Las Politicas

Like we didn’t see this coming….

MSNBC and NBC News

Updated: 14 minutes ago

President Bush used his veto pen for only the second time Tuesday after Congress sent him a war spending bill that would impose timelines to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

Democratic leaders of Congress staged a festive ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the Capitol to celebrate sending the bill to the president. The White House planned a nationally televised address in response later Tuesday.

At the ceremony, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused Bush of putting U.S. troops “in the middle of a civil war” in Iraq.

“After more than four years of a failed policy, it’s time for Iraq to take responsibility for its future,” Reid said. “Today we renew our call to President Bush: There is still time to listen. There is still time to sign this bill and change course in Iraq.”

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the president would address the nation at 6:10 p.m. ET, just before the evening television news shows, to explain why he vetoed a bill that would also provide $124 billion in emergency spending.

No withdrawal, Bush promises
The president did not mention the bill in an appearance Tuesday at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Fla., the headquarters of U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, including Iraq. But he repeated that any requirement to begin withdrawing troops by Oct. 1 was unacceptable.

Pulling back from Baghdad before the Iraqis are able to defend themselves risks “turning Iraq into a cauldron of chaos,” Bush said. “Our enemy, the enemies of freedom, love chaos.”

The House scheduled a vote to try to override the veto for Wednesday, but Democratic leaders were not expected to have enough Republican support to succeed. Congressional leaders will meet with Bush at the White House on Wednesday to discuss follow-up spending legislation.

Democrats are considering a bill that would fund the troops but still restrict the president’s leeway in Iraq. Senate Republican leaders said they might be open to legislation that would set benchmarks of progress for the Iraqi government to meet.

“There are some types of benchmarks that might well achieve bipartisan support and might actually even conceivably be helpful to the efforts in Iraq,” said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

But Republicans are reluctant to say whether they support benchmarks with real consequences. Some said they would support tying benchmarks to foreign aid to Iraq totaling more than $5 billion but nothing that would tie the hands of military commanders.

“It depends on what the benchmarks are and what the consequences are,” said Trent Lott of Mississippi, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate. “

Come on, Nancy.  You know what to do.  Rock those Tina Turner legs and get the Boys on the Hill to override.  Imagine the look on Ann Coulter’s face- that should be motivation enough.

Above is me being thrilled at the possibility of an overridden veto, and below that is the Enigma of Evil herself, in a scared stance as she realizes that after enjoying my victory, I will come at her like a spider monkey.

TH

Dear Nance,

Hey there hotness!!  It is great to see you still maintaining the fabulous wardrobe while still making attempts to stick it to The Man.  I am doing fab- still trying to knock off those horrible 30 pounds by alternately eating pizza and running on an elliptical machine.  I am concluding that it may not, contrary to my first assumption, be the new diet craze.  But I digress…. 

I hear you and the boys are meeting with the Village Idiot today to discuss his issues with the War Spending Bill.  Be careful, hon.  He cannot be trusted.  Hide a voice recorder in your St. John suit and get a hard copy of all of his retarded musings.  So he doesn’t want to set a deadline for “defeat”?  Well, give him the ole, “You Made Your Bed” speech.   Keep those timelines in there.  Ooh, ooh, and bring a psychologist to deal with those Daddy issues that he seems to be struggling with.  And wear a dark navy suit, I hear that those exude power.  I would leave the scarf headbands at home for this meeting, as you are going into Laura’s house, and you can NEVER be hotter than your hostess.  That would just be rude.

Well, love, I am off to get some accounting done.  You have a great day, and keep it real, sister.

XOXO,

Teri Ann

 ps- Your little comment about being late because you had to vote for Sanjaya was PRICELESS.

(the pic above is Queen Nance telling it like it is.  You seriously don’t want her to go there, GW)

You go, girl. Dismiss the criticism as if it were a pair of Nine West Shoes…We all know you love your Minola’s.

From the AP.

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria on Tuesday, leading a congressional delegation on a trip that the White House has said could send the wrong signal to a state it says sponsors terrorists.

Pelosi, who was met at Damascus airport by Syria’s foreign minister, is the highest-ranking American politician to visit Syria since relations began to deteriorate in 2003.

The United States accuses Syria of interfering in Iraq and Lebanon and sponsoring terrorists — charges Syria denies. A White House spokeswoman has described Pelosi’s visit to Syria as a “really bad idea.”

Pelosi, D-Calif., did not make any comment on arrival and headed for a tour of downtown Damascus. She is scheduled to meet President Bashar Assad and other Syrian officials on Wednesday”

Above is a picture of my clika.

Caroline