Pres. Bush Invites Congress Over To Discuss The War Yell At Them

The big 'news' of the past day or two (if you can actually call it that) is President Bush's 'offer' to the Democrats to 'discuss' their pending Iraq war funding/withdrawal legislation. If I didn't clearly see the AP logo on this story, I'd swear I was reading The Onion-

President Bush on Tuesday invited Democrats to discuss their standoff over a war-spending bill, but he made clear he would not change his position opposing troop withdrawals. The White House bluntly said the meeting would not be a negotiation...

...."At this meeting, the leaders in Congress can report on progress on getting an emergency spending bill to my desk," Bush said. "We can discuss the way forward on a bill that is a clean bill, a bill that funds our troops without artificial timetables for withdrawal and without handcuffing our generals on the ground. I'm hopeful we'll see some results soon from the Congress."

....In essence, Bush invited the Democratic leaders of Congress to come hear the stance he has offered for weeks...

Bored of puffing his chest from afar, The Decider now wishes to do it in person.

This man is pathetic. He defends his failed democracy-building experiment in Iraq how? By treating the co-equal legislative branch of our country like a kindergarten teacher scolding misbehaving toddlers. Lesson learned- A man who has nothing but utter contempt for democracy should not be allowed to build one through war and occupation.

And, FYI, a slight majority of Americans support the Democratic position on this.

And why should the Democrats even bother showing up to this farce? Says White House spokeswoman Dana Perino: "Maybe they need to hear again from the president about why he thinks it is foolish to set arbitrary timetables for withdrawal" and also so that they can "discuss with him how they are going to be able to bring him a clean bill that he can sign."

Maybe the President needs to explain in what universe we are capable of maintaining an indefinite occupation.

The Democrats' response should be this: 'Mr. President, we would be happy to sit down and discuss how we proceed from here collectively. When you are ready to do as a grownup and not obscure this issue with strawmen and faux-patriotic rhetoric, please let us know. Until then, we stand confident that we have given you a good bill to sign. Thank you.'

(UPDATE: Ahh, I see the Democrats have responded. I was pretty close too!)

As for all the GOP talk of the troops, Democrats you really, really need to get on that.