Exactly. They didn't pay attention to him. Bush knows that if he vetoed them, the big spenders in Congress would likely override him, too. The RINOS are way too unpredictable, and would vote with the Democrats.
Instead of people screaming and yelling about the President, they need to concentrate on changing the make-up of the CONGRESS which, by the way, has an even LOWER approval rate than the President, and is the origin of much of the stupidity on immigration we're having to deal with today.
Do you really believe that a Republican-controlled Congress would override a Republican President's veto in order to pass a pork-laden spending bill???
It appears that some people will just say anything in order to make excuses for Bush.