"Democrats have daggers drawn for Bush"

[leftchick]

"besieged the White House with subpoenas"! Oh My!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070708/pl_afp/uspoliticscongress_070708205742

WASHINGTON (AFP) - With daggers drawn for a weakened White House, congressional Democrats return from a short recess this week plotting to further undermine President George W. Bush's waning political sway.

Even as Bush's signature immigration reform bill was strangled in the Senate last month, Democratic leaders were mapping out new misery for a president beset by rock-bottom poll ratings, the three bloodiest months for US troops in Iraq since the war began in 2003 and a fraying Republican support base.

Nearly half a dozen Republicans Senators recently broke ranks with Bush urging him to change course in Iraq.

After a six-week hiatus, Democrats plan an new attack on the unpopular war, and have besieged the White House with subpoenas over simmering legal and constitutional showdowns.

<snip>

(BUT!!!!)

But it is unclear whether the new Democratic attacks on Iraq will be any more successful than previous ones.

Bush forced the Democrats into a climb-down in June on their crusade to insert troop withdrawal guidelines in an emergency war budget.

[aquart]

1. What does "AFP" stand for?

[Bluzmann57]

4. "All Fools Paradise"?

I dunno, it sounded good, particularly when dealing with Congress.

[leftchick]

5. French Version of AP

only better...

http://www.afp.com/english/home/

[Xipe Totec]

7. Agence France-Presse - The French Press Agency nt

[aquart]

20. Ahh! Thank you.

[Cha]

2. They're comparing buhs

to Caesar?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. "Little Boots"? Caesar?

Maybe Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, aka Caligula. Wasn't Caligula done in by his own guards?

[Cha]

25. Yes he was after he

went rabid!

[Hubert Flottz]

23. Gluteus Maximus?

The Grand Wazoo?

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Hope they keep this up right up to the end. Drive the bastard out in total disgrace.

[partylessinOhio]

6. Well, geez, aren't they a few years and a few trillion dollars too late?

What is AFP?

[deutsey]

9. That's what I thought, too. Thanks for finally joining the rest of us, Dems

[leftchick]

12. Agence France-Presse

I am sorry, as a newsie I assumed everyone knew of the bigger better French News division .... Agence France-Presse


http://www.afp.com/english/home/

[EFerrari]

8. Shakespearean tragedy! My favorite!

:rofl:

[leftchick]

11. no shit!

Good lord, how in the fuck did we get to this? And I bet there isn't a dagger to be found in a Democrat's bag anywhere!

[Ilsa]

10. Yeah, but those daggers have Bush's* And Cheney's fingerprints on them

and the Dems got the daggers by helping one another pull them out of our backs.

Personally, I'd rather have a weapon more efficient, like a gun.

[MannyGoldstein]

13. The Democrats Are Not A Threat

Most of the Congressional Dems love having Bush around to poke at - he gives them something so atrocious that they can do almost anything and look good by comparison.

It's the Republicans that Bush has to worry about - as elections draw near, they will break ranks with him and they will impeach the rotting carcass hanging around their necks.

[EFerrari]

14. I think so. n/t

[shance]

15. Rubber daggers. More propaganda for the "masses".

n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

16. Et tu Cheney?

Cheney's too slippery to go down with the ship, Chimp should watch his back.

J

[NRaleighLiberal]

17. Hasn't Bush caused much more misery than anyone could possibly hurl at him???

Time to just tear, rip, peel the teflon off of that asshole and apply as much heat as possible!

[MannyGoldstein]

19. He's Been Fantastic For Congressional Dems

Back when the Iraq War started, my friend's neighbor asked Barney Frank (our rep) as to why the %$#@ so many Dems voted for war. The ever-candid Frank said that it was to give Bush rope to hang himself with.

I guess it worked.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Other drawings were of a tree, a house, and a big blue lake!!

George likes purdy pictures. :)

[BootinUp]

21. Are they casting Bush as Ceasar? lol. n/t

[radfringe]

24. Besieged with subpoenas, Dems subpoena happy?

spin is shaping up as Dems happily wallpapering the white house with subpoenas....

just for the record - how many subpoenas have actually been served since Jan'07
versus how many subpoenas the republics served during the Clinton administration?