Hey, you were the one talking about the Congressional picnic YESTERDAY as a means to show this was bogus:
I don't trust honesty of the article due to a claim in it that the congressmen had to travel to Washington to try to meet with GWB. Makes no sense. The annual congressional picnic was yesterday.
And now you pretend the details don't matter? Like I said, retreat to your next prepared position.
Why do you and so many others around here feel the need to be a**holes?
I guess that one got to the core of what you were up to, eh?
Why do you feel the need to engage in such knee-jerk defenses of Bush when he is so wrong on this issue, including doing a 180-degree spin on your own damn talking point? It is a Constitutionally-defined role of the President to defend this country from invasion. We have foreign troops coming into this country and threatening law enforcement officers. And all we get from Bush and Chertoff is "What, me worry?"
I know it's beyond your ken to grasp, but the point about the Congressional picnic is to show that members of Congress don't need to make special trips to Washington -- unless, as someone else up thread pointed out -- they are engaged in a stunt.
(1) They are there every day when Congress is in session. (2) They have easy access to the WH by phone, by appointment, and even by special events such as the annual congressional picnic, which occurred just yesterday.
Why do you feel the need to engage in such knee-jerk defenses of Bush when he is so wrong on this issue
That is YOUR OPINION about a matter of policy. As with all Americans, while you are entitled to your opinion, it does not make those who hold different opinions from yours wrong (or right).