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To: areafiftyone
You noticed that Bush has NOT talked about what Congress did yet? I bet you he has something up his sleeve.

Aha. I agree. Check this out, I save it for moments like this.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070924/posts

The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson

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One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.

By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand.

This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career. He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.

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I think he has a card or two he hasn't played yet.

461 posted on 03/09/2006 1:02:44 PM PST by beyond the sea (Cheney’s "meaningful consequences"...........even more painful for Iran than the evils of dodgeball.)
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To: beyond the sea

I'm interested in seeing what the Republicans in Congress will do next. They seem hellbent on being against the president on just about every issue these days for political reasons.


468 posted on 03/09/2006 1:06:17 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: beyond the sea
"Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get."

Um, I would call threatening a veto responding forcefully.

486 posted on 03/09/2006 1:12:50 PM PST by blaquebyrd
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To: beyond the sea
Bet on it ;).
613 posted on 03/09/2006 3:19:43 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author:)
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