George's "My Way Or The Highway"Attitude Remains Intact

Via Raw Story "They came up and said, 'This is our offer. Take it or leave it. Accept these papers where we've erased 100 pages or more so you don't even know it's on there. Do a closed - door hearing where the public has no idea what was said, and then [of course]not under oath." So obviously the little dictator that could still believes he and his group of minions need answer to NO ONE. The normally genteel and most respectful Senator from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, had to literally remind the yokel in the White House who is under the delusion that he is really the President, along with his puppet mouthpiece Tony Snowjob that "What we're told we can get is nothing, nothing, nothing," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary chairman. "I know he's the decider for the White House -- he's not the decider for the United States Senate." Video available here. I understand this may be a difficult and unlikeable reality George needs to face up to but wake up to it he must. If not, he and the country is in for a nasty couple of years where nothing will get done thanks to them refusing to realize they are not in the majority (even if definitely slim in the Senate, thanks to Joe LIEbermann and his constant threat to join the Republican ranks). Just in case you missed it, Tony Snowjob seems to be loosing it as well as can be seen by ABC's "Good Morning America." claiming to all far and wide that they have nothing to hide, and are really nice guys willing to give the truth - well their version of it only. Of course this means the meeting is closed to the public, no transcript made available, all based on the assumption that George and the boys (as we have learned for 7 years now)would never ever lie to the Congress or the people who put them there to serve. Of course to no surprise, Democrats rejected Bush's offer -- relayed to Capitol Hill by White House counsel Fred Fielding (remember that name from the Watergate Era?)-- in large part because there would be no transcript and the testimony would not be public. The final and clearest remark regarding the entire matter over the use or non-use of the power of the subpoena and its' "under oath" requirement comes from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NEV) when he said..... it would be "outrageous," to allow Rove to testify off the record. "Anyone who would take that deal isn't playing with a full deck." Words so true and if the stubborn dictatorial bunch across the aisle continue to believe they are answerable to no one, it is definitely going to be a rough and nasty next couple of years where nothing is accomplished, and the nation and its' people suffer because of it.

CanadianPerspective And Blogmaster "canuk" Named Person Of The Year!!!!!

I am ASTOUNDED that CanadianPerspective and its' EXTREMELY UNBIASED and BRILLIANT blog-master canuk were even being considered for this prestigious award let alone be named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Damn, and I don't even have a "thank-you speech" prepared. Do you think perhaps King George would lend me his writer? After all he appears to be the best to put a good spin on anything. Well of course I start off by thanking God (who I am sure had nothing better to do except examine every human and/or other species), before blessing me with this award. I hear I outnumbered Focus on the Familiy's James Dobson by only ONE vote. Then of course the sharing of this award goes to my agent Corrine the rose lady, and of course my publisher Blogger. If I have missed anyone please forgive me. It is just that I am simply out of words....LOL. My next achievement (that has totally eluded me year after year), will be The Weblog Awards. Of course an investigation is now underway as to why the rumor that I didn't win or even receive a nomination this year is being circulated and who is responsible. Sources close to the investigation are telling me the votes were all tallied by one of them there electronic voting machines, and of course there is no paper trail available. Believe me, a law suit is in the works and my team will be headed by none other than Republican Lawman Jim Baker, who is known to demonstrate God-like abilities in front of the Supreme Court. Joining him as character witnesses will be Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, and of course that bastion of law-abiding credentials Jack Abramoff. Negotiations are still going on with Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)not only to make this a bi-partisan investigation, but also I hear he has an enormous freezer where we can stash our beer. Apparently as soon as Baker can knock some sense into that King George guy over his last report (the ISG's "Operation New Direction") which it is said is being totally rejected, the Iraq Security Group's "Operation New Direction", he will be available for my case. There is also an EXTREMELY VISCIOUS RUMOR making the rounds that the award was actually given to the entire population, (and that EVEN MY AGENT CORRINE won) for their accomplishments using technology. Of course just as Mark Foley expects to be vindicated from the baseless rumors about him, I have to say I also will be vindicated from this rumor, and the 2006 award will be rescinded and given to yours truly.

