"Father" of African trade bill snubbed at Bush signing

[icymist]

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.

"Father" of African trade bill snubbed at Bush signing

By Alex Fryer
Seattle Times Washington bureau

President Bush signed into law yesterday an African trade agreement long championed by Seattle's lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott.
But McDermott was not invited to the White House signing ceremony, a disappointing cap to years of effort.

"It's too bad that kind of thing has to happen," said McDermott's spokesman, Mike DeCesare, who added that his boss was "disappointed."

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A congressional committee included McDermott on a list of invitees submitted to the White House ceremony. But when McDermott's office checked with the White House yesterday, McDermott was not among the invitees.

A Bush spokesman said: "The White House was pleased to invite the leaders of the Ways and Means Committee to the signing." He would not elaborate.

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[arwalden]

1. Petty, petty, petty!! What a moronic child Bush* is.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

2. Bush was rumored to have said later:

"Mine! It's my bill! I did all the work! Mine! My preciousssssssss!"
White House staffers were unavailable for comment.

[Gin]

6. I can see him saying.....My preciousssssssss!".......too funny...but true.

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[liveoaktx]

3. What a vindictive grudge-carrying crybaby!

[cybildisobedience]

4. Kerry, Edwards, et. al. :

Please, please, PLEASE play this type of thing up -- the snubbing of the NAACP, this, and the countless other examples of Bush acting like a petulant, petty and immature moron. He does NOT possess the temperment of a man who should be the leader of ALL -- he was not elected (period) to be the leader of a small segment of the population. When someone in office caters only to the sector of the populace who agrees with him on every issue, no matter how small, that is NOT democracy.
And our Dem leaders have to take the constant gifts this ham-handed administration keeps placing at their feet and make something of them!!!!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

5. This is the way FratBoy operated in Texas as governor....

...the "party of inclusion" only includes Republicans.

[tom_paine]

7. What a Cowardly (w)ussy. What an Odious whiny spoiled child-King

[1monster]

8. Wasn't that sort of dis the final straw that pushed Jeffords out of the

Republican Party? Boy, those Bushie Boys sure do know how to win the hearts and minds of people, don't they?