Shorter Bush/Delay/Rove Philosophy of Governance

I apologize for the short diary, but has anyone ever encapsulated the Bush/Rove/Delay approach to governance any better than Ted Stevens in the quote below?  This from a Washington Post article.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

"I ask every one of you, have you ever come to me as chairman of appropriations and tell me you needed help for your state and I have turned you down?" implored the Republican, who led the Senate Appropriations Committee until term limits forced him to step down this year.

I particularly like the perhaps unintended allusion to the Godfather.

•  it must hurt

  to carry that water bucket all those years, then have it taken and poured on the ground, poor, poor, poor Teddy.

  by keefer55 on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 03:15:43 PM PDT

•  Look at what the've done to my...,

  amendment.

  by irate on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 04:52:35 PM PDT

  •  Amendment

          The poor amendment, broken by machine gun fire, lies on a mortuary gurney, with "Vito" Stevens standing nearby with tears in his eyes.

    by irate on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 04:55:32 PM PDT

•  It's all about them

  not us.  

  by turning blue on Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 08:07:20 PM PDT