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At the time of his approach to Red China, Richard Nixon (a REPUBLICAN for those of you from Rio Linda) was approached by an internationalist businessman who was literally salivating over the prospect of access to the BILLIONS of potential Chinese slave laborers and “customers” (although this rocket scientist had apparently not yet concluded that the Chinese people would be hard pressed to buy his stuff without MONEY!!!!).

This businessman was concerned that Nixon had been SAYING that he was cooling to the idea of an opening to Red China to quell the uprising within the then very much more America-First rank and file Republican Party.

As reported years later, Nixon told the businessman
“DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY: WATCH WHAT WE DO!"

AS YOU READ THIS, IT APPEARS THAT BUSH, DASCHLE AND OTHERS ARE WELL DOWN THE ROAD TO USING THIS PAGE FROM THE NIXON PLAYBOOK!

IT APPEARS THAT DUBYA -- LIKE NIXON (and numerous others) BEFORE HIM --IS NOW “DOING” US (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE).

Look, America – the IDEA not the PLACE – can only continue to exist if we heed the advice of the founding fathers (paraphrased here in the current vernacular for residents of Rio Linda), to wit:
“The Founding Fathers have determined that failure to WATCH politicians – ALL POLITICIANS (even those you may worship!) – is dangerous to the security of this nation and to the freedoms we paid such a heavy price to TRY to leave you and your children.”

“Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path to destruction.”
That from the radical right-wing, tinfoil hat wearing wacko, Thomas Jefferson.

Apparently you are one who thinks that this is an easy decision. You think that Bush is selling out and heading us down the road to socialism.

Let's try just one scenario (this is not the only one, but a possibility):

For the sake of argument, I will concede that in a perfect world this bill should be vetoed, but is not being vetoed for other reasons. What other reason would cause a man to do this?

What if the war on terror is bigger than we thought? What if not only do we have to worry about Islamacists, but an alliance of the enviro-wackos, the anarchists, and the Chinese? What if they have evidence that there are nuclear devices already here, but they can't locate them?

In such a situation, we would maybe need to have unity in the Congress and the confidence of the people behind their leadership. That would trump any CFR bill, because a fight would cause division in the country, and don't think the democrats wouldn't use this issue, big time. Maybe he thinks he is going to need McCain's vote to go into Iraq.

At any rate, that is only one possible reason. Things are a bit more complicated when you are the person in charge in real life.