Unfortunately, as they get to work carving their turkeys, they're leaving a lot of unfinished work back in Washington, D.C.
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Yeah, like your impeachment.

It is unconscionable that the Democrats would not provide the funds that our troops need to defend themselves, for their medical care, for the armored vehicles they need, and even their bullets.
It's one thing for disreputable politicians to satisfy their extreme leftist money raisers, but it's quite another for a political party to abandon its responsibility to the United States.

The Democrats want to fix the AMT by closing loopholes which benefit only the very wealthy. This is what Bush refers to as increasing taxes - when his wealthy benefactors have to chip in a bit more in this economy.

Can someone provide links to news articles about the Republicans in Congress, when they were the majority party in BOTH the House and Senate from 2001 to 2006, didn't do some about political "posturing" and tried to pass AMT relief?

The Republicans just managed to kill $50Billion in military funding by using procedural rules to require 60 votes in the Senate to bring the bill to a vote. This Republican president is complaining about Congress not getting things done. It isn't Congress as a whole that's the problem. Its 40 or so Republican senators that just can't seem to get the idea that the nation is more important than their political party.

hip.oh.crite

The democRATS would rather take care of the moveon.org crowd than give the military the money they need need to protect us.
11% approval rating and going lower.

Paulo

"It's one thing for disreputable politicians to satisfy their extreme leftist money raisers, but it's quite another for a political party to abandon its responsibility to the United States."

Who would those "extreme leftist money raisers" be now?

For Bush to accuse others of political posturing is the height of hypocrisy.

Mission accomplished, anoyone?

Congress passing more war funding, is promoting Bushes illegal, unjust war not denying our soldiers bullets or anything they might need to defeat the enemy. The enemy sits in the white house. Impeach Bush and Cheney they are criminal.

bush is the biggest spender of them all. he's the one "posturing." democrats are just trying to be responsible by not adding to our breathtaking national debt--which bush is solely responsible for by the way. i never liked bush in the first place, but it's too bad he has decided to play politics for the rest of his presidency instead of working with congress. seems like he, along with the rest of the country, is just biding time until he is out of office.

Once again the uneducated, and frankly uneducatable, Loons on the Left spew their dementia. Despite incredible successes the past few months, the unAmerican Demoncratic defeatists in Congress want to ruin all the strides that have been made and continue to be made to satisfy their lust for a U.S. loss and their weirdo supporters on the Left by playing political games.

While you may not approve BC, the real culprits are the Democrats. Here is the story:

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2007/20070411145614.aspx

By the way, BC, I'm still waiting for you to admit that the Northern 1/3 of Cuba lies along the Gulf of Mexico and that Cuba divides the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf and Atlantic.

George Bush Republicans:

*Billion upon unaccounted for billions for Iraq = GOOD

Money for healthcare here in America = BAD

There go the Democrats again, waving their white flags. They surrender more often than a cheap trick on 42nd street.

The President is doing what neoconservatives so often do, using straw arguments. No one is telling generals how to fight a war. It has always been the custom of civillian authorities to determine the direction of American foreign policy. After Pearl Harbor, did Congress tell the generals how to fight by voting for war? I did not hear Bush say that Congress was telling generals what to do when they first approved going into Iraq. It's a bogus argument that Democrats need to challenge.

Chandler,

No it is unconscionable that the administration AND the Republicans continue to ignore the voice of the majority of Americans saying they want the troops brought home. Especially in light of the fact that this war should have never been started to begin with. The Republican LIES are the issue.

The Republicans complain that if the Democrats don't like the war, they should cut off the funds for it. As soon as they go down that road, the Republicans then complain that they are putting the troops in harms way. NONSENSE. It is the REPUBLICANS who continue to keep the troops in harms way. Pull them out and they are not in danger!

Congress has only ONE way of stopping this war. The purse strings. The President has shown that any other action by Congress would simply be ignored.

Wrap yourself in the flag jackass. It's all you're good for.

Ed...you say "This is what Bush refers to as increasing taxes - when his wealthy benefactors have to chip in a bit more in this economy."

If you think just 'chip in a bit more' to the government is somehow related to the economy at large, you are a socialist. Class envy is not policy, it is a ploy by the left to achieve power through the redistribution of wealth. It's really sad that people in this country think central planning is a good thing. Please go read the history of what was found in the Eastern European economies when the Iron Curtain was pulled back.

The AMT is a tax INCREASE waiting to happen. It's not even a tax cut, yet liberals want it to happen. Why? Liberal power is derived from such wealth redistribution.

