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Bush Derangement Syndrome – Time for Him to Go
Damn, this lefty New York Times MORON cannot wait for President Bush to leave the Presidency.Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could make it a really special holiday by resigning.
Seriously. We have an economy that’s crashing and a vacuum at the top. Bush — who is currently on a trip to Peru to meet with Asian leaders who no longer care what he thinks — hasn’t got the clout, or possibly even the energy, to do anything useful. His most recent contribution to resolving the fiscal crisis was lecturing representatives of the world’s most important economies on the glories of free-market capitalism.
Putting Barack Obama in charge immediately isn’t impossible. Dick Cheney, obviously, would have to quit as well as Bush. In fact, just to be on the safe side, the vice president ought to turn in his resignation first. (We’re desperate, but not crazy.) Then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would become president until Jan. 20. Obviously, she’d defer to her party’s incoming chief executive, and Barack Obama could begin governing.
Talk about Bush Derangement Syndrome.
Exit question: How long will the plunkers at the New York Times continue to bash Bush when he is out of office?
Technorati Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, New York Times, Gail Collins
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SHOCKER: No Oversight for $700 Billion Financial Bailout Package
Don’t blame Flap who didn’t support the financial bailout.
In the six weeks since lawmakers approved the Treasury’s massive bailout of financial firms, the government has poured money into the country’s largest banks, recruited smaller banks into the program and repeatedly widened its scope to cover yet other types of businesses, from insurers to consumer lenders.
Along the way, the Bush administration has committed $290 billion of the $700 billion rescue package.
Yet for all this activity, no formal action has been taken to fill the independent oversight posts established by Congress when it approved the bailout to prevent corruption and government waste. Nor has the first monitoring report required by lawmakers been completed, though the initial deadline has passed.
“It’s a mess,” said Eric M. Thorson, the Treasury Department’s inspector general, who has been working to oversee the bailout program until the newly created position of special inspector general is filled. “I don’t think anyone understands right now how we’re going to do proper oversight of this thing.”
In approving the rescue package, lawmakers trumpeted provisions in the legislation that established layers of independent scrutiny, including a special inspector general to be nominated by the White House and a congressional oversight panel to be named by lawmakers themselves.
The most MAJOR error in the McCain campaign for President was acquiescing on the Bush, Pelosi, Reid, Paulson bailout plan. Had McCain come out against the bailout he may have had a chance at being elected President.
Now, the American taxpayers will just be screwed over and over again by the big spenders in Congress.
No oversight indeed.
Technorati Tags: Henry Paulson, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, George W. Bush, Economics, John McCain
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Photo of the Day
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Photo of the Day – Ahmadinejad at the United Nations
Photo courtesy of the New York Post Iran’s President Ahmadinejad during President Bush’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly
Isn’t this the guy that Barack Obama said he would meet unconditionally?
Technorati Tags: Iran, Mahmoud ahmadinejad, United Nations, George W. Bush
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Debunking “Snake Oil” and Offshore Oil Drilling
The “Snake Oil” Ad from the NRDC
The Washington Post debunks the ad running in their own newspaper. Jim Geraghty over at National Review has a summary.
The “DEBUNKED” points:- Drilling is pointless because the United States has only 3 percent of the world’s oil reserves
- The oil companies aren’t using the leases they already have
- Drilling is environmentally dangerous
There is little doubt that Americans WILL support MORE domestic oil and gas production if they want to preserve their lifestyle of today’s big vehicles either commuting,tourism or towing their boats to the oceans, rivers and lakes. Truck transport will continue to require fuel for the business community.
The increasing economies of China and India will bid up the price of offshore derived oil.
So, what does the United States do?
Americans WILL support environmentally friendly domestic oil, shale oil and natural gas production while the market develops alternative and renewable fuels. The waiting game and stall of the radical environmental movement has been exposed and is not credible. Beating up on President Bush with a caricature may make the radical Lefties feel good about themselves and their BDS, but is irrelevant.
It is time to move forward with a comprehensive energy plan that maintains the American economy and our quality of life.
Technorati Tags: Oil, George W. Bush, NRDC
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Russia Vs. Georgia Watch: Bush Late to the Party Again?
President George Bush at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Monday August 11, 2008
News item: Georgia ‘overrun’ by Russian troops as full-scale ground invasion beginsWhile President Bush is hanging out with the American athletes in China, Vladimir Putin heads to North Ossetia to lead the invasion of American supporting democratic Georgia.
Now, the President warns Russia to pull back in Georgia.
A little late to the dance – as usual for Bush.
Not good.
The United States must take serious action against the Russians, including Russian expulsion from the G-8, exclusion from the World Trade Organization and acceleration of missile defense systems in Poland and Czech Republic. NATO should immediately invite Ukraine to apply for NATO membership and fast track the acceptance into the organization.
Meanwhile, the United States should immediately initiate trade sanctions, including bank sanctions with the Russians and tighten visa requirements to travel to the United States.
And, if Bush cannot raise to the task then he should get out of the way and let Dick Cheney run the country.
