News Round Up

News round up.

Jack Carter, son of the former President is running for the Senate in Nevada against John Ensign (R)

President Carter, who signed the FISA Act into Law has stated that President Bush has violated that Law.

"Under the Bush administration, there's been a disgraceful and illegal decision — we're not going to the let the judges or the Congress or anyone else know that we're spying on the American people," Carter told reporters. "And no one knows how many innocent Americans have had their privacy violated under this secret act."

Karl Rove tells Republicans - Support the President or else.

President Bush releases his latest budget - and the news isn't good. Not at all.

Because, you know, the new Medicare Prescription Plan is going so well already. Not. And poor children who already have trouble getting insurance and child support money from deadbeat dads? Screw them. Pensions that American workers have broken their backs for a lifetime to earn? Not important to this President.

And that's not even the half of it.

GOP Senators? Not happy with this budget. Sucks when your own side thinks your budget stinks.

And what does Bush say to seniors, the disabled, the poor, and children of families on the margins? Screw you, again.

"[T]he budget relies on cutting Medicare and Medicaid, rather than focusing on skyrocketing costs [in] the health care system." He said, "Arbitrary caps on Medicare will mean that providers or beneficiaries will have to make up the difference through lower payment rates or higher cost-sharing. Over time, this will create a crisis in quality and access to health care for older Americans."

How do Republicans support the troops and veterans? Not very well -- they deliberately underfunded veterans benefits again this year. (Yep, they've done it before.) As Bob Geiger says, wonder how many of these folks have ribbon magnets on their cars -- nice of them to support the troops by cutting their benefits yet another year.

Lest you think that it's only veterans, the poor, the elderly and children -- oh, no. There's more.

Bush Administration to farmers? Screw you.

Bush Administration to working families? Screw you.

Bush Administration to first responders on the Homeland Security front lines? Screw you.

Oh, and just in case you missed this one -- the city of New Orleans has had to appeal for foreign aid because the Bush Administration has failed to live up to its promises. So much for that whole backlit speech in the Big Easy when the President's poll numbers needed a big photo-op.

Move on, folks, nothing to see here but a bunch of empty promises and false bravado. If you aren't an oil man sitting on a pile of big ole profits or a big party donor waiting in line for that next Ambassadorship to open up, well too bad for you.

Meanwhile former Time Magazine reporter John Dickerson has a two part story on Slate that blows the Plame/Libby smear plan wide open.

Vyan