[Logical me]

And who in the hell do we contribute the spending. All President Bush did is sign the bill that comes to his desk. Most spending is directly to blame on the House and Senate and most of the pork is add to vital bills needed to protect the Country. President Bush needed the line item veto to tear those pork project from the bills. The President believed that to build a better America it would take partisanship. Giant mistake believing in the RATS.

Also I would think the few posturing Republicans should somehow wave their magic wand and WOW! No hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, no war, and when these jacka@@ find the magic wand, let me know.

[KarlInOhio]

All President Bush did is sign the bill that comes to his desk.

All President Bush did is sign every single bill that comes to his desk.

Just one veto on any appropriation bill would show he is serious. I think Clinton stole the veto pen along with the W keys when he left.

[sauropod]

If you got rid of ALL the pork, that would still be only a drop in the bucket and would not solve the problem we all face.

[dirtboy]

All President Bush did is sign the bill that comes to his desk.

That's the problem - he always signs bills and never vetoes them. Ford was the weakest president in American history except perhaps for Andrew Johnson - but he used his veto pen with vigor and forced the Democrats in Congress to reduce spending.