Bush aides berate GOP members-- rift between Bush and congressional Republicans intensifies

So says The Hill:


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/bush-aides-berate-gop-members-2007-05-10.html

Bush aides berate GOP members
By Jonathan E. Kaplan
May 11, 2007
Top Bush administration officials lashed out at a pair of House Republicans at the White House yesterday after details about a contentious meeting between President Bush and GOP legislators were leaked to the media earlier this week.

The confrontations are the latest indications of an intensifying rift between Bush and congressional Republicans.
Reps. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) attracted the ire of White House officials for allegedly speaking to reporters about a Tuesday meeting between Bush and centrist Republicans on the Iraq war. Details of the contentious meeting first emerged Wednesday evening and attracted Page 1 headlines yesterday.

Sources said that Dan Meyer, Bush’s liaison to the House, confronted LaHood while White House political strategist Karl Rove rebuked Kirk. It is unclear if LaHood or Kirk were the originial sources for the stories, but LaHood was quoted in one of the articles.

Regardless, LaHood and Meyer got into a shouting match as emotions ran high and voices were raised yesterday morning in the White House while lawmakers were waiting to meet with first lady Laura Bush, according to two legislators who witnessed the exchange. LaHood and five other GOP lawmakers met with Mrs. Bush in the Yellow Oval in the White House residence to chat about the No Child Left Behind law.

“The White House is not happy,” said a Republican lawmaker.

Two GOP lawmakers said that Rove admonished Kirk for talking to the media about the private meeting.

This kind of comment reminds me of Wilde's "The Queen is not a subject" take on the monarchy's view of the world.

He meant it as sarcasm, though. Doubt this was the case here.

No. They're unhappy that Republicans criticized Bush in public.

:eyes:

This from an administration that *claims* to welcome open and honest feedback. Yet secrecy, even within their own party, is the primary modus operandi.

:eyes:

You can best believe that, he's a macho man
ready to get down with, anyone he can

Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Macho, macho man (macho man)
I've got to be, a macho man
Macho, macho man
I've got to be a macho! Ow....

Apparently, even contentious confrontation with his own party members doesn't work and the Chimp only digs in deeper.

HAH, kettle pot on line 2.

Just ask Valery Plame

Obedience and servitude forever, dogs!

Where's your tight ship now, assholes?

What were those two thinking? Didn't they realize the wrath of "pigs are smarter" rove would come down on them?

Thank ya, guys for spilling the fookin' beans.