Bush Wants to Bare his ASS

Bush Wants to Bare his ASS Things Not OK in Iraq

Bush wants Democrats to come to the White House so he can bare his ass to them in person. In a weak attempt to give the appearance he's ready to listen to Congress, Bush has signaled his willingness to meet with Democrats at the White House about his insistence they fund his occupation; not for negotiations, but to further dictate to them his reasons for escalating his Iraq folly far beyond the will of Congress and the American people.

Having spurned the results of the last congressional election which replaced his legislative majority in both houses with Democrats pledged to end his occupation, Bush is trying to shrug off the will of Congress, expressed in their withdrawal legislation, that he bring our soldiers home from Iraq. Promising to veto legislation which hasn't even been reconciled in conference over provisions mandating a gradual withdrawal, Bush is stamping his foot like a spoiled child who wants to keep playing instead of cleaning up like he's been told.

In a joint statement, Democratic leaders Pelosi and Reid complained that Bush is demanding they "renew his blank check for a war without end."

"Congressional Democrats are willing to meet with the President at any time," the leaders' statement read, "but we believe that any discussion of an issue as critical as Iraq must be accomplished by conducting serious negotiations without any preconditions," they said.

Senate Majority Leader Reid went further; describing Bush's continuation of his occupation as a continuation of a slaughter:

The president is inviting us down to the White House with preconditions," Reid said. "Things are not OK in Iraq. As the Pope said on Easter Sunday, a slaughter is taking place in Iraq. The Pope further said nothing good is coming from Iraq. The president must realize that. He has to deal with Congress. We are an independent branch of this government, and by our Constitution we have equal say that he has. And he's got to listen to us. Because we are speaking for the American people; he isn't."