as the truth surfaces about AIPAC and Israel’s war from creditable sources.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0324/dailyUpdate.html
Harvard study show AIPAC as spy ring. Israel caught with their pants down.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0324/dailyUpdate.html