Bush wants congress to give him authority for state takeover

[Elwood P Dowd]

during a crisis. Did anyone hear this a few minutes ago. It was either on Fox or MSNBC, but the phone rang and I was distracted.

The repukes are going to use this disaster to steal billions of taxpayer dollars and pass all kinds of nasty legislation.

[KaryninMiami]

1. And I assume THEY determine whether it's a crisis or not.

Guess this means that martial law is on the march...

[benburch]

2. States Rights...

I guess the Neocon takeover of the GOP has been completed.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Guess he's still pissed that Blanco

didn't give up her state.

Why would anyone give Bush any more power then he already has?

If BushCo had kept control of the disaster response, New Orleans would look like Fallujah soon.

[bahrbearian]

4. No more Damn elections, just in time for "06"

[texpatriot2004]

8. Why doesn't Bush want us all to vote? Does he hate our

FREEDOM? I thought he was all about "Democracy?" That's what he says and that is what most Republicans say.

[Carni]

5. I predicted this a week ago

Once again bush profits and exerts more power in the aftermath of a horrible situation.

[Inland]

6. Everything turns into a power grab. The protofascist assumption

is that the messiness of having to comply with "laws" and "rights" keeps Bush from getting the trains to run on time.

But the facts are these: Bush didn't use the power he already had, at least to help people. But everything turns into a reason to concentrate more power in El Duce, God/Bush, the Commander in Chief. The protofascists see it as the cure for the problem that ails us.

Of course, Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time. But he did stop people from complaining about it, didn't he?

[LiberalEsto]

7. So much for States' Rights

Rethugs used to be in favor of strong state and local government and smaller federal government. And wasn't the Civil War partly about states' rights?
Now they want to take over an entire state?

Our nation's founders must be spinning in their graves

[etherealtruth]

9. With * at the helm ...

"So much for human rights"

We need that louse ridden Chimp to have FAR less power ...

[bullimiami]

10. he had all of the authority he needed. and blew it. he fucking blew it.

now he is trying to use this as an excuse to get something passed that fits the nasty neocon agenda I suppose.

look closely at it, very closely.

[ComerPerro]

11. Even if he gets this hammered through, watch him still fuck up

and try to blame local and state governments.

[Serial Mom]

12. Mandates to the states, with no funding ...

similar to No Child Left Behind and Homeland Security, and anything else this idiot has touched!

[ComerPerro]

13. LIHOP, anyone?

Let the chaos and mishandling happen on purpose, to create confusion, frustration, and finger-pointing? This way, he can step in and say "from now on, I will have control", and the public will fawn over him as he moves on another bold step to seize complete control.

[Imalittleteapot]

14. He's just trying to prove that NO wasn't

his fault...if he had the authority for state takeover, NOLA wouldn't have fallen into the hands of incompetant local authorities. Just the usual Rove bull.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. It's the Iraq War Resolution all over again.

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[Raiden]

16. It's not like he'd know what to do with that much responsibility anyway

But at least he can always pass the buck to the governor

[justiceischeap]

17. Any links for this yet? (eom)

[WePurrsevere]

18. Wouldn't this part of the Constitution deter this?

"Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

It's been years since I studied the Constitution beyond the first few Amendmants but I don't recall Congress having the power to take away a State governments rights and give the President.

At this point in the game, seeing Bush's total incompetence during this crisis and with the American people waking up and being a bit peeved I would think that would not actually be approved without a HUGE fight and not just in Congress but by each state's government, they're not about to give up their power easily.