I cannot believe some of the things that liberals write in these blogs. it's all delusional trickery. "Bush stinks" is not political leadership. I guess it ensures that the american people do not see what you are really all about. Taking as much money out of the private sector as possible, and redistributing it creating dependence. If misery and dependence is what you want, why don't you make the case for it?

Meanwhile, I will work hard and try to earn more than those who don't in the hope that my country will continue to reward such radical concepts.

BUSH/CHENEY ADMINISTRATION:

*Spying on Ameicans
*Lying to Congress
*Waging an Unnecessary Pre-emptive War
*Torturing Prisnors
*Operating Secret Prisons
*Ignoring Pre-9/11 Warnings

GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

"The strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail...and so far it's working for us. Democrats are taking the blame for not getting anything done."

(R) Trent Lott
Roll Call - April 18, 2007

Thanks alot Repuglicans.....NOT!

I guess W didn't notice that the AMT was around for all 6 years that he had a Republican majority, and they decided not to fix it. Not as easy as it sounds without offsetting revenue eh? After 6 years why so important now that the Democrats fix it? Posturing???? This guy is the king of posers. There is not a problem he has not made worse through his time. If the Dems can't frame this issue as one that the Republicans punted on they don't deserve to win a single office.

Paulo

Posted by: Paulo | November 17, 2007 12:18 PM

Paula, read and learn about your Repiglican heroes as reported on Faux News:

Congressional conservatives announced earlier this month that they had mapped out a plan to engage in a "war over earmarks" with the majority in Congress by targeting "certain earmarks" deemed "egregious" and "wasteful" to attack spending priorities. This "war over earmarks" coincides with President Bush's strategy to veto nearly all appropriations bills passed by Congress. But as Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Scott Lilly notes, "No one with any recollection of the performance of Congress over the past decade can have any doubt that earmarking exploded during that period" and "that the practice became most egregious after George W. Bush moved into the Oval office." When former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) placed earmarks in the transportation bill to turn a profit on his personal property, Bush applauded. When former Senate Appropriations Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) tried to secure funding for a "bridge to nowhere," Bush said nothing. Now the new majority in Congress is beginning to repair the damage. An analysis by Citizens Against Government Waste estimates that earmarks in FY08 appropriations bills are "down about 33 percent from the $29 billion in earmarks in FY06 spending bills." (See a graphic here.) "While asserting that more progress hacking earmarks off of spending bills must be made, Citizens Against Government Waste Vice President David Williams said there was credit to go around on Capitol Hill for the reduction that has occurred." At a time when Congress is cutting into earmark practices, Bush and his congressional allies have opted to play disingenuous political games, in hopes of making the American public forget conservatives' long tenure of fiscal irresponsibility.
"The single biggest earmark in the Labor-HHS-Education section of the bill belongs to Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., who won $9.3 million for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The second-largest was requested by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. -- $8.4 million for the University of Louisville Research Foundation." If Bush were serious about restraining spending and cutting earmarks, he would take on McConnell and Shelby, but he has yet to do so.

It's nap time for little Paulo again, night night.

The dream world of todays average ordinary Republic Party moron consists of this:
http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

70% of American's want our troops out of Iraq right NOW, why do the Republicans continue to put party loyalty above the will of the American people?

Republicans, support the President - Enlist Today:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiganatoo/821441317/

The junk Bush and his dogs of war are using for reasons to continue and expand this "war" do not disguise the fact that the administration is run by unAmerican thugs. The current crew of so-called Republicans have savaged our country. Eisenhower must be spinning in his grave.

Congress to Bush--"Bite me, you freakin' hypocrite!" Surprising he can even say that with a straight face after all the b.s the Republican controlled Congress pulled for 6 years with nary a whimper from the idiot-in-chief.

this is the most disengueous person i've ever seen even in politics. he talks as if he's the champion of the middle class when his policys and his decisions on war is wiping out social security viability when people like me will need it. i've been paying in for over 35 hard-working yrs and i'll probably not have it because of this unwise decision to go to war in iraq. estimated cost as of now $2.4 trillion. for what? so bush can get access to the iraq oil reserves for his wealthy oil company friends. hows that working by the way? so honorable middle class and poor, sons and daughters go to fight thinking the are fighting the terrorists from 9/11 and many get killed or permanent brain injuries and amputations. reservists going to war with vietnam era equipment. who's responsible for that? bush and the republican controlled congress had that responsibility. the also are the parties that receive the worst grades for backing vets. check it out! how many wealthy kids are sticking their necks out for the country? this guy screws the middle class in so many ways it's hard to keep track. i live in texas and i've seen this guy operate for years. wake up america support anyone that is fighting (voting against)his policies. it's hard for republicans to go against their alleged party leader but this is a truly dangerous man that if not stopped is ruining the country and the middle class. a great country/civilization can't succeed without a strong middle class. ours is suffering while the wealthy are getting richer.