Tony Snowjob Can't Handle The Truth

Not that that's any surprise where he is concerned, after all he did come to the WH from that bastion of truth Fox News. Sunday in an interview on ABC's "This Week", Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) slammed the Bush policy and its' actions in Iraq.It looks as though the Pretend President's press secretary doesn't much care for his own party's Senator Smith and went so far as to call him "emotional", and had this to say when he was asked if he was saying Smith didn't support democracy he responded “I don’t know.” Now it is to be expected that when the public or any progressive dares to question George's policy that their patriotism and support for democracy is questioned. But a Senator from his own party? That says to me, the whole lot of them are running scared since the election and the ISG report came down. Here is the part of the transcript that refers to Senator Smith: Q Okay. Republican Senator Gordon Smith, last week, said, "Our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs day after day, it's absurd. It may even be criminal," and that he can no longer support this. What is your reaction to a Republican senator saying that what's going on right now in Iraq is criminal? MR. SNOW: Well, we dispute the "criminal" part, obviously, and at the same time, understand the senator's concern. We share the concern about not doing well enough fast enough. But do not assume that people are simply being blown up. They are on missions. And as General Corelli said last week, "There's not an engagement our people have lost, but it is still important to continue the work of building greater capability and capacity on the part of the Iraqi government and helping them out." People on both sides are going to have disagreements, much as Joe Lieberman, formerly a Democrat, apparently run out of his party for disagreeing with what was seen as orthodoxy at that time, but Gordon -- Q Republican Senator Smith is challenging the strategy. What he basically said yesterday, as well, was, when you do the same thing over and over again without a clear strategy for victory, that is dereliction, that is deeply immoral. Such is the dispute. He's saying what the President is doing is immoral. MR. SNOW: Well, then we disagree. Q Tony, first of all, the -- Q You're just going to blow it off? A Republican senator is saying the President's policy may be criminal and it's immoral, and you're just saying, we just disagree? MR. SNOW: And what would you like me to say? Should I do duels at 10 paces? Q Don't you think you should answer for that? You're saying -- you've said from this podium over and over that the strategy is a victory, right? And you have a Republican senator is saying there is no clear strategy, that you don't have a strategy. MR. SNOW: Well, let's let Senator Smith hear what the President has to say. We understand that this is a time where politics are emotional in the wake of an election. And you know what? Senator Smith is entitled to his opinion. But I'm not sure exactly what you would like -- Q Well, how about answering the central thrust about the strategy, not about, like, politics -- MR. SNOW: Okay, the strategy is pretty simple. If you take a look, for instance -- if you take a look at the Baker-Hamilton commission report, what do they talk about? They talk about building greater capability on the part of the Iraqis so that you can have an Iraqi government that governs itself, sustains itself, defends itself, who's ally in the war on terror is a democracy. I don't think it's immoral to be a democracy. I don't think it's immoral to have a state that is able to stand up and defend itself against acts of terror. I don't think it's immoral to defend the Iraqi people against acts of terrorism aimed at Muslims. Q The Senator is not saying that's immoral. He's saying that the U.S. -- he's saying, of course democracy is a great goal -- MR. SNOW: You know what, Ed? Ed, I'll tell you what. You're engaging in an argument and you're trying to fill in the gaps in a -- Q It's not an argument. It's a Republican senator saying it, not me. It's a Republican senator saying it, and he's not -- MR. SNOW: Then tell me exactly what -- Q -- of course he's in favor of democracy. MR. SNOW: Tell me -- Q Are you saying Republican Senator Smith is not in favor of democracy? MR. SNOW: Well, I don't know. You just said he said it's immoral; when I listed the elements of the policy, you said that's not what he was talking about. So please tell me what he was talking about. Wow!! There appears to be quite an implosion going on in the halls of the White House. I don't relish this taking place, because it seems to me that when this administration is imploding, that is when they are the most dangerous. Let's hope they don't choose to use Iran as a way to prove that they're in favor of democracy. The entire transcript of the press briefing is available HERE.... Senator Smith's previous statement on the Iraq policy when he referred to it a "criminal",is available for viewing at Think Progress