Republican Mocks 'Beijing George'

[Contrary1]

The following was written by a Republican leader in the U.S. House after it was announced that President Bush, the leader of his party, would not be calling Congress back into session to deal with energy policy.

As chairman of the policy committee, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) is the No. 5-ranking Republican in the House. In unfavorably comparing George Bush to Harry Truman, here is, in part, what he wrote in a memo to fellow Republicans (bold added):

"Today, in his final term, the wildly unpopular President George W. Bush boarded Air Force One bound for the Beijing Olympics and a meeting with his chum Hu Jintao, the dapper ruler of a nuclear armed, communist dictatorship. Yet before jetting off, the President's spokesman Tony Fratto bid "Beijing George's" best wishes to the Democrats' "Drill Nothing" 110th Congress: 'We don't have plans to call Congress into session -- it won't make a difference if Democratic leaders are unwilling to bring up a bill for an up-down vote.'"

He also writes, "

erhaps our Compassionate Conservative-in-Chief will bring our absent Democrat Congress some "Made in (communist) China" souvenir
t-shirts: 'Bush went to Beijing and all I got was this lousy five week, paid vacation.'"

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/06/1250100.aspx

[Bobbie Jo]

1. Oh they can try to unhook THAT chain from their ankle.....nt

[hendo]

2. so, you are mad

because Bush will not call congress back in session to force a vote on off shore drilling? Do you want them to vote on expanded off shore drilling? That could be dangerous. Very dangerous indeed.