Bush Threatens to Veto Democrats' Iraq Plan Washington Post
Did anyone seriously think that there was going to be any response from the White House to the newest proposals from Congress regarding the Iraq war? At this stage of the game it is not really all that newsworthy that White House counselor Dan Bartlett said, ""It's safe to say it's a nonstarter for the president."
Mr. Bartlett, it's safe to say that ANY proposal from ANYBODY other than President Bush and (maybe lately) Vice President Cheney will be considered as a "nonstarter." Yet this is what passes for political debate under this administration: challenge the opposition to come up with a plan, knowing that whatever they are going to come up with is going to be a nonstarter, simply because the plan is developed at the wrong end of the Mall by people operating from the other side of the aisle, and not by "the Decider himself".
Can you imagine any other outcome? Mr. Bush maybe says, "Ms. Pelosi has some very thoughtful and interesting ideas regarding Iraq. I don't agree with all of them, and in the end it is my decision, but I respect the effort that went into it and will take it under consideration."
No, that will never happen. So we play the same meaningless game, yet again. As an illustration, try this: Google News Archive search for "Bush"+"nonstarter"+"Iraq"+"Democrat*"+"Plan"
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