Bush veto may put Democrat in White House
Fox News
by Martin Frost
07/10/07
Seven years into his term President Bush has just now started to use his veto pen. He wants to demonstrate he is standing up to a Democratically-controlled Congress. However, his use of the veto may turn out to be a critical part of putting a Democrat in the White House in 2009. President Bush did not veto any legislation during his first six years in office because he had a compliant Republican-controlled Congress for most of that time. Democrats controlled the Senate only briefly and controlled both houses for the great bulk of Bush’s first six years as president. Now that Democrats control both houses, the veto pen has been unleashed. In the words of Brer Rabbit from the Uncle Remus stories, this may be a classic case of ‘don’t throw me in the briar patch.’ Democrats may be getting exactly what they want to demonstrate why voters should put a Democrat in the White House in the next election...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288723,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+veto
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Martin+Frost
by Martin Frost
07/10/07
Seven years into his term President Bush has just now started to use his veto pen. He wants to demonstrate he is standing up to a Democratically-controlled Congress. However, his use of the veto may turn out to be a critical part of putting a Democrat in the White House in 2009. President Bush did not veto any legislation during his first six years in office because he had a compliant Republican-controlled Congress for most of that time. Democrats controlled the Senate only briefly and controlled both houses for the great bulk of Bush’s first six years as president. Now that Democrats control both houses, the veto pen has been unleashed. In the words of Brer Rabbit from the Uncle Remus stories, this may be a classic case of ‘don’t throw me in the briar patch.’ Democrats may be getting exactly what they want to demonstrate why voters should put a Democrat in the White House in the next election...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288723,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+veto
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Martin+Frost
rudkla - 11. Jul, 11:25
