When pressing a tough sale, Bush is a lousy salesmanBush can't sell anybody on his twisted policies and mentally he's a spoiled child who doesn't know how to compromise. So with Democrats holding a slim majority in the both Houses, what's the Republican response? Obstruction, obstruction, obstruction.
By Steven Thomma | McClatchy NewspapersPresident Bush now has what he asked for — time to sell the people and the Congress on the Iraq war. But an extra 60 days from Congress, the addition of the talented Ed Gillespie to run the White House communications strategy, and a newly ramped-up sales pitch cannot change the underlying fact: George Bush is a poor salesman. » read more
Senate tied in knots by filibustersAnd the "Conservative" reaction, to blocking the will of the American people, is joy. Fred Barnes at the Weakly Standard wrote an ode to anti-democratic obstruction. He thinks embarrassing Democrats is job #1 for Senate Republicans... good government and the will of the majority count for nothing in "Conservative" eyes, getting and holding power is the only thing they care about.
By Margaret Talev | McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — This year Senate Republicans are threatening filibusters to block more legislation than ever before, a pattern that's rooted in — and could increase — the pettiness and dysfunction in Congress. ...
- Posted on Fri, July 20, 2007
The Truth... those "Conservative" Republicans don't like democracy.
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