alt.politics.usa.republican

"Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )" wrote in
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> David Johnston wrote:
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>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:38:33 GMT, David Johnston
>> wrote:
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>> >On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:42:56 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>David Johnston wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:43:44 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >David Johnston wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:50:58 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )"
>> >>> >> wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> >> > You mean by working with his own party on legislation?
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> No, by putting party over country.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >What does that mean? How did the legislation get to his desk if
>> >>> >> >he's the only one putting something or someone before the
>> >>> >> >country?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Who said he was the only one?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >So voting or allowing through any "earmarks" isn't putting the
>> >>> >country before your party?
>> >>>
>> >>> What the hell are you talking about?
>> >>>
>> >>The discussion we were having. Is voting for or allowing "earmarks"
>> >>not putting the country first? Earmarks are specific legislation that
>> >>benefit local districts and are therefore usually championed by the
>> >>legislators from the districts getting the benefit. The question, if
>> >>you can answer it, is is it automatically working against the
>> >>country's interests to support any earmarks?
>> >
>> >"Any" no. But the subject was "All".
>>
>> Oh, and Bush seemed to have no problem "shutting down the government"
>> when the alternative was to have any kind of vague suggest that the
>> United States should leave Iraq some day.
>>
> Did he shut down the government?
>


Clinton did.

/~wesleck/


So did Reagan.

/articles/ap/2007/03/31/america/NA-ANL-US-Spending-
?page=2


What is Bush's excuse?