GOP Irritation At Bush Was Long Brewing (sure it was!)

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GOP Irritation At Bush Was Long Brewing

By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 17, 2006; Page A01

President Bush's troubles with congressional Republicans, which erupted during the backlash to the Dubai seaport deal, are rooted in policy frustrations and personal resentments that GOP lawmakers say stretch back to the opening days of the administration.

For years, the Bush White House and its allies on Capitol Hill seemed like one of the most unified teams Washington had ever seen, passing most of Bush's agenda with little dissent. Privately, however, many lawmakers felt underappreciated, ignored and sometimes bullied by what they regarded as a White House intent on running government with little input from them. Often it was to pass items -- an expanded federal role in education under the No Child Left Behind law and an expensive prescription drug benefit under Medicare -- that left conservatives deeply uneasy.

What Bush is facing now, beyond just election-year jitters by legislators eyeing his depressed approval ratings, is a rebellion that has been brewing since the days when he looked invincible, say many lawmakers and strategists. Newly unleashed grievances could signal even bigger problems for Bush's last two years in office, as he would be forced to abandon a governing strategy that until recently counted on solid support from congressional Republicans.

The White House at times has been "non-responsive and arrogant," said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.). "There are a thousand small cuts," he added, that are ignored when things are going well but "rear their heads when things are not going well."

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[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. We're Bleeding From The Thousand Small Cuts You A&^HOLE!!

Hypocritical Bastard!!

[Redstone]

2. Here come the fucking excuses! "It bothered me for a long time,

really, it did, but I just didn't want to say anything..."

Redstone

[tridim]

3. The '06 elections are going to be very popcorn worthy

The Republicans are going to rip each other apart and * is going to get very lonely and pissed off.

[Skittles]

4. the utter hypocrisy of these bastards is mind-boggling

they have been goose-stepping to bush for FIVE F***ING YEARS and now they're saying he was ARROGANT. OMG ROTTING IN HELL WOULD BE TOO GOOD FOR THESE PEOPLE

[JeffR]

5. "George W. Bush? Hmm... let's see

I may have met the man once or twice. Didn't know him personally. Never referred to him as Buff Guy or anything like that."

Nice try assholes.

A joke just occurs to me:

How do you empty a room of fRepublican legislators?

Send in George W. Bush.

[lildreamer316]

6. Backpedal!!RUN!!

there's a swarm of rats....did the ship go down already?
What's that stink? Oh...some didn't make it.

[gratuitous]

7. Oh yeah, I remember all the Republicans and their qualms

All that public posturing and comment about how uneasy they were and how they really didn't agree with this corrupt administration's initiatives. The odd thing was, though, it sounded a lot like "Don't like it? Lump it, you traitorous liberal."