SOTU: Bush/Lieberman Terrorism Working Group Lacks Congressional Support
SOTU: Bush/Lieberman Terrorism Working Group Lacks Congressional Support
Bush said: “I propose to establish a special advisory council on the war on terror, made up of leaders in Congress from both political parties. We will share ideas for how to position America to meet every challenge that confronts us. And we will show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory.”
FACT — CONGRESS OPPOSES WORKING GROUP, FAVORS STRUCTURES ALREADY IN PLACE: In a letter addressed to President Bush on Jan. 19, 2007, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wrote, “We believe that Congress already has bipartisan structures in place, like the committee system and other Congressional working groups such as the Senate’s National Security Working Group, that could produce the result you described in your speech.” [Pelosi/Reid letter, 1/19/07]
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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:50 pm—Thomas Jefferson
Bush sounds like “Big Brother” from Orwell’s 1984 book!
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:51 pmCreating more beaurocracy is not the answer, mr. homeland security getting spa time in and shit.
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:51 pmyea – the look on speaker pelosi’s face when she heard this… uh oh…
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:51 pmToo late, bozo.
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 pmBush sounds like “Big Brother†from Orwell’s 1984 book!
Comment by Jay Randal — January 23, 2007 @ 9:51 pm
Considering his illegal wiretapping policies, he also acts like Big Brother…
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 pmActually, the headline of this thread is inaccurate. The President’s call for a bipartisan working group on terrorism does not lack Congress’ support. It is not supported by Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid. While they hold the highest offices of congressional leadership, their position does not necessarily reflect the will of all 535 members of Congress.
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:01 pmExley the Democrats are not going to rubber-stamp everything Bush desires and Lieberman can drop dead!
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:18 pm“I propose to establish a special advisory council on the war on terror, made up of leaders in Congress from both political parties.”
Then I’ll make a special effort to ignore any advice or policy they try to get me to adopt that isn’t exactly what God told me to do in the first place, understand?
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:48 pmJoe Lieberman and Zell Miller are borne of the same spore.
I hear they both share a favorite book title.
” Trails in the Snow ” by I.P. Freely.
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:55 pm“Lights out at the Boys School”
By Sharon and Holden Dicks
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:59 pm“Lights out at the Boys Schoolâ€
By Sharon and Holden Dicks
Comment by ForTruth —
haha
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 pmthat was sweeeet dude.
I got a new one for work now.
He didn’t listen to the Baker-Hamilton Commission, why should he listen to this concoction?
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 pmLove Conquers All
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 pmBy Jeffrey Dahmer with a special forward by John Wayne Gacy.
The joint working group is a simple attempt to entangle the Democrat party in responsibility for the outcome of the Iraq war, puer and simple. The Democrats did the same to the Republicans during the Vietnam war.
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 pm“I propose to establish a special advisory council on the war on terror, made up of leaders in Congress from both political parties. We will share ideas for how to position America to meet every challenge that confronts us. And we will show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory.â€
Translation: “As you all know, I’m not able to listen to someone who disagrees with me for more than a few seconds without launching into a full-blown tantrum. I need to surround myself with people who agree with me at all times. Also, I need to make sure that nothing changes about the way I’m handling Iraq, but I want it to appear as if I’m actually listening to the advice of others, including members of the Democrat party. Therefore, I will be seeking the most docile, red-state, boot-licking Democrats in Congress–people that I know are terrified of the voters in their state and what they might do to a Democrat who disagrees with the president–and I’ll ask them to join my lap-dog commit…er…my special advisory board on the war on terrrrrr.”
January 24th, 2007 at 10:24 am