Bush Urges Congress Not to Rest on Laurels - Yahoo! News
Scott McClellan laughs at us.....
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Saturday celebrated victories Congress handed him this week, but he urged lawmakers not to rest on their laurels and to quickly approve his nomination of John Roberts to serve on the Supreme Court.
Senators should use their August recess "to prepare to act on my nomination" of Roberts, Bush said in his weekly radio address. "This talented and capable man will fairly interpret the Constitution and laws, not legislate from the bench."
The White House didn't wait for the prerecorded broadcast to issue quiet rejoinders to the talk of recent weeks that Bush could end up with little to show for his second term.
"Just two months ago, there were people in this room and some of your colleagues that were talking about lame-duck status and the president wasn't going to be able to get anything done, and the Supreme Court nomination would derail the domestic agenda," spokesman Scott McClellan scolded reporters on Friday.
"Well, the fact is that we have been working together with Congress and we're delivering real results for the American people," he said.
After bad news from Iraq and the firestorm over whether Bush aide Karl Rove helped disclose a CIA officer's identity for political purposes, Bush saw victory this week on the Central American Free Trade Agreement, overcoming heavy Democratic opposition with last-minute arm-twisting.
The president plans a signing ceremony for the trade measure on Tuesday before he leaves Washington to spend August at his Texas ranch.
Congress also passed — after Bush spent five years urging a major change in energy policy — a White House-backed energy bill. And lawmakers approved $286.4 billion highway legislation that was pared to just over $2 billion more than what had originally solicited a Bush veto threat.
Both bills have been promised the president's signature, though perhaps not before he leaves Washington.
Fucking Democrats. We have the ball, and we fumble it away. Every fucking time. Wildy unpopular president, with wildly unpopular policies, and we sit back and give him victories. And get chastised by that lying weasel Scott McClellan.
Jebus. What a horrible week.