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And, yes, I DO take it personally: President Bush "mocked" Democratic lawmakers yesterday
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

President Bush "mocked" Democratic lawmakers yesterday

Bush Derides Iraq War Measure
He Says Democrats Will Be Blamed if Funds Are Held Up

In his most combative comments yet, President Bush mocked Democratic lawmakers yesterday for including a deadline for troop withdrawals and "pork" projects in an Iraq spending bill, declaring that "the American people will know who to hold responsible" if funding for the war stalls.

the kind of immature and destructive behavior we've come to expect from the president of the united states...
MOCK
Pronunciation: 'mäk, 'mok
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from moker
transitive verb
1 : to treat with contempt or ridicule : DERIDE
2 : to disappoint the hopes of
3 : DEFY, CHALLENGE
4 a : to imitate (as a mannerism) closely : MIMIC b : to mimic in sport or derision
intransitive verb : JEER, SCOFF
synonym see RIDICULE, COPY

DERIDE

Pronunciation: di-'rId, dE-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): de·rid·ed; de·rid·ing
Etymology: Latin deridEre, from de- + ridEre to laugh
1 : to laugh at contemptuously
2 : to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule
synonym see RIDICULE
- de·rid·er noun
- de·rid·ing·ly /-'rI-di[ng]-lE/ adverb

it's all about politics, about trashing the opposing party, about power... it's got nothing to do with the real people who are being killed and wounded by the thousands... it's got nothing to do with the will of the american people... it only has to do with the power to impose an ideological agenda on the country...

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