Posted on 01/09/2006 6:15:52 PM PST by pittsburgh gop guy
When legal and ethical questions began spinning around House majority leader Tom DeLay last year, President George W. Bush was publicly supportive. Privately, though, he questioned his fellow Texan's mojo. Bush had scored 10 points higher than DeLay in the Representative's district in 2004, and that was only after Bush had recorded a telephone message to help rally local Republicans. "I can't believe I had to do robocalls for him," the President said bitingly to an Oval Office visitor.
To people who know Bush well, the remark said it all about the longtime chill between the two pols—a distance that is only sure to grow with former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea. Both camps describe the two conservative Texan's relationship as professional—an alliance, not a friendship. "DeLay admires Bush's leadership but still thinks of himself as the strongest conservative on the block," a DeLay friend says. "They perceive DeLay as a bull in a china shop. They appreciate him as their protector and retriever." Like many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, DeLay suffers under what officials call this Administration's general lack of respect for Congress. But he is also in the unique position of being the most prominent modern Republican politician in Texas to rise without the help of White House senior adviser Karl Rove, and the two have never been close. "Karl thinks of him as someone a little bit too opinionated for his own good," says an official close to both men. "And DeLay thinks of Karl as a former mail vendor, not some great guru."
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They WANTED to create a contentious relationship with Delay..while the guy is down???
THAT is a pretty cold thing for them to do...and I don't think that President Bush works that way.
DUH....you are right...how could I forget Chrissy Matthew's obession with Karl Rove...and getting him frog-marchedout of the White House..(as Joe Wilson would say)
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I remember how hard they went after John Ashcroft, he was on BOR tonight. They made a lot of Nazi references to him.
I saw Ashcroft...he was pretty tight-lipped, which I appreciated.
It is nice to see someone that knows when to be quiet.
I did think that he didn't look really well.
Good thing nobody reads this rag.
"They WANTED to create a contentious relationship with Delay..while the guy is down???
THAT is a pretty cold thing for them to do...and I don't think that President Bush works that way."
If they've decided Delay has become a millstone and a threat to thier Congressional majority, yeah, they'd jettison him in a second. Politics is a very, very cold business.
Presidents can only serve 2 terms. : )
Yet more evidence that MRS. Mandy Grunwald (Matt Cooper) is a pathetic hack shilling for the left. He didn't enjoy the success he sought in Plamegate so he's back with this pitiful hit-piece trying to win back some bedroom favors from the one who wears the pants in his household (Mandy).
Forget it, Cooper, the only person left in America who doesn't think you're a contemptible swine is Maureen Dowdy, and even you wouldn't settle for doing her.....
The only good thing I can say about Time-Warner and their publications and tv stations is that they lost Ted Turner a couple of billion dollars on his stock portfolio. If they keep going at the rate they are going, Ted will have to borrow $5.00 to buy lunch....Any wonder why they lost so much after reading Cooper's story? Bye-bye Time Warner.
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