My OperaThe Congress Vetoes BUSH!
Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:14:09 PM
..And valiantly forces through a pork- trough whopper of a subsidy bill..
This is a good observation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/05/22/BL2008052201964_3.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
But this is what happens when you're farming "principle" this disconnected from reality, as political capital. Suddenly it doesn't matter what you actually do - whether it's in Iraq or in New Orleans - it only matters what you say. Obvious, if you're not taught it's normal to see stars and stripes in your inner eye all the time, but still.
This is a good observation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/05/22/BL2008052201964_3.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Michael Grunwald, in an essay for Time titled "Farm Bill Phoniness," wonders why Bush didn't fight for votes a little harder: "When President Bush vetoed a ban on waterboarding and other forms of torture, congressional Republicans backed him. When Bush blocked an expansion of children's health insurance, GOP votes sustained his veto again. But now, after Bush vetoed a bloated farm bill that will lavish billions of dollars on wealthy farmers who are already enjoying record commodity prices, the President suddenly can't seem to rally his own party. . . .
But this is what happens when you're farming "principle" this disconnected from reality, as political capital. Suddenly it doesn't matter what you actually do - whether it's in Iraq or in New Orleans - it only matters what you say. Obvious, if you're not taught it's normal to see stars and stripes in your inner eye all the time, but still.
