President Bush to Hold 10 a.m. News Conference

Fox News ^ | 3/22/06

[Vaduz]

Loved it when the nancyboy reporter asked if W cared about his poll numbers=to reporter suck it

[woofie]

They are always around

[Howlin]

So did he slap Helen around?

[hedgetrimmer]

your usual tired, repetitious rhetoric.

Is that why you have Pat Buchanan's name on every single post you make?

[Earthdweller]

"I liked the line that he is he and the admin are spending their "political capital" to protect the American people."

Drop one "is he" and that line will look better.:]~
Sheesh..can I hit post any faster?

[Wasanother]

I guess my tolerance level has changed making it more noticeable for me?

[StarCMC]

BWHAHAHAHAH!

[Eagle of Liberty]

But the amount of his appearances and press conferences has not and would not affect how I viewed the man. It just goes to show you how pathetic liberals are that they would nit pick on something like how many press conferences a President has and let it affect how much they like him.

Some people need to be led more than others. Freedom isn't for everybody.

[Pukin Dog]

That clearly shows a lack of focus and proper priotities.

Ooh, you tell em!

Wet-nap?

Oh, you didn't know you were drooling?

My bad.

Wet-nap?

[Earthdweller]

"So did he slap Helen around?"

hehehe...real good. :)

[kabar]

I have a very legitimate criticism of George Bush because at one of his State of the Union Addresses, his first theme he raised was aid to Africa, not a crucial issue like this!

The SOTU address is a laundry list of accomplishments and proposals. Bush did mention SS reform in his address and others before it. The order it comes in the speech is irrelevant and frankly, so is the importance of these speeches, save for exceptions like Bush's SOTU address after 9/11.

Bush and Congress can change this "mandatory spending" crap if they both had their priotities focused on the USA, and it is the POTUS's job to get Congress focused. For the future of the nation, it must be addressed.

Bush has done everything possible to make entitlement reform a major issue. It is not called the "third rail of American politics" for nothing. The Dems are not cooperating. Rather, they are demagoging the issue to achieve a political advantage. The say the Reps want to cut the benefits of the elderly and the poor. You have America's most powerful lobbying group, AARP, spending huge amounts of money to defeat such reform. As an AARP member, I have been furious about the propaganda they have been spewing out and won't renew my membership.

During Bush's tenure, he has spent at a clip that exceeds all modern day presidents. This spending does not jive with nation that has the trends in social welfare spending and demographics that we have. Unless this is changed, we will not be able to defend our nation, As it is, the trends in Defense spending are sliding down while social welfare spending is soaring, now accounting for 64.5% of all spending.

Defense spending has been increasing over the 5 years of the Bush administration, even without the Iraq war. He has been rebuilding the militrary after Clinton gutted it using the so called peace-dividend.

What you don't seem to comprehend is that the WH cannot unilaterally reform the entitlement programs, which are on automatic pilot. Generally, Congress is unwilling to do so because there is a political price to pay. We won't see any reform until after the 2008 elections. Then Congress will be forced to address the problem because the SS "surplus" starts declining in 2008 and in 2017, more money will be spent in benefits than revenue collected. Instead of being a cash cow, SS becomes a liability.

[Mo1]

How did he do?

He smacked them silly :0)

[StarCMC]

So did he slap Helen around?

And then some.

[Moonman62]

When it comes to reforming the entitlement progams, the buck stops with Congress. The President can only cajole and jawbone.

And use the veto. Oh wait, what was I thinking, LOL! There is very little discretionary spending to cut once you pay for the entitlement programs, service the national debt (17 cents of each federal dollar), and defense.

It's all discretionary. Calling a good portion of it mandatory is yet another slick way to screw the taxpayer, but I admit it's a strategy that's worked.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Who passes legislation?

Who has the veto pen?

Who has had the veto pen for the last five years and failed to use it?

Who is the Chief Executive who can ask Congress to make crucial items a priority?

Who has the power to get on TV and ask the American public to put pressure on Congress, instead of spending 90% of the time talking about Iraq?

Don't forget, STARWISE, that George Bush is the Chief Executive of the United States. He has more power than you give him credit for.

[Freee-dame]

Schiefer's a liberal, but he has been to the school of hard knocks. I think he appreciates honest, forthright answers from politicians he interviews.

He let Cheney answer the questions, unlike most leftists. Is this a characteristic of his? I don't usually watch his show. Even some of the press tried to go at President Bush with a second question today as soon as his answer was going where they didn't like.

[Danae]

AWESOME Howlin. Absolutely AWESOME!

My only complaint is that I missed him giving Helen Thomas the smackdown! The 8 month old chose that time to demand a diaper change. To think I missed it do to that!

[Mo1]

I think it reairs at 7pm on c-span

[Pukin Dog]

I'm going to stop now, because it is wrong to get personal with these trolls. Others are doing the right thing by giving them facts, so I am going to stop attacking before the moderators get me. Too bad it is so much fun. IT IS WRONG TO PERSONALLY ATTACK THE TROLLS. Say it with me.

[firewalk]

That or he just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance..............

ha!
Thanks for the ping