Posted on 07/16/2007 4:35:23 PM PDT by shield
WASHINGTON — President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders Monday when he crashed a meeting at the White House to deliver a blunt message that he wasn't backing down on Iraq and Republicans need to understand that.
"It was stunning," said one GOP aide who attended the meeting. "We couldn't believe he came in."
"We kept looking at each other, amazed he came in," said another Republican aide.
Bush was described as folksy, adamant and mildly profane as he interrupted the meeting between senior White House communications staffers Tony Snow and Ed Gillespie and GOP leaders. His message: the policy on Iraq isn't changing. He is not backing down and no one on Capitol Hill should be confused into thinking he is letting up.
The interruption precedes what is expected to be an all-nighter in the Senate on Tuesday, ordered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a way to protest GOP blocking tactics on moves to compel U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Reid said Iraq is the most important issue facing the United States and attempts to block legislation calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq will be met with a hardball response.
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this is one week later than an I TOLD YOU SO.........in a sunday thread and a few others,I said Dubya is comin out swingin’’’this is not one iota of what’s comin’
I was shocked FOX News interrupted a car chase to show Bush’s comments live.
So am I to subordinates at my business.
Reid is such a putz.
Crashed? It's his domain.
now THIS is the man I voted for....
Welcome back Mr. President !
putzes deeply hurt by that comment.
The point isn’t that that or any meeting is “off limits” but that the BIG BOSS doesn’t usually bother, nor does his schedule permit, attending such low level meetings ... I would say they were more pleasantly surprised than negative about his coming in ... it’s a BIG DEAL when a POTUS is in anyone’s company (regardles of who is occupying the Oval Office). It’s a very special treat for Hill staffers who, for the most part, work for the glory of the job (pay is atrocious) and being major political junkies.
Good... ;o)
Man, wow!
Amen! I wonder if Lugar and Domenici feel like they’re in the crosshairs about now. lol
Bush is not the big boss of house and senate republicans and were I to attend a meeting at another company only to have the ceo barge into it and be mildly profane I would be pretty pissed..
If he wants to call me out call a meeting dont barge into another one..
Actually, I couldn’t believe this article hadn’t been posted at FR already. There was a day...it’d been posted within seconds of it coming up at FoxNews. That says lots about the atmosphere here at FR...it’s a shame.
Bwahahahahaha...........feel free to get pissy. Kudos GW, stand tall and slap the weanie babies down.
I wish he was eating a spare rib slathered with barbecue sauce when he did this and then threw the gnawed bone on the floor while wiping his fingers on the table cloth. Then, he’d wink at them.
Sort of a gesture like, “come on and get me, flakes! I’m behind the barn if you want at me...”
I hope so.
The President is the boss of his party.
Hear, Hear...This is the guy I voted for, too....
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