Bush sounding like a spoiled child: "I am relevant"

[dajoki]

Bush Declares That He Remains Relevant
President Criticizes Stalled Bills on Hill
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 18, 2007; Page A03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101701457.html?nav=hcmoduletmv
VIDEO:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/10/17/VI2007101701175.html

President Bush declared yesterday that he remains "relevant" despite his political troubles, and he derided Democrats for running a do-nothing Congress that has failed to address critical domestic, economic and security issues in the nine months since they took control of Capitol Hill.

Trying to turn the tables on his adversaries, Bush lashed out at lawmakers for stalling housing and education initiatives, trade agreements, and judicial nominations, and for not having passed any of 12 annual spending bills more than two weeks into the new fiscal year. "Congress has little to show for all the time that has gone by," he said during a White House news conference.

Bush's assault on Democratic leaders during the 47-minute session reflected a broader attempt by the White House to go on the offensive at a time when polls show that the public has soured on Congress just as it has on the president. Stuck with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency with just 15 months left in office, Bush presented himself as still in command of the Washington agenda and rejected the suggestion that he has grown "increasingly irrelevant," as a reporter put it in a question.

"Quite the contrary," he said. "I've never felt more engaged and more capable of helping people recognize . . . that there's a lot of unfinished business." Defending his rejection of a popular children's health program expansion, Bush said his veto power gives him leverage. "That's one way to ensure that I am relevant," he said. "That's one way to ensure that I am in the process. And I intend to use the veto."

His reprimand of Congress drew a scathing response from Democrats. "I appreciate that the man who has managed Iraq so well is going to give us a lecture about management," said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.). "The man who gave us Katrina is going to tell us how to manage?"

[BootinUp]

1. Poor dumya.

Can't get your way huh?

[virgdem]

2. So screw the children B*sh..

cause its all about you, isn't it? He doesn't give a rats ass about anyone but his pathetic little ego. I hope there's a special place in hell for him (and Cheney, et al). Once you declare that you are relevant, you render yourself completely irrelevant.

[zabet]

3. Relevant like cancer.

If you don't stop it, it can kill you.

[pissnoffrethugs]

4. Yeah, about as relevant

as a bible in a science class.

[liberalmuse]

5. He's 24% relevant.

And 76% toxic waste that needs to be buried under Yucca Mountain in a permanently sealed lead bunker.

[Bobbieo]

6. The only thing Bush has left is the "veto power" so we have to

over ride his vetos, starting tomorrow, and take away his power.

[dajoki]

11. He says...

"Congress has little to show for all the time that has gone by"

But * has plenty to show for all the time that has gone by, unfortunately, its all bad.

[Hieronymus]

7. Bush IS a spoiled child.

[Ravy]

8. He is the "revelevenator" nt

[Rageneau]

9. He must mean 'reverent.'

[dajoki]

10. Or Reviled n/t