[ForOurFuture]

When is the last time a President actually had the political and personal spine to veto a popular but contraversial bill? They always threaten, but they always sign. It seems to me that the Presidential veto could be one of the most effective tools in the battle against liberalism and big government. It's just a shame that not even 'Conservative' presidents have the guts to use it.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"When is the last time a President actually had the political and personal spine to veto a popular but contraversial bill?"

I could be wrong, but didn't Clinton veto a ban on partial birth abortion?

If my memory serves me correctly and this is true...I'd attribute Clinton's actions more to a pact with the devil than to anything close to a "political and personal spine"

[Valin]

popular? where would that be? beside inside the beltway or inside the newsrooms of the media? Heck even the aclu is against this piece of garbage.