"Homey, folksy" Bush gets a YACHT in his new Man Date spending bill

[Bluebear]

Sailing, sailing! The Man Date President gets a Presidential yacht on our dime.

The spending bill some of our Democratic senators voted FOR tonight includes "A potential boon for Bush himself, $2 million for the government to try buying back the former presidential yacht Sequoia. The boat was sold three decades ago, and its current owners say the yacht is assessed at $9.8 million and are distressed by the provision."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041121/ap_on_go_co/congress_spending

"America's equivalent to the Royal Yacht" - London Sunday Telegraph
"The Rolls Royce of yachts!" - The History Channel

[gulfcoastliberal]

1. Disgusting

Tonight was not at all encouraging. Reid has got to go! Fuck the DLC 3rd way - it has a track record of destroying our party.

[noamnety]

2. How fitting!

"The Sequoia"

[CAcyclist]

4. Because he's going to let the real Sequoias be cut down

by his corporate buddies.

[noamnety]

6. Ha!

I meant the voting machine company, but yes, that too.

[CAcyclist]

7. LOL

Two beers and I lose all focus!

[Bluebear]

15. OMG I thought trees too, not voting machines

Double-double-entendre!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. Gee, where is our new "leader", Harry Reid???

:eyes:

[Bluebear]

5. Reserving one of the first cruises?

A "reaching out" kind of cruise down the Potomac.

[MuseRider]

8. This is very needed

for the ceeeement pond in Crawford.

[JohnnyCougar]

9. The media blaster is still at the top of this forum.

I encourage DUers to use it. If this isn't a nice juicy steak for us, than what isn't?

[charlie]

10. Jeezus save me

It's already available for his exclusive use:

The Sequoia Presidential Yacht is a meticulously restored, 104-foot, 1925 Trumpy-designed yacht that has served Presidents since Herbert Hoover. The yacht is a national historic landmark that is available for exclusive charters in Washington, D.C. (when it is not used by the President or Vice President)

http://www.sequoiayacht.com/

It's just in private hands, which is exactly the way Republicans supposedly want things to be.

[laheina]

14. So he already has a yacht!?

He just wants to have his cake and waste money on it too?!:crazy:

[zulchzulu]

11. Good. Get them all on the boat and sink the damn thing

[demgrrrll]

12. The LOoVE Boat soon will be making another run.......Gopher is out of

politics isn't he? Maybe he could get a revolving cast of old has been Republican pols for greeters and cruise directors.

Wait wait just a minute.. can't resist. Ship Of Fools.

[proudbluestater]

13. And the Repukes would dare criticize Kerry

for WINDSURFING????? Now who is the elitist?

[merh]

16. If he wants the damned boat, he should ask pickles and the twins

to buy it for him for Christmas. This is disgusting, to think, the economy sucks, largest deficit ever and he buys a damned yacht.

[Stephanie]

17. Man of the People!!! Just like us FOLKS!!!

LOL, that is the funniest thing I have heard yet!

[unfrigginreal]

18. Christ, you mean we couldn't find ONE Dem Congressperson

to rail about this on the floor. This could have been a media bonanza for us.

[Bluebear]

19. No, their turkey and stuffing beckoned

Had to leave town, you know.

[gulfcoastliberal]

20. Sounds like the owners don't want to sell

What is the government going to do, seize it and tell them to be happy with the 2 million when it's worth 10?

I hope the owners raise a stink about this. The DEMS sure don't care!

[HootieMcBoob]

21. Have any Democrats blasted this on the Sunday AM talk-shows?

Is this a giant softball just waiting to be knocked out of the park?

Will the Dems swing for the fences or will they do what they normally do - try to bunt for a base-hit and end up popping out to the pitcher?

Will they ever get a clue?

We'll have to wait and see...