"News Analysis: A Dealmaker He's Not, but Bush Is Getting His Way"
That's what my headline says, and it has a picture of the grinning mass-murderer, too!
"WASHINGTON — With Democrats beginning to give in to the White House on energy and spending bills, and with their hopes of expanding a popular children’s health program all but dashed, President Bush has scored three political victories this week on Capitol Hill.
As with earlier battles over the war in Iraq, the victories underscore the surprising amount of clout that Mr. Bush still wields against a Democratic-run Congress. Late in his presidency, with his poll numbers stuck at record lows, he has been able to persuade Republicans to stick with him.
Mr. Bush likes to say his relations with Democrats are cordial. Just last week, he played host to members of Congress at the White House’s annual black-tie Christmas ball.
But munching on crab cakes and sipping spiced eggnog are not the same thing as hashing out policy, something Mr. Bush, who prefers delegating over details, is loath to do. At a ceremony in the Capitol for the Dalai Lama last month, Ms. Pelosi, the House speaker, and Mr. Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, buttonholed Mr. Bush and asked to meet to discuss their differences on children’s health.
He told them their aides should talk to his health secretary instead.
Translation: FUCK YOU, DemocraPs!
But the episode was a telling reminder that Mr. Bush, who came to Washington as an outsider governor from Texas, has never really learned the cardinal rule of the Capitol: Congress considers itself a coequal branch, and its leaders expect to be treated that way.
In the short term, Mr. Bush is winning his tactical fights because Republicans are sticking with him. But the real test of their loyalty will come next year, at election time, when they may be forced to distance themselves from their unpopular president.”
Just reading those extracts makes me sick because it is 100% bullshit!
New York Times' SUCKS DICTATOR COCK!!!!!