Technorati Tags: Russia, Georgia, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin
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John McCain – Obama Wrong About Iraq Then and Now
Sen. John McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama’s foreign policy position at the onset of his landmark tour of Iraq, saying he hoped the trip would address his “gross misjudgment.”Of course, Barack Obama and the Democrats like Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were wrong about Iraq – past and present.Interesting how they are NOW taking credit for success.
Will American voters realize this or is there Iraq War and Bush fatigue?
Technorati Tags: Iraq, Iraq War, Barack Obama, John McCain
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Iraq War Watch: The Squeeze
Iraq Prime Minister al-Maliki and President Bush
Prime Minister al Maliki this weekend agreed with Barack Obama’s timetable for withdrawal of American combat troops and then he didn’t.Team McCain said al-Maliki was playing domestic politics and the LEFT said “The One” had been correct about the Iraq War all along.
Now, the astute AP is talking about a SQUEEZE by Iraq politicians.
The Iraqi prime minister’s seeming endorsement of Barack Obama’s troop withdrawal plan is part of Baghdad’s strategy to play U.S. politics for the best deal possible over America’s military mission.
The goal is not necessarily to push out the Americans quickly, but instead give Iraqis a major voice in how long U.S. troops stay and what they will do while still there.
It also is designed to refurbish the nationalist credentials of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who owes his political survival to the steadfast support of President Bush. Now, an increasingly confident Iraqi government seems to be undermining long-standing White House policies on Iraq.
You think?
The truth is without President Bush remaining steadfast on his Iraq War policy and John MCCain actively supporting the SURGE, the Iraq War would not have been won.
Will American voters remember?
Or care?
Technorati Tags: George W. Bush, Nouri al-Mailiki, Iraq War, Iraq, Barack Obama, John McCain
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Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki Supports Obama’s Withdrawal Plans After Bush Wins War; Update: Al-Maliki’s Remarks Misunderstood, Mistranslated and Not Conveyed Accurately
+++++Update+++++Now, a spokesman has said that al-Maliki’s remarks “were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately.”Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the possibility of troop withdrawal was based on the continuance of security improvements, echoing statements that the White House made Friday after a meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. President Bush.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he agrees with US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s plans for withdrawing US troops from Iraq
The LEFT and Team Obama will try to spin Iraqi Prime Minister’s Nuri al-Maliki’s interview with Speigel Online – even with the change in the quote.
The first quote:SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq?
Maliki: As soon as possible, as far as we’re concerned. US presidential candidate Barack Obama is right when he talks about 16 months. Assuming that positive developments continue, this is about the same time period that corresponds to our wishes.
The changed quote:
SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq?
Maliki: As soon as possible, as far as we’re concerned. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes.
Read the entire Speigel interview here.
And, then read the shortened pro-Obama Reuters version.
What Reuters and other news accounts will fail to emphasize is that under Barack Obama’s anti-SURGE policy, Prime Minister al-Maliki would not be in the postion to see an American withdrawal of combat troops. It is because of the success of General Petraeus and President Bush that the United States has won the Iraq War.
Let’s look at Obama’s quotes about the SURGE:
- In October 2006–three months before the president’s new strategy was unveiled–Obama said, “It is clear at this point that we cannot, through putting in more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation is going to improve, and we have to do something significant to break the pattern that we’ve been in right now.”
- On January 10, 2007, the night the surge was announced, Obama declared, “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
- A week later, he insisted the surge strategy would “not prove to be one that changes the dynamics significantly.”
- And in reaction to the president’s January 23 State of the Union address, Obama said, I don’t think the president’s strategy is going to work. We went through two weeks of hearings on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; experts from across the spectrum–military and civilian, conservative and liberal–expressed great skepticism about it. My suggestion to the president has been that the only way we’re going to change the dynamic in Iraq and start seeing political commendation is actually if we create a system of phased redeployment. And, frankly, the president, I think, has not been willing to consider that option, not because it’s not militarily sound but because he continues to cling to the belief that somehow military solutions are going to lead to victory in Iraq.
Democrat Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and Senator Barack Obama said the war was “LOST” and the surge would not and did not work. Now, the Democrats are spinning the credit for peace in Iraq that President Bush and pro-SURGE pols, such as John McCain rightly deserve. The Iraq War is over – America won.
Fancy that and the MSM like Reuters are happy to spin the story for Obama and the Democrats.
But, will the media get away with it with the American voters?
Stay tuned……..
Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Iraq War, Nuri al-Maliki
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House Speaker Pelosi Calls Bush a Total Failure
President George W. Bush and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demonstrated her lack of class tonight by calling President George W. Bush “A Total Failure.”Flap wants to remind the Speaker that Congress enjoys less popularity in the polls than the President.
The public’s view of Congress is even worse. Its approval rating has hit a new low of just 18 percent, down from 23 percent last month, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. Bush’s approval is at 28 percent, about even with the 29 percent rating last month.
No Class Nan…….
Technorati Tags: Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush
