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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (159056)	7/8/2001 8:17:04 PM
From: calgal	Respond to of 769670

Washington events for July 9-13 All times Eastern By CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 6:01 PM ET July 6, 2001 cbs.marketwatch.com

To: calgal who wrote (159056)	7/8/2001 9:14:03 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

We will see if the Bush administration has the courage to step on this cockroach Conrad-one of the slimiest weasels in the Democratic party, as well as fight the support propaganda from the left wing media. It's what they said they'd do if elected, but now push is about to come to shove. A Republican administration that succumbs to "Bob Dole's Disease" will only weaken itself. My bet, of course, is on the Bush team...

To: calgal who wrote (159056)	7/8/2001 9:18:05 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

From the article you referred to. The veto power can now be used to show the nation that bi-partisan, to a liberal, means liberal stone-walling: <<Toughest test The toughest test for Bush and congressional Republicans comes soon, with appropriators set to begin moving in earnest the 13 annual appropriations bills that set government spending for fiscal 2002. The Bush budget plan was criticized by Democrats and some Republicans for holding the lid too tightly on discretionary spending. Bush, in response, has held out the possibility of a veto of any spending bill that exceeds his request. Oddly enough, the shift in control of the Senate may make it easier for Bush to hold the line on spending. Before the switch, it would have been politically difficult for Bush to veto a bill passed by a nominally GOP-controlled Senate. With Democrats in control, Bush should have no qualms about making good on a veto threat. "You could argue that Bush has more wiggle room because he has the Democratic Senate to use as a foil," Valliere said.>>

To: calgal who wrote (159056)	7/8/2001 9:28:33 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush came to office intending to work with Democrats on issues of common interest. Many of us were skeptical and still are. Puff Daschle has misunderstood the implications of being Senate majority leader and continued to take propaganda and procedural shots at Bush for no other reason than that they are in different parties. I thought he might be wiser, but appropriations will tell the tale. If Bush vetos appropriations, Puff can do no more about it now than he could before. That's the simple structural reality in our government. Keep the veto pressure on and Puff has to blink first. Bush sincerely didn't want to follow that path, but he has been forced into it. He already knows what a fool his father made of himself by trusting George Mitchell. Liberals are NOT trustworthy, and if you forget that you will not succeed in Washington. A good start would be a very loud veto of the Trial Lawyers Bill of Rights. It would have the additional effect of showing the public, as they were shown during the campaign, that John McCain is a walking zero, representing no one...