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TheHill.com – Clinton, Obama steal Bush\u2019s final show<\/a><\/p>\n “After his speech, Bush sought out Kennedy, his former partner in education reform, to exchange greetings. He also shook Obama\u2019s hand and said hello in typical Bush fashion: \u201cHey buddy<\/span>, how\u2019s it going,\u201d he said, according to Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who also sat next to Obama for the speech.” ConservativesBetrayed.com: Let the lame duck fly!<\/a> By Jeffrey A. Rendall<\/p>\n A seemingly calm and relieved George W. Bush made his final trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol to deliver his final State of the Union speech on Monday night, and there was one thing that everyone in the House chamber could probably agree upon \u2013 they were glad this was the last one<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There was no sentiment, no long, drawn out ovations, no calls of \u2018four more years,\u2019 no urgent push to amend the Constitution to somehow keep this man in power.<\/p>\n George W. Bush has exhausted the nation with his presence. He\u2019s alienated his conservative base, isolated the executive branch from the rest of government, wore out his welcome with the citizenry and made a mockery of the constitution\u2019s separation of powers. <\/p>\n Bush came to Washington on a set of assumptions, few of which ever came true \u2013 he was supposed to fight for a more Reagan-esque conservative set of ideals, and instead we got warmed over cooperation with Democrats in expanding the welfare state, a war that we started (Iraq) and can\u2019t seem to end, and a conservative movement that\u2019s so fractured that we\u2019re having a difficult time selecting a successor to Bush.<\/p>\n No wonder there\u2019s such Bush fatigue \u2013 and it\u2019s not just on the faces of the Democrats. Richard A. Viguerie, issued the following statement regarding President Bush\u2019s policy announced in the State of the Union address regarding earmarks in appropriations bills:<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of killing the earmarks in last year\u2019s huge omnibus appropriations bill, President Bush will leave in place all of the 11,735 earmarks, totaling $16.9 billion.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd instead of saying that he would veto any bill containing earmarks, Bush said he would veto legislation that did not reduce the earmarks by 50 percent.<\/p>\n \u201cWhoop-de-doo.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Reagan vetoed the Highway Bill in 1987 because it contained 121 earmarks. But President Bush has given the go-ahead to 5,867 earmarks–half the current number. Obviously, the Republican team in the White House and Congress has abandoned all pretense of governing as fiscal conservatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPresident Bush came into office sounding like a conservative Republican. He is leaving sounding like a liberal Democrat. Bush seems disinterested in the future of the GOP, as it drifts without leadership and is in danger of imploding.<\/strong> [mjh: Damn, Duhbya did one good thing, after all!]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TheHill.com – Clinton, Obama steal Bush\u2019s final show “After his speech, Bush sought out Kennedy, his former partner in education reform, to exchange greetings. He also shook Obama\u2019s hand and said hello in typical Bush fashion: \u201cHey buddy, how\u2019s it going,\u201d he said, according to Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who also sat next to Obama … Continue reading Good-bye, Duhbya — Good riddance<\/span>
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