President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Saturday of being unable to live up to their duties, citing Congress' inability to pass legislation to fund the federal government.
"Democrats are failing in their responsibility to make tough decisions and spend the people's money wisely," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "This moment is a test."
The White House has said the failure of a broad immigration overhaul was proof that Democratic-controlled Capitol Hill cannot take on major issues. "We saw this with immigration, and we're seeing it with some other issues where Congress is having an inability to take on major challenges," said spokesman Tony Fratto.
The main reason the immigration measure died, however, was staunch opposition from Bush's own base — conservatives. The president could not turn around members of his own party despite weeks of intense effort.
It's actually been quite rare of late for the media to actually call Bush on his lies. Usually they simply parrot whatever the White House has to say, never challenging what they know to be untrue. In this case, AP refused to simply report a lie. And kudos to AP for that. While the Republicans want the media to report their truth, we want the media to report THE truth. There's a difference.
