"If you can find a more bitter image of legislative triumph..."

[elehhhhna]

"...I'd love to see it."



Is Bush poison?

The NYT published a striking photo yesterday of the ceremony in which the President signed his highly touted (and much defended) terror interrogation legislation. (Story.) If you can find a more bitter image of legislative triumph, I'd love to see it.
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In the video, in fact, Warner offers a case-study in legislative torture.

The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman makes a nervous gesture with his mouth almost every time Bush makes a strident statement or lists a debatable achievement in the GWOT. When Bush asks: "Did this generation of Americans take the threat seriously, and did we do what it took to defeat that threat?", Warner starts swallowing, shifting on his feet, then opens his mouth in a disturbed way and stares directly at Bush through narrow eyes.

The most interesting thing, though, is what happened when Bush sat down at the signing table. Dubya had to actually coax the legislators to move around and stand next to him. And he had to do it not once, but twice. As I've discussed before, people are psychologically oriented to overlook these brief social ruptures. For Bush, however, those six seconds (I counted them), must have seemed excruciating.

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[Ian David]

1. They all look so... guilty. n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Not Cheney.

He just looks very angry.

[elehhhhna]

3. That's his happy face!

[dkofos]

4. Could it be, because THEY ARE!!

[marylanddem]

5. What a bunch of evil punks - war criminals to the man...

[jwirr]

6. John Warner is the one that should look guilty and sad. His

family tree is full of patriots who fought to win the freedoms he just sold down shit creek. Shame on you John.