(2007-03-27) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, struggled today to maintain the Democrat party’s courageous stance on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq in the face of a new White House initiative designed to buy back Congressional votes that she purchased last week for about $20 billion.
Sources in the U.S. Treasury said today that the Bush administration plans to offer $40 billion in bonds on the global market to buy what the president reportedly calls “surrender offsets” from Congressional Democrats. If the Bush bond plan succeeds, the redeployment and timeline provisions will get stripped from the bill when it goes to conference committee to resolve differences in the House and Senate versions.
The money generated by the sale of the bonds will provide pork barrel projects in the Congressional districts of lawmakers whose votes Rep. Pelosi secured last week through similar, but smaller, financial inducements.
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1 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 27, 2007 at 10:28 am
God Bless America
2 Scott Ott // Mar 27, 2007 at 10:35 am
Bush to Issue Bonds to Buy Back Iraq Timeline Votes…
by Scott Ott(2007-03-27) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, struggled today to maintain the Democrat party’s courageous stance on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq in the face of a new White House initiative designed to buy back Congressional……
3 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 27, 2007 at 10:43 am
After reading the “The Hill” article referred to in Scott’s post, believe it or not, I am even more disgusted by the Democrat party than ever before.
This is all nothing more than a pathetic, inane game of one-upmanship to them. Nauseating.
4 Anonymous // Mar 27, 2007 at 10:56 am
I’m still waiting for a spinach farmer to step forward and say:
“Look, I had a lot of losses last year from the E. coli thing, a lot of costs from cooperating with the government because of someone else’s mistake. I’d like the government to help, I want the government to help, but not this way. I’m a farmer, I’m not allergic to government largesse, but I won’t take a cent from the emergency war funding bill.”
5 Roguet55 // Mar 27, 2007 at 11:00 am
I was going to make a comment to ET about this sort of thing on the last post, Scott you are very prolific today!
But you beat me to it!
I must admit, there were enough of each party belling up to the trough, that blame can be shared for all with toothless statements and law!
What ever happened to statesmen?
Best to all!
6 GnuCarSmell // Mar 27, 2007 at 11:18 am
News is breaking that a Palestinian treatment facility has flooded the streets of Gaza with raw sewage. Being somewhat cynical, I am asking “How can they tell?”
7 University Update // Mar 27, 2007 at 11:32 am
Bush to Issue Bonds to Buy Back Iraq Timeline Votes…
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8 Just Ranting // Mar 27, 2007 at 11:50 am
Pork! Its not just for Democrats anymore.
9 Darthmeister // Mar 27, 2007 at 12:05 pm
What does Barry Bonds think about the possibility of being treated like a mere political tool? And there is only so much convincing one can do with a baseball bat.
10 mig // Mar 27, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Pelosi drowned in a tsunami of raw sewage when an overburdened pork barrel burst. All previous warnings were ignored but still democrats claim it was Bushs’ fault for not giving in by giving up. Congress has made their choice for booze and balloons ; margaritas on the rocks, no salt please.
11 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 27, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Is this like Carbon Footprints™?
12 Deerslayer // Mar 27, 2007 at 12:55 pm
HARRIS POLL: 50% OF ADULTS WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HILLARY
Should read: 100% of adults would not vote for Mrs Clinton. Balance of voting public still have eyes closed.
13 Old War Dogs // Mar 27, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Bill’s Nibbles // Open Post — 2007.03.27…
Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post must include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun…
14 Bill's Bites // Mar 27, 2007 at 1:59 pm
2007.03.27 Iraq/Surrendercrat Roundup…
By The Way, It’s Official … Jules Crittenden … we can win in Iraq, we are winning in Iraq, and George Bush’s surge strategy is responsible for it. Not even the AP can ignore it* anymore: The US military has…
15 conserve-a-tips // Mar 27, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Roguet55 - re #4 - I have an answer for your question here. This is my senator and I am proud to say so. I watched this on Friday night and said, “You go, man!”
16 conserve-a-tips // Mar 27, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I just read this article from the Washington Post and noted this statement:
Pryor wants a withdrawal deadline of some kind. He just doesn’t want anyone outside the White House, Congress and the Iraqi government to know what it is.
Now I’m asking myself - The White House, Congress and the Iraqi government knows, but the military doesn’t? And if you think about it, if those three government bodies know, then the enemy will also definitely know for sure and so the military would be the only ones in the dark. Makes sense to me. Oh those silly Democrats.
17 camojack // Mar 27, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Surrender offsets, huh? That’s a good one…
18 da Bunny // Mar 27, 2007 at 5:10 pm
“Pork-Barrel Projects” aka “Bringing Home the Gov’t Bacon.”
19 Darthmeister // Mar 27, 2007 at 5:52 pm
MOONBATS GONE MAD!
It sure didn’t take long. Here are some anti-Snow comments by people on everthink’s side of the aisle … and this on a comment section AT THE WASHINGTON POST! You ought to see some of the stuff being deleted at DailyKos and demoncrapunderground.com.
These haters are pure evil. They’ve become like the Islamofascists … totally deranged with their venomous hatred.
20 Darthmeister // Mar 27, 2007 at 5:54 pm
camojack, I wonder when Pelosi and crew will quit outsourcing their appeasement offsets to the Iraqi terrorists?
21 Darthmeister // Mar 27, 2007 at 6:02 pm
BTW, a number of left-wing blogs, including the DailyKos, aren’t running with the Tony Snow’s-cancer-has-returned story fearful of the pure hatred that many of their liberal visitors will spew on their comment threads. However, those comments do show up on other threads and are being deleted. It appears even some of the left-wing blogmasters don’t even trust themselves to post the story without some hateful spew of their own.
