Blame Bush

I have to admit that I was a little stunned by this graph I found over at The Talent Show.

 

I mean, I knew he had a compliant congress, and has been generally disengaged from domestic matters since he vested himself fully in his self designated role as a 'War President', but I would have thought he'd have used his executive authority at least a couple times. It's the traditional way, after all, for a President to show that he's in charge, making 'tough decisions' to reign in the excesses of the legislative branch. It's the ultimate expression of Presidential swagger, and no President has ever swaggered like this President. But it turns out that the Presidential signature is just a rubber stamp for Frist and DeLay.

As Greg at The Talent Show says,

"Despite his tough talk, when it comes to pressing the Congress to fall in line with his stated agenda, Bush hasn't acted even once. Without ever distancing himself from the Congressional leadership, Bush has painted himself into a corner that he'll have a hard time getting out of. Unlike past presidents, Bush doesn't get to blame the explosion in federal spending (or weakened environmental laws, lack of adequate homeland security funding, prescription drug 'benefits' that hurt seniors, etc.) on the Congress. One can only assume that Bush's failure to issue any vetoes is a tacit endorsement of everything that the 107th and 108th Congresses have passed.

That's everything. No passing the buck. No one else to blame. His fault.

Fire him.