Bush Outfoxes Congress Again

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[bcsco]

I agree with the shrewdness of Bush’s move. Whether Congress removes the ban remains to be seen, but I have doubts they’ll buck public pressure.

What remains to be seen is what the Greens & others do in the courts. With the bans removed, do they have president to stand on?

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Politics - it’s not just the position but the timing of your actions that matter. Too many here at FR are “do it all NOW!” type folks, and don’t understand that the same action delayed a bit can be dramatically more effective...

[avacado]

"Democrats in Congress on the hotseat with this move and the deadline to annually renew their own ban expires exactly 36 days before the election."

The timing is indeed sweet!

[DakotaGator]

Politics - it’s not just the position but the timing of your actions that matter.

Indeed. President Bush, the head of the Republican Party, played this card at exactly the right time!

[mkjessup]

What remains to be seen is what the Greens & others do in the courts. With the bans removed, do they have president to stand on?

Oh sure, they'll stand on top of the President, the First Lady, anybody that gets in their way.

[Species8472]

“Making gasoline more affordable would be the exact opposite of what we need to do,” “We need to wean the country off of its dependence on fossil fuels. We can only do this if we discourage Americans’ love affair with their cars and put an end to the frenzy of excessive and senseless driving. - Nancy Pelosi (7-15-2008).”

[bcsco]

Oh sure, they'll stand on top of the President, the First Lady, anybody that gets in their way.

Ah, double entendre. That's great. But if Obama gets in come November, Bush's ban will shortly be canceled. That's one thing I do know.

[mnehring]

..and queen Nancy is going to find a way to replace all One Hundred Thirty-Five Million automobiles in the US with something that doesn't use oil based fuel how?

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Better yet, make her do what we in private industry do - use telephones, video conferences, e-mail, instant messaging, etc. Speaker Pelosi and the entire Congress do NOT have to meet in DC; they can meet virtually 99% of the time.

Think of all the driving and flying that could be eliminated if we actually modernized the Congress!

[mnehring]

Very true.

[Redleg Duke]

I believe the word he intended was “precedent”.

But, your response was cutesy!

[Steve0113]

“Making gasoline more affordable would be the exact opposite of what we need to do,” “We need to wean the country off of its dependence on fossil fuels. We can only do this if we discourage Americans’ love affair with their cars and put an end to the frenzy of excessive and senseless driving. - Nancy Pelosi (7-15-2008).”

Pelosi didn't say that. That alleged quote came from a John Semmons satire here.

[Eagle of Liberty]

These asshats are crying because BIG OIL has leases for a piddly 65 million acres? The United States, just land alone, is 2.26 BILLION acres. The lands that are being leased total 2.8% of the U.S!

[Flycatcher]

Strategerie.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" We can only do this if we discourage Americans’ love affair with their cars and put an end to the frenzy of excessive and senseless driving. "
There is a deeper meaning to this than just getting us off of using oil to drive our cars.
The Liberals do not want us to be independent .... they want us to stay home.
Their agenda is to destroy the economic and military might of the USA..... I just wish the sheeple of America will wake us before it's to late.

[rbmillerjr]

Reference for Pelosi quote in post 7

[mnehring]

The Liberals do not want us to be independent .... they want us to stay home. Their agenda is to destroy the economic and military might of the USA..... I just wish the sheeple of America will wake us before it's to late.

Not exactly, they don't want us to stay home, nor do they want to completely destroy our economy. What they want is control. They want us to be dependent on them. They want us to get out of the house, but they want to do it on their terms, through public transportation. They don't want to completely destroy the economy, they want to run it in order to channel it to themselves. Most importantly, they want to establish a society dependent on them so they continue to keep power. The worst thing for liberals is a financially clear, independent minded individual.

[Steve0113]

See my post #13.

[Signalman]

The Dems are in a bind. If they don’t lift the ban, they’re going to lose lots of votes in the presidential and congressional races.

If they do lift the ban, the nutjobs on the far left will be ticked off big time. Either way, they lose.