[sono]

” A House Republican leader is lambasting President Bush on his decision not to call Congress back into session to deal with the energy crisis.

In a legislative update sent to GOP members and staff on Tuesday, Republican House Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.) accused “Beijing George” Bush of throwing House Republicans “under the bone-dry bus” on his way to the Olympics in China.”

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-republican-leader-rips-bush-2008-08-05.html

[sono]

OOPS:

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Democratic candidate Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain on Tuesday for taking a page out of “the Cheney playbook” on energy, overlooking his own support of oil-friendly policies that the unpopular vice president helped to craft.

Vice President Dick Cheney, a former oilman, early in the Bush administration helped draft an energy policy that Obama asserted is biased in favor of tax breaks and favorable treatment for big oil. Obama’s remarks were an attempt to capitalize on Cheney’s unpopularity. . . .

However, Obama himself voted for a 2005 energy bill backed by Bush that included billions in subsidies for oil and natural gas production, a measure Cheney played a major role in developing. McCain opposed the bill on grounds it included billions in unnecessary tax breaks for the oil industry.

So is Obama more Cheneyesque than McCain? Well, probably not, but it’s yet another campaign gaffe — with the difference that this stuff is starting to get reported.

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/

[paul544]

He needs to move on for G*d’s sake. 40+ minutes on this? He’s starting to sound desperate.

[Son House]

lambasting President Bush on his decision not to call Congress back