If the Democrats are smart, they will drag this through the media and make it a Republican sponsored abusement of Presidential powers and leave it at that. Should they drag it out and try to litigate this into the next presidency, it will only become a nice tool for the Republicans to beat the Democrats over the head with and if the economy isn't running at full speed at that time, they will pay for the waste. Not to mention, the administrations uses of privileges and perrogatives has not been outside of the protocol set by previous administrations.
The Democrats really need to realize that GWB cannot run for office again. He is done in less than 18months! They really need to move on...
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Maybe the Democrats have nothing of substance to really go on save for the Iraq issue (and even that they failed to persuade Bush with), so whatever they can get they will use it. Everyone is solidifying whom they will vote for even now, how nice that all of this will happen when it hurts the most in the Bush Administration.
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Actually, I think the Democrats are so obsessesed with GWB that they are blind to all else. Even the Iraq issue is not really about Iraq, it is about how GWB handles Iraq. They got the majority of congress under the guise that they were going to bring the troops home. However, if you then got past the emotional plea and asked them if that meant all the troops, the answer got a bit wishy-washy. That is because they were purely running against GWB. It is like the Republican's obsession with Clinton for 8 years.
There is a rich field of things to take the Republicans to task on that will ring true with even moderate Republicans. GWB has failed a large part of the conservatives in the party. It is shocking to say that no president of recent times has grown government as much as GWB and that is very much against the conservative direction. Not to mention, we have a huge debt thanks to GWB's government. That is a big point that got Bush in the first time.
As for the next 17 months or so, Bush will be working to make some headway in Israel/Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan. I fully believe the US to take a backseat to the UN and neighbors do the work in Iran. The most his adminstration will do is to either support or try to persuade Israel not to attack Iran on its own, as an attack will totally unhinge the entire Middle-East. N.Korea will get a little attention, but will not be a focus as we have already paid them off for a while. I don't look for any significant changes in the domestic plans as we will be on cruise control for the next year. The immigration bill is dead and that was his last attempt at something serious domestically.
Bush has long since quit looking at the polls. I think he is looking for one win internationally before he leaves office. One that might not be appreciated immediately, but will be over time.
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Well, you cannot get any better reason to watch a hearing more than who will 'guest star':
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Former Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Will Testify Tomorrow In Tillman Fratricide Hearing |
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BUSH WAS TREATED FOR LYME DISEASE
President Bush was treated for Lyme disease last August, the White House announced Wednesday after failing to disclose the problem for nearly a year.
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,...99092,00.html
Here is a wrench... does the fact that most all of Bush's 'boys' have resigned from top positions say anything about him as a leader or the kind of administration he set up?
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Actually, historically Bush's appointments have held their positions longer than most for a 2-term president. I think it's remarkable in how many have stood by him as long as they have.
Since his new chief of staff made it clear that those who remained after a certain date would have to remain until the end of the term, or leave now, it's hardly a surprise that some have left. So, no, I don't think that you can read anything like that against Bush.
GREENSPAN BASHES BUSH ON SPENDING
U.S. President George W. Bush's "unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending," was Alan Greenspan's "biggest frustration," the former chairman of U.S. Federal Reserve says in his new book.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/money/national/200...nspan-book.html