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Wed May-12-04 08:06 PM
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Hastert Rips White House

Could it be that even the congressional repubes are getting tired of being shit on?

Republicans on the Hill are so frustrated with the White House that when Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) criticized the administration at a House GOP meeting last week, the caucus burst into applause....

A rank-and-file lawmaker said: “Hastert was frustrated and disappointed that he had not been dealt with openly and fairly and given accurate information. He was not so much speaking to the conference as he was speaking for the conference....”

http://www.thehill.com/news/051304/hastert.aspx

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ibegurpard

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Wed May-12-04 08:11 PM
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1. No way!

These fuckers need to hang with their golden boy! No way do we let them get off!

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Lindsay

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Wed May-12-04 08:13 PM
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2. Holy moley....

:wow:

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AntiCoup2K4

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Wed May-12-04 08:13 PM
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3. Denny's gotta be a little nervous - for two reasons.

One is that if anger towards the Fraudministration spills over to the congress who enables them, he'll lose his job.

And then there's the remote possibility that Junior and Uncle Dick both getting impeached, which would promote him to "Great Satan" and number one target of pissed off terra-ists everywhere.

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dogman

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Wed May-12-04 08:18 PM
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4. King George doesn't need advise and consent!

Who do they think they're dealing with. This WH does what it wants.

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No2W2004

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Wed May-12-04 08:19 PM
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5. After reading

I got the impression that the House of Represenatives is being treated like a "junior partner" by the White House & the Senate. Hastert is getting pissed off about it.

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ibegurpard

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Wed May-12-04 08:21 PM
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6. Nope

It's good cop/bad cop. Don't let them play it.

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No2W2004

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Wed May-12-04 08:28 PM
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8. You're right,

The House "leadership" is just as bad as the rest of the republicans in key govt. rolls.

I have noticed that the House is playing less of a role getting legislation through as it is now being used as a rubber stamp by Shrubco.

At least in the Senate, they still have to fight for things.

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Gothmog

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Wed May-12-04 08:27 PM
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7. Rats leaving a sinking ship??

Bush has treated everyone poorly including the repugs in congress. It is beginning to come back and haunt him. At some point, we are going to see a mass abandonment of Bush and Rove.

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cidliz2004

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Wed May-12-04 08:53 PM
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9. The real sign that "It's over"

When the Repubs begin to walk away from the Pres., Bush is toast. Once the Repubs figure out that Bush has become a liability to "thier own career" they will start to distance themselves from him. When that starts in earnest - We is free from the Mas'r at last!!!

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