Harry and Nancy Tell Junior Thanks But No Thanks

[Rose Siding]

via TPM, we are reminded of this bit of drivel from Bush's escalation speech:

"...Acting on the good advice of Senator Joe Lieberman and other key members of Congress, we will form a new, bipartisan working group that will help us come together across party lines to win the war on terror. This group will meet regularly with me and my administration; it will help strengthen our relationship with Congress."

Hold on there, Pretzel Boy....

January 19, 2007


The President

The White House

Washington, DC 20500


Dear Mr. President:

In your speech to the nation on Iraq on January 10, you announced your intention to establish a bipartisan working group on the war against terrorism. You indicated that the working group would provide a way to work in a bipartisan fashion on the terrorism issue and in so doing strengthen the relationship between your administration and Congress.


We welcome your expression of a willingness to work more cooperatively with Congress. A relationship that acknowledges the different responsibilities reserved in the Constitution for the executive and legislative branches of our government would facilitate greatly doing the work the American people elected us to do. We believe that Congress already has bipartisan structures in place, like the committee system and other Congressional working groups such as the Senate’s National Security Working Group, that could produce the result you described in your speech.


We look forward to working with you within these existing structures, in a bipartisan and fully consultative way, to make progress on efforts against terrorism and other important matters.

Sincerely,


Harry Reid Nancy Pelosi

Majority Leader Speaker of the House

http://speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0042

Looks like the Speaker and the Majority leader weren't fond of the idea of elevating someone like ol' Joe(I-LIE) -or whichever hand-picked Dems that Bush had in mind- to act as liason between the Democratic Congress and the White House. :applause:

[MadMaddie]

1. oops...Good try to get Joe to head another group

Bwaw..haw..haw...Nancy and Harry are going to make Joe regret the day he decided to make bedfellows with the * cabal...

[fooj]

2. CHECKMATE! Great move!

:bounce:

[malaise]

8. Brilliant n/t

[illinoisprogressive]

3. The Dems know Joe is a spy and a traitor. No trust there.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. I love it!

Buuuurrrrnnnnnnn!

:rofl:

[thereismore]

5. Chimpy was trying to get another structure established that would replace

the Congress - a "bipartisan" go-to group of yes-men that would always give him cover. A great move, Harry and Nancy!

[Rose Siding]

6. Exactly and they've shut him down flat.

They know that when bush says "bipartisan" he means Do It My Way.

[spanone]

7. Remember Junior, Joe can report to ALL the independent Senators

The majority are DEMOCRATIC Senators you dumbass.

[lpbk2713]

9. Or ... as Deadeye Dick Cheneyburton would have said ......

[helderheid]

10. LOL!

[madokie]

11. I put my trust in Nancy and Harry to do the right thing for America

sometimes things seem the opposite of what is needed at the time its done but in the end it was the right thing to do. I see both Pelosi and Reid as strategist and so far to me they are batting a 100 percent

[malaise]

12. The emperor believes this is business as usual where

he can summon a branch of government to his castle. Bush and Cheney are sick fuggs. Bravo Nancy and Harry.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. So now Bu**sh** wants a 'shadow Congress' to do his bidding, since the REAL congress won't?

Keep your eyes on this strategy. He may have gotten called on it this time, but he'll try again, and again, and again ...