Well, the shit finally hit the fan with this new budget. Apparently, the Republicans on the Hill are taking note of the effect of the cuts on their constituents..finally. In Dana Milbank's
column he says that conservatives that usually adore Bush are coming out against his policies.
more below
"Bush buries the Middle Class" was on a sign and a talk show host, Terry Anderson, was shouting "Bush sucks". Sounds like the chickens have come home to roost.
"The president doesn't want secure borders!" Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) shouted to the anti-immigration rally, organized by the Minuteman Project. "He has the resources to do so, but the unfortunate, dirty truth of the matter is he has no desire to do so."
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) denounced Bush's immigration policy, saying, "I personally will not vote for any legislation that has a guest worker program in it."
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe. The Maine Republican lectured Treasury Secretary John W. Snow about an administration tax policy that was "putting the cart before the horse" and preserving a "devastating" tax on the middle class.
Sen. John W. Warner. The Virginia Republican used the appearance of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld at the Armed Services Committee to complain that poor oil, water and health facilities in Iraq are "going to obscure the gains that have been made."
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) pronounced himself "a bit amused" by Vice President Cheney's concession that he'd be "willing to listen" to Congress about the surveillance program. "He's got a very skewed misunderstanding of the Constitution," Hagel told The Washington Post's Charles Babington. "It doesn't work that way. The Congress is a co-equal branch of government. . . . So to arrogantly say, 'We're willing to listen to them,' that's not good enough."
Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R-R.I.) came close to a DOA pronouncement when he said that "the president's budget proposal is only that: a proposal."
Well it's about bloody time!!! The Republicans in Congress seem to have just woken up from some sort of dream, and are now finally realizing that THEY are supposed to run the country, not His Majesty King George. Maybe they counted the votes coming from the lobbyists and corporations and figured out that while they might get their money there, it's the PEOPLE who do the voting, and protecting the people's interests is the only way to save their sorry butts. I just hope the voters have longer memories than the Senators and Congresspersons in this story. Let's hope that taking down this budget is their last hurrah.