Miles, Iraq, Hurricanes prompt GOP to confront Bush

[Cult]

Yes....Yessss....Divide-and-conquer! :Waves goodbye to the 'Pubs'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20051008/ts_krwashbureau/_republicans


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WASHINGTON - The conservative rebellion against Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers widens the split between the White House and Republicans, sowing fears among party strategists that President Bush is jeopardizing ten years of GOP congressional dominance.



Republicans are speaking out and voting against the administration with defiance unseen since he's been in the White House. In recent days, the Senate reined in the administration on the treatment of foreign detainees, forced it to jettison no-bid reconstruction contracts in the Gulf region and gave Miers a tepid welcome as Bush's choice to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

This emboldened stance comes amid mounting worries over Iraq policy, lingering questions about the federal response to Katrina and Bush's sinking public approval ratings.

For Bush and Senate Republicans, it marks a parting of ways with consequences for the remainder of his term. It also signals a loss in Bush's clout after five years of expanding presidential power. As Republicans distance themselves from the president, lawmakers and strategists wonder whether conservative anger at the Miers nomination could do their party irreparable harm.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. I hope they confront him about his obvious Substance Abuse, too

What is it with that whacky Coke Jaw?

We all see it, even if the corporate media chooses to keep its collective head up Bush's butt and pretends to ignore the OBVIOUS.

We know the corporate media lies through omission. Regularly.

So confront the dude with the truth.

[Cult]

2. Damn, I knew about the Lame Duck factor

Freakin YEARS ago! Shoot, long before his coronation. I mean, theft. I mean, 'election'.

[cliss]

3. Here's the unvarnished truth.

Bush and Cheney do not think like the rest of us. Oh, I believe Bush is stressed about his poll numbers which are in the toilet.

But it's obviously not enough to make him change his ways. He's still working as fast as he can to do everything he can for his cronies. And he's succeeding. Notice? Even as the floodwaters of Katrina were receding, he appoints Roberts to the SC. He wins. Now, he's busy as a squirrel before the winter to help his friends.

EVERY DAY that they are still in the White House, is a success to them. Screw the electorate. Screw the polls. As long as he has a pen in his hand and power, he'll keep going like the Energizer Bunny.

Honest, they don't think like we do.

[Cocoa]

4. they shilled for the Worst President Ever for five years

shilled for him, protected him, lied for him, smeared good people for his benefit.

Time for them to pay.

[jazzjunkysue]

5. LOL! "Left and right holding hands singing Kumbaya over Miers"

"I don't think they envisioned Republican and Democratic senators holding hands, standing in a circle singing Kumbaya about this nominee."
:rofl:

[Cult]

6. heh

I thought that was funny as well

[Neil Lisst]

7. Success has a thousand fathers, but failure is a bastard

I am having a somewhat sadistly enjoyable time watching the rightwing's centrifugal force sling off pieces from it's core.

They are running like the proverbial rats from the sinking ship.

Oh, the humanity! Burn, baby, burn.

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