Three words: pot, kettle, black
Headline: Bush raps Democrats on spending bills
President Bush admonished Congress on Monday for failing to send him a single spending bill yet, and warned lawmakers to trim their plans or face rejection.
“You’re fixin’ to see what they call a fiscal showdown in Washington,” Bush told a friendly audience in this northwest Arkansas community.
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“Congress needs to be responsible with your money and they need to pass these appropriations bills — one at a time,” Bush said, roaming the stage. “And then we can work together to see whether or not they make fiscal sense for the United States.”
Pardon me Mr. Bush, but you’re failure to show such discipline while your fellow Republicans were in control of Congress contributed to them not being in control of Congress. Of course, you did have to give them everything they demanded so that you could buy their support for your unpopular war policy. It’s a little too late to find religion now.
Ripofflicans lost control of Congress because the electorate got fed up with its spendthrift ways. This Congress is no different. It spends like drunken sailors. But now the President has decided enough it enough. You’re absolutely right that its action long overdue. But it is also a reminder to me at least, why I have always believed that when one party controls both houses of Congress and the executive branch we all suffer.