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NO MORE MR. NICE PREZ .....(a war Mr. President - not just with terrorists, but Democrats too)
NY Post ^ | March 22, 2007 | Editorial

Posted on 03/22/2007 4:13:24 AM PDT by IrishMike

President Bush tried to meet Congress halfway on that trumped-up federal prosecutor nonsense - and got his hand slapped away.

No surprise.

So why did he even bother?

On Tuesday, the president decided to let Congress look at executive-branch internal documents regarding personnel practice - an almost unheard of gesture.

All he asked was that lawmakers not issue subpoenas and create a media spectacle over the matter.

But less than 24 hours later, a House panel nonetheless authorized subpoenas for White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, ex-Counsel Harriet Miers and other key Bush aides.

So much for the nice-guy route.

If the subpoenas are actually issued, the White House needs to fight them tooth-and-nail - for the president surely holds the constitutional high ground.

It is now clear that the Democratic Congress intends to give Bush no peace for the remainder of his term.

No peace on the war.

No peace domestically.

No peace whatsoever.

Bush needn't play along - not for a minute. And he shouldn't.

He's been offering olive branches left and right, and failing to defend what he believes is right.

He'd fallen down on this even before the latest flap over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' handling of the ouster of eight federal prosecutors - a case where there's never been a shred of evidence of a scandal.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; communistsubversion; congress; democrats; dncvalues; electionpresident; elections; enemywithin; globaljihad; gramsci; jihad; liberalagenda; liberalmedia; liberalpropaganda; propaganda; senate; subversion; wot
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To: IrishMike
Sure, Bush's approval rating is just 35 percent in the latest Gallup poll. But Congress' rating is even worse - 28 percent. Why shouldn't Bush move to take advantage of that?

And if he actually goes on the offensive, his ratings will go up and Congress's will go down.

41 posted on 03/22/2007 5:08:48 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: IrishMike

Before we get too excited lets see if he has grown a pair.


42 posted on 03/22/2007 5:08:54 AM PDT by Natural Law
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To: NonValueAdded

If only it were so ... still hoping!
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It's not too late.


43 posted on 03/22/2007 5:10:07 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: Jake The Goose

Tony Snow was on CNN a few minutes ago interviewed by Soledad. She made mince meat out of him. He could not explain rationally why it is necessary to have those witnesses appear behind closed doors without a record of the conversation for the American public. This is a loser. At the end of the interview she said she had 3 people screaming in her ear that time is up and said 2 of those screaming were Tony's people. Assume what you want on that statement as I don't know what it means.

Gonzales needs to resign or be fired.


44 posted on 03/22/2007 5:13:24 AM PDT by texastoo ("trash the treaties")
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To: IrishMike
One of the longest standing gripes I have had with Republicans in congress under Clinton and Bush during his entire administration is that they keep on playing "nice-nice" even after they've gotten their family jewels kicked out their ears.

Why? I just don't understand it! Clinton seemed to take particular glee with meeting Republicans, sweet-talking them and then marching right out in front of the camera to stab them in the back.

Bush? His entire administration has been a series of attempts to get the Democrats to be as nice as he is, when all they are interested in is taking whatever they can get and blaming him for anything that they don't like.

Is he changing his way of dealing with them? I'll believe it when I see it.
45 posted on 03/22/2007 5:17:46 AM PDT by Ronin (Ut iusta esse, lex noblis severus necesse est.)
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To: Natural Law
Before we get too excited lets see if he has grown a pair.

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We will know very shortly.
His speech was spot on,'take my offer -or leave it'.
I'm betting this has been coming for a while, lines are now drawn, let the blood letting commence.
let the public see a melt down of the DRats, all caused by Bush derangement syndrome.
The DRats are 0 - 6 in the Senate since the '06 elections.
Their vicious moonbat young crave their pound of flesh,
they are about to eat their own.
I never have underestimated President Mis-Underestimated.
I have been disappointed.
Never lost hope.
Time to drag Drats and RINOs through the hog pit.
46 posted on 03/22/2007 5:18:11 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: texastoo

Soladad - let me explain why:

The Executive branch of our government does NOT report to the Legislative branch.

