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You won't see it removed, and its a simple reason why.

This particular bill would never get Blue Dog support without all that bribe pork Pelosi stuck in there to get the votes. These dems know damned well their constituents do not support the democrats cut and run strategy. So bascially the pork in this bill is a lot of bribery. So without this pork the bill has ZERO chance of simple majority in the house.

Bush didn't need to bring the word "pork" into his rejection, he made IMHO a very big political mistake by even mentioning the word in his veto, because his record is such a joke on that.

Veto it, veto it purely on the merits of its effect to the war in the field... Play to your strengths, not your weaknesses. Bush was doing great, until he decided to mention Pork.. now the news stories will all just be pointing out how he's never vetoed pork in his career until this bill... and make him look like a hypocrite.. mark my words... that story will be in every nightly newscast for the next week or so, every one will do an expose' on Bush's pork approvals.

It will be interesting to see if you are right. Since the media has been emphasizing the pork angle for days and the clumsiness of the way Pelosi and Friends have been dishing it out, it will be interesting to see if the tide turns onto members of congress or him.

I believe that this is an all new ballgame and we are reseting the goal posts. But I am open to being wrong.

BTW, I think your type of analytical criticism of the president is the right kind. Nice to see.

The purpose of the emergency war spending bill I requested was to provide our troops with vital funding. Instead, Democrats in the House, in an act of political theater, voted to substitute their judgment for that of our military commanders on the ground in Iraq. They set rigid restrictions that will require an army of lawyers to interpret. They set an arbitrary date for withdrawal without regard for conditions on the ground. And they tacked on billions for pet projects that have nothing to do with winning the war on terror. This bill has too much pork, too many conditions and an artificial timetable for withdrawal.

Read the President's words again. He mentions pork, last, almost as an afterthought. You're overdramatizing your point about it. Why?