Thread: Bush Urges Congress Not to Rest on Laurels

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Bush Urges Congress Not to Rest on Laurels
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 59 minutes ago

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 â€â€

He did not mention his centerpiece proposal to restructure
Social Security, which continues to languish in Congress.

Doesn't look like he mentioned his other centerpiece either - the one giving amnesty to millions of illegals while inviting millions more to come here.

It just slipped his mind, I guess.

The man is a maniac. Get him out.



"rest on their laurels"

The man is insane. There are no "laurels". All these (MOD EDIT) did was show the American People their True Colors as political deviants owned by a Maniacal White House owned by Globalists intent upon the complete dissolution of the United States and a political and demographic extermination of the American People.