Perino repeats her ‘do-nothing Congress’ canard.
By on Feb 1st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Perino repeats her ‘do-nothing Congress’ canard.
President Bush recently issued a signing statement disregarding parts of the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. Finally reporting on Bush’s move today, the Los Angeles Times notes that Bush issued signing statements less often in 2007. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino claims it is because “2007 was the do-nothing Congress.” As ThinkProgress has noted, Perino’s “do-nothing” charge is baseless. The 2007 Congress had 11 more bills signed by the President than did the 2006 Congress.
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Why the hell is the White House spokesperson lobbing insults from the podium? This twit works for us, damnit. I get so sick of the total lack of decorum of the people running this administration.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pmWhat do you expect, fletc3her? This IS the BUSH admin. We’ll be stuck with them for another year…
February 1st, 2008 at 2:50 pmBaseless charges are what this criminal regime is all about.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:53 pmThere is something missing in this story. Here let me correct it.
Finally reporting on Bush’s move today, the Los Angeles Times notes that Bush [violated the Constitution by] issuing signing statements less often in 2007. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino claims [Bush violated the Constitution less often] because “2007 was the do-nothing Congress.â€
There. Now it reads correctly.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:57 pmThese people are easier to understand once you realize that they know nothing about what the purpose of government is supposed to be. These people believe that government should be destroyed as far as regulation and oversight are concerned. They wrong-headedly believe that financial success equates to moral correctness, and one way they help corporations accumulate as much wealth as possible is to remove as much government oversight and regulation as possible. To do that, they must mislead and misdirect the public from the truth of what they are doing. Hence, the lies. To them, this is how it should be done. This is why they should be removed from office at once. We should not put up with this for another year.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pmcongress does mean to move backwards.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pmShe is projecting her hero’s failure on the Congress.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pmDana is really slamming her own Repub Party and she’s too dumb to realize it. Must be the Peroxide.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:01 pmPerino is a do-nothing Press Secretary. I really don’t understand how the White House reporters can stand to go there every day and listen to Barbie Perino’s lies. She’s even worse at it than Tony Snowjob.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pmMs Perino, stop acting like a partisan political hack and start addressing issues from a neutral standpoint.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:08 pmLeave your Bushy groupy outfit and backstage pass AT HOME!
February 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pmYou all have to remember it’s a lot easier for some one like Ms. Perino to repeat something than get into something new.
How many times did you hear BS from George, many times over. it’s a good way of getting your base together, all 15%
February 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pmMethinks you’re missing the point.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pmPerino can make all these claims because not a single person in the White House press corps is willing to call her on it.
In public, in front of the cameras.
Until they do that, what she says is golden.
Sorry, that’s the problem.
Until she’s called on her words, she will just keep singing the same song over and over again.
Ms Perino, stop acting like a partisan political hack and start addressing issues from a neutral standpoint.
Comment by Xisithrus — February 1, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Yeah, good luck with that, X.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:12 pmwhy would he need signing statements
if it actually WERE a do-nothing congress…
that made no sense… oh… yea…
February 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pmWhat a cool strategy for fostering cooperation between our duly elected leaders, and getting the nation’s work done: cheap shot name-calling! Bravo!
February 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pmMaybe by “Do-Nothing Congress”, the Lying Sack of Cute® means they did nothing that the administration wanted.
No, that can’t be it… they funded the president’s war. they let Rove and Harriet Miers skip on the subpoenas, they turned a blind eye to signing statements, warrantless wiretapping, Abu G perjuring himself…
Oo oo! I got it! Dana is made because the Congress DIDN’T get us out of Iraq, and kept Bush from taking credit for it! Maybe?
February 1st, 2008 at 3:19 pmAs opposed to the “Do Something Criminal” Administration?
Buck Fush
February 1st, 2008 at 3:21 pmYeah, good luck with that, X.
Comment by ralph the wonder llama
Hey, maybe she will get pregnant from one of the members and have to quit..
February 1st, 2008 at 3:22 pmWhat would it take to get a member of the White House Press Corps to actually challenge this crap? I mean, can’t someone point out to her face that the 2007 Congress sent more bills to be signed than the 2006 Congress?
February 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pmTo do that, they must mislead and misdirect the public from the truth of what they are doing. Hence, the lies -Wayne
Right from the Straussian, Nietschze, Schmitt playbook.
BTW since when did these cats become Chrsitian reading material?
February 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pmWhat would it take to get a member of the White House Press Corps to actually challenge this crap? I mean, can’t someone point out to her face that the 2007 Congress sent more bills to be signed than the 2006 Congress?
Comment by ralph the wonder llama
There are reporters there who would ask questions like that (Helen Thomas comes to mind). Unfortunately they are rarely called upon and when they are, it’s when there is no opportunity to ask a potentially embarrassing question.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:28 pmWhat would it take to get a member of the White House Press Corps to actually challenge this crap? -RTWL
I think the presscorps has just about given up and ask just enough questions to appear to be doing their jobs and scarfing down some freebie snacks until the current admin is replaced. I bet they all have countdown clocks in their laptops.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:29 pmRepublican obstructionism = do nothing Congress
That’s the truth of it.
And Wayne, your post is a gem, especially: “one way they help corporations accumulate as much wealth as possible is to remove as much government oversight and regulation as possible. To do that, they must mislead and misdirect the public from the truth of what they are doing”
February 1st, 2008 at 3:44 pmI agree with Xisithrus and will go one step further:
The Washington press corps is so afraid of losing their precious “access” that they deliberately don’t pursue the truth. Which makes having “access” meaningless.
But it does make America think that there is real journalism going on.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:47 pmThis whole administration does not work for US. It works for THEM….corporate rule for corporate profits…the wealthiest of the wealthy.
It has taken from the poor to give to the rich.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:55 pmWhat a twit!! When is she going to pose for Playboy?
February 1st, 2008 at 4:24 pmBlondie reminds me of a Chatty Cathy doll (yes, I realize this says something about how old I am). She has a limited number of phrases, but if you pull the string in the back of her neck, she will say them over and over.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:25 pm353 days…
February 1st, 2008 at 4:33 pmAnother “Oh, Dana” moment. She doesn’t know much about history, current or the past.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pmThe Bush regime was built on deception, arrogance, incompetence and spin. We’ve dealt with it for 7 years. Why, on God’s green earth should we expect anything other than that now?
February 1st, 2008 at 6:13 pmWhat about the “do nothing right†President you blonde twit…
February 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pmWhat about the “do nothing right†President you blonde twit…
Comment by Left Coast Mike
Shhhh! We like it when Bush does nothing.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:23 pmThere is something missing in this story. Here let me correct it.
Finally reporting on Bush’s move today, the Los Angeles Times notes that Bush [violated the Constitution by] issuing signing statements less often in 2007. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino claims [Bush violated the Constitution less often] because “2007 was the do-nothing Congress.â€
There. Now it reads correctly.
Comment by shoeless
No, no, no let me fix even further please:
February 1st, 2008 at 8:23 pm“Finally reporting on [the person sworn to uphold the constitution]’s move today, the Los Angeles Times notes that [the person sworn to uphold the constitution] [violated the Constittion by] issuing signing statements less often in 2007. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino claims [[The person sworn to uphold the constitution]violated the Constitution less often] because “2007 was the do-nothing Congress.â€
Let’s start impeaching Dick and Botch. That should shut’er up!
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:24 am