Do as he says, not as he does
posted by
Wally
7:57 AM
Bush is still threatening to veto the omnibus spending bill approved by the House on Monday if it doesn't include money for his war in Iraq (it currently doesn't). While the Democrats have made a number of concessions in an effort to compromise with the White House, Bush hasn't given anything in return. To Dubya, "compromise" means "you give me every damn thing I want".Bush issued a veto threat because of the lack of Iraq funds. Still, the administration noted "recent progress on the substance" of the measure, indicating that Bush may accept the legislation if Iraq funds are added by the Senate.
House Republicans said they were being forced to vote on a bill they hadn't been given enough time to read. "This is no way to run a railroad," Representative Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, said last night.
Bloomberg Poor poor Paul Ryan. Somebody call a waaaambulance. He didn't have enough time to read the bill. I feel so bad for the Republicans in Congress being abused by the Democrats, since we all know the GOP would never ever think of doing such things. Or would they? Of course they would.
Adding to Bush's veto threat, he came up with a typically irresponsible weaselly suggestion - one that would divert all accountability away from himself. One that would prevent him from actually having to face the possibilty of a "real" showdown - one that he might lose. One that would prevent him from having to give up anything, back down an inch, or admit that his ideas aren't perfect in every way - something the guy is physically incapable of doing.Bush added, "If the Congress can't get the job done - in other words, those jet fumes'll start to be moving out ... pretty soon here, later on this week - if they can't get the job done, then I've got a suggestion for them, and just pass a one-year continuing resolution. That's all they've got to do. If they can't get the job done, like I'm hopeful they will, then all they've got to do is just take what's called a continuing resolution, get the people's business done that way and go on home. They've got to make sure they fund the troops, though, on the way out of town."
That's easy for him to say
I'm not even sure what he's talking about. How about next time we elect a President who speaks English? What I think he's saying is, "instead of challenging my ultimate God-given King-like authority, why don't they just throw up their hands, give up and let me get back to clearin' brush at the ranch. This presidentin' is hard work ya' know. What I mean is, it hurts my brain when I have to think and stuff. heh heh". Nice plan there boss. No wonder every one of your business ventures failed. I can see Dubya in a board meeting, "I don't want to work on the budget. It's got all them what are they called - "numbers" on it. It's boring. That's like math. I hate math. Let's go biking instead, and just do what we did last year again."
In the same speech, while telling Congress to fuck it and just to a repeat and stop bothering him, he tried to convince someone that he's really paying attention to detail.Even though Congress has bowed to his spending wishes, Bush warned lawmakers that he will be "watching very carefully as the Congress works through how to spend your money coming down the stretch before Christmas. They can't have any gimmicks - accounting gimmicks - in there." Hey George, do you mean the kind of "accounting gimmick" that makes $275.5 Billion deficit turn into $162.8 Billion?The new report said that the federal budget deficit would have been 69 percent higher than the $162.8 billion reported two months ago if the government had used the same accounting methods as private companies. Under the accrual method of accounting, the deficit would have totaled $275.5 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
The deficit on a cash-flow basis of $162.8 billion represented the lowest imbalance in five years. The administration noted the decline in the deficit under both measurements.
The Budget is Screwed It's okay for Bush to use accounting tricks to cook his books, but nobody else is allowed to do so. He also thinks it's something to brag about that last year he only lost $162 Billion dollars.
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