Congress Abdicates

You really have to wonder what kind of bubble the BushCo operates in, do you suppose any of George II's speech writers are aware of the references to Imperial Presidency or George II or Kinglet? To include in a scathing reference to the House Emergency Military Appropriations bill the word "abdicates" signifies a complete ignorance of irony.

In fact the reference was to "abdicate responsibility," an odd sort of thing to say about the first Congress in 6 years to actually ask questions of the Executive Branch, and put some strings on how the Administration spends money. Now as a matter of comparison, GWB also put his hand on something and swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, do you suppose he had his fingers crossed? No, Congress is not supposed to wage war, but they are required to take care of the funding. BushCo doesn't like the funding, well it doesn't like the strings attached to the funding, strings like, "Iraq, do something," and "No, this is not an opened ended until the world ends conflict of ours." He dislikes it enough to promise to veto it. That surely is his prerogative, it is also the Congress' prerogative to send him another one he won't like, ad nauseum.

The President says that Congress is cutting off the important equipment needed by the troops. I'm sorry George, so far they can't fix the troops up with the really important equipment they really really need, a real Commander in Chief. Some people thought they were re-electing a C-i-C, what they go was a petulant spoiled rich kid stamping his feet and crying, "I'm the Decider." No you balless wonder, you are not the Decider, you are one of three co-equal branches of government, either one of which can smack you down in a New York second.

Bush, Cheney, Rove, and the other neocons don't like this fact, they haven't had to deal with the realities of the Constitution other than a slap from the Supremes quickly and messily rectified by their toady Republican Congress. The House is entirely free to send him the money he wants with whatever strings they choose to hang on it, just as he is entirely free to refuse it. At some point it becomes a moot issue when the military runs out of money. Congress is offering to support the troops, just not his way.

About a week ago I threw a couple roundhouses at the Congressional Democrats for letting things go. I doubt they read it, but maybe they've listened to the folks out here who are getting real tired of watching the same ole show go on and on. I'd like to thank them for not abdicating, and also note, we're watching you.