And B*sh says "So Senator Hagel, you oppose me?"

[RB TexLa]

WASHINGTON (AP) Trying to tighten the federal budget, the Bush administration has proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years.



http://www.startribune.com/587/story/971632.html

[Jacobin]

1. Oh, that'll go over big in the red states

90% of farmers cannot survive without those payments

[saltpoint]

8. Agree. I would expect someone on Dick Lugar's staff to wake the

old fool up and let him know that Bush is planning to undo generations of work in corn and soybean fields in Indiana.

Hagel, Lugar . . . all those red-state farm Rethug senators need to confer over lunch. Their president is making things real rough for the party's 08 chances.

It's too bad the GOP didn't become the party of Pete McCloskey and Lowell Weicker and chose the pack of thugs and thieves it is today instead.

[zbdent]

15. And they bitch about the Govt. handouts

that "welfare queens" get ...

[Bucky]

2. Finally! Bush has at long last asked someone to sacrifice for the war effort

I'm tempted to use the sarcasm icon, but I'll refrain.

[lancdem]

7. lol

[PA Democrat]

3. Notice Bush's use of the word "ME"

It's always personal with Bush. He doesn't give a damn about what's best for the country. He cares about Bush.

[RB TexLa]

4. I made the quote up

To cut to what I feel are partly driving his intentions.

[raccoon]

16. I think you should have told us that in the first place. nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Well, say bye-bye to the farmer's vote! Go ahead and cut your nose off to spite your face...you DUMB

ASS PSYCHO! :rofl:

[Double T]

6. bush will continue pushing EVERYBODY's button UNTIL.........

HE finds HIMSELF residing in Paraguay prematurely.

[walldude]

9. The article says that the income cap to recieve subsidies is

2.5 MILLION?? Am I reading this right? You can still get subsidies if your farm is making 2.5 million dollars a year?

[RB TexLa]

11. Subsidies are not only to enhance income

[IWantAChange]

10. The Bush/Cheney implosion is picking up speed.

Soon only the staunchest of neocons and mega-rich will be in his corner - albeit a dark one.

[Parche]

12. tighten the budget

Yeah, tighten the budget for America, but grow it for Iraq!!!!


Doesnt make any cents

[Submariner]

13. That gives Duhbya 9 more weeks of "Surge" dough

Yeah! Screw the farms. We need 9 extra weeks of war!

[flamin lib]

14. I grew up on a farm and thought all farm subsidies were good

until I looked at the last farm bill. There are tax cuts for General Motors, Exxon and a host of other big businesses that really have nothing to do with farming. Silly things like deductions for the farm land leased to put wells on.

Still, it's another voting block.

[samq79]

17. What did you expect?

Did you expect Bush to stand up and take Congress' slapping of his hands with the grace and humility of anyone else who has held the office of president? Where would you get the idea that he has any grace or the ability to be humble...no, he's going to throw a temper tantrum and lash out like the repugnant, impetulant child we've all come to recognize.