I think everyone who watched Schoolhouse Rock remembers how a bill becomes law. Apparently, Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats didn’t catch that particular episode. Or maybe they saw some special version where Bill gets to the White House missing an arm, a couple toes, and a big chunk out of his side like he had been attacked by wolverines, or vicious Republicans, on the way to the President.
It would probably have helped the Demcorats to consult that video before they sent the farm bribe-o-rama to the President. It seems that the version they sent him, which he promptly vetoed, was short a page or 40. Which means that the hurry-scurry of yesterday evening to override that veto about which I wrote last night was for nothing since they were voting on the wrong bill.
So today more wacky hijinks will ensue as everyone elbows each other in the head to get their piece of the pork pie, again. Even better, it means that Republicans will again have the opportunity to demonstrate whether the whole being responsible with our money and not being entirely corrupt thing is really for them or not. Yesterday we got a very good idea of who was going to be serious about spending our money and who was going to throw it around like a handful of Mardi Gras beads.
Ed Morrissey has a pretty direct message for the Republicans in Congress. I’m not sure they’re listening, though. Michelle Malkin, on the other hand, caught Nancy Pelosi getting a bit crabby and trying to spread the blame to the White House. Maybe she’s just tired of Americans liking her less than they like President Bush, salmonella, or getting a sharp poke in the eye with a rusty nail.
Oh, and Michelle, thanks for the picture in your post. Seriously. It’s marginally less creepy than the usual pictures of Nancy Pelosi you use.
Tags: Big Government, Democrats, Republicans
Does this mean we actually have a chance of stopping it if we get enough people to scream at Republicans?
PS- You know you can download all those school house rock vid’s from iTunes?
Most definitely, Lori. There’s still time to turn around on this. I believe that if the entire contingent stands together, the House won’t be able to override the veto.
BUt if you saw a post of mine from last night involving Rep. McCotter, I don’t know that’s likely to happen.
I did know about iTunes. There are copies also apparently available on YouTube for the viewing as well. I own the whole thing on CD, in audio version only also. Kind of cool to ride down the road singing “Conjunction Junction”.
Well, there you go. I of course downloaded them in the pre-Youtube era. I only bought my absolute favorites since they are $1.99 each. Guess I’m glad I held out on getting them all.
I know its a long shot because I don’t think enough people will muster enough outrage to write one more letter. Does anyone have the list of the Republicans that voted for it the first time?
Actually…I’ve wondered about this. What was excluded specifically? If the pages excluded were the ones that specified the excesses that Bush objected to, then maybe he _should_ have signed it! In that case – he and his staff _were_ remiss in not checking out the bill. Then it would have left Congress in a ditch because after the bill was signed, it would be too late to add to it…I don’t think the “but you missed these 40 pages” would work to get them included.
But then…I don’t know what was included and what was excluded…
From what I read (and I don’t recall in which report I read it), there were 34 pages missing that dealt with trade-related matters in the bill. The report didn’t get specific, but it did mention trade.