Posted on 12/21/2007 5:25:41 AM PST by NCDragon
WASHINGTON -- President Bush is feeling newly empowered by threatening to veto legislation approved by the Democratic-controlled Congress.
The threats seem to be working with the lawmakers. They are rolling over very easily as they rush to get home for Christmas or to catch up on re-election campaigning.
When he had the backing of a Republican Congress, the president vetoed only one bill in his first six years in office; that bill would have expanded federal support for stem cell research.
But right now he is on a roll, getting what he wants without a veto pen but merely making the threat.
He was able to derail the Democrats yearlong attempt to set a timetable for a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Just before the holiday recess, the Senate approved an additional $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- with no strings attached -- which the president will sign.
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Leadership is never easy, it is lonely. I think that Bush believed his own “lets just get along” mantra longer than he should have.
The very BEST thing that W could do is be BOLD and call an enemies of freedom out, whether they are overseas or in the halls of congress!
More leftist lies from Danny Thomas in drag.
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