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Posted by: Beau7890 2 years, 1 month agoA defensive President Bush insisted that he was still relevant this morning in a news conference dominated by his bitter complaints about the Democratic Congress. Asked how he found himself vetoing the SCHIP bill that had passed Congress with bipartisan support, Bush insisted that using a veto is "one way to ensure I am relevant."
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Beau7890
Oct. 17, 2007, 9:49 p.m."Bush insisted that using a veto is "one way to ensure I am relevant."
Sure it is. But it's an unbelievably petty and childish way to ensure it. Using the veto against the wishes of a majority of both parties representatives and the public is like the kid who's losing at kickball at recess crying, "I'm taking my ball and going home."
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gamahuche
Oct. 18, 2007, 11:36 a.m.This is spam. I've no idea why two legitimate members gave it positive votes ??!!
The other positive vite was from someone else whose sole propeller activity consists of posting the same spams - and votong for his colleague.
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vor
Oct. 18, 2007, 8:20 a.m."Congress has little to show for all the time that has gone by" since Democrats gained control in January of both the House and the Senate, Bush said."
Nice to see that Bush believes the GOP talking points. "Democrats gained control...". Is it surprising that Bush doesn't know how our governmental system functions? Clearly the Dems have little control and thus have accomplished nothing. Control of committee's and having a simple majority in both wings means nothing without the ability to override vetos. Gridlock is the inevitable result. The only things that have passed with bipartisan support have been bad pieces of legislation and bad for the American people (see eradication of 4th Amendment). For anyone to be surprised by the Democrats lack of progress only shows their inability to grasp simple facts.
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hyperbola
Oct. 18, 2007, 8:58 a.m.Bush's Faith Run Over by History
Religion รข;; Bush, nearly five years after he launched the war, remains confident of victory, just as he was confident he would win that second UN resolution. There is no sign that his confidence is any more firmly rooted in reality now than it was then. Instead of reality we have faith - in himself, in a deity...
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Mintyfunk
Oct. 18, 2007, 10:48 a.m.I believe the Democrats inability to push legislation past him makes him relevant. He got what he wanted in terms of Telecom protections in the FISA bill, He stopped the expansion of SCHIP beyond it's manadate while offering a compromise that would increase funding to the program, just not at the levels favored by Democrats, and it looks like they won't be able to overturn that veto. Seems pretty relevant to me.
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Daylight
Oct. 18, 2007, 10:54 a.m.Well he needs to remind his people on and off because of popularity.
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crespi
Oct. 18, 2007, 11:10 a.m.Anybody like him who gleefully and successfully ASSAULTS Lady Liberty is "relevant."
Don't be fooled into complacency. Watch these anti-Democracy freaks close.
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jordan11
Oct. 18, 2007, 11:41 a.m."one way to ensure I am relevant.">>>>>
How good of him to confirm that his existence is entirely self centered.
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not2needy
Oct. 18, 2007, 11:42 a.m.FTA;
"I've never felt more engaged and more capable of getting the American people to realize there's a lot of unfinished business." ))
If that's the case, then why the need to insure his relevancy. Bush becomes more of an idiot everyday.
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gamahuche
Oct. 18, 2007, 11:53 a.m.I'm surprised that no one has mentioned "Bush on Torture" yet.
Below find obfuscation of the first order.
I'll just quote the exchange. I'm too busy tearing my hair out to do much more than that - anyway it speaks for itself, even if he doesn't..
Comment below is also from the WP article.
"QUESTION: What's your definition of the word torture?
"BUSH: Of what?
"QUESTION: The word torture, what's your definition?
"BUSH: That's defined in U.S. law, and we don't torture.
"QUESTION: Can you give me your version of it, sir?
"BUSH: No. Whatever the law says."
Bush has consistently refused to say what he means when he says "we don't torture," rendering the phrase essentially meaningless. Saying "whatever the law says" doesn't clear things up at all. It just means that if we do it, his lawyers have found a way not to call it torture.
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not2needy
Oct. 18, 2007, 11:59 a.m.A terrible thing for him to 'veto' SCHIP so he can insure his relevancy, all the while demanding 190 billion more for his war, with at the very least 9 billion missing from the previously issued war funding.
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joey-evans
Oct. 18, 2007, 12:03 p.m.Hmmmm, I wonder where are mr relevent's apologists?
Normally, this thread would be infested with shrub's neocants lemmings falling over each other to defend this idiot and his failures not only as president, but as a man.
They all must be attending a church revival handling snakes and faith healing for profit.
JOEY EVANS
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willottica
Oct. 18, 2007, 12:07 p.m.Okay... so Bush himself is (although not directly) saying that we should impeach him. Okay, it's a stretch... but one of the main arguments against impeachment is that he's irrelevant - he'll be gone in a year anyway.
Obviously because 'The Decider' has 'decided' that he's relevant, he is. Therefore, it's time to treat him as relevant and kick his sorry @ss out of the Oval Office.
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BravoSierra
Oct. 18, 2007, 12:13 p.m.I can't imagine why I'm posting this here...Self-Defeating Personality Disorder is diagnosed with five of the following:
1. Chooses people and situations that lead to disappointment, failure, or mistreatment even when better options are clearly available...starts wars rather than using effective diplomacy
2. Rejects or renders ineffective the attempts of others to help him or her..rejects all advice, even of trusted family friends like James Baker.
3. Following positive personal events (e.g., new achievement), responds with depression, guilt, or a behavior that produces pain - gets elected starts a war.
4. Incites angry or rejecting responses from others and then feels hurt, defeated, or humiliated...says he's misunderstood and history will vindicate him despite having such low satisfaction ratings.
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afoaf
Oct. 18, 2007, 12:39 p.m.FTA: Bush said that "now it's time to put politics aside and seek common ground."
See...he's a uniter, not a divider.
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Poulenc
Oct. 18, 2007, 1:04 p.m.Relevant to what? Or to whom?
Pathetic; but also a recognition that something is slip-sliding away. Which is the first good news, even by implication, that we've had from him. That is, it indicates a...pulse in re reality.
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