22 conserve-a-tips // Mar 27, 2007 at 6:31 pm
I just finished watching this and was spellbound by the speaker. Very insightful.
23 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 27, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Here we go again. 911 to the local hospital. sigh
See ya’ll when they release me.
24 everthink // Mar 27, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Why are the streets deserted in Scrappleville?
Say, Dumbyah got a call today from The People, it seems his little “political capitol” account is overdrawn by quite alot.
But, if you think today was bad, just wait till tomorrow, when Sampson tells everything he knows. Whoowee, I can’t wait!
Yeah, it’s beginning to look like the zanies who used to run congress got way behind on their oversight, didn’t they?
That’s ok, we wanted to do a good spring cleaning anyway.
Later,
ET
25 Darthmeister // Mar 28, 2007 at 5:38 am
Iraqi is like an abused woman in therapy.
Liberals have made far worst analogies.
Why are the streets deserted in Scrappleville
Maybe because people don’t like the smell of skunks.
BTW, neverthink, I’ve received two replies. Will post when I get a couple more. You ain’t doin’ too good so far, pal.
26 Darthmeister // Mar 28, 2007 at 5:46 am
Vote for your favorite “chickenhawk”
27 camojack // Mar 28, 2007 at 5:53 am
Vote for your favorite “chickenhawk”
Comment by Darthmeister — March 28, 2007 @ 5:46 am
My favorite “chickenhawk” is Ben Franklin…but I’m admittedly biased, having been born and raised in Philly.
28 MargeinMI // Mar 28, 2007 at 5:57 am
Prayers going up for Ms. RW this morning!
On topic, (ok, from the last thread), is the ’stiff upper lip’ the same as ‘carry a big stick’?
29 mig // Mar 28, 2007 at 6:29 am
Black and Right
I know I emailed this out. For anyone else that would like to see the video clip, it is really good.
Ms.RightWing - I’ll be praying for you all day!
30 mig // Mar 28, 2007 at 6:36 am
Redeploy Congress to their home states and block their financial support.
31 Darthmeister // Mar 28, 2007 at 7:35 am
Amen to that, mig. Whenever Congress is in session, no person’s rights are safe.
32 Darthmeister // Mar 28, 2007 at 7:45 am
Good videoclip, mig. Mr. Parks a great American and a true brother in the cause of liberty. Unfortunately left-wing haters will call him a Bush stooge or an Uncle Tom - the liberals’ past track record and the disgusting comments by even more radical left-wingers who can’t stand hearing the truth prove my point.
Between the hate speech of liberals toward Tony Snow and people like Bob it proves everything we’ve said about the radical ratfilth on the far left side of the aisle.
33 Shelly // Mar 28, 2007 at 8:45 am
Good morning, all. Prayers going up for Ms. RW, Mr. Snow and Mrs. Edwards, as well as a general prayer for the rest of our family for well being.
Great links on this thread. Pretty informative for such a deserted street.
34 Darthmeister // Mar 28, 2007 at 8:48 am
More liberal hate revealed.
Like cockroaches, where there is one there are ten thousand more.
35 Darthmeister // Mar 28, 2007 at 9:14 am
Excuses given by liberals for hateful comments made by other liberals:
1) Bush is not a uniter. He has created anger in progressives who
hateoppose him for political reasons. (A variation of the “Devil Made Me Do It” theme).2) All those hateful anti-Snow posts came from conservatives posing as liberals to make them, left-wing blogs and the Washington Post look bad.
….Buwahahahahahaha. In denial again, but at least they acknowledge the comments are almost pathologically hateful.
36 Fred Sinclair // Mar 28, 2007 at 10:27 am
Any chance I can buy back a few years? Especially those between 20 & 30?
I would like to request prayer for tomorrow 10AM I’m having cataract surgery. Hope surgeon doesn’t get the hic-cups in the process. tomorrow left eye - right w/b a week later.
Heirborn Ranger
37 filcan // Mar 28, 2007 at 10:33 am
Excellent. I sincerely think that this is simply too good to be just a satire. Is there a way to persuade or make the President actually deliver this on TV?
38 filcan // Mar 28, 2007 at 11:20 am
#37 wrong thread. My apologies.
39 filcan // Mar 28, 2007 at 11:25 am
#37 Wrong thread. I apologize.
40 Bush set to get his third strike, and win. | Tuna Crust // Mar 31, 2007 at 9:28 pm
[…] George Bush cashed in on the events of September 11, 2001 to take his first strike. Strike one to George and a big red X got placed on Afghanistan. Next came the Weapons of Mass Destruction. After a while Blair and Howard made attempts to call foul and distanced themselves from the plausibility of this excuse but at the end of the day George put his second big red X on Iraq. […]
41 Bush set to get his third strike, and win. | Tuna Crust // Mar 31, 2007 at 9:28 pm
[…] George Bush cashed in on the events of September 11, 2001 to take his first strike. Strike one to George and a big red X got placed on Afghanistan. Next came the Weapons of Mass Destruction. After a while Blair and Howard made attempts to call foul and distanced themselves from the plausibility of this excuse but at the end of the day George put his second big red X on Iraq. […]
42 car » Bush to Issue Bonds to Buy Back Iraq Timeline Votes // Apr 1, 2007 at 6:39 am
[…] Jimmie wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt(2007-03-27) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, struggled today to maintain the Democrat party’s courageous stance on a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq in the face of a new White House initiative designed to buy back Congressional … […]
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