cicerone imposter wrote:When are we going to hear a speech from Bush speaking at night from one of the flooded cities of Iowa promising one of the biggest reconstruction projects in the US?
He doesn't seem to have any difficulty asking for billions more for the war in Iraq. What happened to helping Americans?
Has he done a flyover yet? That ought to be more than enough to show them he cares.
Give the guy a break, eh, CI. You think he's the president or something.
I'm just wondering how many of those who voted for Bush now wish we had Gore instead?
Bush visits Iowa, billions in flood aid available
By Tabassum Zakaria 49 minutes ago
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - President George W. Bush got a close-up view of damage from the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years on Thursday as his administration promised funding from a multibillion-dollar disaster relief fund.
Isn't this what Bush did after Katrina?[\color]
The price tag from the slow-rolling calamity mounted as flood waters surged over and through levees along the surging Mississippi River.
The cost of the flooding across the U.S. corn belt will be felt by consumers worldwide in terms of higher food prices, and in business losses yet to be toted up.
"I know a lot of farmers and cattlemen are hurting right now," Bush said at an emergency center in Cedar Rapids, among the cities hit hardest by this week's flooding. "It's a tough time," he said before taking a helicopter tour of flooded areas with Iowa Gov. Chet Culver.
Bush told Iowa citizens that he's listening. I wonder how much good that'll do?
So is it Bush's fault now that the Mississippi went out of its banks and flooded all of that land?
Criminy, what next?
And if he had been spending the last week promising the world to the victims, he would be criticized for caring more about them than New Orleans.
I am sure Gore could have prevented the floods, right ci?
Every time I think the bottom of the barrel has been scraped for the most outlandish thing to blame on Bush, I find out the scraping has now gone to the point of virtually poking holes in the bottom of the barrel.
okie wrote:So is it Bush's fault now that the Mississippi went out of its banks and flooded all of that land?
Criminy, what next?
And if he had been spending the last week promising the world to the victims, he would be criticized for caring more about them than New Orleans.
I am sure Gore could have prevented the floods, right ci?
Every time I think the bottom of the barrel has been scraped for the most outlandish thing to blame on Bush, I find out the scraping has now gone to the point of virtually poking holes in the bottom of the barrel.
okie, Who blamed the flood oh Bush? You have heard of FEMA haven't you? They're the federal department that's supposed to help in cases of national distress such as floods. You probably missed Bush's speech after Katrina when he spoke from Jackson Square - promising Americans that we were going to witness the biggest reconstruction project the US has ever seen. That was several years ago.
okie wrote:So is it Bush's fault now that the Mississippi went out of its banks and flooded all of that land?
Criminy, what next?
And if he had been spending the last week promising the world to the victims, he would be criticized for caring more about them than New Orleans.
I am sure Gore could have prevented the floods, right ci?
These floods wouldn't be happening if you hadn't bought that stupid Hummer, Okie.
Ex aide: Bush, Cheney pushed false statement about leak
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Former White House aide Scott McClellan told a Congressional committee Friday that the president and vice president pushed him to make a false statement that an administration staffer was not involved in the Valerie Plame leak.
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Ex-press secretary decries 'secretive' White House
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Former presidential spokesman Scott McClellan on Friday said President Bush has lost the public's trust by failing to open up about his administration's mistakes and backtracking on a promise to tell all about the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
"This White House promised or assured the American people that at some point when this was behind us they would talk publicly about it. And they have refused to," McClellan told the House Judiciary Committee. "And that's why I think more than any other reason we are here today and the suspicion still remains."
The former White House press secretary suggested that Bush could do much to redeem his credibility on the Plame matter and his reasons for going to war in Iraq if he would embrace "openness and candor and then constantly strive to build trust across the aisle."
"This is a very secretive White House," McClellan said. "There's some things that they would prefer not to be talked about."
Then there is the political reality for the president: Many Republicans are facing a darkening re-election outlook amid tough economic times and are reluctant to oppose a measure intended to address the crux of the financial crisis.
Sen. Richard C. Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Committee, says he hopes Bush will reconsider his veto threat. Insiders said the tepid wording of the threat, combined with intense behind-the-scenes negotiating by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson to reach a deal, suggest the White House may be doing just that.
"The American people expect us to provide effective and timely solutions the best we can," Shelby said.
Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer, head of his party's Senate campaign committee, said the veto threat was "weird and wild" in light of Bush's demands for specific proposals that are in the legislation.
But Schumer said Democrats would be more than happy to bash Republicans for the demise of the housing rescue.
"This president is further and further removed from the economic realities of this nation. To veto this bill at a time when housing is at the nub of our economic crisis, at a time when housing prices are declining, at a time when foreclosures are increasing, makes no sense whatsoever," Schumer said.
Bush worries that the Iraq war funding will be reduced if our government helps the American People. What a guy!
Housing rescue plan passes key Senate test
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.
The mortgage aid plan would let the Federal Housing Administration back $300 billion in new, cheaper home loans for an estimated 400,000 distressed borrowers who otherwise would be considered too financially risky to qualify for government-insured, fixed-rate loans.
An 83-9 vote put the plan on track for Senate passage, but President Bush is threatening a veto, and Democrats are fighting each other over key details. Those challenges will probably delay any final deal until mid-July.
Chrysler Building, New York landmark and icon, sold to Arab concern.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/10/sovereignwealthfunds.usa
Just saw this in the paper. I thought it might interest some of the people on this thread, if there are any left.
Mr Snow, once Bush's spokesman, is dead. I wonder if he was writing a revealing book...
cicerone imposter wrote:Mr Snow, once Bush's spokesman, is dead. I wonder if he was writing a revealing book...
Yea, him and Vince Foster both.
Actually, I owe Tony Snow an apology and anybody who was offended; he was suffering from cancer for quite a few years before it took his life at such a young age. I wasn't aware of his illness, but that was no excuse for what I posted above.
cicerone imposter wrote:Actually, I owe Tony Snow an apology and anybody who was offended; he was suffering from cancer for quite a few years before it took his life at such a young age. I wasn't aware of his illness, but that was no excuse for what I posted above.
Then why did it take you 3 hours to apologize for a statement that you KNEW was wrong?
Would you have apologized if I hadnt commented?
Somehow I dont think so.
mm, Where do you come up with all these made up assumptions? If I knew it was wrong, I would never have posted it. comprende?
Believe it or not, mm, I have a life outside of a2k.
McTag wrote:Just saw this in the paper. I thought it might interest some of the people on this thread, if there are any left.
FYI McT ... this thread has been "replaced" with
THIS ONE.
Obviously you may continue to post in this thread, but I thought I might explain the dearth of postings here lately.
