A Firm Bush Tells Congress Not to Dictate Policy on War

[rodeodance]

Source: nytimes



July 13, 2007
A Firm Bush Tells Congress Not to Dictate Policy on War
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JEFF ZELENY

WASHINGTON,.......

At a morning news conference where he released a mixed progress report on his troop buildup, Mr. Bush repeatedly invoked the threat of Al Qaeda as a reason to stick with his strategy, saying the group he referred to as Al Qaeda in Iraq “has sworn allegiance to Osama bin Laden.”

The president acknowledged that public opinion might be against him — he said that “sometimes the decisions you make and the consequences don’t enable you to be loved” — but suggested that Congress was overstepping its constitutional role by trying to force a change of policy on him.

“I don’t think Congress ought to be running the war,” Mr. Bush said. “I think they ought to be funding the troops.”

It is the first time since the Vietnam War that the legislative and executive branches have fought so bitterly over the president’s authority as commander in chief. Around the Capitol on Thursday morning, televisions were tuned into the White House news conference, as lawmakers and their aides passed around the White House’s status report on Iraq.

Lawmakers in both parties bristled at the president’s suggestion that Congress was overstepping its role in the war debate. Among them was Senator George V. Voinovich, a Republican from Ohio who has called for a change of direction in Iraq........

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Gee, is Bush worried worried about not being 'loved'???

Only 4 Repugs voted with Dems in the House to set a April date for withdrawal according to this report.

[sakabatou]

1. "I'm the leader! I'm the leader!"

Impeach.

[intaglio]

2. Oooh he's just so FIRM

He's such a leader :sarcasm:

[underpants]

8. Misprint-they meant "The Firm'S"

We are not sure which of the firms that he is beholden to that they were referring

:bounce:

[spiderpig]

3. A firm catnapper tells Bush to go pound salt.

:eyes:

[ixion]

4. * to America: "shut up and give me more money"

spoken like a true thug.

[nolabels]

5. Translation: AWOL * doesn't want to ponder what a failure he is for the military

Invasions and occupations have consequences :shrug:


In retrospect, * and his debacle may go down historically as one of the greatest blunders ever.

[Demeter]

6. We Need a Firm Congress, We Always Do

and that has been both a Republican and a Democratic failing. There's no resolution in Congress to uphold and defend the Constitution and the people from the pirates.

[PurityOfEssence]

7. I'M the dictator; I'll do the dictatin' around here

May he live to be a thousand to fully experience his humiliation.

[The Stranger]

9. "Wait until September" -- Why do they want everyone to wait until September so badly?

What do they expect to happen -- or are they involved with making happen -- that will change everything before September? Is this Chertoff's "gut feeling" something is going to happen "this Summer"? Is this LIHOP and/or MIHOP?

Officials from the White House — beginning with the president himself — have been reaching out to party members all week, trying to persuade them to wait until September to pass judgment on Mr. Bush’s current military strategy of sending more troops to quell the sectarian fighting and pursue insurgents.

[Javaman]

10. A firm bush*? isn't that a way bit too personal?

so in other words, "american people, go fuck yourselves, I'll do the thinnin' around here and doooooon't you forget it!!"

[libertypirate]

11. So how is firm bullshit any different from unfirm,

like dry dog shit does it not stink anymore?