The ‘Fanaticism’ Of George Bush
January 28, 2007, 8:20pm
President Bush is a “fanatic” because he is planning to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, a New York congressman said yesterday during the Iraq war protest in Washington.
Democrat Jerrold Nadler made the comment to PoliticsTV, which aired critical comments about the Bush administration from a trio of House Democrats, including Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan and Maxine Waters of California.
“One of the definitions of the fanatic,” Nadler said, “is someone who redoubles his efforts when he has forgotten his purpose. That fits the president.”
Conyers said Congress must go beyond the kind of nonbinding resolution against the war recently approved by a Senate panel. “The president does not understand symbolism,” he said, “so symbolic resolutions need to be replaced with decisions that cut off the funds.”
And Waters said U.S. troops need to be redeployed, with the goal of supporting Iraq while America backs its military out of Iraq.
In a more detailed PoliticsTV interview with Conyers, he chastised Bush for the hundreds of “signing statements” he has issued along with the bills from Congress he signed in order to make “exceptions” to the new laws. Conyers also decried Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for not being forthright about administration policies and said Gonzales can expect a tougher time now that Democrats are in control of Congress.
Categories: New York, California, Michigan, Iraq, Jerrold Nadler, John Conyers, Maxine Waters
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