Reply #10: Mr Bush, in an effort to force passage of the bill, warned...

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on Friday he would veto any temporary extension of the act.

The White House is hailing the Senate's vote to extend the Patriot Act for six months, a day after vowing President Bush wouldn't accept a short-term extension.

Questions: Does this administration realize how stupid this makes them look? At a time when its credibility is crumbling on all fronts, was it really a good idea to defiantly declare intention to veto in the first place? Have they always been this transparently blatant, or is this a new level of doofus blatancy achievement? What has happened to the fearsome slick message machine we've come to know and loathe?

Scariest question of all: Is it possible anyone is taken in by this?

http://www.dailykos.com/

Now, what will Bush say if Sensenbrenner goes through with his threat, claim victory again?