White House attacks Daschle as roadblock

Washington Times ^ | Friday, December 7, 2001 | By Donald Lambro

[JohnHuang2]

The White House is escalating its attacks against Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in an all-out drive to overcome Democratic resistance to a tax-cutting economic-stimulus bill that could be critical to the Republican Party's political prospects in the 2002 elections.

[JohnHuang2]

Quote of the Day by snorkeler

[RichInOC]

Hit 'im again, hit 'im again, harder, harder....

[onyx]

President Bush is on the offensive and GOP senators are "dealing" a compromise! Sheeesh!

[spycatcher]

Finally. Bush should be talking about the Dems trying to gridlock the nation just as we need unity. He's afraid to use the bully pulpit.

[AmericaUnited]

Hopefully Bush and Team will learn a lesson from the way we defeated our "foreign" enemy, hit them hard and keep hitting them till they drop.

[johniegrad]

Tommy is too short to be a roadblock. I would refer to him as more of a speedbump.

[patj]

What's with the use of MR. Bush in this article? Isn't the correct term, PRESIDENT Bush?

[The Wizard]

harder, harder

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

What's with the use of MR. Bush in this article? Isn't the correct term, PRESIDENT Bush?

The title was used in the first reference to the president. Following that, according to journalistic style books, references use Mr., or if less respectfull, no title. They use the respectfull Mr. rather than the lest respectfull 'Bush said'.

[mombonn]

President Bush last week ordered senior advisers to take the gloves off and sharpen their rhetoric.

First, take off the gloves. Second, get out the brass knuckles.

[vaudine]

As a friend's dad said when she told him she was finally marrying her live-in boyfriend---"It's about d@#n time! The White House has let Dick and Tommy put on their dog and pony show for too long.

vaudine

[Miss Marple]

Morning, John! If Daschle had been paying attention, he would have understood this was coming. He is taking too much advice from McAuliffe and Clinton.

I WISH I could remember who pointed out the President's modus operandi: he gives an opponent multiple chances to do the right thing, but if they fail to do so, the hammer comes down. The Taliban and Hamass are learning this lesson. Daschle will be learning it shortly.

[hchutch]

I hope that they keep this up. Daschle will be pressed to give Bush a stimulus package with the tax cuts. It is an open question as to how much additoional spending there will be, but the tax cuts will be coming.

[ArGee]

President Bush last week ordered senior advisers to take the gloves off and sharpen their rhetoric.

OK FReepers. It's time to lend the President a hand. I'm talking about a PAC that raises funds nationally and targets Tom Daschle's home state of South Dakota. The name would be "Free the Senate" and would focus on the fact that Tom Daschle is trying to have himself named King of the United States.

It isn't just this economic stimulus package. It's ANWR drilling. It's human cloning. It's federal judges. I'll bet FReepers could come up with many more examples. I know we can use words from Daschle's own speeches to show that his goal is to personally and individually block legislation that he personally and individually doesn't like. To heck with representing the people. To heck with the country. To heck with the Senate. All that matters is nominating himself king.

I say 'to heck with Tom Daschle'. I don't think his people voted for him to be king of the U.S. It's time to flood the S.D. airwaves to get the people of that great state to do two things. 1) Shut down Tom Daschle's office with phone and mail requests to start doing his job. 2) Replace him as soon as his seat comes open.

I have no idea how to form such a PAC, but I'll bet the knowledge and will exist here on FR. So those of you who know how, put up your ideas. Those of you who volunteer, say so. Let's organize our "Free the Senate" PAC and send this guy packing.

And when we're through the White House will look like an image seen through the wrong end of a telescope to him.

Shalom.

[ArGee]

Please check out Reply 14 and provide whatever ideas you can.

Let's roll!

Shalom.

[MinuteGal]

Reply # 6 - LOL!

Best description yet of Tom Thumb Daschle!

Leni

[Steve0113]

bump

[Stand Watch Listen]

related opinion

Daschle: super-majority Leader
Source: CNSNews.com Commentary from Mullings.com; Published: December 10, 2001
Author: Rich Galen

"............
* Tom Daschle has started a PR offensive to offset the quickly growing understanding among American voters that the Republican-controlled House has adopted:
- An energy bill,
- A faith-based initiative bill,
- An economic stimulus bill, and (as recently as last week),
- Fast-track authority for the President, the Trade Promotion Authority bill.

* While all that was going on, the ONLY thing the Daschle-controlled Senate has passed is a pay raise for itself.

* This pay raise thing was kind of interesting. There was a procedural vote at midnight, the other night - literally. Under the cover of darkness Senator Daschle allowed a vote which provides a $4,900 pay raise to $150,000. By the way, the Leadership gets more. The House and Senate Leaders will draw about $167,000.

* This was the same Tom Daschle who, amid much rending of flesh and railing against the gods, claimed that the House Leadership's refusal to negotiate the stimulus package in the face of the Daschle Rule was unthinkable in a time when people are losing their jobs.
..........."

[finnman69]

So, Mr. Daschle was asked, is the president to blame for the recession?

"I don't think the recession is his fault," Mr. Daschle said. "

Daschle says recession is not Bush's fault
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/586799/posts

[J. Semper Paratus]

Awwww, you stole my joke!