The Executive branch does not call upon senators and congressmen to come to the White House - be put under oath, and explain why the fired someone back at their states office.

We can hire and fire anyone we want for whatever reason.

Now some may not like that - but that's the damn truth.

As far as meeting behind closed doors - its simple - we
are not going to give these political hacks the opporunity to attack our people in an open forum.

End of friggen interview Soladad.


47 posted on 03/22/2007 5:19:20 AM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: sgtbono2002

"If they want to play hardball , play it."

By all means!...and go after Sandy Burglar while your at it!

This is crap. GW has bent over backwards for the "RATS" and these leftist loons are still not happy.





48 posted on 03/22/2007 5:20:02 AM PDT by mr_hammer (Show me just what liberalism brought that was new, and there you will find things evil & inhuman)
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To: sgtbono2002

Exactly right. I think a lot of the frustration from Freepers comes from the fact that Bush has been way too nice in his dealings with the Dems.

Hit them, hit them hard, and then hit them again. Jefferson, Reid, Leahy, Rockefeller... go after them and make them defend THEIR actions.


49 posted on 03/22/2007 5:21:07 AM PDT by gruffwolf
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To: hosepipe

Thats what Cowards do.. to appear strong..
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Don't agree.
Walk softly, carry a big stick.
...... It's stick time.


50 posted on 03/22/2007 5:23:20 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: IrishMike

I hope you are right.


51 posted on 03/22/2007 5:23:29 AM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

I hope you are right.
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Me Too !!


52 posted on 03/22/2007 5:24:44 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: IrishMike
This administration has been fighting two wars for years.

The external war is against Islamofascism and the internal war is against the Progrssives, Socialists and Marxists in the dhimmicratic party.

Losing either one means the end of America as we know it.
53 posted on 03/22/2007 5:25:06 AM PDT by Beckwith (dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides -- they've sided with the Islamofascists)
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To: texastoo
Gonzales needs to resign or be fired.

Why?

54 posted on 03/22/2007 5:26:01 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: IrishMike
We can jail, bomb, and shoot foreign enemies but domestic enemies are off limits?

Why?

The rats wouldn't try this with Putin or Castro, they would be pushing up daisies.

55 posted on 03/22/2007 5:27:36 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Beckwith

This administration has been fighting two wars for years.
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Yes Sir,
and now that the surge is working, and the Russians (at least for now) have the Iranians squealing like stuck pigs for not not completing the nuke plants...
It's time to make body contact with the enemy within.


56 posted on 03/22/2007 5:29:03 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: new cruelty

Why should Gonzales resign or be fired?

Simple - anyone who knows the inside skinny - knows that he is
completely over his head.

He is not an effective leader - he is a "personal lawyer" for GW.

The man has no business being where he is - it was the equivalent of nominating Harriett Myers for to the Supreme Court.

No one has any respect for his abilities.


57 posted on 03/22/2007 5:30:23 AM PDT by Jake The Goose
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To: IrishMike

new tone is tone deaf

we've warned him since day one to fight domestic enemies with more enthusiasm than foreign ones

treason and sedition are the only real enemy of america

both are democrat senators


58 posted on 03/22/2007 5:30:29 AM PDT by Enduring Freedom (what does al qaeda and bush have in common? caves)
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To: Rome2000

The rats wouldn't try this with Putin or Castro, they would be pushing up daisies.
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In China they would be giving up body parts and organs
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59 posted on 03/22/2007 5:31:04 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: IrishMike
I would just like to see the administration grow a pair and quit letting the dhimmicrats blow their balls off at every turn.
60 posted on 03/22/2007 5:31:37 AM PDT by Beckwith (dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
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