Congrats GWB

Nepa · #1 11-03-2004, 07:58 PM

Congrats GWB I'll give you another chance even though I didn't vote for you myself. It is time to put this country onto the right track. I hope you can succeed. Here are few things that really need to be fixed.

1. IRAQ - You claim you have a plan lets see it work. I hope it works.

2. The Budget - Please get this thing under control. You have control of the House and the Senate. USE YOUR LINE ITEM VOTE POWER.

I have other issues that I hope he works out but I gotta get back to my game.

EarlCat · #2 11-03-2004, 07:59 PM

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2. The Budget - Please get this thing under control. You have control of the House and the Senate. USE YOUR LINE ITEM VOTE POWER.

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Line item veto? The president doesn't have that power. G.H.W.B. asked for it and was denied. All or nothing. (Does anyone else smell pork?)

PITTM · #3 11-03-2004, 08:23 PM

Here is what i ask:

1) Please repeal the patriot act, it is blatently unconstitutional.

2) Stop encouraging faith based politics.

3) Come up with a plan for iraq or a reason for being in iraq...

4) Focus a bit more on domestic issues, and by domestic issues i dont mean just cut taxes and leave it at that.

I know i am one of the "wacko liberals" on this site, but i'm not too sore of Bush winning, i didnt like kerry anyways, bush has 4 more years to convince me he's a good president, hes got some work to do, but hopefully he can come through.

rj

Felix_Nietsche · #4 11-03-2004, 08:46 PM

2. Yes, Bush needs to use his veto pen.

3. Nope, it takes 60 votes to control the senate. Dascle and company played hardball and kept a lot of legistlation bottled up. ***IF*** the republicans controlled the Presidentcy, 100% of the house, and only 59% of the Senate, then the Democrats could STILL stop ALL legistlation.....

Nepa · #5 11-03-2004, 09:24 PM

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Line item veto? The president doesn't have that power. G.H.W.B. asked for it and was denied. All or nothing. (Does anyone else smell pork?)

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Yes he does. How do you think Clinton balanced the budget?

Nepa · #6 11-03-2004, 09:29 PM

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1) Please repeal the patriot act, it is blatently unconstitutional.

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The parts the are unconstitutional(I took your spelling but I'm not sure it's right) will be decided by the courts.

Randy_Refeld · #7 11-03-2004, 09:32 PM

Yes he does. How do you think Clinton balanced the budget?

I think the House and Senate negotiated a budget and the president signed it into law.

RR

Peca277 · #8 11-04-2004, 12:08 PM

Clinton tried to utilize a line-item veto, but it was then declared unconstitutional. It's all or nothing my friend... maybe why Bush never used a veto during his first 4 years?

EarlCat · #9 11-04-2004, 03:55 PM

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How do you think Clinton balanced the budget?

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He got a kick in the ass from Newt Gingrich.

BobH42 · #10 11-04-2004, 06:52 PM

Line item veto is definitely not constitutional (neither through case law nor through a common sense examination of the constitution).

I'm a libertarian that voted for Bush this time around (not in 2000 though), but I definitely agree he has to find a way to do SOMETHING about the exploding budget problems. I'm cautiously optimistic he will this time around...the first time I kind of get the feeling he was just trying to get reelected. This time around, he doesn't have that concern [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Maybe he'll even have the political will to actually cut spending for a change - something that no Republicans OR Democrats have shown any inclination to do in the past.