It really is a scary thought reality that our country is being run by a five year old. Now that Bush has lost his rubber stamp Congress and been replaced by the semi-spineless Democratic one, his panties are all up in a bunch. Georgie does not like that the Democrats do not cave to all of his legislative lunacies so he is going another route. No, this isn't about his signing statements, he is just going to pen more executive orders.
From RawStory:
"White House aides say the only way Bush seems to be able to influence the process is by vetoing legislation or by issuing administrative orders, as he has in recent weeks on veterans' health care, air-traffic congestion, protecting endangered fish and immigration," the Post authors write. "They say they expect Bush to issue more of such orders in the next several months, even as he speaks out on the need to limit spending and resist any tax increases."
House Democrats disagree with Bush's assessments.
The article gave little information about Bush's plans for administrative orders, focusing mostly on Congressional infighting and legislative disagreements between the White House and Congress.
Is Congress not doing their job? Well, that is a tricky question. To Pelosi and friends' credit, they have passed many beneficial laws such as dealing with the minimum wage and what not, yet they still haven't done anything about the war. The 110th Congress has certainly done more than the 109th or any previous sessions since the Republicans took control in 1994. It isn't Congressional activity that pisses George off, its what they are denying him.
Markthshark, a DailyKos diarist nails it on the head:
"Given Bush’s dubious track record over the past seven-years, I get the distinct and ominous feeling this has more to do with Congress’ hesitation to green light a preemptive attack on Iran than it does with the amount of work Congress is doing overall," the Kos diarist remarks.
Bush wants it his way or no way, so he'll do whatever it takes to thwart the will of Congress and the American people.
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