Of the many references to Bush's gaggle, 'Yes Man/(Yes Being)', is one that can be applied liberally to Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, Perle, Wolfowitz, et. al. etc. Ultimately, it is the pResident himself who is the biggest 'Yes Man'. Here is a President who has
NEVER vetoed a bill. Yet on the eve of an historic
Stem Cell bill being passed through the House, he has threatened his first veto, again for the 40th time.
"I am a strong supporter of stem cell research, but I've made very clear to Congress that the use of federal taxpayer money to promote science that destroys life in order to save life, I am against this, Therefore, if the bill does that, I will veto it."
What's up with
not using the veto?
- Bush II: Not one use of the veto whatsoever!
- Clinton: 37 bill vetoes plus over 80 line-item vetoes (only president to have that authority)
- Bush I: 44
- Reagan: 78
- Carter: 31
- Ford: 66
- Nixon: 43
Also, mentioned is the fact that only 7 presidents have never vetoed a bill, with 4 of them having shortened terms and the most recent being John Quincy Adams.
Does his non-veto track record exemplify himself as esteemed as the likes of Washington, Adams and Jefferson; or can it be easily attributed to a partisan congress giving him everything he wants and nothing he doesn't want; or is it a just another fake prop of optimism in a long line of fake props much like his mansion in crawford and his presidency as a whole.