Bush: Democrats shouldn't be trusted to run Congress

ledvedderman

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/03/bush.ap/index.html

STOCKTON, California (AP) -- President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is arguing the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn't be trusted to hold the reins of Congress.

"If you listen closely to some of the leaders of the Democratic Party, it sounds like -- it sounds like -- they think the best way to protect the American people is, wait until we're attacked again," Bush said Monday at a $360,000 fundraiser in Reno, Nevada, for state Secretary of State Dean Heller's congressional campaign.

Bush delivered the administration's oft-repeated claims about the Democrats as it struggles with persistent questions about a recent intelligence report that suggests the Iraq war has helped recruit more terrorists, and a new book, "State of Denial," by journalist Bob Woodward that contends Bush misled the country about the war.

In the latest development, a State Department official confirmed that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did receive a CIA briefing about terror threats just about two months before the Sept. 11 attacks. Rice has said repeatedly she could not specifically recall the meeting. (Spokeman: Rice didn't 'brush off' terror warning)

Spokesman Sean McCormack said the information at the July 10, 2001 session is not new.

In the home stretch of campaigning for the Nov. 7 elections, Bush is using his $2.3 million fundraising sprint through Nevada, California, Arizona and Colorado to try to draw a line between Democrats and Republicans.

Bush was speaking Tuesday at a $400,000 breakfast fundraiser in Stockton, 60 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area, for Rep. Richard Pombo. Later, he was to attend a $600,000 fundraiser in El Dorado Hills for Rep. John Doolittle and then raise $1.3 million at a Republican National Committee event in the Los Angeles area.

Pombo and Doolittle easily survived primary challenges this year from opponents who criticized them for their connections to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

One presidential action was tucked into Bush's Tuesday schedule, perhaps to help the various campaigns defray the cost of getting the president to the political events. Bush was to sign the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act. Pombo sponsored the House version of the bill, which aims to help landowners restore and manage fish and wildlife habitats on private property.

Stomping in Nevada
Bush's first stop on his trip West was an airport hangar in Reno, Nevada, where a few hundred people gathered to support Heller, who is running against Democrat Jill Derby.

Republicans have held the seat since it was created 25 years ago to represent more than 100,000 square miles -- nearly the entire state except for Las Vegas. Republicans hold an edge of more than 47,000 registered, mostly rural voters, but polls suggest it is a close race.

About 100 protesters chanting "Vote for Change" rallied nearby.

"I think it's an indication of how desperate the Republicans have gotten to try to hang onto a seat that just a year ago was considered a slam dunk for the Republicans," said Pam duPre, executive director of the Washoe County Democratic Party.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

---

Jesus Christ George, who shouldn't be trusted?

jlew24asu

you mean even GW plays the politics game? im shocked

Abuskedti

Democrats are Americans...

hippiemom

Oh, absolutely! If there's anything we've learned from Tom DeLay, Bob Ney and Mark Foley, it's how eminently trustworthy congressional Republicans are :rolleyes:

jlew24asu

hippiemom wrote:

Oh, absolutely! If there's anything we've learned from Tom DeLay, Bob Ney and Mark Foley, it's how eminently trustworthy congressional Republicans are :rolleyes:

foley is in a different class altogether. we should bring back public stonings for this guy.

PaperPlates

hippiemom wrote:

Oh, absolutely! If there's anything we've learned from Tom DeLay, Bob Ney and Mark Foley, it's how eminently trustworthy congressional Republicans are :rolleyes:

Unfortunately for all of us, it'd be just as easy to sit here and name corrupt non-trustworthy Democrats. But where has the finger pointing gotten America, and the Dems in particular, thus far?

DPrival78

PaperPlates wrote:

Unfortunately for all of us, it'd be just as easy to sit here and name corrupt non-trustworthy Democrats.

that's why 95% of the people working in washington should be locked up.

El_Kabong

jlew24asu wrote:

foley is in a different class altogether. we should bring back public stonings for this guy.

but tony snow said it was only a few 'naughty' messages

SweetHarmonics

This is pretty much an endorsement FOR the Dems considering the approval percentage surrounding W and the GOP these days.

melodious

for my self; reading how Thompson's Wilderness Bill was passed and then noting that vote for fence was 90-18, I'd say some dem's gave up agriculture priorities in name of wilderness...extremely ironic at least from my point of view... couldn't believe the overwhelming majority vote on that damn fence....

Thompson Wilderness Bill passes House

---

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGJCK4UM91.DTL

House OKs state wilderness bill
273,000 acres would be protected around Northern California

(07-25) 04:00 PDT Washington

The House approved the largest new wilderness area for California in more than a decade, offering permanent protection for more than 273,000 acres of coastal mountains, scenic rivers and forests stretching from Napa to the Oregon border.

The newly designated wilderness covers five Northern California counties and would include parts of the King Range -- which has the longest stretch of undeveloped coast in the lower 48 states -- and Cedar Roughs, the world's largest grove of rare Sargent cypress trees.

The bill stirred controversy when it was introduced in 2002, after off-road vehicle enthusiasts, property rights groups and some officials from Del Norte and Humboldt counties objected to the original plan to set aside about 303,000 acres. House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, held up the legislation until the complaints could be resolved.

But after Rep. Mike Thompson, the St. Helena Democrat who is the bill's chief sponsor, agreed to drop 30,000 acres from the bill and set aside some areas specifically for motorized vehicle users and mountain bikers, Pombo allowed the bill to move through his committee last week. The House passed the measure Monday on a voice vote.

California's two Democratic senators had introduced their own bill, which passed the Senate unanimously, that protected all the acres first sought by Thompson. But Sen. Barbara Boxer said Monday she would move the new House version through the Senate to avoid a fight and get it passed quickly.

"Clearly we wanted to go beyond what this bill does, but I'm very happy with this," Boxer said. "The most precious parts of these lands have been protected. Yes, we compromised here and there. We always have to do that because we want people to be able to enjoy these lands."

The acreage is all on existing public land -- primarily in the Mendocino National Forest, the King Range and the Six Rivers National Forest -- but the wilderness designation would ban any commercial activity, including logging, mining or oil and gas drilling..........entire article at link...

blackredyellow

looking at congress today on both sides makes me think more and more like we need term limits... these fat bastards are just too comfortable, and have too much time to make the right connections to line their own pockets.

know1

blackredyellow wrote:

looking at congress to day on both sides makes me think more and more like we need term limits... these fat bastards are just too comfortable, and have too much time to make the right connections to line their own pockets.

Agreed.

melodious

i made mention elsewhere that i think that AmeriCans should demand restructuring of county boundaries and run each county like a province or municipality. this way each region or community can have a better impact for their respective populations. it dawned on me that the building of the twin tower facilitated over 40,000 people in those buildings. When Congress established county population guidelines, i think the figure was 110,000 people per county; it doesn't make sense to me that some county's serve 13,000 and others serve millions...it def looks like people need to start tearing down all these political issues like an onion...reps aren't reps and dems aren't dems anymore....reps are more like neo cons and dems are like reps....why i think we are livign during a time that could be called the third great awakening....yukkkie......

i am happy for wildernes bill passage; i just don't like the idea that other major issues were compromised, and i hate the fact that some senators that i know would have voted against the fence gave in.........it really makes bad relations between us and latin america.......yukk....once again.......

melodious

know1 wrote:

Agreed.

not always, but hey, hey.....how ya doing....take care and be Xactly who you are....a faithful human....