Excuses, excuses:
By on Nov 10th, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Excuses, excuses:
In a “hastily arranged” press conference, conservative leaders “initially blamed schedule problems for their decision, saying they could not put off the [budget] vote any longer given Friday’s holiday. ‘Members have grown concerned they’re not going to get home for their Veterans Day events,’” said conference chairwoman Deborah Pryce (R-OH). (Roll Call, sub req’d)
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Boo hoo…
November 10th, 2005 at 6:53 pmWhat do these fvckers care about veterans. The just told the veterans that they didn’t want to talk to them anymore.
Bastards!
November 10th, 2005 at 6:55 pmI hope when these congress people go home the veterans will give them hell.
November 10th, 2005 at 7:01 pmToo bad those events don’t involve going to Baghdad and spelling the real soldiers.
This deserves a reprise:Bush Recalled to National Guard
November 10th, 2005 at 7:09 pmMake sure you give the beggar(Vet?) on the steam vent a good kick on your way out of DC. You f’n disgrace
November 10th, 2005 at 7:21 pmThe wheels are off; burn baby, burn!
November 10th, 2005 at 7:23 pmHar Har Har.
Sit on it and spin, baby.
November 10th, 2005 at 8:29 pmThis Veterans Day, show your support for our troops and their families.
November 10th, 2005 at 8:45 pm#6 We don’t need no water let the mother fvcker burn. Burn mother fvcker burn.
November 10th, 2005 at 11:33 pmScene: The Bridge of USS Why-panic
“Calling Captain Bush, Calling Captain Bush! Iceberg dead ahead! Iceberg dead ahead! Change course! I repeat, Change course !”
Bush: “Iceberg, huh. Remind me Condi, Iceberg’s with us on the war on terror?”
Rice: “That’s IceLAND sir.”
Bush: “Berg, land, what’s a syllallable between friends. No danger here.”
“Captain Bush, I repeat, CHANGE COURSE. Iceberg dead ahead. CHANGE COURSE.”
Bush: “This sounds important. I need my Hammer. Karl, where’s my Hammer?”
Rove: “Sir, we lost the Hammer.”
Bush: “Darn. I think better with my Scooter. Where’s my Scooter.”
Rove: “Also lost”.
Bush: “What, next you gonna tell me you can’t find my Dick? I can’t think without my Dick.”
Rove: “We still got Dick. But we don’t know where. I could scratch around but that might take too long.”
Bush: “This is hard work. What I have I got left?”
Rove: “Your Brain.”
Bush: “I can think with that, right?”
Rove: “Of course.”
Bush: “So what do we do?”
Rove: “Draft talking points. Let’s communicate and educate the passengers. There is no iceberg.”
Bush: “Or there is an iceberg and I say BRING IT ON!”
Rove: “Not this time. There is no iceberg. And there’s a free bar for first class passengers.”
Bush: “I like that.”
Rove: “I bet you do.”
“CAPTAIN, I REPEAT, ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD, CHANGE COURSE!”
Bush: “Who is that?”
[stares into tannoy]
Bush: “Karl, I can’t see anyone. Who is this attacking me?”
Rove: “I’ll deal with it. Promise to stay off the pretzels while I’m away.”
Bush: [Smirks. Looks blank. Smirks again. Flicks the bird.]
Rove: “Harriet, keep an eye on him.”
Miers: “Cool!”
TBC…
November 11th, 2005 at 8:42 amThey didn’t have the votes — plain and simple. Cutting programs for the Veterans and the needy is not going to be very popular at home and a lot of these guys are going to have to face reelection in 2006.
November 11th, 2005 at 9:26 amYesterday, after 55 years of tradition, the Veterans groups were told they don’t need to attend any Congressional hearings regarding funding — they can see the budget just before the President signs it.
#15
What a mental image…I can actually see that idiot saying it. Unfortunately, it’s not too far from the truth. I really hope that in the very near future, he will not be able to find his Dick
November 11th, 2005 at 9:38 amDr Obvious: The GOP turns a deaf ear to the vets, then wants the day off for some photo-ops…every vet in a picture today or this weekend with a politician needs to turn their back on them
November 11th, 2005 at 9:47 amThe pukes, including bush and rove, are praying for a terrist attack in the US.
I dont doubt for one minute that one will be arranged.
November 11th, 2005 at 10:23 am