If you don't like it that Bush doesn't make decisions based on opinion polls, just wait until Queen Hillary takes power. Then you'll really feel "LEFT" out.

Impeach and imprison, er I mean John E., 70 percent of Americans DO NOT want us out of Iraq right now.

democrats and their NEO-COMS supporting terrorist again

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By the way, BC, I'm still waiting for you to admit that the Northern 1/3 of Cuba lies along the Gulf of Mexico and that Cuba divides the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf and Atlantic.

Posted by: John D | November 17, 2007 1:07 PM
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Geographically Challenged Dumb Dumb Little Johnnie D, "the Joseph Stalin of Streamwood":

First, you CLAIMED that ALL of Cuba was in the Gulf of Mexico. It's not, but you've never been man enough to admit it.

Second, you tried to waffle out of your original position by CLAIMING the ONLY 1/3 of Cuba was in the Gulf - not the whole island anymore. That too is wrong, but you've never been man enough to admit it.

Now you're trying CLAIM that the "Northern 1/3 of Cuba lies along the Gulf of Mexico and that Cuba divides the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf and Atlantic."

Cuba DOES NOT lie along the Gulf of Mexico in any way, shape or form, nor does it "divide" the Gulf from the Caribbean Sea. My link from Encyclopaedia Britannica proved that WEEKS AGO. Too bad you've never been man enough to admit it.

Hey Geographically Challenged Dumb Dumb Little Johnnie D, "the Joseph Stalin of Streamwood": Tell us again about that school in Portland MAINE that you posted was in Portland OREGON; we need a good laugh on a Sunday morning.

President Bush is right Dingy Harry Reid, Dickie Durbin and Nancy Pelosi have deliberately set the stage to ruin our war effort.
There is no doubt we are winning the surge and don't tell me about the politcal situation in Iraq it is turning around albeit slowly.
It will be a victory in Iraq except for you liberals who quote the Clinton War Room websites MoveOn.org, Media Matters, Daily Kos ad nauseam,. Your arguments are trite and hackneyed just like their bloggers.
When Defense Secretary Gates lays off 200,000 independent contractors at the Pentagon.
The sneaky 3 muskateers listed above will spread the word to the drivebys about cruel George W. Bush laying off these nice holdover Democrats when they are the ones setting up this scenario.
You won't get by with it Reid, Durbin and Pelosi because the conservatives are on to your schemes and you will suffer American rage for your traitorous actions not supporting our war mission and our brave men and women in Iraq.
Enjoy your turkey turkeys you won't be able to live this down. Have several glasses of wine with your turkey it will salve your consciences as you set about doing mischief. Bon appetit! Jerry White, Springfield, IL

BC, I am tired of presenting this stuff all the time. But I will do so again. And, your comment, "Cuba DOES NOT lie along the Gulf of Mexico in any way, shape or form, nor does it "divide" the Gulf from the Caribbean Sea. My link from Encyclopaedia Britannica proved that WEEKS AGO. Too bad you've never been man enough to admit it," is so off the mark, it beyond laughable. Also, BC, your EB link DID NOT say Cuba was solely in the Caribbean.

Here are the links I've presented countless times, including the Encylopedia Britiannica, which CLEARLY states Cuba is a border to the Gulf of Mexico, little man-boy.

BC, which must stand for Brain Cramp, I never said Cuba was entirely in the Gulf of Mexico. Please show me where i said that.

Plus, I have supplied link after link. Here are some more:

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/gulfofmexico/

And the first paragraph from that link:
The Gulf of Mexico is a large oceanic basin that borders five U.S. states — Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida — to the north, and Mexico’s eastern shoreline and the Yucatán Peninsula to the south. To the east it is bordered by the island of Cuba that covers part of the entrance to the Gulf, creating a swirl of in- and out-flowing ocean currents.

Bordered by the island of Cuba!!! See that, Blithering Idiot?

Another link:

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109733/Gulf-of-Mexico

And the first sentence from the Encyclopedia Britannica:
"Golfo de México partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba,"

And the island of Cuba, it says, you Blithering Idiot!

Here is another (maybe this educational site for children is easier for you:
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/g/gu/gulf_of_mexico.html

And from that site, comes this:
The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America.

The gulf's eastern, northern, and northwestern shores lie within the United States of America (specifically, the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas); its southwestern and southern shores lie within Mexico (specifically, the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo); on the southeast it is bordered by Cuba. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean via the Florida Straits between the U.S. and Cuba, and with the Caribbean Sea via the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba.