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MANASSAS, Va., Nov. 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Richard A. Viguerie, author of Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big-Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Books, 2006), issued the following statement regarding the override of President Bush's veto of the $23 Billion Water Resources Development Act:

"President Bush deserves great credit for vetoing an outrageous bill filled with irresponsible pork barrel projects. But the Republicans in the Senate and House who voted for override his veto have shown their continual addiction to Big Government and wasteful spending.

"Only 54 Republicans in the House and 12 Republicans in the Senate voted to sustain the President's veto. That is pathetic!

"What is really unbelievable is that the vote came so close on the heels of this year's Republican election defeats in Virginia and Kentucky. And this, after the 2006 election disasters for the GOP, shows that either they don't understand the anger of the voters or they deeply believe in Big Government.

"The Republican brand has been destroyed by the kind of Big Government legislators who voted to override the President's veto of the Water Resources Development Act. The American people no longer identify the GOP as the party of fiscal responsibility. Republicans who act like Democrats are destroying the Republican Party.

"Most grassroots conservatives are unhappy with the top-tier Republican presidential candidates, and they have closed their checkbooks to Republican national committees. Many big-spending Republican politicians will be shocked to find themselves under attack in the 2008 primary and general elections, as conservatives begin the process of once again (as they did starting in the 1960s) of driving the Big Government Republicans out of office.

"Conservatives hope President Bush will keep his veto pen in action throughout the remainder of his term in office."

Richard A. Viguerie pioneered ideological and political direct mail and has been called "the funding father of the conservative movement" for his role in helping build dozens of conservative organizations. He is the author of Conservatives Betrayed--How George W. Bush and Other Big-Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Books, 2006).