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Friday, June 8. 2007

Kill (the) Bill, Part II, and the Madness of Pres. George

All the red-faced tirades of Lindsay Graham and Ted Kennedy, and the condescending and insulting comments by GWB (all furious at the "emotional" arguments of the opposition, apparently), were not enough to save the Senate immigration bill, which essentially died yesterday when it failed to garner enough votes to limit debate.  This marks the second time in two years that an amnesty bill has been defeated before making its way to the President's ready-and-waiting desk.

President Bush, who recently lashed out at his own Republican base by questioning their patriotism and accusing them of trying to "frighten" Americans by calling the bill an amnesty, apparently came down sick the same evening, according to Larry Auster.  Perhaps not coincidentally, Bush was photographed drinking a beer (see above photo) before the episode, despite his well-documented abstention from alcohol.

Update: As noted in the comments, the official line from the White House is that it was a non-alcoholic beer.  The actual source of Bush's stomach ailment?  A surfeit of rootbeer and raspberry cheesecake at the G8 dinner, apparently.

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Shame on you to insult Great Leader.

It's a non-alcohol beer - or an iced tea.
#1 BD on 2007-06-08 12:55 (Reply)
The official word from the White House is that it was in fact a non-alcoholic beer. The real culprit seems to have been a surfeit of rootbeer and raspberry cheesecake at the G-8 dinner.
#1.1 Anonymous on 2007-06-08 14:35 (Reply)
It's not alcoholism, it's a path to urination.
#2 Phil on 2007-06-08 13:15 (Reply)
The USA has never had a good abstemious President.
#3 BD on 2007-06-08 13:18 (Reply)
That's Texican horse pee and you know it !!! They call it down that way *Gringo Gargle*......the man had a raspy throat after pitch'n a bitch.


(serious part here)..you know those sneaky MF's are gonna try to tack this onto a bill that will outlaw children under 2 from pooping in their pants...so stay alert.

If those folks want to be with their families let them be with their families ... in Mexico.
#4 Habu on 2007-06-08 13:44 (Reply)
Hey, joo greengos reely pees me hoff.
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-06-08 14:08 (Reply)
The answer to make everybody happy.

bring all the troops home from where ever they are and line them up along the northern-most border.

Have them move south and west, driving in front of them everybody who does not speak perfect, accent-free English.

When the troops are all along the Canadian border, have them just move south.

Scoop all the folks in Vermont--they don't talk much at all.

Get all the folks in Boston, they don't speak anything intelligible.

Grab most of the folks in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Dakotas, they are still speaking German, for God's sake! That was what 4 wars ago!?!!

Clean out all the Hasidim in New York on the way by.

Grab all the weirdo's speaking French and get them moving.

Clean out the Sweds, Cechs, Slavs, Serbs and Italians who can't recite the Constitution in flawless English.

And My God, that mess in Appalacia! They sound like a bunch of Elizabethans!

And we already have the Aliens and Sedition Acts to take care of the Chinese, Vietnamese and all of that lot.

And of course the Poles and Greeks have go to go too.

Push them all into Mexico where they belong.

Mexico will be pissed? So what? Most of those other folks are from Guatemala or el Salvador, what's a few other more or less?
#6 Larry Sheldon on 2007-06-08 16:12 (Reply)
Nah, the Alien & Sedition Act was revoked a few years after it was enacted. Otherwise many of our citizens might be in the Graybar Hotel.
#7 buddy larsen on 2007-06-08 16:40 (Reply)

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