I'd be a little careful about that, folks. I don't necessarily believe that there is any strategery going on here. If this bill dies, it won't be because of a secret plan.
It will be because of principled conservatives in the House of Representatives, conservatives like Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, who went to the White House and told the president in person that he could not and would not support this bill.
Rush Limbaugh
"What good is winning the House if we're going to pass liberalism? What good is winning the House if all we're going to do is liberalism-lite? I'd just as soon go back to being in the minority and raise hell, like it was in the good old days."
Rush Limbaugh
Apparently he isn't capable of adapting to the new situation. I hope he gets a contract with the NFL and is challenged again.
Rush prefaced his remarks for good reason: a conspiracy theory!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's campaign said Tuesday it has raised at least $34.2 million since he announced his 2004 re-election effort in May, with some checks still to be counted.The Republican's total dwarfs fund-raising by his nine Democratic rivals, including Howard Dean, who racked up more than $800,000 in a daylong Web-a-thon on Monday that put him firmly among his party's money leaders as the second fund-raising quarter ended at midnight. [note no other Republican mentioned in the money chase...]
Now the question becomes who is going to win the President election in 2004, President Bush or the Democrat Candidate? It will be between on them as the two viable candidates. Money counts in who gets there and you haven't shown anyone else with any money to challenge President Bush for the Republican nomination.... huh showboy?
I'd be a little careful about that, folks.
Bush-Cheney Surpass Fund-Raising Expectations
Fox News ^
Posted on 07/01/2003 6:49 PM CDT by Recovering_Democrat
WASHINGTON The money is not all counted yet, but President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney's latest fund-raising swing has helped propel campaign contributions (search) to more than $34.2 million, the campaign said Tuesday.
Stop using Rush to bolster your own opinions. You're as bad as the alleged Bushbots you accuse of not thinking for themselves. Clearly, you have been proven to twist Rush's words to fit into your cozy little attacks against Bush. Proof is here.
I don't have a problem with anyone saying Bush is wrong and using thoughtful reasoning, facts, and logic to state as such. But when you have to constantly use someone else's words as your own opinions, it makes you intellectually shallow.
IOW, for a party that controls the Presidency, the Senate AND the Congress, the GOP seems content to play an ideological 'prevent offense'...
Mustn't jeopardize the BIG TENT seating reservations.