Bush Holds Firm to Drug Benefit Deadline

[brooklynite]

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. - President Bush has heard pleas for an extension of the deadline to sign up for new Medicare drug coverage from lawmakers, seniors advocacy groups and finally two women in his audience Tuesday. He's rejected them all.

"Deadlines are important," the president said at a retirement community, less than a week before the last day for most seniors and the disabled to enroll in the program without facing higher prices. "Deadlines help people understand there's finality and people need to get after it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060509/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
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I guess he "decided" that...

[Demeter]

1. Well, He'll Being Singing Out of the Other Side of His Face

Dubya is facing a few deadlines of his own.

[Robbien]

2. Deadline for Iraq--no. Finality--no.

Guess people don't need to get after it.

[democrat_patriot]

3. Bush hates deadlines - in Iraq 3/22/06

Bush rules out Iraq deadline

US President George Bush has admitted someone else will be in the White House before American troops leave Iraq.

The President refused to set a deadline for the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=450262006

[Miss Chybil]

4. Long live the king! nt

[antonialee839]

5. You've got to be firm with these Seniors or

they'll walk all over you. :sarcasm: